An Immoral Immortality Quest
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A comic for the Epic of Gilgamesh
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- The people are mad at Gilgamesh for all the foolish and selfish things he has done. The gods answer all their prayers...
- Tis settled then! We send thou Enkidu to kill Gilgamesh!
- Gilgamesh and Enkidu fight to to death, but become friends...
- We don't haveth to fight any longer, because I, Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, have cookies. Does thou want some?
- Friends.
- Sure. Thanks man. Sorry about all that, 'I'll kill you, foul beast!' Friends?
- Enkidu and Gilgamesh kill the Bull of Heaven. This makes the gods very angry.
- We must kill this bull of heaven. # So bored
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- The gods are angry at Gilgamesh and Enkidu. They decide that one will die.
- I vote Enkidu. He is ours to take.
- They killed my bull. THEY MUST DIE!
- Tis settled then. Enkidu is charged with murder of the Bull of heaven. As an eye for an eye, a death for a death. He DIES!
- Enkidu dies. The king mourns for three days.
- HERE LIES Enkidu A good friend
- I can not end like this. I must have IMMORTALITY!
- Gilgamesh seeks Utnapishtam, a person the gods have gifted immortality too...
- I must hurry. I can not die! Utnapishtam will give me the answer.
- Gilgamesh encounters the guardian of the Great Gate, the Scorpion Man. He is allowed to pass through the gate.
- Why do you need to pass?
- You may pass... but beware.
- I have a quest. I will follow you on twitter!
- Gilgamesh finds the ferryman to Utnapishtam. The ferryman takes him to Utnapishtam...
- Hello!
- There he is!
- Utnapishtam tells Gilgamesh of a flower that will give youthfulness.
- There is a flower at the bottom of the sea. It will not grant immortality, but rather youthfulness.
- I shall get this flower. It's name is "The Old Men are Young Again."
- Gilgamesh goes to get the flower and succeeds. But when he reaches land, a serpent takes the flower and puts it in the well. It is gone forever...
- Gilgamesh comes to terms with himself and Enkidu's death. He realizes that it was...
- Here lies Enkidu A good Friend
- I am restless no more. I have found my peace.
- An Immoral Immortality Quest By: Nathan Thompson
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