The Tusks Of Wusterim

The Tusks of Wusterim, at first read, presented a simple comic describing the rise and fall of an alien empire. Once the reader examines the comic, he will see the depth contained within the few panels. The author uses elements throughout the comic to prove that empires thrive when those who built its foundation take power. The comic begins with an empire which has built tusks as a symbol of their power. A man of high authority within the empire commissions the tusks and stands as the foreground of the panels to begin. As the story progresses, slave creatures begin to take the foreground. As the slave people come more into focus in the panels they also come more into focus within the empire. The reader soon discovers that the slave people