One thing being a comic artist does is it makes you feel really frustrated when all you draw are characters standing around looking bored. I like a bit of action and story in my images so this came out as I was thinking of the characters a bit. Folks keep asking me what I intend to do once I finish The Man Who Was Thursday, and the answer is that I'm going to start developing this world and doing minisodes from it.

This is Kryst the rat and Zoltan the hippogryph. Kryst is a sort of magical policeman and he will sometimes visit Zoltan and beat him down for information. And sometimes Zoltan just doesn't feel like putting up with it and you end up with incidents like this.

The rings on Kryst's hands and the pendant on his neck are police issued relics that boost magical ability. Magic exists but it's very low level. You can make or purchase a relic to enhance it, but it either has to be an object over two thousand years old, or something that needs to be constantly recharged with animal sacrifices or made with bones from a sentient. Many policemen who die in the line of duty will donate their bodies for relics the way someone would donate their organs.

Relics are controlled and registered, much like firearms.

Kryst is probably trying to come up with a quick "Fall ten stories and not die" spell at the moment.

Once I color this I'll move the linework to scraps. Enjoy!