TIME

Time is the 1st comic to be a sci-fi/action comic series made by ZPAINTER. (Also made by you know who...) The comic was made from July 1st 2021 to August 3rd 2023 with 38 pages in total, Which became the longest comic in Z-COMIX history surpassing the Zachary comic series in only 2 years of this comic's lifespan.

The comic follows a teenage orphan named Dirk who's life was changed forever after finding a magical pocket watch.

## Characters

The story features some characters that are made for the premise of this series, but here they are:

DirkTime WatchSebastianMr. RedmillMs. Redmill (Genderbent)T-2099
## TIME I (2021-2023)

The story begins with some lore with the fact that both of Dirk's parents died in a tragic car accident when he was 4 years old. After that he found a place to live, but the people who lived there treated him like a slave. As we cut into present day, we see Dirk waking up by Mr. Redmill (AKA, the man of the house) who gives him a list of chores to do. (in which he never gets paid.) On his way to market, he trips on the ground & finds a strange pocket watch along with it.

It turns out the pocket watch is actually alive & could talk. It introduces itself as Time Watch, but they get home as the sun sets. As Dirk came home, he noticed Mr. Redmill was waiting for him. When asked where Dirk was, he said that he didn't wanna talk about it. As Dirk goes upstairs, he starts complaining about Mr. Redmill abusing him like a douch & wishes to be treated with respect. After hearing this, Time Watch has a very bright idea to fix that problem.

As Mr Redmill falls asleep, Time Watch gives him a taste of his own medicine & turns him from a douchy man to kinder & sweet lady. The next morning, Dirk wakes up only to find Mr. Redmill as a lady. But instead she makes breakfast for Dirk. It turns out she's now Ms Redmill & she's here to take care of him. 3 minutes later, Dirk & Time Watch have a conversation about his wish coming true & Time Watch reveals he was the one who helped Dirk with his wish. Dirk finally has his prayers answered & calls Time Watch the best friend he really needs in his life. But it doesn't last long as a mysterious person arrives with the intention of beginning the execution.

As Dirk & Time Watch run for their lives, they hide in a bush where it's safe. Time Watch reveals that he's the one being hunted. But before he explains his reason, they both have been found & tried to make a run for it, but they become unconscious with a smoke ball as the mission is complete. Later, Dirk wakes up as he finds himself in a planet shaped of a pocket watch. He then gets a paper which says ''When the guard shouts FREE TIME, come meet me. P.S, I'm @ the cafeteria'' & then he looks through a window hoping he'll get back to Earth.

As the guard shouts ''FREE TIME!'', Dirk makes his way to the cafeteria only to hear a whisper. Which then he found the place. Upon entering, he then finds Time Watch & as excited as they both are to see each other, they both hug only to be interrupted by a inmate named Sebastian. It turns out Time Watch brought him to help the both of them escape. Sebastian asks why Dirk was here in the 1st place & he responds by saying him & Time Watch tried to run from some guy with a big laser eye. Time Watch then whispers into Sebastian & then he starts to understand the story completely.

Sebastian then tells Dirk to be careful as the person that Dirk saw was a ruthless man who'll stop at nothing to catch his prey, like what he did to him. Then we get some lore from Sebastian from 8 years ago as he was on the run himself. As he resisted surrender, he got tased & fell to the ground. Not only that, but his arm fell off. A mysterious person askes him to join him. After Sebastian asks why should he do that, the mysterious person explains that ''There are things in this world that you don't understand & I can show you how to master what's to come.''

After Sebastian accepts, he grows a new arm & he never forgotten what happened since that day. But when Dirk asks him about the scar on his hand, he said he got it 4 years ago. Dirk & Sebastian try their best to escape, but it wasn't easy as a security camera picks up intel on the 2 of them trying to escape. The alarm goes off & they both make a run for it. They almost make it, but Sebastian gets shot in the stomach, but Dirk helps him regardless & they make it inside the escape-pod heading to Earth.

Meanwhile, Ms Redmill starts to worry as she hasn't seen Dirk for a while. But she sees a falling thing in the sky, so goes outside to check. Before she could ask if it was a meteor, it crash lands on the grass & out comes Dirk, Sebastian & Time Watch. They both look at each other from far away & they both get closer to hug each other. As they're about to head inside, Dirk realizes Sebastian took off & he said that he misses him. Meanwhile in space, a mysterious person notices that they both escaped. But it'll all pay off once the plan begins... to eradicate all of space & time. & the choice for the perfect candidate was selected for the master plan.

## Part 2 (2024)

On September 1st 2023, It was announced that the comic will return in a sequel known as TIME II which is set to release on Summer 2024. More details for TIME II are to be released for the future.

## History of the Series

History of the TIME series
 TIME II