So I have been playing around with ChatGPT to make comic book versions of my Agent Jen stories. Why this particular series? Because out of all my protagonists, Agent Jen’s the one whom I’ve had the most concrete vision for; as in, I know how she’s supposed to look. I mean, I’ve used the robot to visualize my characters before (like Aeneas Aquilanus in the cover of my novel Inquisitor’s Promise), but I’ve always understood them as acceptable compromises rather than something final. With Agent Jen, how she’s been visualized is 100% in line with my vision of the character.
As these were AI-generated images, albeit based on stories I’ve written, there will be mistakes and odd things (so to speak). These are just for fun. I understand that some of you dear readers are not fond of AI at all. In that case, you are free to read no further and close this post. I will only say that in the interest of fairness, I won’t be using my “author name” for this post. Take that for what it’s worth.
Finally, I’m planning put these comic PDFs, except for one, behind paywall after two weeks. So feel free to download them while you have the time.
-Michael P. Marpaung, Germanicus Publishing
The List of Comics
Before we move on to the specific comics, allow me to inform you that I’ve already published them at NightCafe as image galleries. It’s not exactly the most accessible way to read them, but I might as well link them below:
Agent Jen: Prisoner of the Megacorp
Now let us go to the first published Agent Jen story, back when the series was still known primarily as Prisoner and Ransom; this is Prisoner of the Megacorp. As you will see, it’s the only one I decided to make a dedicated cover for.
Here’s a look at one of the pages:
But it doesn’t take long before the robot literally lost the plot, as shown here:
If you’ve read Prisoner of the Megacorp, then you should know the above scene does not exist in the original story. I mean, what’s up with the hooded figure? I have yet to have Agent Jen take on druids, but maybe I should. Well don’t take my word for it though, check out the story for yourself:
Well anyways, here’s the PDF comic available to download:
Enter Agent Jen Webcomic
Next we have Enter Agent Jen. This webcomic is based on the opening chapter of the series in Royal Road. Click on this link to read all about it.
Below is the first page:
For some reason around the second half of the story, the robot began colorizing the comic. I’m not sure why…
Here’s the PDF comic for the Enter Agent Jen Webcomic:
Agent Jen: Weight Class
Now for something completely different. This one is not a full-on comic but just a bunch of panels (two exactly) based on the short story Weight Class. Like with Prisoner of the Megacorp, the robot ended up going off the rails. And honestly, I didn’t like what I got even after I got it back on track, so instead I just kept two of the pages that I liked.
Also for some reason, it’s colorized. Enjoy.
It’s not quite exactly how I pictured the training scene but whatever. If you want to know what I’m talking about, go read the source material (as in, mine):
Here’s the PDF to download:
Agent Jen’s Training with Paul
So I decided that instead of trying to get the robot to visualize whole stories, I might have a better time visualizing a scene. So I did just that. The following comic is about Jen’s training with her CO and totally-not-love-interest Captain Paul Sobieski.
I honestly liked this one so much that I even had an “alternate ending” version of it:
Yeah, the above scene didn’t happen in the original story. But whatever, it’s not “canon” etcetera etcetera.
Anyways, here are the PDFs, both for the “original timeline” and the “alternate timeline” of the story…
“Original Timeline”:
“Alternate Timeline”:
Agent Jen and the Goblins
So this one is actually based on an unpublished story. And truth be told, I don’t really plan on publishing it any time soon.
Now while Agent Jen and the Goblins is based on an unpublished story, it does take place in a setting that I covered in my Planet Senta post:
As always here’s the PDF story. Just be warned that it’s incomplete since the robot lost the plot yet again. Regardless, enjoy:
And that’s all I have. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading these as much as I’ve enjoyed making them… er, I mean prompting the robot to make them. Cheers.
-Michael P. Marpaung, Germanicus Publishing
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