Tales from the Sanguine Box

PANEL 13 Immediately, the apartment lights turn harsh, strobing CRIMSON. A piercing electronic SHRIEK fills the panel. SFX: SKREEEEEEEE!

$PANEL 14 A disembodied, calm BUREAUCRATIC VOICE speaks from everywhere. Neil covers his ears in pain. ANNOUNCER VOICE: Major Incarceration Infraction detected. Failure to rewind communal property. Anti-social behavior confirmed.$

PANEL 15 The flimsy wooden apartment door EXPLODES inward in a shower of splinters. ANNOUNCER VOICE: Dilation Score MAXIMIZED. NEIL: It's just a tape!

PANEL 12 Neil stands by a VCR. He holds a VHS tape (Smokey and the Bandit). He shoves it directly into the cardboard sleeve without rewinding it. SFX: CRINKLE-SHOVE.

PANEL 13 Immediately, the apartment lights turn harsh, strobing CRIMSON. A piercing electronic SHRIEK fills the panel. SFX: SKREEEEEEEE!

PANEL 14 A disembodied, calm BUREAUCRATIC VOICE speaks from everywhere. Neil covers his ears in pain. ANNOUNCER VOICE: Major Incarceration Infraction detected. Failure to rewind communal property. Anti-social behavior confirmed.

PANEL 15 The flimsy wooden apartment door EXPLODES inward in a shower of splinters. ANNOUNCER VOICE: Dilation Score MAXIMIZED. NEIL: It's just a tape!

Tales from the Sanguine Box - Episode 1: The Long Weekend

Created by: Artalva - Brian Alvarez Publisher: Artalva Genre: Sci-Fi Horror / Dystopian Thriller Format: Webcomic

About Tales from the Sanguine Box: Tales from the Sanguine Box is a dark science-fiction webcomic exploring a futuristic justice system where criminals are sent to the mysterious Sanguine Box — a machine that doesn't imprison bodies, but steals time itself through subjective dilation.

This Episode: In Episode 1: The Long Weekend, petty thief Neil Fogheart is sentenced to a routine weekend in the Sanguine Box. But when a negligent technician leaves the system unmonitored during an unexpected glitch, a simple small-time sentence goes terribly wrong.

Main Character: Neil Fogheart — Petty thief sentenced to experimental time-dilation punishment

About the World of Tales from the Sanguine Box:

The Sanguine Box is a controversial experimental justice technology designed to rehabilitate criminals through extreme subjective time dilation. While only hours pass in the real world, prisoners experience centuries of incarceration inside simulated environments.