Balthazar Chas

1st Cold Case Donovan promo published!

Hello and happy new year of 2023, I wish you guys all the best with all your current endeavours this year. 😁♥️

For the first time ever I managed to get the very 1st promo officially published on Shrine Comics!

physical copy of shrine comics, arrived today on 31th of January

published ad, photo taken to thank the publishers online

It is the result of backing a successful comic project on kickstarter. It includes over 500 pages of content from independent manga artists around the world!

the book is available for purchase on their official website:

https://store.shrinecomics.com/products/shrine-entrance-manga-magazine

You can also read all their series for free on the shrine comics app, available on both app stores!

So far this year i apologise for the lack of updates this January, I have been busy looking for a new job as well as doing art commissions. I am going to give more updates soon regarding the cold case donovan project. Hope to see you guys then! 😊♥️

Introducing the cast

hello there! in this post I’ll be introducing the cast for this oneshot manga project.

Jake Donovan, the wanderer: main protagonist of the story, a widower and former police officer who wandered the sands of sophia in order to find his long-lost daughter, Olivia Donovan.

Tom Morris: The high-spirited marine guard and trusted companion of Jake Donovan. Having rescued him while drifting at sea Tom helped Jake to recover. Tom became good friends with Jake, having heard about his search for the missing daughter he became convinced to help Jake find her.

Olivia Donovan: the infamous wanderers child turned enemy spy who Jake has been searching for for a long time. Having witnessed the death of her mother during a tragic incident she mysteriously disappeared. The city of Casa Sophia believes this case is cursed as anyone who tried to solve it disappeared. The people believe it was Olivia who murdered her. That’s why Jake abandoned his position as police officer in order to find her himself for answers and become the wanderer. After many years of searching Jake has found her at last, but not what he had hoped. Having turned into an enemy spy, Jake Donovan has many questions as how she has lead this path.

Detective Daliyah Hahn: The current detective of Casa Sophia taking the infamous cold case involving the Donovan family. She has been searching for Jake Donovan for a long time until she found him thanks to Tom Morris. She requests him and Jake to join her in solving the cold case in order to prove the innocence of Olivia Donovan.

Detective Hadiyah Donovan: Former detective of Casa Sophia, beloved wife of Jake Donovan and mother of Olivia Donovan. Talented in her fight against crime she solved many cases in her life, gaining support from the people of Casa Sophia. One day she met Jake and has become her partner in crime for many years. They married and brought Olivia Donovan to the world. During her final days she tried to solve a mysterious case. Unfortunately she was murdered by an unknown hitman before she could complete it. Olivia saw the murder happen and disappeared without a trace. This incident in itself would become a cold case after many attempts to find the culprit.

Edward Sledgehammer: Governor of Casa Sophia and former boss of Hadiyah Donovan. He has been keeping his eyes on Jake Donovan ever since he left as police officer. Since then Sledgehammer took in the talented Daliyah Hahn as detective. When Daliyah requests him to join the cold case he doubts Jake’s ability to cooperate, believing he’s too occupied to find his missing daughter. He’s there to hunt down the death genie, zig zack, along with his secret intelligence to stop his reign of terror.

Malvin Wave: Rich entrepreneur in the criminal underworld in the city of Casa Sophia with a quick temper. He hired Zig Zack to hunt down the spy, olivia donovan, who stole vital information from him which could permanently damage his reputation. What vital information it was is unknown.

Zig Zack, the death genie: The main antagonist of the story. Expert mobster, assassin who worked under a powerful mafia boss in Casa Sophia hired by Malvin to hunt down the wanderers child. The mad mobster also seems to have a unfinished business with Jake Donovan.

Jackdaw: A mysterious assassin working under Zig Zack. Not much is known about him or why he is involved but he is known to possess supernatural power.

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These are the characters I can introduce so far, besides that I got some designs for you to share. I look forward to see more development in 2023 and share more content with you all!

Jake Donovan, 1st design without coat, march 2022

Jake Donovan, 1st design with coat, march 2022

floyd maurice, the guy appeared in the big promo of cold case donovan. Will be making an appearance in the manga but isn’t much involved in the story so far.

Thank you for reading. If you got any questions please let me know, I’ll see you in the next blog post!

Cold Case Donovan: The Wanderers Child

hey! welcome to my blog, allow me to introduce you to my manga oneshot project and the reason i decided to make a blog; cold case donovan.

This oneshot project is gonna tell the story of a former guilt-driven police officer in a world of crime and wonder named Jake Donovan. He abandoned his position to look for his long-lost daughter, only to find out she has turned into an enemy spy. In this story Jake struggles with himself through mobsters, assassins and corrupt businessmen in order to free his only child from the criminal underworld.

In order to do so he must join forces with detective daliyah in solving a cold case regarding the mysterious death of jake donovan’s wife, Hadiya Donovan. Alongside him is the strong, high-spirited marine guard named Tom Morris, who is determined to help him find his daughter and solve the case.

what is this so-called cold case? how has jake’s daughter become an enemy spy? Why is the entire donovan family involved?

I look forward to work on this project, although I am really nervous making it. I am gonna post updates as often as I can to keep you all informed and to keep myself productive. I hope i can do as often as i can as time goes on. The intended goal is that i can release the first chapter somewhere during summer of 2023.

I look forward to have you company on my journey as a manga artist. (^_^)/

~Chas