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September 23, 2025

Worldracers Italy

After parting ways in the deserts of Egypt, Racecar and Tess find themselves both in a checkpoint race around a medieval Italian town.

Worldracers Italy Pg 1, Panel 1, Wide shot futuristic city, a giant racetrack and grandstands cutting through it. Stylized "Canada" and Maple Leaf at the top. Caption "38 Days ago". A giant display reads, "Worldracers Championship" Panel 2, Various futuristic and weird looking cars line up. Panel 3, Down shot of Racecar, Tess leans in, "You ready Racecar?" Racecar, "You bet.." Panel 4, Racecar excited, "A race around the whole world. This is going to be fun!" Panel 5, The five starting lights go off. Sound effect "BWAAAAHH" Panel 6, Racecar bends down, and spins their back wheels, "Let's..." Panel 7, "GOooooo" Racecar speeds away.


Here it is, Worldracers Italy. I'm very excited for you to read this chapter.

Panel 1, Crashed Yacht-car. Caption, "37 Days ago. Middle of the Pacific." Panel 2 cranes take off the back wheel on the car. "Your reserve vehicle is ready." Panel 3, The assistant lady says to Marc, who's getting dressed in a race suit by a pit crew. "Perfect" Panel 4, Mark walks over to his new car, a racer wth the giant back wheel attached. Panel 5, Marc, "Full power." As the cockpit screen slides closed. Panel 6, Computer voice, "Massage seat activated." Marc's seat starts vibrating, "Ahhhhh... That's the spot." Panel 7, The car zooms off into the distance. Leaving the pit crew startled.
Worldracers Italy pg 3, Panel 1, a quaint Italian village, an old lady pushes a cart across cobbled streets, kids play in the background. Announcer, "As we near the final leg of the race, we return to Italia, the birthplace* of motorcar racing." *Foot note "excluding other birthplaces of motor racing." Panel 2, a race car zips through the street, sending the old lady into the air. Large panel Birds Eye view of a walled city, with large gate. Announcer, “With a new twist on the road track. The racers will be completely sealed into this town.” “Each racer will have their own route transmitted to them.” Panel 6, display with map and numbered check points.  “Once they cross all their checkpoints, the gates will open.” Panel 5, checkpoint hologram. “Sounds like they’re running out of ideas up there.” Panel 6, Racecar looking up bemused.
Worldracers Italy Pg 4. Panel 1, Portcullis closes with a "CLANG". Panel 2, "Bzzzz" An electrified gate. Panel 3, "Shink!" A swing gate closes in front of Racecar. Panel 4, Looking at Racecar through the gate, "Great! Now how am I supposed to quit?" Panel 5, Racecar turns around dejected, "What am I even doing... I was supposed to race around the world with my best friend, and I ruined it!" Panel 6, Racecar shouts, "I miss Tess!" Panel 7, Racecar looks down an alleyway, see's a truck zip by. Racecar, "huh?" Panel 8, Inside the truck is Tess. Panel 9, Racecar Excited, "TESS!"
Worldracer Italy Pg 5. Panel 1, Racecar speeds down street, background is a blur of speed lines. "If I catch up to Tess. I can rejoin the race and we can finish it together." Panel 2, Top down shot of Racecar and the truck Tess is in on parallel roads separated by buildings. Panel 3 zooms out to show the roads diverging, Racecar, "NO!" Panel 4, Racecar turning around, "Ahhh. I'm gonna lose her!" Panel 5, Close up of Racecar. Panel 6, Backview as Racecar zooms down the street. Panel 7, Racecar going up on two wheels to go around a tight turn. Panel 8, Racecar comes to an empty intersection. "Ah, shoot..."
Worldracers Italy Pg 6. Panel 1, Truck, Butch, speeds down the road. From inside the cab, "I mean we're halfway around the world, and I made them quit!" Panel 2, inside cab, Tess is sitting beside Miss Cowboy lounging on the padded seats. "That's a shame darlin'. It's hard when one of you wants it more than the other." Panel 3, Butch bored looking, "And one of you does all the driving." Miss Cowboy leaning out of the truck yells, "You trying to make a point Butch!" Panel 4, down shot of Butch driving down the narrow streets. "Not at all Miss Cowboy, I like driving." Panel 5, Miss Cowboy laughing, "And I like sitting. Ha! See why we're such a good partnership." Panel 6, Tess turns to Miss Cowboy, "Butch listens to you?" Miss Cowboy, boots on the dahs, gestures sliding her hand forward. "You think this brute listens to me? Nah, we trust we're going the same direction. Flat-out, on the open road till we cross that finish line." Panel 7, Close up of Tess, "That sounds nice." Panel 8, "It'd be nice to get out of these narrow Italian streets." Butch stuck between two buildings in narrow cobbled alleyway.
Worldracers Italy Pg 7. Panel 1, Racecar speeding through the city, "Got to find Tess." Panel 2, Racecar coming to screeching halt, "EEET!" A barrier with the sign, "Clear checkpoints to open" Panel 3, Racecar turns around in frustration, "Gaaahhh, okay clear the checkpoints then I'll find Tess." Panel 4, Down shot Racecar clearing checkpoint, "BING!". Panel 5, Up shot Racecar clearing checkpoint, "BING!" Panel 6, Birdseye view of Italian city, line showing Racecar's path through the city, "Bing! Bing! Bing! Bing! Bing!" Panel 7, front view of Racecar looking determined. "Just one more." Panel 8, Racecar passes the alleyway where Butch the trophy truck is stuck with Tess and Miss Cowboy.
Worldracers Italy Pg 8. Panel 1, Racecar sees Tess, Butch and Ms Cowboy stuck in the alleyway. Panel 2, Tess leaning forward seeing Racecar. Ms Cowboy looks up. Panel 3, Racecar getting excited, a car comes up behind them. Panel 4, small panel, notorious billionaire Mark smiles deviously "Heh, heh, heh..."
Worldracers Italy Pg 9, Fullpage spread, close up of Tess shouting. "RACECAR!"
Worldracers Italy pg 10. Dramatic page of Racecar crashed into, front wheel has come off. Debris everywhere. The car that hit them in the background speeding away. Tess in the truck watches it all happen.
Worldracers Italy pg 12. Panel 1, Racecar crashes face first into the road. "CRSSH" Panel 2, Racecar flips up, "FFWP" Panel 3, Racecar slides into the stone wall. "SSHHCK" Panel 4, Tess jumping out the window of the truck, "Thank you Miss Cowboy for all your help. I need to go save my Racecar!" Miss Cowboy shouts after her, "Go get 'em darlin'!" Panel 5, Tess runs to the crashed Racecar, debris covering the road. "RACECAR!"
Worldracers Italy pg 13. Panel 1, Tess slides in beside the crashed Racecar, who whispers, "Tess..." Panel 2, Tess beside Racecar, "What're you doing here? I thought you quit?" Panel 3, Tess hugs Racecar's side, "It doesn't matter now... We can retire from the race and go home." Panel 4, Racecar shifts a little, Tess moves back. Racecar, "Naw, can't do that. Got a race to finish." Panel 5, Down shot Tess touching Racecar, "You don't have to do that, you've got nothing to prove." Panel 6, Racecar smiles looking at Tess, "Not proving anything, just realized something... I want to race." Panel 7, Close up Tess tearing up a little bit, "Really?" Panel 8, Close up Racecar, "Yeah, really."
Worldracers pg 14. Spread, kneeling beside the crashed Racecar, Tess shouts, "We're going to need a pit stop!"

This is the penultimate chapter in the Worldracers story. I had a lot of fun drawing this chapter. I’ve had so much fun drawing this whole comic. Most projects have a point where they start to drag on. The motivation fades, and the amount of work feels daunting. But that never happened for this comic. I get excited about the pages that I have to draw. That’s a new experience.

See you for the next and final chapter of Worldracers!

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