his comic started on a moment of inspiration several months ago. I was working on another web comic which is still in production today, and I thought it would be cool to do something totally different. I've tried to make web comics before, but none have been successful, mainly because i did not use themes that were original or in any way inspired, but mostly because I did not draw from my influences, but others.

The Purgatory is my ultimate blending of reality and fiction. Most English teachers would call this "magical realism" Seeing other comics like "Mac Hall", "Applegeeks", "Megatokyo" and others; I can see how real life influenced the comic itself. However my life isn’t that interesting, so making a funny strip about things that actually happened to me, would ultimately fail because of lack of influence.

So hers the purgatory chronicle, a mix of fiction and reality. I must say, that i'm not doing this for an audience, and I don't won’t to be famous, I’m just doing this because I like to draw, and write, and impress the opposite sex.

-James Ross(Author/Artist)
(December 8, 2005)

Story..,

There are two main realms that all life forms are accustomed to life, and death. The realm between that is Purgatory, the area of transference between life and death, the area where those who die wait to be sent to heaven or hell. Purgatory is immense, and like all areas people can get into, people can get out of. That’s where the story begins.

Chronicling the lives of people from all over the universe, given the job to keep those who want out in. They are members of an elite group calls, Purgatory Border Control and Defense, These people live there lives on there home worlds but use special, dimensional gateways in order to arrive at purgatory.

The story focuses on a group of young people living in Dallas Texas who have been chosen to fulfill the duties of border control officers. This story chronicles there exploits as the try to defend purgatory against terrorists, smugglers, and warlords, from crossing inter realm gates as they begin to uncover an event that may lead to the first ever war in purgatory.