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he Graphic Nove
 Books by DAN MILLMAN

THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR SAGA

Way of the Peaceful Warrior

Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior

The Journeys of Socrates

Peaceful Warrior: The Graphic Novel

GUIDEBOOKS

The Life You Were Born to Live

Everyday Enlightenment

No Ordinary Moments

The Laws of Spirit

Body Mind Mastery

Living on Purpose

Wisdom of the Peaceful Warrior

\

Bridge Between Worlds

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Secret of the Peaceful Warrior

Quest for the Crystal Castle

For more information about Dan Millman’s work:

www.peacefulwarrior.com
PEAC1F8JSL WAKRBQK
The Graphic Novel

Illustrations by Andrew Winegarner

H I KRAMER
published in a joint venture with

New World Library

Novato, California
An H J Kramer Book

published in a joint venture with

New World Library

Editorial office: Administrative office:

H J Kramer Inc. New World Library
PO Box 1082 14 Pamaron Way
Tiburon, California 94920 Novato, California 94949

Text copyright © 2010 by Dan Millman

Illustrations copyright © 2010 by Andrew Winegarner

All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, stored in a retrieval
system, or transmitted in any form or by any means — electronic, mechanical, or other —
without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief
passages in a review.

This graphic novel depicts various actions involving physical risk. The author, illustrator, and
publisher caution young readers to avoid attempting any stunts they may see in this or any
fictional narrative.

Cover and interior illustrations by Andrew Winegarner

Cover design by Leslie Waltzer and Mary Ann Casler
Cover color by Sandra Fremgen

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Millman, Dan.
Peaceful warrior : the graphic novel / Dan Millman ; illustrations by Andrew Winegarner.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-932073-48-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Spiritual life—Comic books, strips, etc. 2. Graphic novels. I. Winegarner, Andrew. II. Title.
PN6727.M564P43 2010
74!-5 973—dc22 2010032117

First printing, November 2010

ISBN 978-1-932073-48-5
Printed in Canada on 100% postconsumer-waste recycled paper

New World Library is a proud member of the Green Press Initiative.

10 987654321
Introduction
My first book, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, remains popular decades after its publica¬
tion. The Peaceful Warrior movie is available everywhere. So why add a graphic novel
to the mix?
For one thing, I’ve always loved the art and bubbled dialogue of comic books.
As a child, Superman encouraged me to read. Then Archie and Veronica and Bat¬
man and an array of other superheroes inspired and amused me in high school and
served as guilty pleasures in college. That affection, as much as anything, inclined
me to reach out to a new audience, including anyone who enjoys illustrated stories
but might not be ready to sit down with a long book. So the idea of a graphic novel
floated around for years. But then something happened that finally kicked this
project into gear.
In 1990 I wrote a screenplay — my vision of how Way of the Peaceful Warrior
might be adapted for film. I showed my script to the producer who had bought the
film rights, but, as often happens on film projects, other writers were brought in as
the project developed, and my script was never used.
Peaceful Warrior: The Graphic Novel is my opportunity to share the movie I had
always envisioned up on the screen. It is, overall, the same tale of transformation
that millions of people have read, but it contains many elements and scenes not
found in either the original book or the movie. So, in collaboration with illustrator
Andrew Winegarner, IVe been able to show and tell the classic tale in a fresh way.
You are about to enter an adventure in which Socrates and Joy guide Dan along
the peaceful warriors path — a mysterious passage through valleys of shadow — as
Dan searches for the gateway to a brighter reality. In the process, you may discover
the peaceful heart and warrior spirit in each of us.

— Dan Millman

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TUBZe'S A CALL FOR A
PAN MiLLMAN

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 WAIT/
WHAT'S YOUR
NAME?

WHO WAS THAT?

X PON'T KNOW

SURE LOOKER
like you PIP.
gas TTT^ennSBL
\ THAT
TLI NIOHT, AFTFR A LESS-
HUS

THAN-STELWR PRACTICE.
iu±ij±*lu~^

PAN PRFAMS OF THF

PARK SPFCTFR AOAIN...

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 ^ I DREAMED OF
A SMALE 80/ UP ON
^ A ROOFTOP.

^ XT#6 TIME ^ WHO

FOR /OU TO JUMP ARE YOU?
AOAIN, DAN. ^

^ I'M A REFLECTION ^ /OU'RE NOT

IN A POND. I'M A RAy OF MAKINO ANy
M0ONLI0HT ON A DARK SENSE.
NIOHT.

OH, /OU WANT

SENSE? OKAy—I'M
A SERVICE STATION I DON'T
_ MECHANIC. UNDERSTAND

THIS IS SO
BIZARRE.
you SHOULD
SEE IT FROM M/
POINT OF VIEW.

you STILL
STUCK ON
THAT?

WELL, MA/8E
SOME OTHER
^ TIME. ^

' mV CAN'T
yOU JUST TELL ONL/A
v ME NOW? ^ WARRIOR WOULD
UNDERSTAND.

THE OLD MAN C-ETS

UP AND EXITS, HEADING
TOWARD THE 0ARA0E.

WARRIOR?

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 you OONNA YOU ASK A LOT
TFLL ME ABOUT OF QUESTIONS.
TH E ROOF?

ANP YOU PON'T

HAVF A LOT OF ^ 50 YOU
/ANSWERS. REALLY WANT TO
KNOW ABOUT THF
V ROOF? ^

WHAT WAS ^youNO ouy ukf you. in^

THAT ABOUT? A HURRy. NFFPS PIRFCTIONS
^ BUT ISN'T LISTFNINO. ^

yFAH, RiOHT. I
OOTTA 00. NFFP TO
OFT SOMF SLFFP. ^

^ MAYBE
1
YOU NFFP TO
w WAKF UP. .
^ yOU'RF OUITF
THF PHILOSOPHFR,
^ SOCRATFS. ^ WHAT?

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 I'M LEARNING
EVERYTHING I NEEP
TO KNOW.

You'Re FULL
OF WHAT YOU THINK X KNOW
YOU KNOW. MORE THAN YOU
THINK/

ANP YOU THINK

MORE THAN YOU KNOW, 60 WHAT'S rue
BUT KNOWLEPGE ISN'T pifference?
THE SAME AS
^ WISPOM. ^

WELL, YOU KNOW \

HOW TO CLEAN THE )
WINPSHIELP. <

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SIMPLE, REALLY.

YOU LOSE
YOUR MINP.

you com
TO YOUR
SENSES.

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 AT THE OYM A PPW PAYS
LATER, PINAL EXAMS ARE
OYER ANP SUMMER
TRAINING HAS 8E0UN.

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 QQPOf

AFTER A FEW HOURS' SLEEP,

PAN SPIES ON SOCRATES
JUST BEFORE PAWN AT THE ENP
OF THE NIOHT SHIFT.

PAN NOPS OFF FOR

A FEW MOMENTS...

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 YOU ENJOY
WE'RE All POOLE, JACK.
MAKING ME LOOK
SOME OF US REALIZE IT,
LIKE A POOL? OTHERS PON'T.

r,

PON'T CALI ME JACK!

AW STOP COMPLICATING
MV LIFE/ X HAVE ENOUGH
TO PEAL WITH.

PAN, I KNEW A GUY LIKE YOU.

HE COMPLAINEP EVERy PAy ABOUT
HIS LUNCH. PAy AFTER PAy IT WAS "NOT
THE SAME THING... ANOTHER BALONEy
SANPWICH/"

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 WHO—WHO
ARE YOU? WHAT AN ORPiNARY
ARE YOU? MAN.

NO, YOU'RE NOT/ USELESS

THERE AIRE THINOS UNLESS X PASS
YOU KNOW—THINOS THEM ON.
YOU CAH VO...

YOU
PON'T WANT TO
KNOW.

I HAVE
TO KNOW/

X SAN SEE THIS- \

YOU'RE OOINO TO HELP
MANY PEOPLE IN THE
YEARS TO SOME. THAT IS, IF
YOU SURVIVE WHAT'S A
V AHEAP. : ' ' .'••••' >• ' •' , •' • >- ■ , * *. .

■; '

■ . - . . .■

SURVIVE WHAT?
 X CALL MySELF A WARRIOR—A
PtACZfUL WARRIOR—BECAUSE THE IMPORTANT
BATTLES WE FACE HAPPEN INSIPE US. ANP EVEN -s

NOW, AS WE SPEAK, INVISIBLE FORCES—FORCES OF

LIC-HT ANP PARKNESS—ARE FIOMTINO
A OREAT BATTLE.

BUT WHAT
POES ALL THIS HAVE
^^ >

TO PO WITH- r
A OREAT WAR CAN
SOMETIMES BE WON BY A SINOLE A
BATTLE. THAT BATTLE IS BEINO
FOUOHT RIC-HT NOW, PAN...
INSIPE YOU.

WHAT?
THAT'S CRAZY! I'M NOT WHO
YOU THINK X AM. I PON'T WANT
TO BATTLE WITH THE FORCES
OF PARKNESS/

k
I JUST WANT TO
GO TO THE NATIONALS,
ORAPUATE, LIVE A fo,

NORMAL LIFE.

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 ^ LOOK, AAAVBE EVERVTHINO >
YOU SAY 16 RIOHT. BUT THERE'S STILL.
SOMETHING I HAVE TO PO, ANP
K I BELIEVE YOU CAN HELP. yi ^ I'M NOT HERE
CAN you? ^I TO FULFILL yOUR PREAMS
I'M HERE TO WAKE
YOU UP.

^ WHAT PO you AT NIOHT, IN yOUR ^

MEAN, “WAKE UP"? PREAMS, yOU WALK, TALK, MAYBB
I'M ALREAPy FLY, ALL THE WHILE THINKINO
UP! ^ yOU'RE AWAKE. yOUR LIFE IS
^ LIKE A PREAM. ^
/ SAME IS TRUE FOR \
' MOST PEOPLE. YOU CAN'T
^ WAKE UP UNTIL yOU
\ REALIZE yOU'RE
so you * ASLEEP.
BELIEVE I'M
PREAMINO ALL
THIS? y

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 ...DESPERATELY
TRYING TO
STRENGTHEN HIS
ATROPHIEP LEG.

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 ^ THINKS A
ONE NIOHT..
LOT, SAM. X REALLY
APPRECIATE THIS. ^ X PONT
WANT THEM TO
SEE ME LIKE
r WHY PONT ^
v THIS. .
YOU PRACTICE PURINO
THE PAY WITH THE
V TEAM? Y

JUST BE X ■
CAREFUL, MILLMAN/
^- YOU OET^
( HURT ANP WE'RE
V BOTH IN TROUBLE

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 HIS LEO ACHINO, PAN SEES
CHILPREN AT PLAY, ANP HE
REALIZES WHAT HE HAS LOST-
THE LIFE HE MIOHT HAVE UVEP

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 JUST BEFORE PAWN, A
PEPRESSEP PAN WONPERS
WHETHER HE HAS ANYTHING
LEFT TO LIVE FOR...
mr T^:
 ^ BEFORE YOU ^
SAY ANYTHING, PLEASE
. JUST LISTEN.

YEARS AGO, I ~
FOUNP AH OlV TRAMPOLINE.
IT WAS LIKE I CAME ALIVE FOR
^ THE FIRST TIME. ^
^ IT'S NOT ^
JUST ABOUT COMPETING
OR ABOUT WINNING...
^ GYMNASTICS
^ IT'S ABOUT ^
ISN'T JUST SOMETHING I VO,
HAVING MY LIFE COUNT
^ SOC. IT'S WHO I AM. ^
FOR SOMETHING.

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 YOU'RE GOING
TO FACE HURPLES
YOU NEVER KNEW
. EXI6TEV. .

YOU'LL
HELP ME?

SOCRATES
NOUS.

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 CLEAN
LIVING

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 ^ I OUESS I
ms EXPECTING A
MIRACLE. ^

X SOME MIRACLES TAKE X

4 LITTLE TIME...ANP A LITTLE
HELP. MAKE TEA WITH THIS
ONCE A PAY. ALSO, MIX TPE HERBS
v WITH SOME URINE ANP RUB IT
INTO YOUR LEO.

URINE?

OLP
PAMILY
RECIPE

NOT IN MY
FAMILY.. .ANYWAY,
HOW PO YOU KNOW
JOSEPH? ^

^ X MET HIM YEARS ^

AGO. I HELPEP HIM, HE HELPEP OH, OREAT.
ME. IN THE MEANTIME, HE PAS
MASTEREP THE PREPARATION
V OP POOP. __

SO HE'S THE
COOK HERE?

HE POESN'T ^
ACTUALLY COOK. HE SPECIALIZES
IN RAW POOPS—SALAPS,
THAT SORT OP THINO. ^

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GET UP TO LEAVE.

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PAYS LATER AT
JOSEPH'S RESTAURANT...

I GOTTA
TELL YOU, JOSEPH. THAT AMAZING WHAT
NO POOR POR A WEEK 1
WAS THE BEST STRAWBERRY
PIE I'VE EVER TASTER. MAYBE ROES TO THE TASTE
THESE RAW POORS AREN'T, BURS.
SO BAR...

& I WAS A PUNK

I'VE BEEN
MEANING TO ASK YOU.
KIP IN TROUBLE WITH THE J
LAW. ONE NIOHT X NEERER
HOW PIP YOU MEET SOC?
WERE YOU A STUPENT? MONEY ANR RECIRER TO
HUSTLE THIS OLR MAN
I'P SEEN AT A GAS
STATION.
NO!
<T/>
YES. I PUT ON MY BEST
SCARE, BUT HE WASN'T BUYING- IT.
HE TOLP ME HE'P GIVE ME A CHOICE.
I GOULP TAKE THE MONEY ANR RUN,
OR STAY ANR WORK FOR HIM

I GHOSE THE MONEY-

TWO HUNPREP BUCKS. BUT THERE
WAS SOMETHING- ABOUT THE OLP
GUY X GOULPN'T SHAKE.
THINKING- I'P LOST MY
MINP, I WENT BACK ANR RETURNER
THE MONEY. HE GAVE ME A JOB. THAT
FIRST WEEK WAS HELL. NO PRUOS,
NOT EVEN BOOZE. I'M STILL AMAZER
I MANAGER IT BUT I PIP.
THAT'S HOW MY
TRAINING- BEGAN. I LEARNER MORE
THAN I BARGAINER POR...BECAME HIS
PERSONAL GHEF. FOUNP OUT I LIKEP
WORKING- WITH FOOP. TOOK SIX YEARS
BEPORE I EARNER ENOUG-H TO
OPEN THIS PLACE.

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EVEN KNOW HOW HARP IT IS
TO OET A RAPIATOR PIXEP
IN THE MIPPLE OP THE NIOHT?;
I WOULP HAVE TOSSEP
HIM OUT OP HERE/

I
»»

RL\
YEAH, BUT
SUPPOSE X TOLP
you HIS NAME WAS
JOE HARRIS.

...ANP THAT SIX

MONTHS APTER HIS WIPE
PIEP, HE LOST HIS JOB ANP
HE'S TRYINO TO TAKE CARE
OP THREE CHILPREN?^

ONE SIRLOIN, TWO CHICKEN

CASSEROLES, TWO VEAL
PARMIOIANA. ANP YOU, SIR?

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UNPERSTANP WHAT I'M TRYINO
TO VO HERB/ X HAVE TO OET
BACK IN TOP SHAPE IN
FIVE WEEKS.
WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE.

ANP YOU TELL ME NO SEX,

NO SWEETS, NO MEAT, NO REST,
ANP NO FUN/ I'M A OYMNAST,
NOT A MONK/ WHY AM I POINO
ALL THIS STUFF—SO I
CAN BE MORE SPIRITUAL
OR SOMETHING?
MaKyy

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THE BEPROOM...

WHAT THE HELL.

SOCRATES WOULP
UNPERSTANP.

OF COURSE
HE WOULP.
SO WOULP
PLATO...

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^venino, bog. ^ FRESH JUICE

X THOUGHT YOU MIGHT IS STILL IN THE
LIKE BOMB FRESH ORANGE rw ORAHGB. <
JUICE. I'LL GBT YOU
A £LASS—

SO WHAT'S
ON YOUR MINP?

THAT'S AN
IMPROVEMENT.
TOSS ME THE
SOCKET
k WRENCH. >

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I THINK HIS BXACT WORPS
WFRF "6-ROWIN6- UP 8FF0RF
SHOWING UP."

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 JOSEPH! ME TOO.
I'M 60 SORRY! IT WAS A REALLY
NICE CAFE.

I PON'T
UNPERSTANP. JUST A
YES. WELL, WHEN
MINUTE AGO WEREN'T
SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS,
YOU...REALLY
ALL YOU CAN PO IS LET IT
I-Iff UPSET?
FLOW ANP LET IT GO.

I WISH
\ IT WERE THAT
EASY.

IT'S NOT THAT

EASY. LIFE'S NOT EASY—BUT
IT'S ALL WE'VE GOT...I WOULDN'T
HAVE NEEPEP THAT OLP CAFE
MUCH LONGER ANYWAY.

WHAT PO
YOU MEAN?

I HAVE A RARE
FORM OF LEUKEMIA, A
GENETIC THING. NOT TOO
BAP, AS PISEASES GO.

EXCEPT IT
KILLS YOU.

ONE TWIN & ABOUT PYIN&.

IT SURE GIVES YOU A SENSE OF
PERSPECTIVE. I PON'T WORRY ABOUT
THE SMALL STUFF. HECK, IT'S
ALL SMALL STUFF.
I CAN'T
BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING
TO PIE.
WELLy NOT TOPAY
OR TOMORROW. BUT SOON
ENOUGH. MEANTIME, I HAVE
SOME PLACES TO SEE ANP
THINOS TO PO. TIME TO
MOVE ON.
WHERE WILL
YOU GO?

MAKES NO
PIFFERENCE, REALLY. MAYBE
I'LL JUST FOLLOW
THE SUN.
JUST LIKE
THAT? //

YEP.

I PON'T
KNOW WWAT TO
SAY. SAY
GOOPBYE.

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 YOU KNOW, SINCE 1 STARTER
EATING RI6HT ANV PURIFYING M/
BODY, X FEEl MUCH CLEANER ANV
< I <** <«* U I IA JV A >PKi t **
PRINK UP. ? THIS IS YOUR ^
TRAINING. NOW LET'S
WHAT ABOUT SHUT THIS PLACE DOWN
MY TRAINING? AND DO THE TOWN. ^

THE NIOHT'S
STILL YOUNG-!

Ill
 yeah, he was
PIRT-POOR. LiVEP WITH HIS
1 1
SON IN A CAB IN. ALL THE/ HAP

L
IN THE WORLP WAS A HORSE A WEEK LATER
ANP A PLOW. THEN THE THE HORSE CAME BACK,
HORSE RAN AWAY. WELL, BAP LUCK. LEAPING THREE WILP STALLIONS
BUT WHAT'S THAT GOT
INTO THE CORRAL.
TO PO WITH—

YOU THINK
MY WALLET'S
COMING BACK WITH -aV.ggv | ^
THREE MORE? o
A FEW PAYS \
LATER THE FARMER'S
SON BROKE HIS LEO
WHILE TRYING TO
RIPE A STALLION..

REALLY? TOO
BAP..
SOON AFTER, THOUGH THE ARMY
CAME TO TAKE ALL THE YOUNG MEN FOR WAR.
BUT THEY LEFT THE FARMER'S SON BBCAUSE OF
HIS BROKEN LEO. SO YOU CAN'T EVER KNOW FOR
P Ft) CERTAIN WHAT'S GOOP LUCK OR WHAT'S BAP LUCK.

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PHONE. CALL AN
AMBULANCE.

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r IT'S OETTINO IF I CAN C-ET ^
WT REAPy FOR THE TEAM
HARPER TO SURPRISE
k^ YOU. TRYOUTS IN THREE WEEKS,
■ flft^a^flgggggpk THAT WILL SURPRISE ME/
8 M®|B^8^i've OOT TO
BHHr CONCENTRATE, BUT— ^
IM I CAN'T OET HER OUT OF
My MINP.

you CAN'T OET

LOT OF THINOS OUT
OP yOUR MINP. ^

SO BEOINNINO TOMORROW
^ MORN1NO, ANP FOR THE NEXT TWENTy- ^
FOUR HOURS, I WANT yOU TO CARRy A
NOTEBOOK EVERyWHERE yOU GO ANP WRITE f YOU'P BETTER >
POWN EVERy RANPOM THOUGHT THAT MAKE THAT A LAROE
>S^ POPS INTO yOUR HEAP. ^df V NOTEBOOK. >

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 MANY YEARS A&O I PIPN'T KNOW A BASTE FROM
A CROSS-STITCH. LEFT THE MENPINO TO MY WIFE, ^ WHICH REMINPS ME,
. BUT .AFTgR SHE PIEP I JUST TOOK IT UR YOUR LAST MOVE IN THE
^SHIRTS STILE NEEP MENPINO, AW IT'S A OYM THE OTHER NIOHT
WAY TO REMEMBER HER. W ^ WAS SLOPPY,
FOR ME, ST- XT WAS THE
SEWINO IS A KINP OF ) M BEST PISMOUNT
MEPITATION. J1 ALL nioht;

^ THE PISMOUNT WAS

FINE. I'M TALKING ABOUT HOW
YOU STUFFEP YOUR OEAR INTO
V. YOUR OYM BAO. ^

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 WHEN you
WHAT WAS CAUGHT THE MUG, WHAT
THAT ABOUT?^
WERE YOU THINKING
ABOUT?

WELL, NOTHING.
THAT'S RIGHT.
JUST THE MUG.
yOU WEREN'T LOST IN yOUR
USUAL PREAMWORLP
ANP REVERIE. yOU WERE RIGHT
HERE, RIGHT NOW.
yEAH, LIKE WHEN
I'M REALLy CONCENTRATING
IN THE GYM.
yOU'RE NOT
ALWAYS IN THE GYM. yOU'RE
_ IN THE WORLP.
SO?

’the PIFFERENCE
BETWEEN US, PAN, IS THAT
_yOU PRACTICE GYMNASTICS. I
PRACTICE EVERyTHING.
WHAT?

you TREAT yOUR

GyMNASTICS AS SPECIAL,
ANP EVERyTHING ELSE AS ORPINARY
TO ME, THERE ARE NO ORPINARy MOMENTS. I GIVE
EVERyTHING I PO-WALKING, BREATHING, EATING—
THE SAME ATTENTION THAT yOU GIVE TO A POUBLE
SOMERSAULT. THAT IS THE SECRET OF THE WARRIOR'S
WAY PAN. ANP THAT IS yOUR KEy TO THE GATEWAY

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LIK£ I'M KIPPINO
4ROUNP?

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 ^ THE GYM'S
LOCKEP. SO HOW PIP

^ you ^ET

ON, I HAVE MY ^
WAVS...OKAY, SO I
PLIRTEP A LITTLE WITN SAM
MY, YOU'RE 50 5ERIOU5
t . TONIOHT. ^

J05EPN
TOLP ME ABOUT
NI5 ILLNESS. ,

YE5,
X KNOW.

OP COURSE
I LOVE HIM. ANP
. NE LOVES ME.

HA NA NA/ -Hi 1
ON NO/^
(you MEAN NE NEVER
TOLP YOU? TOLP ME
. WNAT?^

HE'S MY
BROTHER,
SILLY/.

APTER SHOWING JOY

NIS MOVES, PAN OOES
POR THE PISMOUNT...

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 ON
WHAT? LIFE CAN BE Wlf
COMPLICATED,
> IVE SEEN THIS^
COMINO... JUST DIDN'T
ON MANY ^ KNOW WHEN. _
THINOS.
wmr irs...
1 ... JOSEPH^^^
WHAT THINOS? ^HE'S STARTING TO
TALK TO ME/ HAVE THESE SPELLS. I
HAVE TO BE THERE FOR
HIM. HE HAS NO
^ ONE ELSE. ^

^ NO, HE WOULD NEVER— ^

WHEN OUR PARENTS DIED, WE WENT TO
LIVE WITH AN UNCLE WHO DRANK,
^ COT VIOLENT...

AND ONE DAY

HE TRIED TO...
...DO THINCS
TO ME.

^ JOSEPH STOPPED HIM

AND WE RAN. I WAS TEN YEARS OLD
HE TOOK CARE OF ME...HE WENT
^ HUNCRY SO I COULD EAT.

NOW I CAN BE
THERE FOR HIM. DO YOU
UNDERSTAND?

^ NO, yOU CAN'T. ^

YOUR PATH LEADS ELSEWHERE
DAN—AND IT ISN'T WIDE
ENOUOH FOR TWO. ^ WHO TOLD
YOU THAT—
SOCRATES?

IT'S NOT ^
OUR TIME TO BE
^ TOGETHER. .

I CAN'T
BELIEVE THAT.
v I WON'T/

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A JOURNAL—PEOPLE ANP PLACES

iSS

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THE EARTH 16 A UV!NO ^

CREATURE.. .AW m ARB
CBll6 OP HER 80PY. IT 16
ALU ONE 80PY, ANP EVERYTHINO,
, EVEN 6TONE6, ARE A PART
OP TH!6 CREATURE.

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X KNOW THAT All YOU GUYS WERE CLAP TO SEE
PAN'S RECOVERY, ANP THAT YOU SHARE MY
PISAPPOINTMENT THAT HE'S NOT HERE. BUT YOU
KNOW IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING
IMPORTANT...

HELL, A EOT OF THINOS

IN THE WORLP ARE MORE
IMPORTANT THAN WINNING AN
ATHLETIC COMPETITION. BUT
THERE'S A PIECE OF THE WORLP
RIOHT HERE, RIC-HT NOW.
YOU'VE WORKEP
HARP FOR IT, ANP X
KNOW YOU CAN RISE TO
THE OCCASION...

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PURINO THE COMPETITION, RICK
POES A STRAPPLE LEAP...
..PAN WORKS THE
OAA POMMEL HORSE...

...A O/MNAST PROM

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
VAULTS...

...PAN POES AN IRON

CROSS ON THE RINOS.

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THE /ANNOUNCER
CALIS OUT THE
SCORES...

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 THE COACH
SUPPENLY LOOKS ANNOUNCER...
AROUNP...
THE WARM-UPS
ARE O'/ER. WILE THE
O/MNASTS TAKE
THEIR SEATS?

PAN OAZES OUT A WINPOW

IN AN ISOLATEP STAIRWELL
OP THE ARENA...

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THE rBm GOBS WILD,
PAN IS SATISFIED BUT
STRANGELY SUBDUED
AS HE GAZES UP TO
THE BLEACHERS...

COULP
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 HE OFTEN THINKS ABOUT
SOCRATES ANP WHAT
HE MIC-HT HAVE APVISEP.

HE CAN SENSE THAT A

PART OF SOCRATES LIVES
WITHIN HIM NOW,

FINALLY, AFTER NINE YEARS OF TRAINING

ANP PREPARATION, PAN'S PATH TAKES HIM BACK

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TO CALIFORNIA, TO THE REMOTE WILPERNESS
HIOH IN THE SIERRA NEVAPA, WHERE HE RECORPS
ALL THAT HE REMEMBERS IN HIS JOURNAL.

'bvbrywhbrb my path has

LBP, I'VB FACBP THB SAMB
QUBSVONS AT BVBPY TURN.

WHAT IS THB PURPOSB OF MY UFB?

WHBRB IS THB GATBWAY 8BYONP

THB M/NP, BBYONP PAST ANP FUTURB,
8BY0NP UFB ANP PBATH?

I'VB MBTMANY TBACHBRS, SBBN

MANY PIFFBRBNT SCHOOLS, 8UT
FOUNP NO ULVMATB ANSWBRS.

FI NALL Y, IHAVB COMB HBRB

TO FACB THB PARKINBSS I HAVB
FBARBP ALL THB SB YBARS. "

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 "IVE SPENT TIME IN
SOLITUDE, PREPARING FOR
WHATEVER IS TO COME.

I KNOW NOTHING FOR CERTAIN,

BUT SENSE THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO
BE HERE—AND THAT I'LL EITHER FIND
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR OR LOSE
MYSELF IN THE WILDERNESS. "

■*

/ ****** fcfj

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OPEN ALL YOUR SENSES
FOLLOW THP MOON.
^ IT LEAPS TO ^
( THE GATEWAY. )

S IF l F\NV IT, ^
IF I RA55 THROUGH,
W\LL I 5FP you
V AGAIN? ^

WHERE?

THAT'S FOR YOU

TO PISCOVER.

I OWE YOU SO MUCH

HOW CAN I EVER
V REPAY YOU? ^

3Y PASSING
IT ON. ' COME WITH
ME, SOCl LIKE OLV
. TIMES... >

MY WORK 15 ^
PONF. ONCE THP GARPFNER
PLANTS THE SEEPS, THE
REST 15 UP TO GOP. ^

^ STRANGE, AFTER
ALL THI5 TIME, I 5TILL
PON'T KNOW WHO YOU
^ REALLY ARE... ^

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 A FFW HOURS UTPR,
PAN 8F01N5 A FINAL
ASCBNT THAT MAY PFLIVFR
OR PFSTROY HIM.

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AS PAWN BREAKS

RAH CON[ES TO A
FORK IN THE ROAR, ONE
OF UFE'S CHOICES.

HE CANNOT KNOW THE BEST

CHOICE, YET HE FEELS ONE PATH
BECKONING- HIM, OlOWINO MORE
BRIGHTLY—THE LESS-TRAVELER ONE
wmvw,.

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All THIS TIME HE WAS
FIOHTINO ONLY HIMSELF

HAVINO SHOWN THE

COURAGE TO BURY HIS
SWORP IN THE EARTH,
P/AN WATCHES HIS
PEMON PO THE SAME.

X3
AS HIS PEMON PISSOLVES
BACK INTO SHAPOW, ITS
SWORP OPENS A CHASM P/AN
H/AS PREAMT OF BEFORE.
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 AS HE EMERGES FROM THF
CAVE, HAVINO PASSFP
THROUGH THE VISIONARY
OATEWAY OF HIS PEATH ANP
REBIRTH, HE OAZFS UP AT
THF HEAVFNS BUT SFSS ONLY
THF LIOHT AT THF CENTER OF
CREATION, BFYONP LIFE,
BFYONP PFATH...

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 HIKING BACK POWN
THE MOUNTAIN, PAN
KNOWS THAT A PART
OF HIM, THE SEPARATE
SELF, HAS PIEP.

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PAN SMILES WITH
CALM VZTACmtHT.

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 ON COLLEGE AVENUE, PAH
WAS OPENEP A SMALL SCHOOL
THAT TEACHES GYMNASTICS,'
ANP SOMETHING MORE...

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"SOMBT/MBS, IN THB QUIBT
HOURS OF THB NIGHT, JOY
APPBARS IN MY MINP ANP I
CAN ALMOST FBBL HBR
8RBATH ON MY CHBBK
uiiutuinii
AFTBR ALL THBSB YBARS, I
I PON r KNOW IF / 'LL- BVBR SBB SBBM TO KNOW LBSS ANP LBSS FOR
HBR AGAIN, BUT I'VB COMB TO
CBRTAIN. BUT I'VB COMB TO BMBRACB
ACCBPTWHAT LIFBOFFBRS, ANP
PARAPOX, HUMOR, ANP CHANGB—ANP TO
FOR NOW, F/NP SOLITUPB A
APPRBC/ATB THAT UFB IS A MYSTBRY WB
PBACBFUL COMPANION.
■CAN ONLY L/VB ONB MOMBNT AT A TfMB.

LI

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A POSSIBILITY IS
PULFILLEP, A NEW
FUTURE OPENS.

THERE'S
NO TIME LIKE
NOW...

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 AS JOY AW PAN WALK ACROSS THE
PARK ANP INTO THEIR LIFE TOGETHER,
THEY GLANCE UP TO SEE AN OLP EAOLE
PERCHEP ABOVE, A BIRP THAT PAN HAS
SEEN MANY TIMES BEFORE...

r"
c-r-
r

ANP AS THE EAOLE TAKES

FLIOHX PAN REALIZES WHY
SOCRATES PiPN'T APPEAR
R/JT nwIV r+A\/F TUf AA A
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About the Author
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About the Illustrator
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Peaceful Warrior is Andrews first graphic novel, but he has many more forthcoming,
including an adaptation of The Epic of Gilgamesh. He lives in California and teaches art.

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