Looking for a new comic book to read? Check out “Indigo,” a new comic created by two South High juniors.

This comic started as a video game idea when juniors Abdullah Abdulkareem and Gideon Mehari were freshmen, and grew into a 10-chapter comic.

The comic, titled “Indigo,” uses creativity and action to get readers’ attention.

“It’s about a kid named Sam, as he’s making cereal, he realizes he doesn’t have milk, so he goes to a grocery store and unexpectedly finds an alien, fights it, gets put into a building, and he has to fight his way out with a friend he made inside,” Mehari said.

This story, while unique, didn’t originally start as a comic.

“It was originally supposed to be a game, late freshman year. We were making designs for the characters, and neither of us could code, so we decided to convert it into a comic. We dropped most things that couldn’t be converted and added new things. We dropped our first chapter late February last year, and we have 10 chapters released,” Abdulkareem said.

As the project developed, Mehari and Abdulkareem found a way to collaborate and produce ideas.

“We publish on a website called Magma, where we draw our comics, and we’re usually on call when we discuss our ideas. We spend 4 or 5 hours on the cover, and once we’re done with that, we go panel by panel, thinking ahead of each one. We make 10 or 11 pages, then stop,” Abdulkareem said.

While using this process of collaboration, the comic was also inspired by other popular works.

“We found inspiration in ‘Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure,’” Mehari said. “And other comics like ‘Captain Underpants’ and ‘Dogman.’ But that’s only what came to mind; we just wanted to do it for fun,” Abdulkareem said.

Although the comic project is going smoothly now, it wasn’t always this way.

“It’s usually just motivation. Sometimes, I just don’t feel as creative, so it’s harder to put out chapters or ideas. Or other times it’s other things in my life. We’re good at bouncing ideas off each other and taking criticism, and giving criticism effectively without fighting,” Abdulkareem said.

Looking ahead, both creators are committed to continuing their work until the story is complete.

“We will continue until we finish the story, as long as it takes to finish the story,” Abdulkareem said.

You can read the comic at http://chums.thecomicseries.com