অরিয়ার্ক -এর মানচিত্র

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বহু দিন ধরেই একটা কমিক হইয়ের আইডিয়া মাথার মধ্যে ঘুরপাক খাচ্ছিল।  সেই আইডিয়াটাকে বাস্তবায়ন করার জন্য গল্প লিখছি ''অরিয়ার্ক''-এর প্রেক্ষাপটে।  অরিয়ার্ক একটি কাল্পনিক মহাদেশের নাম।  আরিফ- থেকে আরি এবং আর্ক শব্দ যোগে ''অরিয়ার্ক''  নাম করণ করা হয়েছে।  উল্লেখ্য আর্ক একটি নরওয়েজিয়ান শব্দ যার অর্থ কাগজ।

অরিয়ার্ক দেখতে কেমন হবে, তার ভৌগলিক অবস্থান কেমন হবে তার ভিত্তিতে একটা মানচিত্র তৈরী করেছি।
অরিয়ার্ক-এর উত্তরে প্রচন্ড ঠান্ডা, মধ্যাংশে নাতিশীতোষ্ণ, দক্ষিণাংশে গরম আবহায়া।

পূর্বে কিছু বিচ্ছিন্ন দ্বীপ। পশ্চিমে সমতল ভূমি। মধ্যভাগে কিছু পর্বতমালা যেখান থেকে উত্পত্তি হয়েছে কিছু নদীর।  আর সেই নদীগুলোকে কেন্দ্র করে করে উঠেছে সভ্যতা ও জনবসতি। শীত প্রধান অঞ্চল সমূহেও গড়ে উঠেছে কিছু সম্রাজ্য।

আর অরিয়ার্ক-এর  সাল গননাটা হবে BA (Before Arif) বা আরিফ পূর্বাব্দ ,  AA (After Arif) বা আরিফ অব্দ।
অরিয়ার্ক-এর বিভিন্ন স্থান কালের ভিত্তিতে বিভিন্ন জন ও জনগোষ্ঠির গল্প বলার চেষ্টা করব আমার কমিকে।  
Arifur Rahman er en bangladeshi-norsk illustratør, tegneserieskaper og avistegner. Han er utgiver av det nettbasert tegnemagasinet Toons Mag, og organiserer internasjonale tegnekonkurranser og utstillinger i Norge og utlandet.

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