Two Roads Diverge

Two Roads Diverge
The cover of Two Roads Diverge, the first graphic novel in the six-part Southland Tales saga.
Date	June 28, 2006
Main characters	Boxer Santaros Fortunio Balducci Krysta Now Baron von Westphalen
Series	Southland Tales: The Prequel Saga
Publisher	Graphitti Designs
Creative team
Writers	Richard Kelly
Artists	Brett Weldele
ISBN
Chronology
Followed by	Fingerprints

Two Roads Diverge is a graphic novel written in conjunction with the film Southland Tales. It is Part One of the Southland Tales saga. The novel was written by Richard Kelly - who also directed the film - and illustrated by Brett Weldele. The graphic novel was published by Graphitti Designs.

Southland Tales was initially planned to be a nine-part "interactive experience", with the first six parts published in six 100-page graphic novels that would be released in a six-month period up to the film's release in 2007. The feature film comprises the final three parts of the experience. A website was also developed to intertwine with the graphic novels and the film itself. The idea of six graphic novels was later narrowed down to three. The novels were written by Kelly and illustrated by Brett Weldele.

June 30, 2008: Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson) wakes up alone in the Nevada desert, he takes out a red syringe and injects himself in the neck. He begins walking through the desert.

Fortunio Balducci (Will Sasso) is on a houseboat with Tab Taverner-Former Mayor of Hermosa, his son Ronald Taverner (Seann William Scott) nephew, Jimmy Hermosa and friend, Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar). Fortunio is currently in an online-poker game with several American soldiers in Syria and loses, but the connection is lost because the soldiers were attacked – which means Fortunio is still going to lose his money anyway.

Fortunio owes some bookies in Las Vegas $100,000 so Tab suggests that Fortunio get out of Nevada before the holiday weekend begins; this should buy him some time. Fortunio can’t get across the border because he has no interstate visa to get across and will take some time for him to get one.

Krysta Now tells Fortunio that she can get him a visa and to meet her at a bar called Buffalo Bill’s situated at the border.

Fortunio leaves the boat and drives towards the border. On his way, he finds Boxer passed out on the road. He pulls over and approaches him. Boxer stirs and says: