I don’t know why Mayann is so savvy about nautical terms. Cf. previously revealed pirate obsession.
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After scanning a page, I always make one print version in high resolution and one low-res online version. This time, I was in such a hurry (trying to teach myself a new schedule: 5 days of work, 2 days of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So the last comic update was in August… Well, this page was difficult to draw because of the light in the water and the general shenanigans. But that’s not a real excuse. Last autumn, I had a really challenging job[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This scene is inspired by the famous Blue Grotto in Capri, but there is one in Croatia, too. This drawing by Swiss geologist Leo Wehrli, after the German geophysicist August Heinrich Sieberg, shows how sunlight is reflected into the cave[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I inked this on two separate papers by hand and four different documents digitally, combining all of them (sloppily). It was really difficult to dare to go black & white and completely forgo greyscales. I do like greyscales, but it’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Did you think Falco was being unusually meek on the previous pages? Before mischievously quoting Matthew 7:14, he should consider the verses that follow… I started to ink this page right after the previous one, but things happened. I was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This type of Marian icon has many names: Paraklesis, Madonna Avvocata, Khalkopratiskaya. Hagiosoritissa (Panagia ’Agiosoritissa) means ”of the Holy Shrine”, after a chapel in Constantinople that housed the girdle of Virgin Mary. This version has some rather strange details. One[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t know what’s going on with Falco’s hair. Sublimation? The bell tower has to look like the one in chapter 1, which is unfortunate, since I am now better informed than 13 years ago (gasp! So many years of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thank Dog! Somebody was getting too excited. I had almost forgotten that there was pictorial evidence of Falco singing (and dancing?!). Sadly, I can’t convey the sound of his voice to you, but you are free to use your own[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…