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Art by Bill Sienkiewicz

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"LOOK, I KEPT TELLING YOU WE WERE TOO LOW OVER THE CHANNEL."

Artist: Pfc. Frank Q. Hewitt

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Finally got my groove back, see you soon!!

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Ethan Sabatella's reviews of Hound by Paul J. Bolger and Barry Devlin are invaluable since he writes from the perspective of someone who has studied Irish mythology.

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What You’ll Never Have (late 1190s)

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Little video I made to show some pannels in the comic! (originally made for reels but I think it works well here).

Also song is Burza by Mordewind

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Subutai is going out of the canvas again...

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The Eagles of Rome by Enrico Marini is an example of the great historical fiction comics the European comic scene has to offer. This is my review.

One of the things I love about European comics is the number of great historical fiction titles available. So, I thought I share a review I did of one of my favorites: The Eagles of Rome. 

The Eagles of Rome, by Enrico Marini, is set in the The Roman Empire in the first century AD, during the reign of Emperor Augustus. Rome is seeking to expand its boarders into Germania. Towards this end, a young Germanian prince has been sent to Rome to be fostered as part of a peace agreement with the Cherusci tribe. To his people he is Ermanamer, but the Romans have given him a new name: Arminius. Arminius has been sent to live with Titus Valerius Falco and his son Marcus. The comic follows Arminius and Marcus as the grow into men and join the legion. As they grow, Arminius finds himself increasingly drawn to the land of his birth. Marcus and Arminius are going to find themselves on opposite sides of a great conflict. In time it will be known as the Battle of Teutoburg Forest. 

The Eagles of Rome isn’t finished yet, as Marini writes and draws the comic all one his own. There’s usually a few years wait between volumes, but it is totally worth it. Marini takes his time to ensure a quality comic. The comic is illustrated in gorgeous watercolor paintings, and you can tell Marini puts lots of love and care into his artwork. 

The historical accuracy is rock solid as well. A few events are shifted around to make for better story flow, but otherwise it is all perfectly accurate to the historical record. The biggest bit of artistic license is that Marcus and his family are totally fictional. They’re mostly there to give the Roman perspective on things. Funnily enough, DC did this thing a few years back where they hired European comic writers to make comics based on iconic DC heroes. Marini wrote a Batman comic, and he drew Bruce Wayne almost exactly like Marcus. 

There’s also little details that add to the historical accuracy. Statues and buildings are covered in vibrant colored paint, just as they were in Roman times. We also get to see the seedier parts of Rome and how, if you were poor, living in Rome was like living in a third world country. 

I don’t know when the next issue is coming out, but I can’t wait to see what happens next. Have you read The Eagles of Rome? If so, what did you think? 

Link to the full review on my blog is here: http://drakoniandgriffalco.blogspot.com/2019/07/comic-review-eagles-of-rome-vol-1-5-by.html?m=1

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That time in ancient Greece when Aziraphale needed a speedy horse and accidentally invented the pegasus

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Whatever Crowley had going on in medieval times

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Daily Mirror, England, April 8, 1920

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Panel Borders Catch Up: Historical Comics with Alice Loxton and Teresa Robertson

A recent Panel Borders looked at comics from and about history, as Alex Fitch talked to a pair of female creators about their work

A recent Panel Borders show titled Historical Comics looked at comics from and about history, as Alex Fitch talked to a pair of female creators about their work last month.  Alice Loxton discussed her book, Uproar! Satire, Scandal and Printmakers in Georgian London, which delves into the lives of early cartoon satirists – Thomas Rowlandson, Isaac Cruikshank and James Gillray – in an interview…

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Our Flag Means Death

Art by Claire Hummel

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Ah yes. Anthony Justdontgetstabbed Crowley.

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Saffron Wave returns in 2024!

Hey there, been a while, hasn't it?

Sorry for the silence, but I've been dealing with a lot of crap the past half-year or so and now that life's finally settling down I can direct more energy to comics again~! If you'd like the details, you can check out this video where I explain why I've been gone.

While I've been on this break I've been doing some serious retconning and improvements for Saffron Wave.

The first big improvement is fixing the first half of chapter 1. The original pages weren't meant to be posted so the writing was really weak and didn't establish the story in the way I wanted. This has been fixed now, with new writing + new art~

The next improvement is updating the look of the website! This has been a bit of an on-going process behind the scenes, but it's almost ready and I should have that up and running by the end of the month.

The last major thing is going to be fixing chapter 4. I was really struggling to stay on top of things last year, and all the crap life threw at me starting in the summer really took the wind out of my sails so I decided to take a huge step back and reassess what I wanted to do with the story going forward. I should be able to reuse a lot of the existing art, again it's the writing that needs fixing, so I'm hoping to have this done by spring so we can get back to regular weekly updates.

That said, you can check out the revised pages here! I'll try to remember to be more active here as well now that I'm getting my groove back.

Thanks for sticking around, I'll see you again soon!

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I'm looking forward to the second review of the graphic novel Hound by Ethan Sabatella of Senchas Claideb.

I'm personally interested in the long, complicated prehistory and history of the graphic novel that I'm preparing to write about. I would like to know the reason behind the immense success of the three Kickstarter campaigns for this indie graphic novel adapting an obscure myth.

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