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Chapter IV: CCXXXXIII (top row)
on April 7, 2015
A little Q&A from over on LJ: _w_o_o_d_: Oh this is really bad. This is what they call volcanic bombs, right? And Grandfather is still there ? How could he possibly make it out of there now? klio: Oh, don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Chapter IV: CCXXXXIII (both rows)
on April 8, 2015
Finished inking the last panel of the top row. Now I need to finish the bottom row….
Domitian’s astrological chart indicated that he would die in the noon hour, and probably at a particular noon. Knowing that all he had to do was stay protected by trusted guards for an hour each day made him fearless…until that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, the end result of the horse debate from Friday at Carmine Street Comics and on Twitter… 1) …this mare is going down the stairs, bareback rider or not. 2) …that thing under the guy’s arm in panel 1 is,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the next comic, final panel still in pencils while I argue with a map (which happens more than you’d think). This comic includes a character I’d promised to put in maybe two years ago. (Not the horse. The horse[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Chapter IV: CCXXXXVII
Accounting for multi-row comics over the years and other oddities, this week’s set of comics counts as number 500….
Chapter IV: CCXXXXVII (row 2)
By the way: With help from an astute reader, I might be correcting the Greek from a couple of comics back. I’m double-checking!
Chapter IV: CCXXXXVII (row 3)
As scientists in a report from the Vesuvius Observatory put it, the initial collapse of the volcanic cloud “billowed through the evacuated town of Herculaneum” at 500°C (about 930°F). Other scientists describe it in much more violent terms than “billow,”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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