Sounds like that book is going to come is really handy for you over the years – as a cure for insomnia! Just open it up anywhere and start reading and in five or ten minutes … zzzzzzzz. I had a book for my debate class that was like that – good grief, people can be so full of themselves!!! LOL
Thank you, but you overestimate the breadth of my knowledge and research. I made those lines up based more on my fringe involvement with hooie-wooie groups back in the 1980s. But that doesn’t mean I won’t look into the links you provided, and the NEXT time you see such an allusion, it will likely be with more foundation.
As for Melmoth, our bad guy has a bad habit of changing his name to fit the circumstances, but always uses one from a supposed immortal from fiction or history. Thus far he has been known as Kartophilus, St. Germain and Melmoth.
Er, well, actually I just picked that up from Mr. Machen-have not even read much Paracelcus-apart from the elementals he is not that origional (or so, er, I have been told anyway).
Can reccomend Jerome Cardan though.
Oh dear, hope you were not forced to read Paulo Coehlo?!
Posing as the Wandering Catholic (most versions of the legend agree that he converted, for obvious reasons) must be tricky in the period before WWII-even with that handy hand regeneration trick.
And, thank you for reading & responding to my swollen spam comments? It is rather obvious how valuable your time is, compared to mine.
Thanks for the tip on Jerome Cardan. I always find that stuff interesting. Although the idea ultimately fails, the part I loved most about the Alias TV show was the Milo Rambaldi storyline.
And I was actually forced to read Paulo Coehlo’s The Alchemist, and fortunately remember nothing about it other than that it was a chore.
“Wandering Catholic” was a grumpy medieval joke. Kartophilus is one of th many names atrributd to the
Wandering Jew of legend. Thus, he would have to convert from Judaism to Catholicism.
That eerily Derleth-looking ungentlemans choice of “Melmoth” as his nom du stelle in this particular group indicates, come to think of it, their artistic intrests?
For the more biologically-inclined, one supposes he would go by something along the lines of “Turritopsis nutricula-Overman” http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/article5594539.ece
Well, the story isn’t complete just yet. And as much as I would like there to be a TPB, even if it’s only Part 1. The first four issues will amount to roughly 120 pages of comics; with a few extras, that would make a nice package. But at the moment, I just don’t have the time to research the possibility. My biggest concern is the coloring and whether I will have to go back and redo a lot of it for the printed page. Color printing doesn’t have the dynamic range of a computer monitor. Thanks for asking, and I will keep it on a side burner.
Really enjoying this amazing comic. Stumbled on it about a month ago (hoped there’d be a few more pages by now, oh well!). As for publishing, you could always publish it on iPhone or iPad with higher resolution images (no recolouring required). If you’re interested and aren’t able to do this yourself, I’d be more than happy to help. Keep up the outstanding work!
I spoke to a guy about putting it onto the iPhone or iPad and he was big-time enthusiastic, then I never heard from him again. All the apps I am aware of are dedicated to the major lines, so I have no idea how to proceed. I’ll be gladd to talk with you about it if you’re interested.
June 11th, 2010 at 1:12 am
Sounds like that book is going to come is really handy for you over the years – as a cure for insomnia! Just open it up anywhere and start reading and in five or ten minutes … zzzzzzzz. I had a book for my debate class that was like that – good grief, people can be so full of themselves!!! LOL
Great page, BTW!
June 11th, 2010 at 8:16 am
Her shoot first and run from monsters later attitude makes a lot more sense with this flashback.
June 11th, 2010 at 9:42 am
Your color, texture, shading and highlighting are in particularly good form today. Beautiful work!
June 11th, 2010 at 10:36 am
Stars & sand? thought you were quoting Oswaldus Crollius for a sec, but his Microcosmourgy involved grains of wheat, rather than silica:
http://www.donaldcorrell.com/machen/onqbl.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Croll
I suppose that leaves us with Mr. Blake?
“To see the world in a grain of sand
And a Heaven in a wild flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour”
Or merely Samuel Ray Delany, Jr.?
Oh, & hope THAT Melmoth has nothing to do with poor Mr. Wilde.
June 11th, 2010 at 11:24 am
Yesss. The Music of Erich Zann was one of my favorite Lovecraft stories.
June 11th, 2010 at 11:52 am
Just saying you are awesome…Eric Zann is my favorite piece by HPL. I look forward, as always, to seeing where this is going to go.
June 11th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Thank you, but you overestimate the breadth of my knowledge and research. I made those lines up based more on my fringe involvement with hooie-wooie groups back in the 1980s. But that doesn’t mean I won’t look into the links you provided, and the NEXT time you see such an allusion, it will likely be with more foundation.
As for Melmoth, our bad guy has a bad habit of changing his name to fit the circumstances, but always uses one from a supposed immortal from fiction or history. Thus far he has been known as Kartophilus, St. Germain and Melmoth.
June 12th, 2010 at 5:22 am
Er, well, actually I just picked that up from Mr. Machen-have not even read much Paracelcus-apart from the elementals he is not that origional (or so, er, I have been told anyway).
Can reccomend Jerome Cardan though.
Oh dear, hope you were not forced to read Paulo Coehlo?!
Posing as the Wandering Catholic (most versions of the legend agree that he converted, for obvious reasons) must be tricky in the period before WWII-even with that handy hand regeneration trick.
And, thank you for reading & responding to my swollen spam comments? It is rather obvious how valuable your time is, compared to mine.
June 12th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Thanks for the tip on Jerome Cardan. I always find that stuff interesting. Although the idea ultimately fails, the part I loved most about the Alias TV show was the Milo Rambaldi storyline.
And I was actually forced to read Paulo Coehlo’s The Alchemist, and fortunately remember nothing about it other than that it was a chore.
June 12th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
“Posing as the Wandering Catholic (most versions of the legend agree that he converted, for obvious reasons)”
I thought the whole point of Catholicism was that you didn’t need to convert? It being a catholic (little-c) organisation.
June 12th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
“Wandering Catholic” was a grumpy medieval joke. Kartophilus is one of th many names atrributd to the
Wandering Jew of legend. Thus, he would have to convert from Judaism to Catholicism.
June 13th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
Looks like dad at least is having second thoughts about sacrificing his daughter. >.> scary scary parents.
June 14th, 2010 at 7:26 am
Excellent as always, keep up the good work.
Can’t wait for next week.
June 15th, 2010 at 8:55 am
Wikied Milo Rambaldi; thanks; very inventive.
The Invunche abominations of Coehlo must be especially hard on the real neo-hermetics, such as Christopher Warnock, Esq.
http://www.renaissanceastrology.com/biography.html
That eerily Derleth-looking ungentlemans choice of “Melmoth” as his nom du stelle in this particular group indicates, come to think of it, their artistic intrests?
For the more biologically-inclined, one supposes he would go by something along the lines of “Turritopsis nutricula-Overman”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/article5594539.ece
June 16th, 2010 at 7:04 am
This question has probably been asked already, but it needs to be said. Are there books/albums available with the complete story?
June 16th, 2010 at 8:09 am
Well, the story isn’t complete just yet. And as much as I would like there to be a TPB, even if it’s only Part 1. The first four issues will amount to roughly 120 pages of comics; with a few extras, that would make a nice package. But at the moment, I just don’t have the time to research the possibility. My biggest concern is the coloring and whether I will have to go back and redo a lot of it for the printed page. Color printing doesn’t have the dynamic range of a computer monitor. Thanks for asking, and I will keep it on a side burner.
July 10th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Really enjoying this amazing comic. Stumbled on it about a month ago (hoped there’d be a few more pages by now, oh well!). As for publishing, you could always publish it on iPhone or iPad with higher resolution images (no recolouring required). If you’re interested and aren’t able to do this yourself, I’d be more than happy to help. Keep up the outstanding work!
July 10th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
I spoke to a guy about putting it onto the iPhone or iPad and he was big-time enthusiastic, then I never heard from him again. All the apps I am aware of are dedicated to the major lines, so I have no idea how to proceed. I’ll be gladd to talk with you about it if you’re interested.