Arthurian Alphabooks: I is for Sir Ironside
Here's another knight from Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur—the Red Knight of the Red Lands, whose given name is Ironside:As usual, physical descriptive details are few in Malory, but we are told...
View ArticleAlphadonjon: J is for John-John
My concession to the fact that I am traveling this week is that for this installment of Alphabooks I've only drawn one character from Donjon. Sort of. You see, J is for John-John.You can see John-John...
View ArticleAlphabooksbeasts: J is for Jeremy Fisher (and Jack Sharp)
As I said in my "Alphadonjon" post, I'm traveling this week, so this post is actually being composed at 3:30 AM on Thursday night, for scheduling, instead of Sunday night. Maybe I'll be able to keep it...
View ArticleArthurian Alphabooks: J is for Jeschute
Sorry I'm late. In this week's Arthurian alphabet image, J is for Jeschute:Jeschute is the name Wolfram von Eschenbach uses in his Parzival to designate a character who goes nameless in his source,...
View ArticleArthurian Alphabooks: K is for Klinschor
Here's a version of Klinschor, yet another character from Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival: His name appears as Clinschor in the manuscripts, but it's commonly spelled with a K in modern German, so...
View ArticleAlphadonjon: K is for Kadmion
I'm sorry this week's Alphabooks submissions are coming so late. I was traveling last week, and while I was traveling I was reminded of an essay deadline that had passed back on June 1. Immediately on...
View ArticleAlphabooksbeasts Bonus: K is for Kriss
This isn't my "real" Alphabooks submission. It's just a speedy doodle that I colored very quickly. Maybe you've seen these Monster "graphic novels" (albums, really) by my hero Lewis Trondheim.I only...
View ArticleAlphabooksbeasts: K is for Katalpa Kwakk-Wakk, Kolin Kelly, Kiskidee Kuku,...
My other belated "K" entry for Alphabooks takes us away to the desert Southwest, to the precinct of Kokonino, in the same neck of the woods as Monument Valley and the Elephant's Legs (or Feet). Once I...
View ArticleAlphadonjon: L is for Lothar, Luxor, and Lublino
My six-month love letter to Trondheim and Sfar's Dungeon comics continues with this week's Alphabooks entry, showcasing three characters from "Night of the Lady-Killer," the fourth volume (in the...
View ArticleAlphabooksbeasts Bonus: L is for Larry
As with last week, I find myself thinking that I should do a quick extra Alphabooks entry, so as to be sure I really have a complete and legal alphabet by my own self-imposed standards.So, all right,...
View ArticleAlphabooksbeasts: L is for Lockjaw and Lockheed
This week's non-DonjonAlphabooks entry comes from some of my favorite books when I was a kid and a teenager. That is, if you're willing to count them as books.*I think it will surprise no one to learn...
View ArticleAlphabooksbeasts: M is for Moby-Dick
I've already drawn the Futurama analogue of this guy (in 3-D, no less), so let's say that for this week's Alphabooks M is for Moby-Dick. It's hard to capture the size and sublimity of Moby-Dick in a...
View ArticleAlphadonjon: M is for Marvin and Marvin the Red
For this week's DonjonAlphabooks entry, I am blessed with a double-barrel dose of warrior-sidekick awesomeness. M has got to be for Marvin and Marvin.Although they are currently unarmed, they're ready...
View ArticleArthurian Alphabooks: L is for Lancelot, late [hors série]
My drawing for L—an obvious choice of Sir Lancelot—is over a week late, and my M drawing is not even begun; so my apologies to Isaac for mucking up the blog's alphabetical continuity, though he can...
View ArticleArthurian Alphabooks: M is for Morgawse
My belated contribution to the Arthurian alphabet for M is the lady Morgawse, who, in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur, is the wife and later widow of King Lot of Orkney; half-sister and lover to a...
View ArticleKickstart Some Postcards!
Have I mentioned that I'm running a Kickstarter campaign, trying to finance the publication of some postcards based on last year's Animal Alphabet project?This is what one of the postcards is going to...
View ArticleAlphabooksbeasts: N is for Nagaina and Nag
Well, don't look too closely at this week's Alphabooks entry. I'm not very happy with it, and I'd draw it over again if I had time, but I've been preoccupied with other stuff.So this is supposed to be...
View ArticleAlphadonjon: N is for Narboni
This week's AlphabooksDungeon entry is pretty much my only option, but I think he's pretty cool.N is for Narboni. He seems to be an undead rabbit wizard. He wears a cassock and sandals, and his...
View ArticleKing Kirby Day 2012
Today would have been Jack Kirby's ninety-fifth birthday. As I have for the past couple of years, I spent a little time today copying a panel drawn by Kirby that lodged in my visual imagination when I...
View ArticleAlphadonjon: O is for Ormelle and Okto
This O entry for Alphabooks is a full week late. What can I say? I've been busy getting those Animal Alphabet postcards ready, but I'm trying to get back on track.Here we see two characters in...
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