Comments on: “How Mirka Got Her Sword,” Page 22

By: Barry

Barry — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:01:07 +0000

Mirkalicious, thanks for all your many comments! It’s especially nice to be read by other cartoonists. :-)

By: Barry

Barry — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:00:37 +0000

Dianne, thanks for the future purchase, and for the kind words. I’m glad you’re enjoying Hereville.

I’m really fond of the Fruma/Mirka relationship, too. Fruma’s a favorite character (for me, at least), with an interesting background… I promise that there will be more Fruma in some of the upcoming Hereville stories.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:57:43 +0000

I’m setting up a paypal account now so that I can get a dead tree edition. Like Mirka, I don’t like waiting. But I think I’ll have to keep stopping in here for the extra information. For example, I never would have known about sheitel’s if Yochva hadn’t commented.

BTW: I love the way you’re portraying the interaction between the protagonist and her step-mother. Fruma is by no means the “wicked step-mother” but neither is all harmony. There are conflicts as everyone sorts out their roles in the newly blended family (i.e. Mirka having to learn the “womanly arts” and her brother’s passiveness in refusing to argue with Fruma because it’s too much trouble) and those are shown. It’s very…real.

By: Mirkalicious

Mirkalicious — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:06:16 +0000

love the bottom-six-right-hand-side panels!(your right hand, not Frumas right hand :0)

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:36:50 +0000

Thanks, Thene! I’m glad you’re enjoying it.

By: Thene

Thene — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:33:35 +0000

Hi Amp,

I just came over from Alas and read the first 22 panels. It’s beautiful, and I like the insights into a world I wouldn’t otherwise know. I’ll be here every Wednesday now.

By: Barry

Barry — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:52:56 +0000

Black Cat Godess, nice to see you in comments again.

I agree the first panel looks good — sometimes things come together well. (And, alas, sometimes they don’t.) I’d really appreciate it if you’d spread the word about “Hereville” to your friends.

Dianne, nice to see you over here. You’re right on both counts: Fruma has arthritis, and she loves to lecture.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:39:22 +0000

Does Fruma have arthritis? Her joints look a bit enlarged. I love her expression when she’s explaining trolls. Perhaps Fruma likes to instruct as well as argue?

By: Black Cat Godess

Black Cat Godess — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:58:27 +0000

Holy smoof, that first panel looks fantabulous. I can’t draw hands that well to save me life! ^^ Good job on that. I really need to show this comic to a bunch of people. I really like how it’s going so far and I’m sure everyone I could show it to would like it too.

By: Barry

Barry — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:16:27 +0000

Ron, I’m sure I used photo reference when I was drawing that panel. I took over a hundred photos of my friend Bean knitting as preparation for drawing this comic book (you’ll see why later on in the story), plus I downloaded some photos of hands knitting from the internet.

I’m sure that I used photo reference when I was drawing the fabric, although the stripes are kind of design-y, so I may have made that up.