“How Mirka Got Her Sword,” Page 36
This is one of my favorite pages in the entire book — possibly my favorite page, period. I really like this page conceptually. Plus, the drawing came out very nicely; I think I’ve rarely done a better job of drawing Mirka than on all the little background panels on this page.
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Beautiful page…
Absolutely great… not that it matters to the story, but I really wanna know what the rest of panel 7 says =P
Thanks, both of you. :-)
Patrick, I filled up the word balloon in that panel with a quote from Gilbert and Sullivan. “This particularly rapid unintelligible patter isn’t generally heard and if it is it doesn’t matter.”
I finally read the dead tree version of the story. I don’t want to give any spoilers (though I’ll have questions later on…) so I’ll just say that it was better than I was expecting and I was expecting a lot.
When’s the next one coming out?
I loved this page. It is a great use of the comic medium to express what a character is going through on both the inside and the outside. The only sad thing about it being a favorite is that it is the kind of image that would lose its effectiveness if used anything other than very rarely.
This format is CLASSIC Ampersand.
… “Chochme” = joke? I always knew it as “wisdom”, but maybe she’s supposed to be sarcastic?
It’s Yiddish humor. It does mean ‘wisdom’, translated literally, but it’s like wisecrack in English – literally means smart, but in context means idiot.
They say the Fool is the wisest man at court.
RE: Chochmah…
Yeah, it’s used like that, depends on the context. Similar to “chochmaloag”, someone who’s intelligent but completely lacking in common sense.
Keep it going, Barry, love the comic!!