December 17th, 2008
“How Mirka Got Her Sword,” page 57
LAST PAGE!!!!!!
Took a long time to draw this page, too.
Next week: The front cover. (I know everyone’s already seen it in tiny form, but hopefully it’ll be nicer seeing it big.)
LAST PAGE!!!!!!
Took a long time to draw this page, too.
Next week: The front cover. (I know everyone’s already seen it in tiny form, but hopefully it’ll be nicer seeing it big.)
December 17th, 2008 at 6:03 am
Oh man, gorgeous.
December 17th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
That’s just beautiful. What a wonderful story.
Things I especially liked:
* Your dialogue is first-rate. Not that I’m surprised, having been a longtime fan of your cartoons and your writing generally, but you do good work here.
* I don’t usually like anything other than photorealistic or near-photorealistic art, but for some reason yours really does it for me. (This last page give me Great Joy, as you might imagine.)
* I love the design of the troll. What a wonderful idea, making the monster out of anti-Semitic clichés!
* Mirka is such a wonderful character, but I like pretty much everyone who’s been introduced so far. (Well, except for the punk teenagers. The witch made me uncomfortable, but so far she hasn’t, I think, lied as such. Hm.)
* I’m really looking forward to meeting the rest of Mirka’s family, especially her father and her sisters. You’ve done such a great job rendering Zindel, Fruma, and Mirka herself that I’m excited to see who else this family includes.
December 17th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
[…] folktale and a fantasy novel, the story has been unfolding on Wednesdays over the last year. Today, with the posting of page 57, the story draws to a close. In between, the story was published in hardcopy, sold to a major […]
December 18th, 2008 at 1:08 am
[…] story (all 57 pages of it) is now available for online reading. The final page is posted here, and the first page is […]
December 18th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Great comic, you leave me wanting more. I can’t wait to see what she does with her sword!