Dagda - Page 62 of the cartoon about Phill from GCHQ - a free comic that I have been working on since September 2016.
Previous page: Phill from GCHQ - page 61 - The Hole
(thanks to @steevc for the idea about pointing to the previous page. Remember that the comic can also be read on the its own website.
Introduction to this weeks page
In the previous page a sinister pagan ritual was initiated and it actually works! I got the idea for all this skull magic while reading about the Celtic culture and religion. All the way back from when central European tribes conquered and sacked Rome and to present days, there has been a special focus on the skull in Celtic religion and folklore. I read about a man in present day Scotland that cured people with the skull of a girl who commited suicide, and in eithteenth century Brittany people did not bother to attend the Catholic sermon, but rushed right past church into the bone house to worship their ancestors. We know this from frustrated pastors who wrote their superiors in Paris.
The skull in the story belongs to a poor US. soldier who died on the mission to capture Phill. You can read on this page about her: Phill from GCHQ - page 53 - Dead Patriots. Her name is Emma Olsen.
Happy reading.
Translations
Thanks to some very dedicated and helpful people the comic about Phill from GCHQ can also be read in other languages. New pages are published on their respective Steemit pages. Please follow them and support their work!
- @vcelier has made the French translation
- @shortcut has made the German translation
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This is so amazing, as usual, and it is a great idea to link the previous as well. Anything to make it easier for the reader to keep up and also get connected if they are just finding you with a new post.
I'm always toying with the idea of a comic, but have not yet allowed it to 'come to be'. I like the way you are approaching this.
Would be great to see a comic from you. Your black and white drawings just needs some speak bubbles.
It is a complicated thing to make, but I think the biggest game stopper is thoughts about style. I haven't given a shit about style, just do whatever I like, and that is one of the reasons I have come this far. Start with small short things.
This looks great! Love the illustrations and concept. Always intrigued with old folklore and Celtic culture. I’m a need to go back and read it from the start.
Thanks! I would be very glad if you read it. The Celtic Gods are mixed up with spy-novel, political satire and whatever takes my fancy.
Very intriguing. Villains vs the heros, in the eternal dance.
Love it! Great art style man :)
Thanks!
Me like!
And quite quick too, have you been working in advance?
Sadly I am not ahead yet, but I definitely plan to be. Right now i am only down to one page a week.
Sounds good enough to me!
Suppose so...
Solang er auf der Erde lebt,
So lange sei dir’s nicht verboten,
Es irrt der Mensch so lang er strebt.
Hey @katharsisdrill,
do you also speak german? Or do you only like Goethe? :D
I ask because I keep a list of German-speaking Steem users.
Anyway, have a nice day.
Max
I can read German somewhat OK, but almost never write it as I am damned awful at it. I do love Goethe, Rilke, Trakl etc. and try to read them when I have time.
All right. Thank you.
Good old German lyric poetry... great! :)
I like how you keep changing the layout and avoid the obvious.
:)
really good job on this!