Showing posts with label graphic novel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label graphic novel. Show all posts

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Meet the Village Gossip


A portrait of Tidburg, the gossip responsible for distorting the story that has come down to us as Cinderella.

 You know the sort of person who always seems to turn up when she is least welcome? In Courting Trouble that person is Tidburg. She has a nose for news and an ear for a good story, and both of those are more important to her than accuracy. We first see Tidburg in action when a villager recounts a salacious story about the queen.
The village gossip Tidburg, quick to sniff out a story, slithered into the group right next to the speaker . . . .

Saturday, February 2, 2019

From the Sketchbook:Scene 2

Illustrations for Scene 2 of Courting Trouble by Elaine Drew; Cynethrith's mother, an archer; the empty throne of Wessex; servants overhear lovers; warriors storm the king and his mistress; the mistress if burned at the stake; her husband remarries a very young girl; Wessex gets a puppet king,
This chapter of Courting Trouble tells us why the people of Wessex do not like their King. A power hungry and resentful prince sets his warriors against the legitimate king, killing him while he is visiting his mistress. All who are eligible and of age to take the king's place are killed in the skirmish. The mistress is burned for infidelity, and her husband remarries a very young girl. Wessex's enemy, Mercia, takes over the kingdom by installing the puppet king Beorhtric.

An Enchanted Evening

In Courting Trouble a young warrior is eager to prove himself. He goes in search of conquest. Along the way, he is directed to an encha...