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An afternoon walk over the frozen bog.

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The next comic page will be a bit delayed. My friend Patrik is visiting and I'm busy working on the comics that we draw together. We usually see each other four times a year and spend one week together when we work on the comic (well, usually his work is already done and what's left is for me to sketch the characters and the nature environments).

My sleeping habits are usually shit while Patrik has more normal habits, which means I have to adjust them a bit after him while he is here. That in turn results in me having sleep deprivation and a weird stomach the first few days. But on the plus side Patrik cooks all the food and even makes me cookies now and then. ^^

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What do you think about the queer reading of the relationship of Leto and Niobe from a fragment of a work by Sappho which went something like "Before they were mothers, Leto and Niobe were the most devoted friends"

I had missed that fragment entirely! But now when I skimmed through my English translation of Sappho by Anne Carson I found it. "Leto and Niobe were beloved friends." Certainly puts an even more tragic twist to the myth, no matter if you see them as former friends or former lovers.

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Drew Hades in the same grey scale plus one bright color-style as Demeter and Persephone. ^^

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I don't know if you actually can see the island of Aegina (originally named Oenone according to some ancient sources) from the Acrocorinth, but let's just say that it's possible in this fantasy version of ancient Greece, because otherwise I don't know how Sisyphus could know where Zeus brought the girl.

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My mother gave me a beret that she bought in London, but didn't like herself. I tried wearing berets when I was younger and had long hair, but it just never looked good on me. However, now that I have short hair, I think it actually looks pretty nice. The only thing I don't quite like is that this beret has a big bow (I'm not much for bows or lots of lace, since I don't like looking too cute. Nothing wrong with it, it just doesn't feel like me, you know?). But as long as I keep it on the side it looks okay.

(Damn, my teeth look so white now! I saw the dentist last week for the first time in seven years. During the pandemic they stopped calling people to regular visits, and then they prioritized children and elderly people, so at least in my town they were very much behind.)

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The Dead Romans Society - Vates

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I really like making drawings in grey scale plus one bright color, so here is Demeter too.

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Sisyphus having a pretty normal, boring day when a giant eagle suddenly flies by with a woman.

This page took me ages to draw, but I think it actually came out pretty good.

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I will never get tired of Persephone+snakes+poppies. ^^

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It varies depending on the source how many daughters Asopus has, but Aegina is the only one that is important here.

This, my friends, was the last page I had sketched. The next page includes backgrounds, architecture and shit, so it might take a while.

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I don't think I ever posted the uncropped version of this? Demeter and Hekate, drawn during one evening when I felt like drawing flowers and boobs. ^^

The pose is taken from a photo in 1000 Nudes: A History of Erotic Photography from 1839-1939.

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I just wanted to let you know this is my favorite panel to ever panel

Ah, the scene in Daddy's Girl where Hades reluctantly makes himself visible to say hello to Athena. I remember I had been looking forward to draw that panel (I forgot the hair on his arms, though. Can't believe I missed that important detail XD). Thank you! ^^

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I got the results from the colposcopy today and the good news is that they showed no cellular changes. But the HPV infection is still there, so I'll be called for a new examination in about half a year again. I wish it would just heal and go away already. Then maybe I would feel less worried every time something feels slightly off in my genitals. This also reinforces my old feeling that my genitals are "defect" and don't work as they should, at least regarding things relating to sex, something I had a lot of depression and self-hate about in my youth.

I'm all right so far, though. Thank the gods for comics, good tea, and the ability to dive into fictional worlds.

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Queen of the Dead part 2, 50

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Last art piece of 2019: Dionysos and Ariadne dressed up in Minoan style.

Happy New Year, everyone! <3