#read something that compared robin hood and little john to gilgamesh and enkidu and oh my god. christ. fuck!!! okay then

[katabay]

Robin Hood and Little John walkin' through the forest--

alright! so! early robin hood ballads and narratives don't have an origin story for little john, but a later ballad (robin hood and little john) does. they fight on a bridge in it, but I like looking at illustrations, so I've swapped out the bridge for that tree peaking out of the panel in the first panel bc I enjoy louis rhead's illustrations a lot.

this is some kind of introduction scene after they fight and climb out of the river!

Robin Hood & Little John (edited by Stephen Knight & Thomas Ohlgren)

[itsblueberry13-blog]

#read something that compared robin hood and little john to gilgamesh and enkidu and oh my god. christ. fuck!!! okay then#robin hood#little john#outlaws in the woods tag#komiks tag#some other text was like 'ah yes robin hood was young and blond' i am choosing to ignore that. he's young and filipino and has dark hair#its my comic and nothing i do will be as objectively terrible as that fucking 2018 movie#or honestly a lot of the movies that decide they want to have an opinion on the crusade#'katabay why did you draw little john like cassius' tbqh i forgot how i was previously drawing john's hair#it'll happen again 😔 but maybe not. i want to draw robin hood more ngl.

Robin Hood and Little John walkin' through the forest--

alright! so! early robin hood ballads and narratives don't have an origin story for little john, but a later ballad (robin hood and little john) does. they fight on a bridge in it, but I like looking at illustrations, so I've swapped out the bridge for that tree peaking out of the panel in the first panel bc I enjoy louis rhead's illustrations a lot.

this is some kind of introduction scene after they fight and climb out of the river!

Robin Hood & Little John (edited by Stephen Knight & Thomas Ohlgren)