I guess this should get a warning for "sleazy businessmen." Anyway... I'm rushed, the pens are all either leaking or drying up, I only got half of this done, and I am so ill I can barely sit upright.
This reminds me of when I used to watch old Lucy reruns as a child, and whenever Lucy would make a really bad decision, I would run out of the room so I wouldn't have to see what happened next, 'cause I knew it wasn't going to be good!
Money can't buy you love. Unless it has a reasonable bride price/dowry (depending on your cultural traditions). Acutally, I suppose money can buy you love under any circumstances. And here I am, going into Valentine's Day with a negative bank account balance. Now what am I supposed to do?
I'm sure Papa Mus has a few nice girls picked out for his son, from respectable families, with wide hips.
Yes, one is definitely modelled on the other; though, with the b&w ink and small size, faces aren't as detailed as with pencil, colour, yadda yadda. Also, clothing. I mean different clothing. Yes I do. I'll shut up now.
Mus's sister calls him by name here (http://spqrblues.comicgenesis.com/d/20070116.html). He also has a "first" name. And a family, "son of" designation. Who knows, he might get adopted by a friend with a solid Italian background and in need of an heir, and pick up an Roman tribe name. But I prefer "Mus," myself. For one thing, it fits in the speech bubbles better.
Sometimes Mus doesn't quite come out the way I want when I draw him, but I notice that even if I get the face precisely the way I want it, he looks completely different depending on what his hair is doing that day :D
I like the fact that being a natural redhead adds to his value. :-)
And lookit little Mus driving a hard... bargain! Great character touch to make him such a sharp little conniver, behind that adorable-innocent-hero-worshipper we usually see around Felix.
Well, he was raised to be a businessman, and unlike Felix didn't run away from home in the middle of his apprenticeship. (He left the running-away for later....) I find the Roman "middle class"--people like Stephanus, Vitalis, Mus's family--much more interesting than all those imperial hooligans :)
Redheads, yes, very valuable. It's hard to get a convincing permanent red hair dye, half the time you end up bald, and the going rate for wigs form Germany is really high....
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Date: 2007-02-13 12:34 pm (UTC)::runs out of room to avoid seeing next strip::
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Date: 2007-02-13 01:50 pm (UTC)Me, I just cover my ears and use the "Lalalala I can't hear you" method.
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Date: 2007-02-13 02:13 pm (UTC)But I don't think so. I think Mus is gonna get it! He'll have to go live at that bakery for like... FOREVER!
Love your stuff darling! You've got an outstanding story going!
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Date: 2007-02-13 02:26 pm (UTC)I'm sure Papa Mus has a few nice girls picked out for his son, from respectable families, with wide hips.
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Date: 2007-02-13 08:05 pm (UTC)Sometimes Mus doesn't quite come out the way I want when I draw him, but I notice that even if I get the face precisely the way I want it, he looks completely different depending on what his hair is doing that day :D
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Date: 2007-02-13 08:11 pm (UTC)But, maybe he won't be around long ::cue mysterious music::
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Date: 2007-02-13 08:20 pm (UTC)::swaying to the invisible melody.::
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Date: 2007-02-14 12:30 am (UTC)Dr. Phil
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Date: 2007-02-14 05:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-14 02:02 am (UTC)And lookit little Mus driving a hard... bargain! Great character touch to make him such a sharp little conniver, behind that adorable-innocent-hero-worshipper we usually see around Felix.
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Date: 2007-02-14 03:17 am (UTC)Redheads, yes, very valuable. It's hard to get a convincing permanent red hair dye, half the time you end up bald, and the going rate for wigs form Germany is really high....
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Date: 2007-02-14 12:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-14 02:20 pm (UTC)ANCIENT ROME: I could have been a high-priced whore!
Fans can wear it with pride....