SPQR Blues 3 part XXIV

[spqrblues]

Many apologies for the delay. It's been hard shaking the [whatever-the-heck-it-is-I-had] and its after-effects.







Helvius (teacher, midnight medic, and philosopher) is reciting lines from the poet Lucan, who wrote goth epics in the court of Nero. Lucan's uncle was the equally goth, Stephen King-esque poet/playwright/makeover-expert Seneca, best known for his grand-guignol version of Medea.

Nero was about as good for their family as Domitian has been for Felix's.

Comments

[perilousknits.livejournal.com]

I like it; things are really starting to happen!

Um . . . Felix's beard grows really fast! Just between the last two panels, he goes from clean shaven to grubby in an instant.

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

Blame the beard on Photoshop. When I balanced the brightness/contrast for some reason it washed out the top and overemphasised the bottom. I'll get around to correcting the balance eventually....