SPQR Blues 3 part XXVI

[spqrblues]

Tomorrow's comic today again.

I could have used this to make a little buffer of comics done in advance, but instead I'll use it to bring the dates on the LJ comics and the dates on the archive into synch.

Comments

[kyleen66.livejournal.com]

Heh.

Sounds like a hellava party!

Poor Felix. You are mean to him. But I love you for it!

[b2creative.livejournal.com]

Stand back everyone - Klio's got a good head of steam going and making up for lost time! Whatever you do, don't get in her way!

The stepmonster is such a pinched, conniving, bitter prune. I like plump, snarky Vitalis much better.

But then, that's the way the Artist wants us to feel, right?

[cyanocorax.livejournal.com]

Stepmonster can't even ring a doorbell herself. She has to have Spendusa do it (that is Spendusa, right?)

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

It's supposed to be her possibly-related-to-her-in-some-way fellow house servant, Girl With Two Braids and No Name.

I'll think about what I can do to make them look sufficiently different from each other even at tiny sizes :)

One of these kids is not like the other . . .

[perilousknits.livejournal.com]

If the comic were always in color, we would know they were different people because you would have them dressed in different clothes. Girl With Two Braids could always wear yellow, and Spendusa could always wear . . . I dunno, green?

Re: One of these kids is not like the other . . .

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

I think they should all wear superhero outfits, but I'm told this would not be historically accurate.

Maybe they could wear (ancient) dresses with very different cuts. They probably only have one or two dresses each, anyway... Spendusa spends all her money on baubles for her necklace in stead of clothing, apparently.

Re: One of these kids is not like the other . . .

[cyanocorax.livejournal.com]

I too was thinking of contrasting dress colors. I hadn't noticed the braids or the beads before. Maybe you can insert an episode where Felix confuses them and they get huffy and explain. Cuz now I know how to tell it won't be that hard.

Re: One of these kids is not like the other . . .

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

Maybe you can insert an episode where Felix confuses them and they get huffy and explain.
haha! I've already drawn it, actually :D

Confession

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

I've always had a bit of a thing for the Stepmother Queen in Disney's Snow White.

Also, I used to be able to sing in a warbling Snow White falsetto. But I think it's gone now....

Plot sickens

[(Anonymous)]

Ah yes, the plot sickens. I note in frame 4 that somebody is listening to their conversation. Could this be the maid with no name? (Imagine Emil Morecone sound-track, with a whistler and furious trumpeting) I'll wager this secret will be broadcast to the ends of Empire by tomorrow morning. DRW

Re: Plot sickens

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

The servant grapevine is very efficient, you know. I think they use whistles and trumpets to spread the word, in code.

I think I'm really tired and should just go to sleep now....

Re: Plot sickens

[cyanocorax.livejournal.com]

Looks like a male servent to me, judging from the bare leg. Wait, maybe it is Mus' new glam boy. I love "small world" coincidences, or perhaps I'm just hoping not to make a fool out of myself for not recognizing someone.

Re: Plot sickens

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

That glam bare leg is now Mus' personal property, so no one else gets to ogle it! Ahem. I mean, I'll just say: that's meant to be Speudon's doorservant, but I think I'll slightly change the art so it's both him and Girl with Two Braids listening in. That would make more sense, I believe.

[(Anonymous)]

Poor Iusta. But you wouldn't let her get married off to that stingy old roue, would you. No, seriously, would you?

Thanks so much for the update. I just finished watching the new BBC America Robin Hood and really needed something to get the bad taste out of my mouth. (Let's just say that Men in Tights did a better job with historical accuracy of the writing and believable acting). I will offer no other comment on the new series, except to say that the REAL Robin Hood (Robin of Sherwood) is due out on DVD March 13th.

[(Anonymous)]

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