Hmm... I forgot to draw in some of his stubble. He needs that stubble, it's part of his survival toolkit. I saw something about that on "Man vs. Wild"; I think Bear Grylls used his to extract the water from a camel and survive a sandstorm.
Was that dung? That green mush he was squeezing water out of? I didn't know whether to fall at his manly feet in worship of his chin stubble, or wash the inside of my brain with bleach to scrub away the image.
Bear Grylls tells me camels have a special extra stomach that's full of plain old water if you can cut your way to it, and who am I to say that isn't so?
LOL yes, that was dung. a huge steaming pile of elephant dung.... i watched that one episode and said... awhellnaw never again! if i ever crash in some deserted place... as ron white says, i better hit hard enough, cause i don't want to be limpin away from this one.... XD
Yes, they took it away from him. That pouch has his killer dice, plus an assortment of other items he can MacGyver into a means of escape, disguise, and transport to Athens.
You've got a sharp eye, palusbuteo. Though civilian belts are mostly hidden, and he definitely is a civilian now (and Klio draws the tunics short just for the love of male legs).
Btw, love: I wonder wonder wonder what the amor et deliciae mundi is up to, now.
When I started, I'll admit I wasn't taking the details in the men's outfits very seriously but more in a swords-&-sandals-cinema way, but the archaeological record does back me up on soldiers, former soldiers, and workmen with nice legs wearing their tunics above the knee. I believe there was a city ordinance about how nice one's legs had to be in order to qualify for the mini.
"Klio draws the tunics short just for the love of male legs"
it's also convienient that Roman soldiers wore their tunics higher/shorter than civilians as part of a distinctive Legionary fashion. Although most of us American Roman Reenactors tend to keep our tunics lower to our knees, many of us are still pretty modest, as well as trying to avoid too much shock of overly-sensitive types. We wouldn't want to "traumatize the children" and all....Esspecially the [Reenactors] who choose to go "Commando" as some European reenactors do XD (but then Greek Hoplites also wore their Khitonoi much, much higher than Romans! :b)
but hey, if the ladies like seeing a little extra Roman leg, we're happy to oblige ;D
How can you not LOVE it that Roman manly-man fashion was to wear short tunics? Am I right, ladies, am I right?
I don't think I personally would ever like to march "commando" into battle, but I hear tell there were some armies who just slapped on a little blue paint, maybe a nice necklace, and were good to go. Short tunics are much better, fashionwise. (Am I right, ladies? I am right.)
Years of separation may have soothe Titus' anger against our protagonist and now wants to hear the whole story from him. I guess this is your spin of Titus' reign.
Well... in addition to being known as the heavy/enforcer during the latter years of his father's "tax everything and use the revenue wisely" rein, the record shows Titus did have a lot of compassion for the welfare of his people. I don't think it was only after an explosive disaster (and fires, and plagues--so, yes, I'd spin him as an all-right sort of fellow under some arrogance.
I visited the Pergamon Museum here in Berlin today, and studying the Roman arts and crafts, it once again struck me how your comic is very "Roman" in its style (regardless of the quite obviously Roman costumes, requisites and settings :o).
Perhaps that's the only way to describe my style. I was trying to figure out, a little while back, what sort of American/Independent/not-European/non-manga amalgam to call what I draw. Maybe it's just "Roman" :)
The other day, I was reading Eric Shanower's graphic novel version of the Trojan War, Age of Bronze (http://age-of-bronze.com/aob/index.shtml). Months ago I bought the first collected volume then promptly misplaced it; last month I picked up a single issue, "Betrayal" number 7. I find his style hard to categorise--the almost unvarying line weight, the close ups, the large (but close up) crowd scenes with dozens of distinctive faces. He somewhat reminds me of a comic from a long-ago smuggled-into-grade-school issue of "Heavy Metal" magazine, a beautifully inked, no doubt European (but from where?) version of the story of Circe and Odysseus that felt like vase paintings come to life. I've never been able to track down the artist--or, rather, when I thought I'd found it, it was nothing like the memory I had of perfect art. And although Shanower doesn't quite reach that (imagined?) perfection, his style is similar. The wisps of that idealised comic remain always in the back of my mind.
There may have been smutty scenes in the comic, but who can remember, when the inking was so gorgeous?
Maybe you could call it "5th Pompeian Style" ... which would be the way John Flaxman would have drawn a comic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Flaxman
The Shanower? Oh dear, I hadn't realised/remembered you'd recommended it. ::embarrassed:: It's been sitting around here for ages, but every time I thought about it I couldn't figure out where it was.
I fear I am not allowed to call it anything but a fantastic comic (she said cagily, with much shiftiness of eyes).
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Date: 2007-12-04 01:59 am (UTC)Dr. Phil
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Date: 2007-12-04 10:20 pm (UTC)Bear Grylls tells me camels have a special extra stomach that's full of plain old water if you can cut your way to it, and who am I to say that isn't so?
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Date: 2007-12-05 07:37 pm (UTC)if i ever crash in some deserted place... as ron white says, i better hit hard enough, cause i don't want to be limpin away from this one.... XD
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Date: 2007-12-04 02:38 am (UTC)Poor Felix, without his Army Belt. :(
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Date: 2007-12-04 02:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-04 08:31 am (UTC)Btw, love: I wonder wonder wonder what the amor et deliciae mundi is up to, now.
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Date: 2007-12-04 01:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-04 07:55 pm (UTC)(Don't mind me; I have one more final and my brain cell is tired.)
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Date: 2007-12-04 09:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-04 10:19 pm (UTC)it's also convienient that Roman soldiers wore their tunics higher/shorter than civilians as part of a distinctive Legionary fashion. Although most of us American Roman Reenactors tend to keep our tunics lower to our knees, many of us are still pretty modest, as well as trying to avoid too much shock of overly-sensitive types. We wouldn't want to "traumatize the children" and all....Esspecially the [Reenactors] who choose to go "Commando" as some European reenactors do XD
(but then Greek Hoplites also wore their Khitonoi much, much higher than Romans! :b)
but hey, if the ladies like seeing a little extra Roman leg, we're happy to oblige ;D
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Date: 2007-12-04 10:24 pm (UTC)I don't think I personally would ever like to march "commando" into battle, but I hear tell there were some armies who just slapped on a little blue paint, maybe a nice necklace, and were good to go. Short tunics are much better, fashionwise. (Am I right, ladies? I am right.)
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Date: 2007-12-04 06:49 am (UTC)Also, stubble is awesome.
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Date: 2007-12-04 01:23 pm (UTC)Titus
Date: 2007-12-04 04:21 pm (UTC)Re: Titus
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Date: 2007-12-04 07:16 pm (UTC)The other day, I was reading Eric Shanower's graphic novel version of the Trojan War, Age of Bronze (http://age-of-bronze.com/aob/index.shtml). Months ago I bought the first collected volume then promptly misplaced it; last month I picked up a single issue, "Betrayal" number 7. I find his style hard to categorise--the almost unvarying line weight, the close ups, the large (but close up) crowd scenes with dozens of distinctive faces. He somewhat reminds me of a comic from a long-ago smuggled-into-grade-school issue of "Heavy Metal" magazine, a beautifully inked, no doubt European (but from where?) version of the story of Circe and Odysseus that felt like vase paintings come to life. I've never been able to track down the artist--or, rather, when I thought I'd found it, it was nothing like the memory I had of perfect art. And although Shanower doesn't quite reach that (imagined?) perfection, his style is similar. The wisps of that idealised comic remain always in the back of my mind.
There may have been smutty scenes in the comic, but who can remember, when the inking was so gorgeous?
I think the cover of the magazine was pink :P
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Date: 2007-12-05 01:17 pm (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Flaxman
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Date: 2007-12-05 01:32 pm (UTC)Perhaps I could have made a decent living around the Bay, creating avant garde frescoes for nouveau riche homes.
I must look more into John Flaxman.
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Date: 2007-12-05 02:01 pm (UTC)I told you it was an utterly fantastic comic, didn't I Klio? DIDN'T I?
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Date: 2007-12-05 04:11 pm (UTC)I fear I am not allowed to call it anything but a fantastic comic (she said cagily, with much shiftiness of eyes).