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SPQR Blues part LXXXV

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Long time no update. Preparing for NY Comic Con has really worn me out. I'll be on an insane schedule from now through Sunday. Can I post another comic while putting in convention hours? We'll find out :P

In this installment: a new fashionable hairdo for Seianti, an old-fashioned outfit for Iusta.

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Where in the Con will you be?

Booth 1831, with my company, Graphic Universe (I hope I have that number right, as it's what I've been telling everybody). I pretty much look like my icon, with random nonsense floating around next to my ear. Come say hi, and get an SPQR Blues pin :) (Nothing fancy--they just say "SPQR Blues." I'll try to be more creative when I actually have a table of my own at some future con this year.)

Yes, yes - we must not give up on that SPQR Blues cell phone charm idea ...

Some day, some day! I was overwhelmed by all the vendors and options the last time I looked into making custom phone charms.

But right now, my big project is de-stressing before starting in on any new cool projects. I know, odd time to do it, during a massive convention when I'll be on my feet and sleepless for three days and smiling and doing the marketing-and-sales dance and trying to be eight different people at once. But if I don't take it easy, something bad is going to happen. Well, badder than the normal. Anyway, I need to slow down, no matter what's on my professional plate.

And I need to draw more Romans. Always, I need to draw more Romans. They are very relaxing.

Bah! We can fix this, after you get back. You artsy types need everything to be visual, so I'll just do the research again and arrange it all pretty for you. Then I, along with a few other people we know, will force you (or perhaps bribe you with homemade baked goods or LUSH items) to make some decisions, and then we'll do the rest so you can have some pretties to sell at the next con.

See? No worries!

What are friends for ...

exciting! I will look for you tomorrow. :)

If I'm looking wild-eyed and on the verge of spontaneously combusting... don't worry, that's how I always look nowadays =:}

I'll be in the pink shirt, and will have horrible hat-head hair.

Aw, the poor kids. They need the internet!

I'm sure it's just like what they say about getting to Carnegie Hall...

Iusta is very determined and will be demanding an eventual virtuoso performance.

This could end up by Mus buying her a slave for her personal needs...

I'll see you tomorrow, I guess ! If you need any help, call me ! (I'm basically available all the time)

I hope you're having a good time in NYC in spite of the frigid weather. I'm looking forward to meeting you! I will be wearing a pink shirt and will be more-or-less looking like this: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1446968133 -- except I will look a lot more crazy.

If you'd like to stay in the booth for a while and talk with visitors about the series, I would be very happy to have you there. We will have muffins and brownies and will make you very comfortable. And I hope you'll be able to stay for the 7:15pm panel about European Comics :)

Hurrah!

"Not even with that boy?" "I guess not."

Oh, that's priceless -- I had such high hopes that the "help" they got beforehand would, well, er, um... help?

Dr. Phil

I'm sure it was just a little first-date nervousness, yup.

Wait, they knew about the trysts? Hee!

Somebody is not nearly as discreet as he thinks he is.

I love Seianti's new 'do, and you're the only artist who's drawn a stola so that I actually see what all the fuss was about. There's no way Iusta could look any more modest, unless she dressed like a Vestal.

"Not even with that boy?" ::chuckles:: I take it Mus definitely did not, um, close his eyes and think of Menander--unless he did so before he fell asleep.

Awwwww! =D

They just need to figure out the logistics so they can settle into a nice, comfy, long-term ménage à trois.

I did extra stola-studying :) According to which, the stola was starting to waver in and out of fashion around this time, even for respectable wealthy women. Maybe because it covered up one's fashionable layered silks and gold-threaded garments. How dull!

Nice nice.

Poor Mus, don't know if he realizes what she's offering.

I love the dress too. Somehow I can't see Justa keeping to it though.

I'll hope for more comics, but know you are very very bizzy.

Much love.

There will be another tonight, once I'm done with Comic Con stuff.

I need to relax and spend time enjoying something fun (Romans! Murderous volcanoes!). I've let the excessive demands of my job make me sloppy at work and neglect the Romans-and-murderous-volcanoes. Today I've realised it isn't worth it. I'm unhappy, the company is mad, nobody wins.

So, more Romans tonight, after work.

I don't think Menander will be happy if Mus asks him to be his "fluffer."

I guess that sort of thing doesn't really qualify as "quality time" with one's married boyfriend.... :P

I love Seianti's new 'do, and her pose in panel one is priceless - like she wants to know and doesn't want to know at the same time.

And the tisane - oh, dear, neither one of them know what they're getting into!

That brew is powerful stuff. Able to fell a debauched legionary soldier after one cupful!

It might be just what they need :P

I didn't remember that part!!! Wow, now I'm looking forward to the update even MORE!!

... btw, I absolutely LOVE their clothes and the way they drape. I'm even astonished by Iusta's simple garments. You draw too well T__T *jealous* lol

And I wish I could be at the con ;___; *snif sniff* At least seeing this update cheers my study-time (or what should be my study-time =P )

Good luck at the con!!

Nemo

Is Mus still wearing his bulla? Interesting psychological situation if she is legally a "woman" but he's not old enough to be a "man". Hmmmmm.

Technically he never wore a real one, only pretended to, so he ought to pretend to have stopped wearing it. I think I'll bring that up in the next installment.

However, he's still in that legal odd area where some laws consider him too young to be trusted with his own affairs or slaves (even when those are one and the same, ha ha, I am so funny). Much like a guy under 25 trying to rent a car.

aww poor mus. I don't know how the guy isn't going insane with Iusta and that fox Seianti around...It's enough to drive a man crazy :D

::coff::ahem::coff:: Mus? With Iusta and Seianti? Er... are you sure that's not Felix who you're thinking of? Good thing he has such excellent grip on his own sanity :)

it is to giggle. I'm so glad to see this. And I love all your detail. It's so wonderful!

I like the very realistic (i.e. not even approaching perfect or simple) way you portray these people's relationships. While I am kinda holding out for Felix to end up with Iusta---their personalities seem very suited for one another, to me---I really enjoy the tangle.

I also like the way you draw Mus' face. He seems simultaneously ambivalent and uncertain about everything.

Hey everyone.

I've been reading since day 1 of this strip, and I've just recently made my own foray into the world of Historical Fiction set in the Ancient Roman High Empire.
So , if you're interested, consider giving the first little bit a read and review, right here:
http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2632874/1/Attalus

Obviously, it needs a lot of work, but I'd love to get feedback from some people who love Roman things as much as myself.

That looks pretty nifty. I'm looking forward to reading it, after I recover from convention excitement :)

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