Happy Birthday, Edgar.

[spqrblues]

Happy Edgar Allan Poe's Birthday to one and all.

Last year I threatened to turn Poe's delightfully lighthearted, jolly poem "The Bells" into a picturebook, perhaps a merry board book for the very youngest readers, which I felt sure would guarantee sweet and comforting dreams to the littlest of impressionable kiddies. The offers of sacks of gold in advance haven't flowed in, but I did scribble a bit of something for a webcomics contest. And it did win the fabulous prize of having won a prize (15 minutes of pixellated fame). So, since it's Edgar's birthday again and I am compelled by contractual obligations to celebrate it in some way, herewith a repeat comic.

If you've seen it already, please pretend you haven't. There wasn't enough time to transcribe another Poe(m). For next year I'm thinking a "Murders in the Rue Morgue" graphic novel, acted by a cast of cute anthropomorphic kittens, guaranteed to be a comforting bedtime story. I know I always enjoyed falling asleep to Poe's tales of gruesome dismemberment. Which would explain a lot.

Comments

[bee-eye.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed this one. I'm still waiting for the picturebook.

Kinda sorta a picturebook...

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

Today I doodled a few ideas for re-doing this as a minicomic. A teeny tiny minicomic, of course. Maybe I could singe the edges for that "too artsy" effect and stick an autumn leaf to the last page. Rat-dragon-demon critters will not be included.

[dollomite.livejournal.com]

No, no...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

This was beautiful! If you made into into a book, I would buy it in a second!

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

I'm going to try the minicomic route (see above). That'll give me a chance to fix some of the goofy formatting on some of those lines... and... and... each copy comes with its own genuine 100-pound iron bell! They'll sell like hotcakes, I tell you.

[dollomite.livejournal.com]

Not only will they sell like hotcakes, they'll be really easy to transport to Austin for Staple! And who couldn't use a few more 100-pound iron bells??

[wilypueo.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday Klio. :-{D

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

Thank you (and everyone) for the birthday greetings.

(It almost makes me not completely thoroughly entirely hate having a birthday.)

[seian.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen this before, so it's a lot of fun. Love the demon/devil hammering on hell's roof with the broom. ;D

Happy birthday!

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

:-)

Hm... which Poe(m) should I do next...? I'll have to flip through the Complete Works and find something completely unlikely, with or without the anthropomorphic bunnies.

All for anthropomorphic bunnies

[seian.livejournal.com]

Not The Raven, just because it's been done so often. So many good ones to choose from though.

[bigsarahfan.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday to you and Edgar! Yay for birthdays!
*hugs*

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

Yay for other people's birthdays, especially crazy old goth poets. *hugs! for you!*

[kyleen66.livejournal.com]

It's always nice to see pretty things twice. :-)

Many happy returns on this day and I hope you're doing something fun.

Kissies.

- Ky-chan

[safewrite.livejournal.com]

and happy birthday to you!

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

Thank you :-)