Jupiter’s Little Collection

Do you ever just think about that one heartbreakingly beautiful alternate cover for Caleb's comic? How Caleb is just dangling there lifeless, defeated--how the rest of the Mighty Nein all reach out to hold him, anchor him. Pulling him back up to his feet ("Pull" is also the given title for this piece). Laying the coat over his shoulders. Lifting him up--

And yet...while most everyone is hanging onto his coat, Mollymauk is the one holding onto him by the waist, really holding Caleb. And it just...feels so much more intimate and tender to me. Caleb's gutting grief and loss, the vulnerability. Molly holding on tight, refusing to let go. The way Caleb Widogast admits he's never truly known defeat until losing Molly. How Mollymauk can't bear to let go of him in turn--