A place for sapphic and gay gelfs

The Podling Tavern is a collective of dedicated fans of Jim Henson’s masterpiece, The Dark Crystal! We run a Discord server and a fanzine! We hope to unite the fan base, and wake our ancient fandom from its long slumber!

Our zine isn’t just an e-zine, we also print physical copies and distribute them in our local communities! You are welcome to print copies of your own and put them wherever you think fans might find them, such as at libraries, collectible stores, and comic stores (with permission from the establishment, of course).

The Podling Tavern is owned by @skektra-the-prince !

Still Curious? Here’s some questions you might have!;

“What is a fanzine?”

“Where can I read the zine?”

We are still working on it. The production starts in July, but you can see the behind the scenes on our discord ;)

“Where can I join the Discord?”

Here!

“Where can I contact you?”

Contact us at our email:

[email protected]

“How can I get my art in the zine?”

We are opening a Google form for art submission. Note that you don't need to rush - as said, the zine will start to be produced in july! Once your art piece is ready, you can send it to us here:

A friend of mine showed me this video, and... Skektek casually using Skeksil's clothes on top of his. This is a very important fact and I need you to acknowledge it. /Silly

Either skeksil got naked by the others again, or he just stole his clothes for some reason...

Link of the original video:

Tried my hand at drawing Shoni, the mother of Rian, as she appeared in The Quest For The Dual Glaive comic and designed an aged up version of her while I was at it. Yes, Rian takes like 90 % after her because I said so lol

Shoni's eyes weren't blue in the comic but I changed that because I thought it would be a nice detail if Rian inherited both of his parents' eye colors, since his aren't just blue if you look closely. Her teal streaks were also my own addition since Rian has them too but Ordon doesn't. Oh and I added more green to her face! Kept the bow on the aged up version as a memento of her husband.

Omg

Incredible Raunip puppet displayed at the Great Con-Junction 2025, created by the Crawley Creature Shop.

Latest commission! Deet reminisces about happier times...

UrYa, the Spirit!

Commissioned and conceptualized by the creative Loqui-mar on Deviant Art, this "physical spectre" version of UrYa directly follows the canon established for this Mystic on the official comic "Creation Myths", where he is strangled by a maddened skekHak just after being split by the Crystal- causing the death of both him and his counterpart, skekYi.

This drawing is a direct companion to my previous post, "skekYi, the Ghost"

The visual inspirations for this character that were given to me were a grassy spiral glade, a hunched mossy troll, and a leafy goat-cow fantasy creature's face.

As described by the creator or this concept, this version of UrYa is ["a creature made from mossy rocks and nearby leaves arranging itself in the shape of an urRu, with triskelion-like markings on its rocks. An animating spirit possessing parts of the land, though it should also bear some kind of mark on its neck as well, perhaps moss shaped like skesis claws on the stones or foliage that make up its neck, or perhaps just an unpleasant angle to its neck (as a visual reminder of what ended his life)

It is a creature in love with the land of Thra, but also wanting to move on, and the only way to do so is to assist its more vengeful dark half, so there is a more gentle sadness in its features."]

Do you think I nailed the described looks?

Drop some comments and let me know your thoughts!

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Artwork © @skekla

Concept of the character by Loqui-Mar

All publically recognizeable canon The Dark Crystal characters, designs, settings and situations TM & © Jim Henson / Brian Froud/Universal studios/ The Jim Henson Company

Serenade ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*

May I offer some Rian x Kylan in these trying times?

My other OC Sael!! She's a Vapra raised Sifan/Vapra orphan. Since we don't have tons of details on the world, I assume they have cross-clan diplomats. That's her work! She goes around clans for various assignments. She's an upright, ice queen type. Mostly only concerned with her work and reputation.

There's a new boy band in Thra! Oddly wherever they tour the Darkening seems to follow... But who cares - they sing, dance and play so well there's no way they're stealing your essence for their Skeksis lords! 🫰💜

...Alright I just wanted to see my favorite gelfling trio cosplaying the Saja Boys from K-Pop Demon Hunters 😔 Would have been fun to draw them as the Huntrix too, but let's face it, those demon outfits are way too iconic 👌

This shitpost took way longer to make than I intended, hope all you five people out there enjoy this very self-indulgent combo! 🤣

* geairic sifan #1 (ally)

Mira BG

Sifan atiendant #2 female

(Mama cita)