#crutonia

136 pages and untold pots of tea... Quirk’s Quest Book Two is finished!

Ravenous hunters of Northern Crutonia, Snarlox are pack animals. They live in groups of 6 - 12 adults, with a single male (called a Batahtalee) who is the caretaker of the young. The females (called Connees) do all the hunting and defense of the den.

A typical scene from the Whomaboogquid Mountains, in the northeast of Crutonia.

Pages 78 through 82 from “Quirk’s Quest - Into the Outlands” published by First Second Books.

A Portrait of Captain Quenterindy Quirk, prior to his departure on his Royal Commission to chart the outlands of Crutonia. The portrait was painted by the Honorable Merintini Mopp, Court Painter.

Gyrshwyndr.  Aquatic creatures of the Northern Crutonian coastline.  They spend their days bobbing and diving for food (One of these has caught a young Krookrpingle, a favorite food).  At night they retire to cliff side sea caves.

I have been working on the latest Woody Allen film with my costume designer friend Suzy Benzinger, and in my downtime, have been making these hand painted bookmarks from the scraps of watercolor paper left over from the costume sketches... I plan to laminate them and sell them at future shows, and also make cheaper, mass produced versions.