Escamillo / Эскамильо

Escamillo, the famous toreador from the novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée. Brave, confident and admired by the public, he represents courage, fame and the dazzling world of the Spanish bullring. This artwork is my original artistic interpretation, created with respect for this classic literary character.

Carmen Alternative Ending

Never let it be said that my ability to be pretentious gets in the way of my ability to shitpost. Anyway have Escamillo as the number-one rostered wingman for Carmen’s many, many, many flings as they roadtrip their way across Spain

Drawn over the original meme in two hours because I have impulse control but when I lose it… oh boy.

Toreador, on guard!

And remember, yes, remember as you fight,

that two dark eyes are watching you,

that love awaits you!

Toreador, love awaits you

It is traditional to dedicate the bull to the crowd, rarer to dedicate it to an individual. It is rarer still when the bullfighter dedicates himself to a single person, and the outcome is just as bloody.

It’s far subtler that the overt everything else that’s going on, but there’s something in the hard-drinking, wild-eyed bravado and the way that the invading soldiers cheer him and egg him on and paw at him like a circus animal.