#kidbeowulf

A little morning reading before I sit down to work. Kid Beowulf: the Blood Bound Oath is this month’s selection for the graphic novel book club @redballoonbookshop, and I’m very excited that Alexis Fajardo will actually be there this Thursday to talk to readers about creating graphic novels. #kidbeowulf

My tumblr is moving to my instagram page. Please follow me there for current posts. Thank you! #beowulf imitating #conanthebarbarian ...maybe? #kidbeowulf #comics #chickenortheegg

#grendel as a "Retiarius" style #gladiator #wip #comics #kidbeowulf

The Wolf-boys #romulus and #remus Development art for #kidbeowulf book four. #rome #comics #wip #romulusandremus

Going through the #archives for an upcoming #museum show and found the original #kidbeowulf #zine pages circa 2000! It's hard to look at your old work but you gotta start somewhere I suppose. #comics

Hama's got a new friend — Pici the #woodpecker (pronounced "peachy"). #wip #comics #kidbeowulf

Celebrating #internationalwomensday with the women of #kidbeowulf — queens, warriors, monsters, princesses, and gypsies all!

Day 26 – In the original drafts of “Kid Beowulf: The Song of Roland” I sprinkled references from French literature in the story, in particular Quasimodo the hunchback and Esmeralda the gypsy, from Victor Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” As my story solidified I realized these references didn’t fit so I had to retro-fit them in since I already drew those pages (rookie mistake kids!). So I turned back to the history books and was lucky to discover Pepin the hunchback, who was in fact, Charlemagne’s oldest son. In 792 Pepin tried to overthrow his dad but it didn’t work out, so Charlemagne had him exiled to a monastery in Prum, Germany. This was a happy coincidence since it meant I could rename my hunchback Pepin and leave him in the chapel in Paris (which I drew to resemble the one in Prum). My Pepin and Charlemagne are not related (at least, they don’t mention it) nor does he try to overthrow Charlemagne, instead, he’s a key player in the French Resistance. As for Esmeralda, I renamed her Belisande (Ogier the Dane’s true love) and put her in charge of the pub called “The Gallows” (an homage to “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” – the gallows are where Esmeralda was saved by Quasimodo). My own discovery of Pepin, a hunchback who was exiled to a monastery, makes me wonder if Victor Hugo may have been inspired by history for his own story of a hunchback (I know for sure Pepin inspired the 1972 musical Pippin). KidB Fun Fact: As seen above, Roland and Pepin end up being prison mates, which made for lots of good comedy between the two! #28DaysOfRoland #history #kidbeowulf #hunchback #victorhugo #quasimodo #bts