Pick up lines - Page 66 of the cartoon about Phill from GCHQ - a free comic that I have been working on since September 2016.
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Introduction to this weeks page
The story about Phill from GCHQ was originally rather straight forward. It was about Phill, the lone wolf mathematician and how he slowly got dragged into a mysterious intrigue with many strange antagonists.
Now there are several storylines running in parallel: the problems of the CIA extraction that went completely wrong, the fragile partnership between the two old MI6 operatives Judith Gunn and Eileen Fraser (now on opposing sides, but with a common target), the story of Eleanor Knight, and the story of her granddaughter and her pagan cult.
But what about the original MacGuffin: the mysterious Mr.P. that seems to be able to foretell the future? Well... Phill and his friends are finally able to sleep in real beds again. Vincent Cavanaugh plans to be sleeping in Raven Donoho’s, much to the displeasure of his high priestess. But meanwhile Morty and Phill make an effort to get the story back on track with the question: who or what is Mr.P?! We will get closer to that question on the next page.
Wicca
Raven Donoho is a wiccan, a believer in the anachronistic religion that claims to be the heirs to a lost religion upheld by the Witches of the middle ages. In the lower left corner you can see her altar, with the deities representing the two genders, in this case a mother Goddess and the Horned God, there is also an Athame (a ritual knife), little jars and a pentagram.
She also has an artwork on the first floor. You only see half of it, but it is one of my own creations - an interpretation of the Horned God as an adolescent man (or possibly woman - you choose).
And what is a bwbach? You will learn that in some of the next couple of pages.
Happy reading.
Translations
Thanks to some very dedicated and helpful people the comic about Phill from GCHQ can also be read in other languages. New pages are published on their respective Steemit pages. Please follow them and support their work!
- @vcelier has made the French translation
- @shortcut has made the German translation
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This is pretty interesting , it reminds me of my uncles work as an artist, he has been creating comics similar as well. im trying to get him on here and off facebook but you know how it is. @ stormstudios is his studios name and his name is Micheal Arnold if you wanted to check his work out and maybe hint about steemit to him maybe. here is a link to his page if thats ok to drop here. thanks https://www.facebook.com/Stormstudio
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I am not on Facebook, but I hope you get him to publish some drawings here!
Yea I know right, I am on Facebook but don't use it at all. I remessaged him again about it after I commented. Thanks if he gets on steemit I'll let you know.
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Please do! I can reshare and vote for him to get him started.
You manage to come up with something different each time. Lots of nice details in this and a couple of teasers of things to come.
Thanks! I really struggled with this one - especially the text actually. I kept changing words and details until the last minute.
This page is amazing, i love the compisition of the room and the lightning feels very true.
My favorite so far! :D
I'm glad you like it that much. I really changed things a lot underway :D
I love the sense of depth in this drawing, you never cease to amaze!
:)
Great page, I just love all the occult details and your rendition of the horned god. Great use of the leprechauns? dwarves? goblins? to break the 4th wall (and floor!).
Brownies (bwbach in Welsh). A house God very much like the Scandinavian Nisse. I hadn't been aware of this British creature before. I am not sure it plays as big a role as the nisse, but it is very much the same role thay play.
I loved your horned god/goddess she/he is like the Baphomet of the digital space :)
There was a wicca worshipper on Diaspora who was a bit disappointed in the androgenic and young version of his God. To him it was a strong male, a hunter, and considering that the wiccas are very focused on the duality of the sexes I can somehow see that this is a strange mix up :)
Another nice one, and thanks for explaining the hole in the floor.
The top image in the comic has unusual shading, unusual for you, that is, looks more soft pencil than pen cross hatching. Or is it just that I noticed it for the first time?
I used the a pencil-like pen in Krita - it is the first time I have used that as a shader. It has mostly been gradients and alla prima like brushes.
I had to add the little bwbachs to explain it. They were added rather late to explain that I had done what this modeller has done to a Tiger Tank.