Full blog here: http://www.pauljholden.com/2019/07/18/island/
John Reppion and I did a fun one page comic, me working from his 280 character tweet style script based on the topic of this weeks Folklore thursday on twitter...
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I think we'd like to do more. We'll see...
Love to see more, great stuff!
Lovely stuff.
I like that.
Speaking from a reader's perspective, those are perfect examples of how to do text boxes. These days, I'm much less tolerant of wading through mini-panels of text.
I like the narwhals, too.
Regards,
Robin
Guffaw...!
More please.
I really enjoyed that! The comic was excellent and the write up of how you put it together was great.
I hope you do more!
I assume there was a time, long ago, when PJ was just another perfecty solid 2000AD artdroid. The question now is, when exactly did he get so incredibly good. This is a downright beautiful page, in a sequence of same: very recent examples including Justine in the T&J Special, that magic piece about his Mum and that Stationary Shop page with @spleenal: top of his game right now
Honestly can't wait to read that latest war epic.
That was lovely.
See also: Aspidochelone (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidochelone), which gives us Fastitocalon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastitocalon_(poem)).
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Thanks for the kind words (which I somehow missed!)
It's Thursday and we did another one...!
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Glorious shot of Satan's tender arse there, and I never heard that one! I presume this is an explanation for that grey mould you get all over them at the end of the season*, but it's a fine line between grabbing the latest, sweetest blackberries that have escaped your predecessors and what I now know to be supping on the devil's piss.
There's a brilliant wee book in these, you know.
Blogpost about it: http://www.pauljholden.com/2019/07/25/folklore-thursday-blackberries/
Quote from: TordelBack on 25 July, 2019, 10:08:15 AM
There's a brilliant wee book in these, you know.
I'd buy it.
Actually, these would be perfect as a regular feature in something like a new
Scream! or
Misty.
Regards,
Robin
Single page folklore mini-stories illustrated as beautifully as that could find a home in many publications, but if Rebellion do relaunch any of those titles (and they seem to be testing the waters with all these specials), they would be a perfect fit.
Or a book. I'd buy it.
Quote from: Robin Low on 26 July, 2019, 04:45:43 PM
Quote from: TordelBack on 25 July, 2019, 10:08:15 AM
There's a brilliant wee book in these, you know.
I'd buy it.
Actually, these would be perfect as a regular feature in something like a new Scream! or Misty.
or Fortean Times would be a perfect spot.
It's Thursday!
Today's topic, Trees / Forests...
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(Also if an admin can change the title to "Folklore Thursday" and remove the ": Island" on the topic that'd be great! )
-pj
And the corresponding blogpost http://www.pauljholden.com/2019/08/01/folklore-thursday-hawthorne/
I'll catch up with the blogposts later, but for now... these are masterful. Great work, they deserve a (better) home!
Another thursday, another strip!
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http://www.pauljholden.com/2019/08/08/folklore-thursday-mandrake/
Really enjoying the feedback, so keep it coming!
That's another great one PJ! I like the nod to Asterix, and that final panel is fantastic.
Quote from: Rogue Judge on 09 August, 2019, 03:32:21 PM
That's another great one PJ! I like the nod to Asterix, and that final panel is fantastic.
Yep the Asterix touch os very nice.
Great stuff!
So apart from these waffer theen meents of gorgeousness, which are very moreish, when do you and Reppion do a series together? I mean after you've given us more Justine with Beeby, that is.
Thursday AGAIN? Crickey
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This one isn't what I wanted it to be. But that's ok.
I blog exactly why here: http://www.pauljholden.com/2019/08/15/folklore-thursday-mushroom/
-PJ
loverly stuff, and obvs all true. :D
Woodwose
http://www.pauljholden.com/2019/08/22/folklore-thursday-woodwose/
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Link where I talk about the art: http://www.pauljholden.com/2019/08/29/folklore-thursday-lindwurm/
That's a good one, Lindwurm is my favorite folklore tale yet. I will be googling this story for more...
PJ (and John) - I'm loving these. It's great to see more from you both.
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http://www.pauljholden.com/2019/09/05/folklore-thursday-labyrinth/
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This one has provoked some ... interesting reactions on twitter (and by interesting, I mean weirdly sexist reactions from volkbore pago-nazis...)
Here's my blog on it http://www.pauljholden.com/2019/09/12/folklore-thursday-boudicca/
She's got MASSIVE feet!
Love it.
fair.
Great stuff, keep them coming!
I've set up a patreon with John for our folklore thursday comic: http://www.patreon.com/holdenreppion
Comics will always be free, but exploring other ways to help support it and us.
-pj
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Blogging about it: https://www.patreon.com/posts/folklore-30056310
http://www.patreon.com/holdenreppion
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http://www.pauljholden.com/2019/09/05/folklore-thursday-labyrinth/
Is that one on the top right in Lucca, Northern Italy? I've seen it insitu if it is, and I claim my five pounds ;)
These are great. Totally feeling the Labyrinth after (despite having the correct username and password) I couldn't log in to my hotmail (dated!) when on vacation. The security system wanted me to have remembered the subject lines of the last three emails in my inbox.
Uh-huh. That's realistic.
Double bubble this week, primarily because the list we use to create our folklore was, unbeknownst to us, changed - so the first of these had the longest time and is easily one of my favourites...
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But actually, given the three hour window I had to do this one, I quite like it too ...
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Loving the colour highlights on ol' Herc.
Both of those are great. And always worth remembering that the authors of the Bible, whose musings on gays and women are infallible, also thought dead lions spontaneously generated bees.
People had some odd ideas where things came from - it ws once belived that Geese hatched from barnacles!
Fab work as always PJ, loving these.
Quote from: TordelBack on 26 September, 2019, 04:03:55 PM
Both of those are great. And always worth remembering that the authors of the Bible, whose musings on gays and women are infallible, also thought dead lions spontaneously generated bees.
I don't think they did:
Quote... and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
Judges 14:8 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/jdg.14.8.KJV
QuoteAnd he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
Judges 14:14 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/jdg.14.14.KJV
You see the Bible story indicates that Samson found honey and bees in the carcase of a lion (presumably they were wild bees that built a nest there) and he made a riddle about the experience. There's nothing to indicate that they believed the bees actually spawned directly from the lion"s flesh.
Not to suggest PJs comic is wrong, depending on interpretation. If their pupal state hatched from eggs that were laid there, in a sense they did spawn from the carcase, in the same sense that I spawned from Lewisham hospital. That doesn't mean I'm a golem who phased out of the brickwork. Although I might someone look like one. 😝😝
Someone=sometimes. A spawn of predictive text there.
It was a fairly common belief that insects spontaneously generated in carcasses by application of the sun. Shakespeare famously references the notion in 'Hamlet' when he says "...if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog..."
Whether they believed the bees magically sprung into existence or not, it is likely that the story was based on a genuine occurrence of bees nesting in a dead animal.
Still... at least they didn't believe anything really daft about bees, like they could process dead meat into honey or something. That would be totally un-bee-lievab... oh, hold on..
Link : Is that how bees actually work? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_bee)
Quote from: M.I.K. on 27 September, 2019, 03:27:11 AM
Still... at least they didn't believe anything really daft about bees, like they could process dead meat into honey or something. That would be totally un-bee-lievab... oh, hold on..
Link : Is that how bees actually work? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_bee)
Cool!
Amazing zoological insight aside, the other parts of Samson's story are full of useful moral instruction, such as "don't get tricked into having someone else break a vow your mother made on your behalf before you were born or God will desert you and you'll end up blinded and enslaved".
also, long hair is cool!
QuoteWell, as badass as a corpse-honey sandwich might sound, there's no record of this being tried yet. However, bee experts advise strongly against trying this – not because the honey might kill you (which it might), but because vulture bees store only enough of this material to sustain their hives, unlike common honeybees who produce far more than they need. (http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2018/01/18/this-species-of-bee-makes-honey-from-rotting-flesh/)
A new one!
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No blog this week, too busy!
Turns out I DID find time to do a blog about it: https://www.patreon.com/posts/folklore-30476846
Better than that though, john also blogged background on The Morrigan : https://www.patreon.com/posts/12-morrigan-30400114
And that gave rise to this:
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which i always wondered about as a child...
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It has been a tougher week than I originally imagined it would be (and today spectacularly so) but here it is.
If you're a member of the patreon ( https://www.patreon.com/holdenreppion ) you'll see John has been writing short interesting accompanying essays to each - plus, over on twitter, my new archeological expert and twitter chum Dr Rena, has contributed some interesting notes about the archeology side of the strip - which you'll probably find as replies to my tweet here: https://twitter.com/pauljholden/status/1182207465221480453
As always you perform brilliantly under pressure!
Great stuff as usual PJ.
Love it, PJ.
thanks all, found a bit of time to blog a bit about it (not sure if it's got anything in it that you need to read mind you...)
https://www.pauljholden.com/2019/10/10/folklore-thursday-chronos/
Loving them all (who wouldn't) but that last one was superb.
Quote from: pauljholden on 10 October, 2019, 10:54:55 PM
thanks all, found a bit of time to blog a bit about it (not sure if it's got anything in it that you need to read mind you...)
Have you considered a career in marketing? :lol:
14!
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15!
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Another great Fokelore PJ really like your fire breathing horse
Great stuff!
I want closure on the pig thing tho ::)
It's a beautiful place Orkney but when you read about the death and destruction that rained down on the fleets stationed there, you do begin think... is it a Hellmouth?
Or maybe it's not such a good location for a naval base after all
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If you're enjoying these (were about a third of the way through a years worth!) you can sign up on patron to see them early www.patreon.com/holdenreppion (http://www.patreon.com/holdenreppion)
Lovely stuff.
That first panel is absolutely gorgeous, PJ.
Rising up from a well? Maybe a bit of inspiration for The Ring series.
Beautiful use of colour as well.
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Full details of the page at https://www.patreon.com/posts/folklore-31525094
John has been writing short essays to accompany these strips, you'll find 'em on the patreon.
Ahh, they're great, these. Right up my street.
AT LAST THE TRUTH ABOUT VRILLON!
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I'm really enjoying these. Are you planning a collection?
think so. Plenty of time ahead, but yeagh, John's writing essays, and I';m hoping we'll either kickstart or find a publisher, ideally in an overlarge coffee table book size :)
Brilliant! I'll watch out for that.
Love it!
Mothman and Indrid Cold vibes!
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Yes. they're all who you think they are. Nope, John did not ask that I do this - rather I did it because it seemed fun to me.
Details here : https://www.pauljholden.com/2019/11/28/folklore-thursday-rubezahl/
You can support us here: https://www.patreon.com/holdenreppion
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Read about it on the patreon (it's free, but if you want to read the comics early, you can subscribe that helps us too!)
https://www.patreon.com/posts/folklore-cat-32057913
Next week's is the last of the year! (And it's available RIGHT NOW FOR BACKERS!)
Saw this and thought of your work: A dangerous dive into a medieval mystery (https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p07wsv3j/a-dangerous-dive-into-a-medieval-mystery)
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Last one of the year... (unless we do another, in which case you'd probably need to follow our patreon at https://www.patreon.com/holdenreppion )
-PJ
great stuff, would be wonderful to see you do the Norse sagas...
Quote from: Proudhuff on 12 December, 2019, 09:55:33 AM
great stuff, would be wonderful to see you do the Norse sagas...
You can lead a Norse to water...
Lovely. You and John are really making some great comics here.
Haven't checked into this thread in a while. Lovely stuff.
I fibbed... here's a two tweet/two page xmas special...
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Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/folklore-32759115
Beautiful - and all in a single page.
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John writes essays for all of these strips on our patreon, they're free to read, but we'd love your support (even as little as $1 can help!)
https://www.patreon.com/posts/25-cray-32915599
And I usually annotate my art over there too. https://www.patreon.com/posts/folklore-cray-32916212
If you do support us you get to read these things as soon as they're posted (I usually do the art around sunday/monday)
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Me talking about this page: https://www.patreon.com/posts/folklore-33143309
John talking about Hidebehinds: https://www.patreon.com/posts/26-hidebehind-33115879
Keep on truckin' PJ!
Something a bit more scripted, again johns tweets formed the captions and I wrote a story around them...
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That might be my favourite of the bunch. Absolutely lovely.
Any chance Al Ewing could write a Swamp Thing / Constantine series, and you could draw it PJ?
Quote from: Rately on 23 January, 2020, 01:30:20 PM
Any chance Al Ewing could write a Swamp Thing / Constantine series, and you could draw it PJ?
That's not Swamp Thing and Constantine. They're DC copyright and PJ would never infringe on their copyrights. That's, errrm... Marsh Bloke and Con Johnstantine. Honest.
snigger...
again - a fine example of what can be done with a single page in the right hands.
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 23 January, 2020, 01:48:53 PM
Quote from: Rately on 23 January, 2020, 01:30:20 PM
Any chance Al Ewing could write a Swamp Thing / Constantine series, and you could draw it PJ?
That's not Swamp Thing and Constantine. They're DC copyright and PJ would never infringe on their copyrights. That's, errrm... Marsh Bloke and Con Johnstantine. Honest.
:-[ :lol:
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 23 January, 2020, 01:48:53 PM
Quote from: Rately on 23 January, 2020, 01:30:20 PM
Any chance Al Ewing could write a Swamp Thing / Constantine series, and you could draw it PJ?
That's not Swamp Thing and Constantine. They're DC copyright and PJ would never infringe on their copyrights. That's, errrm... Marsh Bloke and Con Johnstantine. Honest.
Uhm, it's actually Muckman and Jack. A cosmic crime fighting duo who use magic to take down various folklore creatures...
I'm sure we'll see them again (but probably not...)
Quote from: Rately on 23 January, 2020, 01:30:20 PM
That might be my favourite of the bunch. Absolutely lovely.
Any chance Al Ewing could write a Swamp Thing / Constantine series, and you could draw it PJ?
Look, I'll not* lie - this is 100% what is happening right now.
(by which I mean this is absolutely a lie)
Quote from: pauljholden on 23 January, 2020, 02:30:39 PM
Quote from: Rately on 23 January, 2020, 01:30:20 PM
That might be my favourite of the bunch. Absolutely lovely.
Any chance Al Ewing could write a Swamp Thing / Constantine series, and you could draw it PJ?
Look, I'll not* lie - this is 100% what is happening right now.
(by which I mean this is absolutely a lie)
:lol:
Well, I will keep the fingers, and just about everything else, crossed and hope the stars align and we get to see more from Muckman and Jack!
The Keep on Truckin' thing I had only seen once before, from the Perry Bible Fellowship:
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Would love your (financial) support for this project: https://www.patreon.com/holdenreppion
We're coming up to an end of year 1 in July, I think, probably take a short break and come back with a year two project that is bigger in scope...
-pj
AT LAST! BEOWULF!
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/folklore-beowulf-33684313
John will have an essay about Beowulf up on our patreon at about 1:30 today!
As promised:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/28-beowulf-33702373
Anteros, the gross god of unrequited love...
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/folklore-anteros-33950379
That one is absolutely fantastic!
Yeah that's my favorite one yet. A complete story on one page (that leaves you wanting more)
Definitely. And who knew PJ harboured a Rembrandt-like genius for self-portraiture.
I can only draw what I know...
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As ever head over to patreon for the full skinny:
http://www.patreon.com/holdenreppion
Like!
Nothing, repeat nothing can transport to another reality like a good book.
Well after loving last week's this one is possibly even better. Hat appropriately off to you both.
So good.
Dragoni
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/folklore-dragoni-34338860
Brilliant.
But shouldn't it be "Scaly Movie"?
The last panel is a roughly based on the work of Richard Scarry - so it's a VERY CLEVER IN-JOKE.
-PJ
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Kali
https://www.pauljholden.com/2020/03/05/folklore-thursday-kali/
Sin-Eater
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/folklore-sin-34701924
I've never heard of a Sin-eater...disturbing!
Quote from: Rogue Judge on 14 March, 2020, 06:21:12 AM
I've never heard of a Sin-eater...disturbing!
Unless I'm mis-remembering horribly, it was John Smith's original title for Devlin Waugh.
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 14 March, 2020, 08:15:00 AM
Quote from: Rogue Judge on 14 March, 2020, 06:21:12 AM
I've never heard of a Sin-eater...disturbing!
Unless I'm mis-remembering horribly, it was John Smith's original title for Devlin Waugh.
Because he's So Macho...?
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 14 March, 2020, 08:15:00 AM
Quote from: Rogue Judge on 14 March, 2020, 06:21:12 AM
I've never heard of a Sin-eater...disturbing!
Unless I'm mis-remembering horribly, it was John Smith's original title for Devlin Waugh.
I first came across the term from a Spiderman villain in the 80s, but it was years before I discovered the origin of the name
Quote from: I, Cosh on 14 March, 2020, 09:12:32 AM
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 14 March, 2020, 08:15:00 AM
Quote from: Rogue Judge on 14 March, 2020, 06:21:12 AM
I've never heard of a Sin-eater...disturbing!
Unless I'm mis-remembering horribly, it was John Smith's original title for Devlin Waugh.
Because he's So Macho...?
Post of the Century, this.
But you still deserve to be torn apart by an angry mob.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/34947246
Not checked this in any way, but isn't this what Gawain does to the Green Knight?
I believe so.
Interesting. I must admit the whole Pagan vs Christian aspect of the Arthurian legends is something I never even thought of growing up.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/folklore-shoe-35222173
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/folklore-henbane-35445262
Folklore Thursday for Easter:
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Special Colouring in page for kids...
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John's Easter Essay: https://www.patreon.com/posts/35809322
Fantastic. Really liking these.
People always thought hares were magical - they are the only mammals who can conceive whilst already pregnant, and many of the myths and legends (across multiple cultures) relate to Spring, fertility and rebirth. Maddy Prior (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCMKYfeBmrU) taught me that!
Folklore Thursday (running a bit late on updates for this)
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/folklore-36025199
Missed posting this last week for personal reasons, and now folklore Thursday this week at all. Normal service should resume next week.
In the meantime, if you're really keen go follow us on patreon.com/holdenreppion
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Like it! Like the ring forts of 'fairy forts' here, its considered bad luck to disturb them in any way.
Quote from: maryanddavid on 04 May, 2020, 11:10:56 PM
Like it! Like the ring forts of 'fairy forts' here, its considered bad luck to disturb them in any way.
I know!
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Spooky! :D
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Link to me talking about the image: https://www.patreon.com/posts/folklore-jack-in-36792915
Link to John's essay about Jack-in-The-Green : https://www.patreon.com/posts/40-jack-in-green-36842947
Not said much about these lately - but they are great - I'm really enjoying the side reading too.
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From Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/folklore-sphinx-37068897
Great stuff PJ!
Aye, we've been spoiled by PJ lately.
Must agree great stuff. Thank you PJ
I'm absolutely loving these, but can't help but think that some are missing a second page!
(Not a criticism - I just want more ;))
Thanks all, just uploaded another on to the patreon, if you're a subscriber at patreon.com/holdenreppion you can read it right now.
After that there are 10 more to go, then that's the end of year 1! Slightly astonished we're that close to the end...
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/folklore-fire-37227619
beautifully textured, thanks gents!
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And accompanying blog post https://www.patreon.com/posts/37583384
John wrote an essay to go with it https://www.patreon.com/posts/37563345
That's reminded me of a story that went around my primary school in the 1980s that some Mars bars were poisonous because they contained monkeys' brains or possibly rat poison and you could tell the ones that had the monkeys' brains/rat poison in because they were marked with an 'X'.
This led to at least a couple of children at my school going into shops and intentionally attempting to score crosses into the bars through the wrappers to freak people out.
I vaguely remember news stories at the time about Mars carrying out animal testing and had assumed that the playground rumour was a garbled version of the real story, but it seems that it wasn't all that garbled.
In 1984, the Animal Liberation Front claimed to various media outlets that they'd injected Mars bars across the country with rat poison. Some police forces received some of these supposedly contaminated Mars bars, some of which were marked with a large cross...
https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1984/nov/19/confectionery-poisoning (https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1984/nov/19/confectionery-poisoning)
That's brilliant!
My gran terrorised us about chewing gum. I still worry.
M.I.K., that is absolutely bonkers. The thought of the food chain being infected is a longstanding Urban Myth generator, then you read about the Tylenol Killer and its clear so many of these Urban Myths come about as bastardisations of real events.
Quote from: M.I.K. on 29 May, 2020, 04:28:34 AM
In 1984, the Animal Liberation Front claimed to various media outlets that they'd injected Mars bars across the country with rat poison.
Leading to the (rather good, I thought) joke about Mars, Bringer of Warfarin.
I was (and still sometimes am) one of those kids who ate the entire apple, pips and all.
I never came across the tree growing myth, although a Canadian lodger starting with us for me it could mess up my stomach.
I didn't know that pips contained trace amounts of hydrogen cyanide either. Yikes!
Wait - so swallowing chewing gum isn't bad for you?
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Three seconds of research (https://www.mayoclinic.org/digestive-system/expert-answers/faq-20058446) later: "large amounts of swallowed gum combined with constipation have blocked intestines in children". But mostly it just comes out in your poo.
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Links:
Me blogging about it at patreon (https://www.patreon.com/posts/37733829) (and if you can afford to support us that would be awesome!)
AND NEW: Redbubble store you can buy all sorts of things with it on it! https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/49612112
We've taken the unusual step of adding a trigger warning to this week's folklore Thursday.
The strip contains imagery showing the results of a sexual assault, and you can read the uncensored strip at our patreon. https://www.patreon.com/posts/38086155
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Great stuff, yes those Greek gods were shits, and it's a truism that there are two sides to every story,
Stunning. A single page that tells you more about Medusa than anyone since Ovid.
A little preview of this week's strip...
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www.patreon.com/holdenreppion to subscribe and read the strip early! (otherwise you'll get it for free on thursday...)
Irrepressible.
Monkey magic.
It's the Koolaid monkey! "oh yeah!!"
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Read about it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/38268879
And you can buy some redbubble prints if you like here: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/50494330
And John has written an accompanying essay over at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/38272905
(apologies to letteres everywhere looking at this, and especially panel 2- I do these things at speed, John sends a tweet, I write and pencil and ink and colour and letter the strip in 3/4 hours)
I've heard of Monkey ( my experience was mainly via the TV shows and I remember a book in the school library although I never read it). I did not know he hatched from an egg, however.😆
Folklore Thursday: Egg
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There's an alternative colour version of this over at patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/38563400
Only three more to go until the end of the first year...!
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Fantastic!
Catching up, cus we're all done now!
Here's last week's:
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And here's this week's...
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Click the link here for a much larger, more readable version of this one:
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Which brings us to the end of Folklore Thursday. John and I will continue making weekly comics, I'm sure some could even be classified as folklore, but the plan is something different...
Can't believe it's been a year already. I'm absolutely loving these. I'm usually familiar with most of the myths, but I've learned quite a lot of new stuff too - I'm just googling "zaratan" as the only giant turtle I'm familiar with is the Great A'Tuin.
oops! One more I missed
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These have been great. Are you planning a collection on Kickstarter or similar?
Quote from: CalHab on 23 July, 2020, 11:06:23 AM
These have been great. Are you planning a collection on Kickstarter or similar?
YES
More as we have it!
These are just brilliant and would make a fantastic book collection.
Well, it's taken a bit longer than we'd hoped - let's blame covid - but at least we found a home for our collection. It's with Liminal 11, each comic is accompanied by an essay on the folklore subject and it's been beautifully designed. You can see some of the pages here:
https://comicbook.com/comics/news/liminal-11-reveals-first-look-preview-of-fascinating-folklore-a-compendium-of-comics-and-essays-exclusive/
Quote from: pauljholden on 22 August, 2023, 08:13:24 PMWell, it's taken a bit longer than we'd hoped - let's blame covid - but at least we found a home for our collection. It's with Liminal 11, each comic is accompanied by an essay on the folklore subject and it's been beautifully designed. You can see some of the pages here:
https://comicbook.com/comics/news/liminal-11-reveals-first-look-preview-of-fascinating-folklore-a-compendium-of-comics-and-essays-exclusive/
That's great news. I don't buy many comics these days, but I'm looking forward to this one.
Regards,
Robin
Quote from: pauljholden on 22 August, 2023, 08:13:24 PMWell, it's taken a bit longer than we'd hoped - let's blame covid - but at least we found a home for our collection. It's with Liminal 11, each comic is accompanied by an essay on the folklore subject and it's been beautifully designed. You can see some of the pages here:
https://comicbook.com/comics/news/liminal-11-reveals-first-look-preview-of-fascinating-folklore-a-compendium-of-comics-and-essays-exclusive/
Made my day!