New Page #2! For better or worse, Mystery Man seems to know Nathan Hale…
You can listen to the TGT Podcast recording from Friday night here. We talked a lot about The Dreamer, what is ahead for it, and some of the other projects I have in the works!
A HUGE thank you to my historian friend (and all things Nathan Hale expert!), Rachel Smith, for her help on this scene. She came up with the Latin dialogue. If you VOTE this week, you can read the translation there!
Awwww this is the best page ever!!! I just melted. And that quote was HILARIOUS. I laughed so hard I nearly choked on my tea.
that’s right! they were in the same literary club together, weren’t they :)
Woah, what a beautiful looking page! Simply fantastic. And the colors are outstanding.
Hey, in panel 1, the band is back together!
and using the names Damon and Pythias shows just how close they likely were…
@Nessili I know. It’s one of my favorite tidbits about their history.
Hahaha aww I love old friend greetings like this. Inside jokes and momentary threats of decapitation.
These pages are just blowing me away! I can’t stop looking at this page and all its yummy detail *_*
That first closeup panel of Nathan is really gorgeous – the lines are some of the best I’ve seen, and he looks younger than I ever remember seeing him.
Damon and Pythias! And the Latin, which I happily understood, haha! This whole page is stunningly gorgeous, I love the little detail of Bea and Freddie’s faces peering over the barrel in the background of the first panel, and Nathan in panel five looks the best I’ve ever seen him.
Yay for Greek mythology reference!
Awwwwww Nate. :’)
Yay for college bromance!
This issue might just be my favourite colour-wise. Everything looks so delicious! And the detail on the characters’ faces is so beautiful.
Too many emotions!
How cute! I love it! And the colors have been absolutely gorgeous!
It is Tallmadge! The Pythias thing gave it away! Ha! You have been discovered Ben Tallmadge! How heartwarming of a reunion! :D
*sigh* See this is one of those times where I wish I knew more history, since everyone seems to know something about this obvious bromance that I don’t. Hrrrmmmmm….
On the other hand….Yay, latin! And I even understood a little of it! *beams*
@Brent: well, you could read Phelps’ Nathan Hale bio. I know he mentioned Tallmadge in there at least once…man I need to reread it–it’s been ages.
lol I’d also reccommend hunting down some other history books like 1776 or something, to help with the other stuff going on. ;)
AWWWW!!!!!!! Nathan is so…well, HOT in panels 3 4 & 5!!!! ;D
Is Ben quoting Yale’s suspention rule?
@Caera: What’s the name of that bio? Cuz I’m a bit lost with the whole “Damon” “Pythias” thing…
Nathan Hale: The Life and Death of America’s First Spy by M. William Phelps. I actually wrote my history term paper several semesters back on it along with 1776. lol Mr. Phelps looked kinda surprised when I told him that I used it for the paper when I met him at the symposium. But then again, most everyone there thought I was epically nerdy anyway as I came all the way from Texas. XD lol
And if you’re confused about Damon and Pythias and wanting to get that bit before you can get a copy of the bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_and_Pythias
;)
@Caera: I thought you’d like this page. :)
@Nessili: Nope. Rival Fraternities, actually.
@Albone @Gina @Deb: I know, Julie is NAILING these pages!!
@Half Moon: Yes, he is. “Damon” & “Pythias” were the mythological pen names they adopted when writing each other letters, which was pretty common back then. These aliases that they picked were a pair of friends willing to die for each other.
@Half Moon, @Brent: Phelp’s book is not my favorite book on Nathan Hale, though it is the most recent, and the most readable. Like most books on Nathan Hale, there is a lot of… liberties taken with the research and interpretations. The Nathan Hale historians who have helped me research are less than impressed with that book. That being said, it is very readable, but know that you’re going to be getting some shotty research and mis-information.
The best reference is still George Dudley Seymour’s book “A Documentary Life of Nathan Hale.” But that is because it’s a reference book, with a few interpretive essays in the back. And in those essays they discuss what surviving information they derived their conclusions from, so at least you know where your info is coming from.
LOL, most of you don’t care about Nathan Hale enough to read that book! But I’d be remiss if I didn’t bring it up. My friend Rachel who I mentioned above is actually helping one of her former professors research a new book about Nathan Hale, and I can’t wait for that one to come out so I can actually have a book to refer people to when they ask this question!
quod dicendum est, “cum matre lingua bene egisti! gratias ago!”
Translation: (but it must be said, “you did well with the mother tongue, I thank you!”)
@Lora Like this page? I LOVE it.
And the reason to mention the bio is because I have found it next to impossible to find Seymour’s book. :(
@Caera: I got mine on Amazon!
my bad–they were just classmates :)
I misread my source. Happens at that late at night ;P
This page is absolutely gorgeous, Lora! Love the art and the colors! Great stuff!
Amazon robbed me blind. I boycotted them years ago. >.<
@ Caera & Lora: oooooo! Thank you! My fingers are going to be doing some walking on the Library website!
:( I didn’t realize that this Nathan Hale was the same as the one who…well i wont spoil it for people who dont know the history. But I guess i should have realized it wasnt a coincidence…maybe Bea will defy history and save him….
Nathan is positively edible… uh, I mean… adorable here! And Lora, you’re going to have to update your Dreamer BFF poll to include Nate and Ben. They’ve only been officially reunited in one panel so far, but I can tell that I’m going to love this pairing.
@Val hehe, no worries about spoiling. The cat ATE that bag way way back.
@Tamesin I agree, we need Ben and Nathan on the BFF poll. lol All of a sudden I just thought of Nathan and Ben Cato as I typed that and that made no sense at all. But anywho, we need Ben TALLMADGE and Nathan on the poll.
Wow. I can definitely see the difference in detail here. This whole page is gorgeous and adorable. I’ll cast another vote for Nathan and Ben as BFFs, too.
Awwww, Nathan <3
Is the lunar eclipse historically accurate?
Beautiful art, stunning lighting in this page.
This was brilliant! So brilliant! I love Ben Tallmadge and that whole friendship! Thank you!!
Poor Alan! Just two pages into the story and Tallmadge has already stolen his BFF in the polls…!
@Rachel: No lunar eclipse. Just the way I inked the page. To make the moon glow.