When I say "real numbers, "I'm not juxtaposing them with "imaginary numbers," but just saying I didn't totally make them up, but I kinda did do that...

Check out the February comic I reference here. Sure, those emails were just from Dr. A, but let's be honest. Not too much different from the rest anyway...

--LJE

I guess I do miss Conky! He got me through some tough times!

Dearest Readers,

I'm changing it up this week! I wanted to work on some other art projects this week, it is Labor Day, and it has been too long since I got medieval, so I decided to do some drawing and sketching.

So, what medieval was I to draw? I kept thinking about what my dad said about Conky (see the bottom of last week's post.)

Conky is my logo, but he gets no play! 













See his first appearance in my comic here where he looked like this:














His second time, he looked like this:

He cleaned up a bit for our date in his last character driven appearance: 

The real medieval art that inspired him is the tympanum at Conques. 

Today I drew him in pencil, 

in brush pen,

and digitally.

Then, I thought, hey, if he becomes a recurring character, he may need some clothes, and then I thought, maybe his clothes could promote something really cool happening in Baltimore! Check out the Thunder Grunt Podcast Network! And while you're at it, like the network on the Facebooks. 

I also decided to draw a bit from this lovely piece: a 13th century tempera on wood painting: Scenes from the Life of Christ: Arrest of Christ, Christ in Limbo; Descent from the Cross, Preparation of Christ’s Body for His Entombment at the MET. The title is off, but if you want this as a poster, it can be yours!

I figured this guy could be a buddy (or pet?) of Conky's, so I drew him in pencil,

in marker, 

and digitally. 

When I went to draw him digitally, I decided to keep the columns from the original image as with the pencil drawing and couldn't help but think the drawing would make a good insanely strange medieval ad. Now, I just hope the Thunder Grunter's don't mind! 

See you next week, and Happy Labor Day,
LJE

“Thank goodness I’m not just a clam or a ham or a dusty old jar of sour gooseberry jam! I am what I am! That’s a great thing to be! If I say so myself, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!” --Dr. Seuss

Thanks to Dr. A for illustrating this comic--what a great birthday gift! 

Please scroll to the bottom for a "side note."

Other note: As this is a holiday weekend, the next post of the Book of Lael will be on Monday this coming week! 

--LJE

So, tonight my dad: "Are you still doing the comic? You are? Is the character on my shirt still in it? I really like him! He's got personality! You should do more with him!" 

For those of you who have no reason to remember, Conky, the figural sculpture who got fired from his long standing job on the tympanum of Ste. Foy at Conques last appeared in my comic on July 11, 2010. What a blast from the past! 


If anyone really DOES want to see him make a recurrence, please, by all means, do let me know! Oh, and if you'd like to own a shirt with his original guitar-shoving-down-the-throat-of-a-sinner-with-bad-taste-in-music, check out my etsy shop. 

“People in the city like small cars, and on this one you can play the iTunes.” OR On the plus side, the salesman thought we looked like we were just out of college.

Comic!

I skipped the part at the end where I followed a film crew around for a week hoping to be an extra...

Comic! I experimented with oil pastels for the first time in years! It was fun and interesting!

Don't forget to check out my Etsy shop!

 --LJE

At least it wasn't a pair of cleats, right? OR Yes, it WAS funny...

Thanks for the help, dr. ks.! 

Note: For this to make sense, please note that the reenactment depicted here imagines the incident happening to me, so yes, I am in a sense talking to myself in the first and last panels! 

I moved to Delaware, and they didn't even have Chipotle back then!

Thanks for the help, Jess D.! 

In honor of Artscape, The Book of Lael presents a comic debut! Ever wonder what it's like to be an Art Historian? dr. ks. tells us how it is in her awesome guest comic! (Click on the images twice to zoom.)

I would have bought the Pineapple Ukulele, but, frankly, I don't dust.

Comic! 

Happy Wedding, Becky and Costin!

Dearest Readers, 

No regular comic today. This weekend I attended the wedding of one of my oldest and dearest friends. Well wishes and much love to her and her husband! 

--Lael