PANEL ONE: Meet Dylan Croft, a young red-headed man who wears a ponytail and dresses like a thrift store pirate. He smiles at the audience.
NARR:
My name is Dylan Croft. I live in Prince Edward Island. This is my story.
PANEL TWO: A picturesque aerial shot of Coven Cove.
NARR:
First, let me tell you about the town I live in. It was founded in 1785, a while after the first settlers came here.
PANEL THREE: An antique photo of the town’s founders, dressed in 1785 garb. However, they’re all smiling. They are holding a painted sign that says “TOWN COUNCIL.” and the bottom of the picture frame is labeled “Our Founders.” There should be an equal number of men and women.
NARR:
But what makes it special is that the town founders were witches. Yup. All of them.
PANEL FOUR: An antique photo of people stepping off a small sailing ship onto the dock at Coven Cove, 1745.
NARR:
They’d come fleeing persecution for witchcraft; that horrible business in Salem, Massachusetts may have come and gone, but anti-witch sentiment was still high.
PANEL FIVE: The town founders holding a ritual around a bonfire. One of them holds what looks like a book of magic, and is reading aloud from it; the others all seem to be chanting with arms raised.
NARR:
So they decided to found a town where not only was practicing witchcraft allowed, but respected.
PANEL SIX: A picturesque sign, freshly painted and with old world charm, that reads “Welcome to Coven Cove.”
NARR:
And they named it, quite appropriately, “Coven Cove.”
Just to prove that there really are no new ideas under the sun, any of you remember the cuddly, kooky villain FURSONA from Diaperman #13 and #14? He’s the guy in the bear suit. Well, apparently he’s been moonlighting as a villain in ANT-MAN, as shown by this page spread from ANT-MAN #2! Pretty cool, eh? Probably angry that there’s been no new issues of Diaperman recently!
Sometimes it’s nice to take a break from the constant drive of working on comics and just do something for yourself. Although in my case, it’s more like “having something done for me” since I can’t draw. I’ve been thinking about all the fannish things I enjoy and how I’d most enjoy being a part of those worlds. To that end, I’m informally creating a kind of “Storybook” for myself where I get to participate in hanging out with my imaginary friends!
Dare Munro introduced me to The Venture Bros. :
Michael meets the Venture Bros.
And then Mike Rieger got me a spot on the Gatchaman team, although I first knew them as G-Force:
Gatchaman G-6, “Canary Michael.”
Here’s what Mike said about this pic: “My friend Michael considers wolves to be his totem animal.
“No, not a wolf,” my wife told him. “You sing constantly. And randomly. With songs you make up on the spot. You love sunshine and shiny things and the colour yellow. You are a canary. You are the most canary!”
Michael agrees that this is true, and this Christmas commissioned me to draw him as a canary character from Gatchaman, an anime about ninja teenagers with bird powers. Michael’s powers include the sonic tweet, a grappling-hook iPod, a small mirror with which to reflect devastating solar ray attacks, and a small dish of water to take baths in. And something involving cuttlebones.I am told I am, for the curious, a large long-haired calico housecat, the type who are fastidious, take up a lot of space around the house, and are alternately aloof or giddy on our own mysterious schedules.”
How fun is that? As a kid I always wanted to be part of the cartoons I saw, the comics I read. It’s a joyful little indulgence to finally realize that young boy’s dream.
–Michael
From all of us here at Two Gargoyles Comics, no matter what you call ’em, Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!
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You can read all about each title and individual issue on this site using the main menu above. You can purchase digital copies of these comics right here on the site, and print copies at Indyplanet, or at DriveThruComics.
Two Gargoyles Comics is based in Alberta, Canada, and appears live at conventions in Western Canada and wherever else the winds take us!
“Twogargs” is an independent publisher of comic titles, including the genres of superheroes, comedy, horror, and urban fantasy… with more to come.
You can read all about each title and individual issue on this site using the main menu above. You can purchase digital copies of these comics right here on the site, and print copies at Indyplanet, or at DriveThruComics.
Two Gargoyles Comics is based in Alberta, Canada, and appears live at conventions in Western Canada and wherever else the winds take us!
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