Cerberus, the canine guardian of Hades is usually rendered as huge beast with three matching heads. I chose to portray the monster with three different breeds, because it just seemed funnier this way. And it’s fun to hunt down pictures[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ch1: Return of the Native
A little late on this one, even though it was completed weeks ago. Oops. Sorry! It’s been a busy Fall, between work, parenting, and other stuff. Border security is everywhere, even in the Underworld. Used to be you could go[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The allusions to Trump in this page will not be a frequent occurrence through the story, but the current awfulness is what initially compelled him to leave the human world, as we saw last January. And escaping the problems of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And so we’re off into the Underworld. That is indeed Charon, the ferryman — or death cabbie — of the River Styx found in Classical Greek mythology. He’s one of my favorite psychopomps (along with the Raven), and I have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We need more epistolary narratives in comics, I say. Text messaging be damned. My favorite part to draw on this page was the skull. Least favorite? That gate. But I like how it turned out. I might redo the text[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Raven is a motif in a lot of my work. This is the second time he has appeared in Fetch, the first being the strip “Raven” where he picks at the dark parts of Kevin’s brain. (Or “my” brain?[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Kill your darlings” is often attributed to Nabokov, but I don’t know if he really said it. How do you know if your darlings need killing, anyway? If you don’t get some enjoyment or thrill out of your work, why[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As you may recall, Fetch got fed up with our current political affairs and left Kevin and the U.S. to take a needed respite in Hell. We join him there now. ↓ TranscriptPANEL 1 Setting: Hell. Lakes of fire and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fetch is back! This time with a nice long story to keep him occupied. Follow along as he returns to his home in the Otherworld to deal with his family, an assortment of goblins, pixies, elves, and other critters, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…