Finvarra is the High King of the Daoine Sidhe in Celtic folklore (but not the only one), and Oonagh is the High Queen, and his wife. We’ll meet them in a few chapters — but don’t expect a faithful to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You might know “the Golden Ones” as mysterious figures from early David Bowie lyrics (or maybe like Bowie you read too much Aleister Crowley in a haze of cocaine). But in any case, the Golden Ones here are actually the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
How Fetch thought he could leave his home unattended for a decade without attracting squatters is a rare show of naivete on his part. Or maybe just youthful carelessness? And you’re in a land of the fae, bud. What did[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Welcome to a new chapter — “Crude and Feckless”! Fans of The Clash should recognize the allusion to “Rudy Can’t Fail” off of London Calling (1979). Fetch is no Jamaican rude boy, but he might relate to catching flack from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So ends chapter 1, “Return of the Native.” Tune in next week for the start of chapter 2, “Crude and Feckless” to see if the faeries kick Fetch’s arse. ↓ TranscriptPANEL 1 Fetch looking up. FETCH: I don’t care who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hobs are small house elves or spirit or faerie, that in the folklore of the Irish, Scottish, and other Celtic peoples hang around your house and either help you with upkeep or trash the place if you piss them off.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Home again, home again, jiggity jig. This was a fun page to draw. So much detail. And thinking about what kind of house Fetch would have at all was a challenge. I considered a sidhe, but not as well kept[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Malvina Reynolds forever. Some folks might know “Little Boxes” as the theme for Weeds — which, if you bingewatch, will shove that song deep within your brain — but if not, here is a fine rendition. Play it loud: […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
These are the people in your neighborhood: Selkie, Nessie, Leprechaun (being devoured), Dullahan (or to Americans, the Headless Horseman), a drunken goblin, and a vampiric elven woman enjoying leg of human. The Unseelie Court is a strange and creepy place.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Caring for sick parents in the best of families can be hard. In dysfunctional families, there’s an added measure of trauma. So I imagine dysfunctional fae families must come with a psychodrama unfathomable by modern analytical science. We had a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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