Tantalus has to get his money from somewhere, so why not the fine folks from Niflhel and Sheol? True, the frost giants are originally from Jotunheim, but like everyone else, I’m conflating Niflhel, the world of the dead, with Niflheim,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Depending on which sources you read, Tantalus was a son of Zeus or of a mere mortal king. Either way, he was a sick dude. Promethean in sharing the secrets of the gods with mortals, his story gets pretty dark[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In order of appearance: Persephone, daughter of Demeter, who was kidnapped by Hades, sending her mother into such a depression that winter would not end until Hades agreed to let go for half the year (hence the seasons); Hades, ruler[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The subterranean political situation is intense, folks. For those maybe confused by all this mythology, here goes: Hades is both a god (known as Pluto to the Romans, not the Disney character, but where we get the name for the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
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…
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