I could go for a blackbird pie right now. ↓ TranscriptPANEL ONE: Fetch and Owen walk through the streets of the town. Townhouses of a Medieval design give way to those of modern design. They see well-dressed elves and goblins[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Summer Court leans more fairy tale setting than fae setting, in our story anyway. It’s got a Disney appropriating Hans Christian Andersen or Grimm’s Fairy Tales vibe. The sky is gold and blue, not the nearly oppressive red we’ve[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Stone age burial mounds (tumulus you would call one; plural would be tumuli? tumuluses?) for Celtic royalty in ancient Ireland and other parts can be pretty impressive. The one Owen and Fetch pass through is rougher than some you might[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just a brief trip through the Spring Court as Owen and Fetch make their way to the Summer Court. ↓ TranscriptPANEL 1: Owen and Fetch walk across a wooden bridge. Flowers and ivy wrap around its railings. Trees are richly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And so ends chapter four. Chapter 5: The Summer Court begins next week! I apologize for the delay in posting today’s strip. I got carried away with preparing publication files for the next two Fetch collections: A Saucer of Milk,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What’s this? Dissension in the ranks? Discord between our heroes? A downpour while everything looks bleak? Or did the artist just feel like drawing rain? Anything is possible! ↓ TranscriptPANEL ONE: Owen and Fetch sit on the bus stop bench.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fetch doesn’t think these things through. ↓ TranscriptPANEL ONE: Fetch waves to everyone, who are off panel. Owen waves, too, but looks toward Fetch. FETCH: See ya! Wish us luck! ALL but Owen off-panel: Luck! OWEN: Er, Fetch? PANEL 2:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
These sheep are a real problem. But they should not be confused with the color-changing sheep Peredur comes across in the Mabinogion. They might have more in common with Thomas More’s “carnivorous sheep” in Utopia or maybe Polyphemus’ herd of sheep[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You may be wondering if Snowdonia Hawkweed is a thing. It is! There is a brief Wikipedia entry and a bit more information here about its discovery, rediscovery, and perpetual state of endangerment due to sheep and climate change. As[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptTARA: I said a baby! A small child! Something the fairies can play with. A teen they’ll just enslave or eat! FETCH: Oh. Huh. TARA: They don’t teach that in Demon School, I bet! PANEL2: Fetch turns apologetically to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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