Soldiers and Poppies

[secondlina]

I drew Elaine and Fred (or “Five of Red”) from Namesake. A girl who can change the universe with her writing and a boy who was a card soldier in a deck from Wonderland. I love Elaine and Fred. Easily my favorite characters. I could honestly do a whole comic series with just these two and their crazy adventures. Fred came to exist due to my obsession with the Wonderland card soldiers. While other Wonderland fans tended to focus on characters like that Hatter, I was just fascinated with the soldiers. Like, hold the phone, awesome soldiers made of paper? Why doesn’t anyone do anything about that? Cards soldiers have either appeared as silent killing machines or comic reliefs in the media. Seemed cool to have one with a personality.

Happy Remembrance day, you guys. It's a good day to wear poppies. It's also a good day to read "Two Generals" by Scott Chantler. It's a great comic that follows two Canadian generals during World War II. It's "non-fiction" since it's about the artist's grandfather. It's really awesome. The style is simple, emotional and the whole thing is very educative. It won a ton of awards and it's used in schools. So it's pretty awesome. It's even going to get translated to French by La Pastèque soon. Ah, history. 

- Isa

Comments

[brendala.livejournal.com]

That picture is adorable. I love the use of color in it.

I didn't know your Veterans' Day was the same day as ours. Cool!

[spankingfemme.livejournal.com]

Oh Fred was a way cool addition to the story! =D His evolution was great, and I really love Elaine and him above! The action and emotion gives my heart a little flutter and my face a big smile :)

[amelia-seyroon.livejournal.com]

[putri-nih.livejournal.com]

Aaaaw cute :D

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

I find this pic to be utterly adorable. I just love Fred.

[master-of-mad.livejournal.com]

Je l'ai déjà dit sur da mais j'adore, ils pourraient former un chouette couple! Lweeling de dea.

(me suis permit de t'ajouter sur lj, j'espère que tu n'y vois pas d'inconvénient).

[anna-nimmie-tee.livejournal.com]

Fred has gone from scary soldier drone to an absolutely adorable person here. His transition was so well done. Kudos!

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Well, both soldier groups fought together, so I think it's pretty normal to have it on the same days :D

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Those two do that to me too. They just add sunlight to my day.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

:D

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

He is master of the cute and deadly.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

(Non pas du tout, je te rajoute dans ma liste aussi! SALUUUT!)

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm really happy with it myself. Fred is going to remain a really fun character to watch evolve.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

He totally is...

[master-of-mad.livejournal.com]

Merci c'est gentil ! A voir tout ces dessins, ça me donne envie de faire des fanarts (dommage que je manque cruellement de temps!)

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

C'est la malédiction des artistes.

[master-of-mad.livejournal.com]

On dirait bien. =)