Oh hell. I discovered Sienkiewicz when he took over the original Moon Knight comic series. His artwork was absolutely revolutionary. Great book all the way around, good plots interesting side characters and villains, but the artwork was wall-worthy.
Bill had many amazing Moon Knight covers, any interior artwork was just as good. But this cover always struck me as shocking and unique.
That's gorgeous, PLP.https://64.media.tumblr.com/b41d0563a9aaeaa13b7bb468ef3b4edc/8f14b78b7d6fd2c0-66/s540x810/bf05ceb2c9c05af5e052ab6a625010dea94374d2.jpg
I LOVE this one so much. I'd buy a print of her if I could find it.
Are you familiar with the legends of Melusine / Melusina / Mere Lusine? There are different variations of her name and story that pop up through the Middle Ages, mostly centered around the Lusignan and Anjou regions of France, and Luxembourg. She is usually described as a mermaid with a forked tail, but also sometimes as a mermaid, a fae, a siren, a succubus, or a woman with the lower half of a snake. I have read a lot of history and historical fiction on the Angevins, Plantagenets and Tudors, and have come across mentions of the early Angevin/Plantagenet counts and kings (of which Henry II was the first Angevin/Plantagenet to be king, and his line, including sons Richard the Lionheart and John āLacklandā) and Elizabeth Woodville (Queen of Henry IV, mother of the missing Princes in the Tower whom Richard III was accused of having murdered, and maternal grandmother of Henry VIII) claiming to be descended from her. The Angevin temper was legendary, and they had a saying that was to the effect of āfrom the devil [they] came, and to the devil [theyāll] go,ā in reference to Melusine possibly being descended from the devil. Elizabeth Woodville was the daughter of Jacquetta, Duchess of Luxembourg. Elizabeth was famously beautiful, and hushed rumors circulated among their contemporaries that both she and her mother were witches, though they were never charged. Some of the historical fiction Iāve read on them plays up the witchcraft angle on them for funsies. Surprisingly though, the first reference Iād seen to Melusine was as a child, without knowing anything about her: she was the inspiration for the Starbucks logo!
And I kind of love the mermaid as the symbol of a need for peace and privacy. 
Never heard of Moon Knight. I have to check him
Brilliant series, at least the first run. And he was never super popular, so it's still pretty affordable to get all of those original ones. They've run through several/many different iterations by now, but I think Sienkiewicz was only involved with the first run. The writing was the best in that one as well.
Lol you're fine! I just have nothing remotely intelligent to add. I hope @AlpineFresco pops in soon to speak on it. Thanks for sharing though
Damn. I wish I had some skill to trade for your nipples.
That sounds really interesting.
It was a Vanitas collage symbolizing how short your life is and how wordly pleasures don't matter in the end. (Great stuff to dwell on in the darkest days of January.) Did I almost put a vibrator in my collage and then remember that school isn't Lit?
I'll never tell.
Oh cool!It was a Vanitas collage symbolizing how short your life is and how wordly pleasures don't matter in the end. (Great stuff to dwell on in the darkest days of January.) Did I almost put a vibrator in my collage and then remember that school isn't Lit?
At first she acted like it had to be a physical item that we'd have to cut things out of books, newspapers, and magazines (who still gets magazines??) But luckily we were allowed to do a digital version which made everything so much more doable for me.
Ah yeah what is it the 90's where I may or may not have made scrap books of the amazing life I was going to have with Keanu Reeves using things cut from teen magazines??
A battery-operated vibe with the batteries blown out and corroded would certainly fit the theme tho, wouldn't it? Or a set of handcuffs behind a broken key? A flogger with all the tails falling off in mid-strike? an empty squeeze bottle of lube?It was a Vanitas collage symbolizing how short your life is and how wordly pleasures don't matter in the end. (Great stuff to dwell on in the darkest days of January.) Did I almost put a vibrator in my collage and then remember that school isn't Lit?
Now I want to make one for Lit. Lol. Those are excellent images to use.
Who did the what now? I'm summoned but I'm unclear whyLol you're fine! I just have nothing remotely intelligent to add. I hope @AlpineFresco pops in soon to speak on it. Thanks for sharing though
Be the bossy professor you need in your own lifeNow I want to make one for Lit. Lol. Those are excellent images to use.
If only I was more self motivated and didn't need a bossy professor type in my life
Did that track for you?
Man, be curious! Look around. Someone's posted art inspired by youWho did the what now? I'm summoned but I'm unclear why
I'm working on it! I'm the only one who can tolerate me enoughBe the bossy professor you need in your own life
