Antin Tarina 2
In Finnish, with some English lyrics.
See also: First part/Ensimmäinen osa
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***GOLDENBIRD***
It’s the Modern World, the End of Times, the Decline of the West, the Revolt of the Masses. It’s the 1920’s. It’s going to be Very Silly.
Quatorze Juillet
Have a jazzy Bastille Day with the Harlem Hellhounds!
Mayann and Lou’s band in Paris is led by Sgt. Cottonmouth (top right), a veteran of the 369th infantry regiment, a.k.a “the Hellfighters” - the first Allied troops to reach the Rhine in 1918, *and* the first to introduce jazz to France (you should read more about them, they were amazing). Arm in arm with him is blues singer Lady Magnolia from New Orleans, and in the 2nd row from left to right: Freddy Renard (bass), Mayann Sparks (soprano, dancer), “Professor” Brown (sax), Amadou Talibe (drums), Lou Robinson (clarinet), and a random guy on trombone, let’s call him Arnold. All the guys are US Army veterans (although they did their fighting under French command, since General Pershing wouldn’t let them see action otherwise) except Amadou, who was a tirailleur in the French colonial troops. He and Lou are wearing Zouave-style uniforms, very flashy, but actually not used 1914-1918.
Oh, and Mayann’s dress is based on an illustration from La Vie Parisienne.
Goldenbird Mixtape I
21 tracks, see the list… More »
“Characterology”
I still haven’t had the energy to draw anything, but I found a silly book from 1920 about how to analyse the character of a person based on their looks, and I had to check how Falco and Andy compared. Read the silliness here…
Among other news: I have been working like an idiot to finish my thesis and earn my rent, and I suppose I don’t have to explain to anyone what a waste of time the latter thing is. Meanwhile I dream about the next pages, and chapters, and feel a bit weird. I’m full of stories, but I have no energy left to get them on paper. Sometimes it feels like somebody else has been drawing Goldenbird, and I have no idea how to contact that person and make her continue … because I would really really like to know how it continues, too!
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