I've made it to Austin after a long bus ride. Will tomorrow bear adventure or calamity, who is to say? I thought it would be fun to post DAYGLOAYHOLE fan art from anyone that wanted to send it to me, since it'll be a bit before I can post some new comic.
Even though I said the 26th was the deadline, feel free to email me anytime from now to nov. 15th. I'll post it here and print in the first issue of DAYGLOAYHOLE!!!
The first thing I got was a poem from Jules Bentley, and amazing writer and friend. They explain their thing below.
Among the Isleños of St. Bernard Parish there's existed historically a form of often satirical, often topical poem called the décima. It differs considerably from the traditional Iberian or Puerto Rican décimas, not least by being in the Isleño dialect, which is to Castilian Spanish what Cajun French is to the stuff spoken in Paris.
Since the décima is used to memorialize funny or memorable occasions, incidents and people, it seemed the perfect form for me to culturally appropriate/crassly co-opt for my pal Ben Passmore's comic DAYGLOAYHOLE.
What is the exact poetic form of the Isleño décima? Wikipedia helpfully explains: "the décima of the Isleños of Louisiana is made up of pareado (stanza consisting of two verses that rhyme with each other, that may be this rhyme, a consonant or assonance. These pareado can be of high art or low art and the two verses can have both the same size or not.), of which are used four hemistiches, usually octosyllabic. This form is influenced by Mexican Calendar."
Right! So... that, basically.
Without further ado, I present-- admittedly in English, but at least traditional-style orally recited, rather than as a written text--
