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Absolute Batman #19 Cover Art (Muju Variant)

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'Wonder Woman' by Muju (Ignatius Tan).

Variant cover art for 'Absolute Wonder Woman' issue #11, published August 2025 by DC Comics.

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Princess Mononoke by muju

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★ 【Muju】 「 もののけ姫 」 ☆ ✔ republished w/permission ⊳ ⊳ follow me on instagram

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Warhammer: inquisitor by muju on DeviantArt

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Ignatius Tan • "More Doodles"

Associate Art Director at Riot Games

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[lastjanuary]

“what has hector ever done to me?”

or, the parallels of mujin, taeju, and jiwoo as achilles, patroclus, and hector

there’s a really interesting comparison to be made that janey initially pointed out about mujin and taeju being tragic like achilles and patroclus that i think extends even further into jiwoo being their hector, of sorts.

i mean, mujin is this theoretically untouchable, imposing figure. seemingly unkillable—he survived the several attempts on his life. he’s dongcheon’s god.

taeju is mujin’s closest ally, especially in the aftermath of donghoon’s betrayal. taeju ended up in dongcheon so it’s reasonable to assume that he found dongcheon by way of some personal exile; he seemingly has no attachments to anything but dongcheon and, by extension, mujin. you can see the reverence in his eyes any time he looks at mujin.

jiwoo, then, is arguably dongcheon’s greatest warrior. she is the victor in several of her own battles and, though she’s a bit gruff, jiwoo is still kind where it counts. she can be tender. a hero in her own right.

while we have to stretch the comparison a little bit—after all, hector dies by achilles’ hand, not the other way around—there’s still a good parallel:

mujin won’t fight, not yet, and whether taeju thinks it’s because he won’t because it’s jiwoo or something else, he decides to take the matter into his own hands. he takes the initiative to kill jiwoo; he takes on the shroud of mujin and appears to her, the way patroclus appeared as achilles, and the way mujin appeared to her father. jiwoo, the valiant fighter that she is, bests taeju and kills him. she sends his body home with a knife blade still stuck in it.

and when mujin finds out? when he’s brought to taeju’s body and sees what she’s done? it’s pure rage. he retaliates against her in the most violent way possible. had she been alone in the car, yeah, he probably would have shot her and it would have been over. but when he sees pildo, he sees that he can hurt her in a worse way than just killing her, so he kills pildo in front of her instead. you kill mine, i kill yours. an eye for an eye. this retaliation is the violent dragging of her body behind his chariot to hotel liber for their final showdown.

and while jiwoo is the ultimate victor and the comparison largely stops there, the parallel is just good enough to hurt. the companionship between mujin and taeju, the dying in his stead, the rage, the retaliation. a study in the violence of grief and revenge.

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for the model taeju is photographer mujin’s muse agenda