You once said "Life is a disease: sexually transmitted, and invariably fatal." Can you expand on that?
I can, although it would feel rather like explaining a joke.
It was in a comic called Death Talks about Life, explaining how to avoid contracting HIV, at a time when it was a fatal disease. Here’s the context:
You can read about it here: http://blog.queercomics.info/2014/02/death-talks-about-life.html — and to answer their question, yes, quarter of a million standalone copies were published as pamphlets, send out free to comic shops, and distributed free in schools, universities and libraries.
Preserving, cataloging, and analyzing LGBTQ portrayals in comic books, from AARGH! to Zot! and The Amazing Spider-Man to Zatanna Zatara.
I was taking with my friend about good omens and we were wondering how the hell aziraphale-as-crowley managed to get into that bath without getting his socks wet and so I drew this ‘helpful’ guide.
I like to imagine that all the demons had to just awkwardly stand around watching him clamber around getting into this bathtub… @neil-gaiman can you confirm?
I have been thinking about this scene a lot and while I appreciate the OP’s version as well as the very fine illustration, I can’t help but slightly disagree. I have always seen Crowley stand at the foot edge of the tub, raise his arms dramatically, falling backward in slow motion with an evil grin on his face, making a massive splash like the dramatic bitch that he is. It took a minor miracle to not get his socks wet, but it was worth it. Now I need an illustration of the entry I described for comparison…. for science of course.
absolutely enamoured with edwin and niko’s friendship. they are so perfectly on the opposite ends of the same scale that they loop back around to being exactly the same. same weirdness different fonts. true tism4tism bestie rep i adore them
i appreciate how the characters of dead boy detectives are all realistically flawed, especially as teenagers. charles forces back his emotions until they come out in an unhealthy way. edwin doesn’t understand social cues and can be cold towards others. crystal was just a straight-up horrible person but even when she’s better she still can be a bit short and rude. niko may be the sweetest person in the world but she’s also sometimes pushy and takes things to the extreme.
these things don’t stop any of them from being extremely lovable, it just makes them more real.
Charles acts nice and cheery because he wants to win over everyone’s approval. It’s what he was conditioned to do with his father. He is hung up on it; he says “everyone likes me” and is disturbed when Monty doesn’t shake his hand.
Edwin isn’t nice and cheery. Edwin doesn’t care what people think of him; if he is rude or grumpy. As far as Charles can see, Edwin is GOOD for the sake of being GOOD, not to please anyone.
Edwin is the best person he knows. Someone who would sit with a stranger and read to them as they died at the risk of being dragged back to hell by Death; someone who “wouldn’t let a little American girl die”; someone who “plays hardball” but will ultimately help.
Edwin is who Charles wants to be. A good guy. I think Charles idolizes Edwin. I think Charles can’t imagine tarnishing his idol with romantic feelings when Charles hasn’t fully learned to love himself yet.
All of Hell's layout shots from Edwin's journal, in order
Heya! I needed to take some screenshots for reference when writing a fic, so I thought it'd be nice to share :)
(Under the cut I've added everything I could make out in the writtings)
"LAYERS OF HELL" across two pages. These are based on Dante's Inferno, the first part of Divine Comedy, and the nine circles of hell. (Shout out to my friend who helped me with the 10 "rooms" of Fraud <3)
Left page:
- Vestibule (unnumbered, right on top of Limbo, referring to the staircase)
I - Limbo
II - Lust
III - Gluttony
IV - Avarice
V - Wrath
VI - Heresy
VII - Violence
VIII - Fraud
IX - Treachery
- There are 10 "rooms" described between Violence and Fraud, referring to the 10 trenches of the eight circle of hell (Fraud) and numbered as such.
Room I reads: whipped.
Room II reads: covered in excrement.
Room III reads: flipped (?) feet set on fire.
Room IV reads: encased(?) in boiled pitch.
Room V reads: head turned backwards.
Room VI reads: wear lead robes.
Room VII reads: snake(?) pit turn(?) into snake.
Room VIII reads: (?) big flames.
Room IX reads: (?) -> quality is too low to tell; considering the trench of which it is based on, probably along the lines of 'mangled', 'mutilated', 'maimed', etc
Room X reads: leprosy, hungry(?), dark.
Right page:
- Endless staircase
- "UPPER HELL" encompassing layers I to IV.
Beside layers III and IV, read: heavy labour(?), everyone in your way
- "LOWER HELL" encompassing layers V to IX.
Beside layers VI and VII, read: trapped, impaled, submerged in blood. Beside layer VIII, read: snake pit, gain human form by biting other humans. Beside layer IX, read: frozen + stuck + chewed on
Left page:
- LIMBO
Right page:
- "DO NOT RING" is crossed out near a bell. Dashed line points to where the bell is on the room.
Left page:
- Arrow pointing to the claw machine, referencing the passage behind it. Note reads: Back to Doll House. No.
- Circle on the bottom right, just above a door: Wrong way. AVARICE. Everything too heavy.
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