Moby Dick (or, the Webcomic)

Fun fact: the song they’re singing is the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. It does not appear in the actual text of the novel, and wasn’t originally even a song at all, but it is a pretty well-known sailors’ epic poem about the widespread legend/superstition of albatross birds. Albatrosses are supposed to be lucky birds, but killing them would bring misfortune and disaster to sailors. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is the story of one such disaster, and it’s relevant because Reasons. (and then iron maiden, of all groups, made a song version of it, which is just such a vibe. thank u ms kim for showing us that in jr year english)

ALSO!!! some of you may recall on the first page the pequod appeared, but I mentioned that some years ago (ha) I visited the Charles W. Morgan in Mystic Seaport, CT — the last surviving wooden whaleship — for the fun nautical nonsense and also reference pics! well, this weekend I’m going again! i’ve been meaning to return for ages, again both for the vibes and also for more reference pics (especially since the last time i went, while i did get many pictures, i didn’t reaaally know what i was doing and so didn’t know all the kinds of refs i needed), and finally planned a little trip with some friends before i Yeet myself across the country, and this time I’m going to have the excellent privilege of speaking with a Melville scholar there about the ship and Moby Dick!!! i am extremely fucking pumped yall. anyway you should definitely go visit the museum if you’re ever in the area; the ships are all gorgeous and the morgan herself is soooooo. so. /positive

Patrons read three weeks ahead! been a little behind on putting up extra art and stuff recently, though i have stuff to share, since i’m about to move across the country and am busy with all that, but there’s still older goodies of extra art + walkthroughs of my painting process + page wips + etc

IS THAT BULKINGTON?!

ok I'm back with an actual comment:

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is great and I'm particularly delighted that it's featured on the same page as Bulkington — I'm a His Dark Materials fan and love coming up with dæmon headcanons for fictional characters, and I chose a wandering albatross for Bulkington! <3

Also, I hope you have a great trip this weekend, that sounds like so much fun!

AAAA midnight forecastle!!! silly vibes!!! ohhhh i noticed the rime of the ancient mariner text from last week, fun addition!!! it’s about The Omens and the Disasters!!! WOW that is a lotttt of people, congrats on managing to draw them haha. BULKINGTON fun to see him here! iconic man. and PIP!!! let the boi sleep omgg. pls the way he’s like “idk where it is” and then someone just gets it for him like 😭😭 he has no escape. dance time i guess!!!

enjoy your trip and i hope you get good refs!!!

HI!!! Apologies for missing out on the past few updates as studying has been kicking my ass but rest assured i SHALL catch up. anyway, i will write a more detailed comment later, but for now, BULKINGTON!!!!!!!@@ :DDDDDDD

OH MY GODDD THIS
THE BIT WHERE IT BECOMES A PLAY FOR NO REASON!!!
the. the COLORS are so GOOD aughhhh

I love all the crowd scenes and the way the different panels and images weave together with the narrative.