(Really) Old Man Adventures: Dante: 1
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
After some crazy times finishing our packaging job, we didn’t have a page for today so … never fear! Sketch page to the rescue! I’ve joked about doing (Really) Old Man Adventures for awhile, but I actually got some solid story ideas last month and I’ve been looking for an excuse to draw them.
We’ll return to our regularly scheduled comic on Friday. The next part of this story will run … whenever! I’m not sure. I suppose whenever we get bogged down with work again. ^^;
In other news, we’re looking for an intern in the Los Angeles area. Are you interested in learning to make comics, or perhaps earning college intern credit? Send us an email at evildiva at pacbell dot net. Be sure to include a couple samples of your work! :D
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March 11th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Now that was unexpected C:
But in a good way~
So… is hell a bad place? (in this “world” of yours)
Virgil is sort of a go between for both parties, trying to keep them neutral?
March 11th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
LOL!! “He’s making Hell look bad!”
Now THAT’S an understatement.
March 11th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
I just finished reading the Inferno recently and this just made it seem more like a comedy than it ever was. xD
Can’t wait to read more!
March 12th, 2009 at 12:48 am
YES >:3 The comic takes a random turn for the awesom(er)
March 12th, 2009 at 6:08 am
Lawl ^^ The only civilized way to convince someone is, of course, to drink tea with them.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:01 am
I guess this clinches it. Virgil is neither an Angel nor a Devil. He is something greater than either, and better than both put together.
He is an Englishman.
I guess it makes sense, in retrospect. Which other nation has people that awesome?
March 12th, 2009 at 8:06 am
God, I love this strip.
March 12th, 2009 at 9:19 am
*snerk* I’m still cracking up about the “(Really) Old” thing.
March 12th, 2009 at 9:21 am
Glad you liked it! :D
Indeed, Hell is a bad place. Diva (and everyone else in the comic) live in a neutral place somewhere between Heaven and Hell; the adult devils and angels are sort of like footsoldiers, carrying out the mundane tasks of good and evil. (Basically, their jobs. For instance, Michelle’s mom is a guardian angel, which is really like a secret service agent. Heh!)
You’re right about Virgil, too. He performs a lot of functions in their world, but one of his big jobs is to provide a neutral party in disputes/arbitration/etc. Of course, that means he often ends up doing their dirty work … >.>;
March 12th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Hahaha, VERY TRUE. I never really realized how many our ideas about Hell as A Really, Really Bad Place come from Dante until college. XD
March 12th, 2009 at 9:26 am
I need to read it again! I really liked it the second time I read it. :3
(Hoping we’ll have more work soon so I can continue this storyline, heehee.)
March 12th, 2009 at 9:43 am
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^ Because words cannot express the happy warm fuzzies I get when you comment.
March 12th, 2009 at 9:44 am
OBVIOUSLY. XD
March 12th, 2009 at 10:52 am
I, honestly, would move to LA if I could to be an intern for you guys.
Alas, I am on the other side of the country. Oh what fate has given me! ;o;
But, seriously, Virgil is the man.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
I personally love how Virgil and Muffins look in the second panel (especially Muffins)!
*gets evil eye from Virgil*
Oh! Mister Fancyfur the Third! ^_^”
March 12th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
yay new comic cool and Lol old man adventures thats funny
March 13th, 2009 at 9:22 am
I absolutely love this page! That second panel with the logo is so epic and awesome. :)
(Also, I just love Diva with the fez, pipe and monocle.)
March 13th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
I just wikied inferno. Apparently “The Roman poet Virgil guides him through Hell and Purgatory; Beatrice, Dante’s ideal woman, guides him through Heaven.” Virgil???? This is clearly significant…
and ill bet you all figured it out before me.
March 14th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Yaay! I LOVE (really) old man adventures! (Okay, so I “am” writing… whatever.) I was upset at first at no Diva, but this is great! and interesting (a peek into Virgil’s past!), and Diva with a monocle is hilarious, and the cat and Virgil flying through the time/space continuum (or whatever) looking all kinds of obsessed with their mission. And the sketch page feel. It is all too much. I mean, it is all NOT ENOUGH! You should be putting out more! grr… I hate lazy artists! I want everything and I want it now because I am impatient. But I really do love this cartoon.
March 14th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Oh , and lest I comment on every last thing, very nice attention to detail–and the humor is tres coolio as well, especially the tiny, half-hidden jokes.
April 12th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
emm. really like it :)
April 16th, 2009 at 9:42 am
hmm. amazing
April 16th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Dante’s Hell is great, you’re surrounded by likeminded people with similar interests. And there’s nothing like shared suffering to draw a community together.
May 5th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
I just love coming back to this page. It may be my favorite yet–the writing is a solid 10 (or 10), the art style is perfect for the subject matter, and I just realized that the devil in gray looks a LOT like Gabriel (hmmm… I was wondering why he and Angela are so different).
May 12th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Did I ever mention how much I adore the fact that the cat is pointing (in the splash panel)? It’s perfect!
October 13th, 2009 at 1:11 am
Virgil rocks. He reminds me of Giles from Buffy.