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Steven Grant
Josh Elder
Christopher S. Wilson
Mauro Vargas
Andres Carranza
Andres Ponce
Tomas Aira
Leonardo Pietro
Michael Netzer
Brian Warmoth
Molly Crabapple
John Leavitt
David Gallaher
David Marquez
Justin Aclin
Chris Ward
Eric Palicki
Starn and Semion. Starn always had that scar and glass eye. I'm not sure I ever really designed Semion except to tell Pietro he was a big, booming, jovial type who could get down to business when circumstances grew serious. Another ace job by our artist.
Pietro's sketches go back so far that Emilce was still called Tanith. "Emilce" isn't actually a Phoenician name, at least as far as I can tell, but you have to figure Hannibal's wife popularized it among the Carthaginians.
But my sketch in the lower left there goes back so far I think I did it before the story had anything to do with Carthage, and it was still something like a Roman Empire that never crashed. I tried to give her a Queen Bee sort of look, but much prefer Pietro's lush version.
Merry Christmas! Here are some modes of transport designed by our resident wizard. We weren't sure if we wanted cars yet, but we figured the Carthaginians would be somewhere equivalent to the turn of the 19th century. As you saw in issue one, they don't abound, but a few rich folks probably have some in the city. Perhaps our boy Rakh will go home to find one parked at the al'Gadriel estate.
Some of Pietro's designs for the Carthaginians, though they're probably still calling themselves some variation of "Canaanite."
Pietro's take on Baalshamar, we can all agree, is far more rich and a boon to the character.
It's hard to decide whether to tag these posts as Old School Saturday or Sketchy Saturday, since they're some truly ancient designs I did back in '02, I think. Anyway, here you see a very clean-cut Sam Ha'al, and below that, a more lunatic version of Baalshamar.
These sketches are so old, you'll note in Rakh's word balloon that the Carthaginians have electricity and even small generators.
Next week we'll see Pietro's fantastic design for Baalshamar.
Sketch of Elisha from Citizen X by me in the lower left, expanded and greatly improved on by Pietro in the upper and right sections.
Rakh and Baalshamar have a veiled-heart-to-heart.
Rakh and Baalshamar have a veiled-heart-to-heart.
JuanManuel's colors are great throughout, but didn't he do a bang-up job on this panel? I'm really lucky to have him and Pietro on this book.
Remember that "mean stupidity" I mentioned in earlier panels?
Just so we're clear, "Nemedians" = Gaels = Irish.
Despite what I know about her, I kind of have a crush on Emilce.
Fun fact: modern Irish has a ton of Semitic cognates in it.
Makes you wonder where the surviving Carthaginians fled to after Rome sacked their city, eh?
Rakh and Beoan bond over the mean stupidity of other people.
You could translate it, but why would you want to?
Rakh and Beoan bond over the mean stupidity of other people.
Rakh and Beoan bond over the mean stupidity of other people.
Rakh and Beoan bond over the mean stupidity of other people.
Rakh and Beoan bond over the mean stupidity of other people. Click here to read the first issue.
Rakh's confrontation with Starn comes to an odd head.
Rakh's confrontation with Starn comes to an odd head.
Enter Starn, stage rear.
Citizen X sketches, though not for the western. Something further down the timeline. I probably drew these in 2003.
That IS Rakh al'Gadriel in the swat uniform, though. I guess I'm doing a bit of a Blackadder thing.
Good morning.
Citizen X, chapter 2, "Omission," starts here.
In which our hero and his father acquire the company of three louts, a lesson is conferred, and weapons are bandied about.
In which our hero and his father acquire the company of three louts, a lesson is conferred, and weapons are bandied about.
