The Aigis

The Aigis/Aegis, in Greek myth, was the breastplate ornament passed down from Zeus to Athene when Athene's friend Pallas died. Athene personalized it using some Gigante-skin and Gorgon-heads and ta-da, the aigis aqcuired the power of paralyzation to any who beheld it! Although constantly depicted as a breastplate ornament in their art, the Greeks would sometimes call it a shield (hence the modern confusion over the whole "shield or breastplate ornament" thing).
Okay, I've been trying to figure out why the aigis is sometimes confused as a shield. But then I just figured it out! The Greek "apsida" meaning shield, doesn't actually mean shield, but buckler, which isn't always meant to mean shield, but sometimes just an unspecified form of protection. So when the Greeks called the Aigis an "Apsida" they must've really meant some form of protection, which makes sense since the Aigis has a paralyzing power.

Bibliotheke Cover and Back Cover! EEK with joy!

Look at that. Wow.
Oh yeah, and I'll sue you if you say this is yours.
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Bibliotheke

Bibliotheke (also known as Bibliotheka, Bibliothece, or Bibliotheca) is a work by Pseudo-Apollodoros, a 2nd century (whether B.C. or A.D. debated) author from Ancient Greece. Also known by its translated title as "The Library" or, more specifically, "The Library of Greek Mythology", it is possibly one of the largest compilements of Ancient Greek myth actually written in Ancient Greece. Covered in 3 books and an epitome are the Theogony, the Interactions of the gods, the god-wars, the House of Mykenai, the House of Krete, the House of Thebes, the House of Athens, and the Trojan war and its results. In a way, this is the straight-up best possible introduction to Greek Mythology.
Which is why Books 1-3 and parts 1-3 of the epitome will be made into a comic. By me.
First page (Foreward):

I'm finished! Whoo

I just finished drawing, coloring, bubbling, and writing...

Ain't it cool? Those in my news club get a special preview (Wow! Two people get a preview! I'm gonna be busy tonight!) By the by, you can enter the club by giving me an e-mail shout-out, though you can only enter Today, Tomorrow, and Monday of the week after next. The days in between those dates I'm visiting with the tiny yet best-loved portion of my family living in South Florida.
Anyway, I'm so happy I'm celebrating by sitting in my den watching ABC's Castle re-runs on my computer all day. Whoo!

(P.S. Haven't taken the comic to the pubisher yet, so if your reading this, don't ask when the comic will be released to the public. 'Cuz that'll tick me off. And I know where you live... okay, I don't really, but still... DON'T DO IT!)

Give a warm (and scared) welcome to SEKHMET, the lioness-goddess of death and destruction!

Been working on a comic for Egyptian mythology. Here's a recently finished page in which that happy, cheery, bloodthirsty, destructive, hateful goddess of death Sekhmet is introduced. So far, Re the Sun-God is happily ruling Egypt as a mortal when every one of his subjects calls him a dirtbag and rebels. Let's watch what happens!