I almost made the librarian’s first name Bastian. Bastian Bastion. But no, no. I am cruel, but I have limits.
(He’s Phil.)
My mental image of the librarian while working up this arc boiled down to Crazy Red Hair All Over the Place.
I almost made the librarian’s first name Bastian. Bastian Bastion. But no, no. I am cruel, but I have limits.
(He’s Phil.)
Bastian Balthazar Bux? That kid likes books. OOOoooh. Bux. Books. Got it. Just now, I got it. Ha ha.
As “The neverending Story” is originally a German book (“Die unendliche Geschichte”) where the protagonist ist named the same, I kinda doubt his last name is a nod to the English word “books”.
Yeah Dave, don’t be cruel:
You know I can be found,
Sitting home all alone,
If you can’t come around,
At least please telephone.
Don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true.
Baby, if I made you mad
For something I might have said,
Please, lets forget the past,
The future looks bright ahead,
Don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true.
I don’t want no other love,
Baby it’s just you I’m thinking of.
Don’t stop thinking of me,
Don’t make me feel this way,
Come on over here and love me,
You know what I want you to say.
Don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true.
Why should we be apart?
I really love you baby, cross my heart.
Lets walk up to the preacher
And let us say I do,
Then you’ll know you’ll have me,
And I’ll know that I’ll have you,
Don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true.
I don’t want no other love,
Baby it’s just you I’m thinking of.
Don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true.
Don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true.
I don’t want no other love,
Baby it’s just you I’m thinking of.
Most beautiful Celtic knot I’ve ever seen…
Kiss her, her name’s Irish!
Then your lips fall off, because poison saliva. ;D
Love the art on the cover of the book.
Actually, this page, overall, is wonderful. Your art has been growing more and more wonderful with every page you’ve posted. I may not know you in person, but watching your skills grow has made me feel very proud of you as a fellow artist.
When I first started reading this comic, I was mainly here for the story, but now your artwork adds another dimension of depth with it’s own subtleties. I’ve never felt that you had trouble conveying your characters’ thoughts and feelings, but with each week that passes your continuously improving art skills allow you to construct expressions with more complexity and impact.
I also like the new character and how natural his interactions with Selkie are. The way they talk to eachother, you can tell she’s spent plenty of time in the library but the comic doesn’t come right out and announce it. That’s a sign of good writing.
Thank you. I try to make a point of avoiding over-expository dialogue. Glad it’s showing.
Mr. Bastion … now I know where the kid from Neverending Story ended up as an adult. * ^*
So, would his son be Sub Bastian?
Actually, one place where I worked, one of the top execs was named Bastian. He went by “Buzz”. His last name, I kid you not, was “Hello”. Buzz Hello.
Heh, like Gordon Gordon Wyatt? So she doesn’t know what Selkie means?
Has Selkie never learned the meaning of her name until now? That seems odd. Especially since she hasn’t yet chosen between that name and Nei Li (has she?)
I think Dave’s idea behind introducing her to the meaning of the name “Selkie” is meant to help her decide.
Irish folktales:
The tale of Liam Neeson and his fight to save the vault of Lucky Charms marshmallow breakfast cerial.
Dave, just wanted to say that I really like the way you portray such a diverse bunch of characters in your comics. It’s really a pleasure to see someone so willing to work with different body types, ages, races and cultures, sexual orientations, religious backgrounds, and physical abilities. That alone makes you a star storyteller in my eyes. <3
100% agree.
😮 I had to look over the comic a second time to notice that his chair has wheels!
*gives you all of the Internet cookies*
Agreed that I love the diversity in this webcomic, but the wheelchair makes me super happy because my mom’s in a wheelchair so it’s nice to see a character with one. 🙂
Now imagine Mr. Bastion with the voice of the narrator for Bastion.
YES.
aand a wheelchair guy
congratulations, this comic is officially more diverse than the burger king kids’ club.
That’s still a thing?
Probably not.
I remember it fondly, though. Back before I was old enough to understand that the “one member of every token” band was a negative thing. WAAAYYYYY before I encountered TV Tropes… probably before TV Tropes was even an idea.
What does it say about me that my mind barely registered the wheel chair, and passed it off as not important? Not sure if that’s a good thing, or a bad thing…
It’s a good thing.
If you noticed the chair, you saw “a guy in a wheelchair”.
If you didn’t notice the chair, you saw “a guy”.
If more people would see “a guy” or “a girl” instead of “a handicapped guy” or “a blue girl with fangs”, the world would probably be a better place.
And yes, I know. Not blue – periwinkle. It’s prettier.
That’s just wrong Alpo, sorry. Pretending our differences don’t exist is just as bad as being prejudiced because of them.
I agree with both of you. What is different is important, needs to be noticed to know the person. What makes us beautifully different and interesting. But should not be the thing that breaks us apart from the whole.
One of my mom’s friends gave her this advice: When you meet a person with a handicap, mention it, get it over with, and move on to a regular conversation. I don’t know if it’s good advice or not but it sounds good. And it’s definitely good to remember that they are people just like any other people.
There’s a movie I saw the very end of, which left me utterly incensed. This is the entirety of what I remember: There is a girl who is in a wheelchair, and at the end of the movie she dies. And she wakes up in heaven… where there’s a bunch of kids in wheelchairs inviting her to join them in a ball game.
I do not know where to begin with what is wrong with this picture. But surely there’s a difference between “the handicap shouldn’t make us discount you as a person” and “the handicap is part of you and therefore to imagine you cured of it is to rob you of something special!” Ugh.
Where does telling people what’s okay to notice fall onto that moral spectrum?
There’s a difference between pretending you don’t see them and simply not seeing them. Again, I recall a particular South Park episode in that the African American townsfolk were in an uproar over the changing of the flag to reflect a white guy I think hanging a black guy. The kids saw nothing at all wrong with the flag changing idea. It shocked the town, until they learned the kids saw one man killing another man (Yes, this speaks both the irony, shock-factor, and hilarity of that which South Park brings to the table)… They saw no color, and were just too desensitized to recognize the violence as a bad thing. The point was that they saw nothing racial. They saw people. I, too, saw a dude with crazy red-orange hair who reminded me instantly of Jack from my comic. I had to look a few times to notice he was indeed in a wheelchair and then mentally commended Dave yet again not just on diversity but his ability to sneak it in as commonplace because, gosh darn it, it is extremely commonplace in “Selkie”. Which brings up the whole issue as to why people are so unaccepting of “alien”/”aqueous” peoples. Interesting… And just look at how the kids are segregated. Not by race or ability but by who lives with their biological parents vs orphan kids. Double-hmm…
I loved that tale when I was growing up!
I wondered when / if the meaning of Selkie was going to be dealt with.
She’ll have to watch “The Secret of Roan Inish” next.
GREAT movie:)