He has only the briefest of cameo appearances in Mirabilis, but today is St George's Day so here's his take on the whole Year of Wonders phenomenon. The "tail of a dragon" - well, that's a locomotive, of course, a theme we'll be returning to on Sunday.
The Penny Tin Whistler by Sylvia Fair
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This is Fair’s second novel for pre-teens/young adults, published in 1976.
It has a number of similarities with her previous book, The Ivory Anvil, in
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But didn't St George have full plate armour, a lance, a white horse and a halo glowing around his head? I've seen the 15th century paintings and it's quite clear.
ReplyDeleteCould it be that a comic book is going for historical accuracy with this 3rd century Roman cataphract? Surely there must be a good reason for not pandering to an easily understood common archetype?
I demand to be patronised by my comics damn it! :-D
OMG, you're right, Derm! And we don't have Estelle in a bikini, either. Although that's not for want of me and Nikos trying to convince Leo...
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