Paper Doll Veronika has updated; Chapter 13 of Part IV, "Iconopathy", has begun!
This condition Veronika is in and the confrontation that led to it are what I was talking about at the end of this post. We finally reached the "part I was having difficulty with" that the Arkhaven article helped me "make... far more exciting." The Arkhaven blog I refer to has since been deleted, but upon my request, the writer reposted the article here!
Paper Doll Veronika updates on Fridays/Saturdays on my site, Sundays on Arkhaven,
Mondays on Substack, and
Saturdays on Deviantart.
(Substack and Deviantart are at much earlier points in the comic). I recommend
using bookmarking or the "Save your place" gadget on my site, even
once you catch up, because the site starts at the beginning and updates are
several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, a fairy tale
adventure made with hand-drawn paper dolls.
An ink-and-watercolor portrait of the Deer Queen from Bovodar and the Bears, but if she were human!
Author Jack Mikkelson embellishes the piece with fantastical speculation: what this shows us about her character, how this image could fit into the world.
She looks almost wild, but she is not. She is controlled, polished, composed, jeweled—almost courtly. And yet, she is menacing as she looks at us—a menace comes from her refinement and power.
Back-and-forth mutual inspiration, that’s what art and storytelling is all about!
My thoughts drawing her were: She has to have a certain striking beauty, but arrogant and asymmetrical, be wearing men’s clothes, and have a large nose like a deer’s snout. By the way, I based her face on young Barbra Streisand.
Both Bovodar and the Bears and Paper Doll Veronika have updated on Arktoons!
The latest Bovodar and the Bears episode is here.
The latest Paper Doll Veronika episode is here.
With this resumption of updates, more Bovodar content will be forthcoming!
After a long absence, Bovodar and the Bears returns to Arktoons!
Arktoons is presently the only place where you can read this comic, written by Jack Mikkelson and drawn by me in ink and gouache! But we are working toward making a real book of it! That'll be really great especially since the page layouts are really dynamic, and they are are of necessity lost in the Arktoons format.
We waiting to hear back on one possible avenue of publication; if that doesn't work out, we'll try another, the main thing is that Volume 1 has been completed! Keep watching and reading!
Paper Doll Veronika has updated; Chapter 12 of Part IV, "Rise and Fall", is complete!
This--well this whole chapter--is the climax of Part IV! As you may be able to tell, I have been planning this since 2020. I am glad it goes up on the Feast of the Name of Mary.
It updates on Fridays/Saturdays on my site, Sundays on Arkhaven,
Mondays on Substack, and
Saturdays on Deviantart.
(Substack and Deviantart are at much earlier points in the comic). I recommend
using bookmarking or the "Save your place" gadget on my site, even
once you catch up, because the site starts at the beginning and updates are
several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, a fairy tale
adventure made with hand-drawn paper dolls.
