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Thread: The Silliad [Comic]
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The Silliad [Comic]
I now present to you...
THE SILLIAD!
<Insert awesome and witty introduction here>
The Silliad tries its best to update on a 1/week schedule.
The entire comic is based on Lattimore's translation of Homer's Illiad. Whenever someone talks in a really fancy way, it's probably a direct quote from the aforementioned book. At present, the only direct quote is Homer's speech from comic one. Thank you.
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Boxers or Briefs?Spoiler
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I Guess They Call it Tipsy for a Reason
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... Or Pants, For That MatterSpoiler
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Good Thing He Doesn't Have GlossophobiaSpoiler
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< Insert Obligatory Portal Reference Here >Spoiler
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Winedrops keep falling on my head...Spoiler
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What? It Was A Good Segue!Spoiler
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And Now, For Something Completely Different - A Man With A PhotographSpoiler
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Ooh, Burn!Spoiler
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There's Waldo!Spoiler
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… Why Are They Writing in English?Spoiler
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And the Argument Begins…Spoiler
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Keep Your Eye On The Screaming WarriorSpoiler
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Questionable Morals
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Fan Art (!!!)Last edited by Uncle Festy; 2008-09-11 at 08:26 PM.
Quote Of TheWeekWhenever I Feel Like Updating It (last updated 1/17/12)SpoilerOriginally Posted by Phase
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Re: The Silliad
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"and now for something totaly different"
"go grace!"
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2008-02-03, 02:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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The comic will follow the general plot of The Iliad, but I will be taking huge amounts of artistic license for humor's sake. This will be a decent place to start, but don't take anything I say for granted. For instance, the first eight panels are word for word from the Iliad (Lattimore translation) but the last panel has no actual ties to what happens. Sorry. I'll try and keep people aware of when I'm diverging from reality (read: the iliad) and what parts of the plot I skip.
Oh, and thanks, Wolfman!Last edited by Uncle Festy; 2008-02-03 at 02:27 PM.
Quote Of TheWeekWhenever I Feel Like Updating It (last updated 1/17/12)SpoilerOriginally Posted by Phase
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Really? Because from what I've read in the Odyssey (for some reason, we had to read that first) that seems like something Achilles would totally do.
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Ah! Good to know that my evaluation of Achilleus wasn't totally wrong.
Actually, the first couple comics (7, to be exact) are the acting out of events that only happen in narration. The realtime events of the Iliad don't start until the meeting of all the Achaians, and that won't happen until #8. But I'm getting ahead of myself - I'll explain how the comic fits in with the actual book as we go.Quote Of TheWeekWhenever I Feel Like Updating It (last updated 1/17/12)SpoilerOriginally Posted by Phase
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New comic!
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I Guess They Call it Tipsy for a Reason
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Quote Of TheWeekWhenever I Feel Like Updating It (last updated 1/17/12)SpoilerOriginally Posted by Phase
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Does that mean there's such a thing as an Achille's Liver?
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Looks very promising. I will cerainly be reading this
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Re: The Silliad [Comic]
Looks pretty good so far.
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Thank you all for your encouraging comments!
Achilleus' liver also made me laugh.
And yes, in the Lattimore translation it is spelled Achilleus. I believe that Achilles is a Romanization of the name... or something similar.Quote Of TheWeekWhenever I Feel Like Updating It (last updated 1/17/12)SpoilerOriginally Posted by Phase
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Why... Life is like a glass of wine... It all makes sense now
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@Jimblee:Seeing your avatar while reading that gave me the creeps.
Like the comic so far.
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^and yet despite the avatar holding a bottle, I just cant picture you drunk.
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Achilles has a very fun history... for instance, he crossdressed for years...[Wikipedia]
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It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.SpoilerShapeshifters 2 WW
Gooooooo Colonials!
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2008-02-05, 06:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Gwyn: You know, I'm not totally sure. I think Achilleus was closer to how it was pronounced in Greek... but whatever.
Rubakhin: Mostly 'cus it's the version I have on hand.
BobTheFerret:Quote Of TheWeekWhenever I Feel Like Updating It (last updated 1/17/12)SpoilerOriginally Posted by Phase
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Hey, I didn't write that stuff. Go blame the Greeks.
It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.SpoilerShapeshifters 2 WW
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Well, the Lattimore is a bit more readable than most translations and keeps some of the poetry better. That's just my opinion though and may have no bearing on the actual reason. For all I know Uncle Festy could be Reed College Student who had that translation mailed to him after acceptance...
Oh, and AWESOME. I am very much looking forward to the rest of this comic.[CENTER]So You Wanna Be A DM? A Potentially Helpful Guide
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Well, that's part of the reason, I'm sure, but it wasn't my decision. It was given to me, and that's probably why it was chosen.
Therefore, I'm using the Lattimore because it's the one I have on hand. I'm lazy, so sue me.
For all I know Uncle Festy could be Reed College Student who had that translation mailed to him after acceptance...
Oh, and AWESOME. I am very much looking forward to the rest of this comic.
A new comic is coming once I add a few speech bubbles and correct a pose or two.Quote Of TheWeekWhenever I Feel Like Updating It (last updated 1/17/12)SpoilerOriginally Posted by Phase
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He told me to say:
"look in my sig"
He's in one of the quotes, and is a friend of mine who checks my comics before they go up.
Speaking of which...
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... Or Pants, For That MatterSpoilerQuote Of TheWeekWhenever I Feel Like Updating It (last updated 1/17/12)SpoilerOriginally Posted by Phase
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I was wondering when that would be addressed, I assume it's related to his drunken state
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... yeah, pretty much.
Quote Of TheWeekWhenever I Feel Like Updating It (last updated 1/17/12)SpoilerOriginally Posted by Phase
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It's official. No one ever reads the top - right of the comic anymore.
Quote Of TheWeekWhenever I Feel Like Updating It (last updated 1/17/12)SpoilerOriginally Posted by Phase