
It was the Comikaze 24hr comic weekend this past weekend. So in the spirit here is one that took me 240 minutes (Click the image for the full strip).
- Historical Notes -
- Andrew Jackson had 2 ribs broken by the shot from Dickinson that missed his heart by only an inch. It was inoperable and thus the bullet was never removed.
- I've read conflicting accounts of Dickinson's death. One was that he was actually shot in the abdomen after Jackson re-cocked his pistol, and died days later. The other that he was shot in the temple. I think a head shot is a little more dramatic so i went with that.
- It was against all etiquette of dueling, a misfire was considered a shot and so the duel was effectively concluded, however Jackson was never charged with murder. It tarred his reputation some amongst the gentleman's circuit...but seemingly never affected his campaign for the Presidency 18 years later.

3 comments:
Hey, Doug, nice work! Both pretty AND educational, the two things all good comics aspire to be.
Hey Doug,
this is a really great sequential piece. I love the expressions on the faces and the whole story reads really well.
I would love to see this one colored. So was this drawn on paper or is it digital?, not that it matters it's great.
cheers
Thanks guys!
Frank - All done on a very ancient, almost obsolete series of tools known as "pencil" and "paper". Archaic!
Had fun doing it...hoping to find time to finish it up and EVEN try doing some more (when i find the time! HAHAHAH!!)
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