When in Rome...lend me your ears.

Series of illustrations completed for the Melbourne Museum's Pompeii exhibit opening this week. These will be part of the "A slave's eye view" presentation put on for school groups but open to the public every day over the next two weeks of school holidays. Romanes Eunt Domus!

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.