Rage & Lust

Here’s some character design. Early in our story, the devil Mephistopheles convinces Dr Faustus to trade his soul for worldly riches and power. For instance, Faustus wants to eliminate the Tudor family so he can take over England. How will Mephistopheles make that happen?

Even the Devil has limits. Mephistopheles can’t kill people—instead, he lures them to their own destruction. He tempts them. His big weapon is Sin—the Seven Deadly Sins.

Here are sketches for Rage and Lust. Lust was tricky because I don’t want to make this comic book X-rated. What I drew here is a variation of the most lustful kids’ cartoon character I can think of: Pepe LePew.

The abominable Nine Circles

Elizabeth’s nemesis, Doctor Faustus, needs to get to sea so he can capture her. He’s without any kind of boat, so the demon Mephistopheles summons the abominable carack Nine Circles from the briny deep. Here’s my sketch. Of course, she will be crewed by devils.

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Put them all together they spell ‘murther‘!

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Hey, it’s Holy Week, everybody! So if you’d like to learn more about Mephistophilis’ reference to the busting-up of Israel and the Babylonian Exile, just pick up a handy Bible and read Kings 1 & 2 or Chronicles 1 & 2. Okay, okay, I know you don’t have time for all that. Here’s some quick info about Israel becoming a divided kingdom. Here’s all about the Babylonian Exile.

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