Chapter 14 | Page 18
on March 7, 2019
at 12:00 am
I’m sure this won’t escalate into anything dangerous.
Thistil Mistil Kistil
by Sarah Schanze
Velkommen!
Thistil Mistil Kistil is a comic about vikings, Norse gods, and their adventures together (or against each other). Updates are on Thor’s Day.
I have a feeling the arrow in Coal’s arm is about to get some friends.
Oh ho ho ho.
Everyone else: Oh sh*t
Loki: He better not spill any blood on my clothes.
Luckily those clothes are already pretty dirty from working all day.
I suspect the goons are about to learn that it’s a terrible idea to pick fights with people who completely ignore arrows in their arms.
You are correct!
Oh. Oh that smile. Oh someone’s gonna get their butt beat.
Either that or Coal is getting klonked on the head again.
Also, I assumed that Coal caught the second arrow, is it actually through his hand or is he saving it for prosperity?
It looked like he caught it (effortlessly, between adjacent fingers, using his non-dominant hand) and now he is continuing to hold it just to make it crystal clear to everyone present that, yes, he caught it, and no, it wasn’t a fluke. At least that’s my take.
You’re correct! He did catch it, and he is holding on to it for Reasons.
Oh ho ho ho.
I do beg your forgiveness, Sarah. Some needless pedantry and quibbling here!
Geirr would not cock an arrow, draw his bow, and then hold it under tension at his waist like that. It’s really unnatural. Arrow in place and held on a the string is perfect, but not drawn, and if drawn not while the hands are at the waist. It requires some muscles to keep any bow drawn. I’m not sure how you do your art, but if Geirr’s arm, hand, arrow, and bow are on one layer you could adjust it easily. If you are the draw, paint, and scan type of artist, well, editing is much harder (and kudos to keeping to tradition).
Now Coal with his wide open stance: very unprofessional, the sword should be crossed over his body for defense, but it is forgivable – no threat is near so it’s really a taunt. It lets the enemy see the full sword, gleaming in the sun, and a dude who basically is saying “come at me, I’m wide open”. Sends a signal, doesn’t it? Helps that he is an einherjar.
An kudos on your use of backgrounds (lack of which is a pet peeve of mine, unless you doing four panel gag comics) and keeping to a mostly vivid palette of colors drawn from viking artwork. Vikings don’t do pastels. I mean, if you were doing a comic about the life and times of Don Juan in renaissance Venice, well then, pastels away! Pearl white, rose, peach, pale gold, and sky blue!
Man, now I want to see a comic about the life and times of Don Juan in renaissance Venice. All that Rococo art would be a pain to draw though.
Anyway, thank you for your wonderful comic.
Thank you for reading! Also I am definitely going to do the next chapter in pastels now.
The draw is important. A warbow is NOT easy to hold drawn. It isn’t some didly practice bow you faff around with at summer camp. It can easily be over a hundred pounds of draw weight. Bow arm pushes the bow away from you. NOTHING you see done on tv and movies is done correctly. Nothing.
That guy… is a special brand of STUPID.
(As a side note, I’m tempted to make a discord server for this comic…)
Huh I’ve heard of Discord servers for comics, but TMK doesn’t really have the following to use one. I guess I could make one if there’s interest.
Fair enough.
I’d be interested, if you decided to make one!
I smell blood lust
Yep!
Coal, you are a shit. A totally dumbass hardwired for hurt shit. He is relishing what he is about to do isn’t he….
Loki just looks sorta resigned.
To be fair, Coal only went for his sword after Geirr tried to murder two people.
He also waits for Loki’s permission to get it. A good boy! Sometimes.
Loki is…cautious.
Loki knows what Coal is capable of. Especially now he drunk that beer.
But just how much does Coal know, and can he control himself???
Gotta love Coal’s smile. Very Viking in a joy of battle way.
A very different smile from earlier.
“Enough talk! Let us now fight!”
(Coal launches into flying kick)
This is very close!
Flying Headbutt? yes thank you
Coal is so cool, look at him being a whole force
He’s a whole lotta something.