P1
George. Now I’m totally intrigued to know what business you have around here!
Pip: Err… this is a delicate assignment, actually. Lots of expenses and incomings… You know how it goes.
P2
George: Little fellow, I’m warning you now that Lord Corvin cannot stand this merchant talk. Moreover, it clicks the knife open in my pocket too.
Pip: Didn’t you just miss a splendid opportunity to use that famous knife of yours?
P3
George: Well, that’s Crowcastle in front. Take my advice and tell Lord Corvin the truth. Forget the bullshit!
Colin: Perhaps the girl will be here too? I have a feeling that she’s not from that village…
Pip: Oh, there you go! Look for the lady, right?
Script
Thus they arrived at Lord Corvin’s residence amidst hearty conversation.
Meanwhile the Sultan’s vast army was marching across
Also, a wee prologue to the whole story:
P1
There are many kinds of heroes in the world.
P2
The folks expect some do great deeds as soon as they are born.
P3
Also, some want nothing as much as to become a hero.
P4
And then, some don’t even think about it but they end up as heroes eventually.
P5
This happens often in hard times, mister Marzio. When there’s a big need, some people do things they never believed to be capable of doing…
Peacework is at full swing, so only drafts are being made these days. However, here's something I drew when I was 16. U2 are looking for the Angel of Harlem.
What the guys say is:
First, the foretold stall of the art school exhibiting our works in order to lure more people for the upcoming courses. There was also a presentation on that end, which included words like 'art' and creation' a bit too many times. Sadly, none of the coursemates turned up during the two and a half hours I hung out at the premises.
The festival also had a special guest with a perfectly Hungarian name on account of her grandfather. Kati Kovács is from Finnland, currently living in Rome, but as a kid she spent a few summers in Hungary exporing her roots. She commemorated these experiences in her first comic book, pictured above.
Another author signing books was Dániel Merényi (aka Grafitember), who worked for an advertising company when he started his webcomics - to be found at http://napirajz.hu - partly to deal with his various impressions gained at work (hence the general atmosphere and language of the drawings). Since then he went on to work for a bicycle manufacture in the Italian Dolomits, and reportedly enjoys a lot more chilled-out lifestyle than earlier. He's keeping up with the drawings regardless, and was busy signing the second compilation of them at Gödör.
Page 4
Kaspar: Got an idea?
Thug 1: Sorry, I have no clue.
Panel 3
Kaspar: What do you mean you have no clue?!
Thug 1: I like simple riddles, you know! “When it goes up it’s white, when it comes down it’s yellow” – things like that.
Panel 5
Colin: Guess it’s time we get away!
George: That’s on my mind too.
Panel 6
Thug 2: The Count will surely know. It sounds like his black magic stuff.
Kaspar: Enough of this! Get off now, so that…
So the guys finally got down to some action on page 5. I think there's not much need to translate the text - maybe you can try and guess what they say in panel 1 and 2. Feel free to comment your guesses - I still think it would be cool to make the blog more interactive.
Also, the 5th Hungarian Comics Festival - the major yearly comics event here - is happening next Saturday at the illustrious Gödör Klub located in Budapest downtown. Here's an image from last year :
It gives me great pleasure to announce that Theba Academy of Arts (the art school which held our comic book course) will have a stall of some sort exhibiting our works and they invited us along too.
Programme, poster and animated ad of festival:
http://fesztival.kepregeny.info/
Hope to see you there if you happen to be in town!
