i like to pretend i already died and asked god to send me back to earth so i can swim in lakes again and see mountains and get my heart broken and love my friends and cry so hard in the bathroom and go grocery shopping 1,000 more times. and that i promised i would never forget the miracle of being here
— our town, thornton wilder
I've been wanting to do a full-crew Endurance illustration for a long time, and finally the gang's all here! 28 men, dogs and cat all accounted for, with every crew member referencing either a photo of them or a story about them. It's a little over two years since I first read Lansing's Endurance and I couldn't be happier to still be researching and drawing these guys :)
Here are the labelled crew members for those interested!
Polar comic of the day: my very first one, from January 2023! I started with The Last Place on Earth and it's honestly a wonder I still managed to get into polar exploration in such a big way given. everything happening there
this is for @justlikesuperstars for making a Withnail & I comment on a previous Terror-related-post!
There's a much more critical and serious way to articulate and examine this but every time Hickey does something that mirrors another character and then gets vilified for it I can't help but find it so fucking funny
“So when Fitzjames makes bad decisions because he’s gay blinded by homoerotic obsession he’s a ‘loyal commander’ and ‘devoted friend,’ but when I, Cornelius Hickey-”
“So when Franklin is consumed by hubris and leads men to their doom because of his fucked up evil colonizer religious superiority complex he’s ‘a beloved captain’ and ‘the best of us,’ but when I, Cornelius Hickey-“
“So when Crozier plots mutiny he’s ‘heroic’ and ‘doing it for the good of his men’ and ‘saving lives,’ but when I, Cornelius Hickey-”
“Oh, so when Crozier does an assisted suicide it’s ‘heartwrenching’ and ‘tragic’ and ‘understandable,’ but when I, Cornelius Hickey-”
“Oh so when Franklin orders Goodsir to dissect bodies, he’s a being a responsible captain, but when I, Cornelius Hickey-”
“Oh so when Goodsir steals the ring off of Gibson’s dead body because it is no longer of any use to a dead man, he’s “trying to be a decent person,” but when I, Cornelius Hickey-”
“Oh so when Fitzjames is a ‘fake‘ and has a ‘fake’ name and kills people to get to where he wants to be with zero regrets, regarding their deaths as just funny dinner table stories, he’s ’trying his best,’ but when I, ‘Cornelius Hickey’-”
"imagine showing insert blank to a medieval peasant they'd die lol" personally i think if i saw the medieval peasant's night sky i'd start crying and never stop
