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PaulEberhardt on May 16, 2024
Guess what band I was listening to while I drew the escalator leading down to mole heaven…
One or two Easter eggs here for good measure, actually.
Turns out that moles have a very special notion of heaven that involves a ride on the Tube. This line is the “Dead Line”, by the way, going from the Southbound platform. It's a good deal easier to read in the print version, just like the sign that you need to go to the Eastbound Platform for the trains going to Jannah (the Islamic heaven, this being an inclusive comic, after all). Really.
The basic idea is from a short story I tried my hand at in my early twenties, an unevenly written sketch of going to the afterlife by bus with lots of bad puns along the way, a public transport hell so to speak. Never throw anything away, no matter how much you want to.
Next stop, er, update on Saturday. Mind the gap, please!
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Print versions of Maura the Mole are still available.
If you happen to live in Germany, the easiest, fastest and cheapest way is to order it at your local bookstore:
● ISBN 978 3 945130-03-2
Everywhere else used to be more difficult for a long time, for various reasons, but I found out how to ship books internationally at a reasonable price and put up a batch for worldwide sale on eBay:
● https://www.ebay.de/itm/135021872688
(This has the additional perk that I'll sign your copy if you add a note to your purchase, asking me to.)
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There is also a Plattdütsch version called Mieke Mullworp which can be bought through the same channels at the same conditions:
● ISBN 978 3 945130-13-1
● https://www.ebay.de/itm/135021951259
Andreas_Helixfinger at 11:36AM, May 16, 2024
The song I'm thinking of now is "Don't fear the reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult^^
artdude2002 at 3:50AM, May 16, 2024
I guess it makes sense a mole's heaven would be underground.
PaulEberhardt at 4:56AM, May 16, 2024
It certainly depends on how afraid you are of either heights or enclosed spaces. One's heaven may well be another's hell, so to me it has always been quite self-evident that there can only be a heaven if you get a say in what it should be like.