So this was Albert, just shy of 12 years when he slept forever. This was one of the hardest pages I’ve ever had to draw in WM.
You might think Liesl was negligent with her boys, not noticing Albert wasting away. However, two things are a part of human condition: we fail to notice small, very incremental change in people we are very familiar with (that includes gaining/losing weight) and when a single parent works virtually around the clock plus hunts for food it is frightfully easy to overlook things or not notice the clothes on your boy are too baggy, especially when he does eat some and claims he’s full too quickly.
That first drawing of Liesl paying for a cabbage with a basketful of money is of course a tribute to a pretty famous photo of the Weimar Republic inflation years. Do you recognize it? My patrons know which one I’m talking about!
Next update will be on Monday, September 26th, where Arthur’s point is made. But if you’re my patron you can see it right now along with more perks!
I got to handle some money from the start and from the end of the Weimar republic. At the start it just was regular old-fashioned money and at the end it was ... really something. I'd never seen an ANGRY currency design before.
Oof. I've seen pets waste away from age/illness, and you really don't notice at first. I notice much earlier than I used to. I imagine Liesl's family became acutely aware of the body conditions of the people around them after that trauma
I am familiar with this spirit of sacrifice that Albert is displaying here from my family as well. I don't approve of this kind of selflessness, because in the end it leads to lasting feelings of guilt and trauma in the rest of the family, as you have also worked out impressively in your novella.
I don't approve of it either. It's testament to one's love but also inability to understand exactly those ramifications. Albert though was just a little kid and I doubt he realized that he was dying. Just really unfortunate. Thank you so much for the kind words!
The doodler at 11:30AM, June 17, 2023
I got to handle some money from the start and from the end of the Weimar republic. At the start it just was regular old-fashioned money and at the end it was ... really something. I'd never seen an ANGRY currency design before.
Tantz_Aerine at 1:06PM, June 17, 2023
I think that's the best description of it I've heard yet.
Genejoke at 8:23AM, Sept. 12, 2022
Oof! yup used books said it well. Brilliantly done. It kind of puts into perspective the current cost of living crisis.
Tantz_Aerine at 9:21AM, Sept. 12, 2022
Thank you SO MUCH for this comment Genejoke. It does, doesn't it? Good insight!
usedbooks at 4:35AM, Sept. 12, 2022
Oof. I've seen pets waste away from age/illness, and you really don't notice at first. I notice much earlier than I used to. I imagine Liesl's family became acutely aware of the body conditions of the people around them after that trauma
Tantz_Aerine at 5:39AM, Sept. 12, 2022
1000%
Othosmops at 2:04AM, Sept. 12, 2022
I am familiar with this spirit of sacrifice that Albert is displaying here from my family as well. I don't approve of this kind of selflessness, because in the end it leads to lasting feelings of guilt and trauma in the rest of the family, as you have also worked out impressively in your novella.
Tantz_Aerine at 2:09AM, Sept. 12, 2022
I don't approve of it either. It's testament to one's love but also inability to understand exactly those ramifications. Albert though was just a little kid and I doubt he realized that he was dying. Just really unfortunate. Thank you so much for the kind words!