Labours Lost
Oct24
on October 24, 2011
at 12:01 am
Update 10/7: I wasn’t feeling too well last night, so decided to choose bed rest over drawing. Sorry there’s no new comic tomorrow, but Monday’s will be a double-length Halloween special to make up for it. 😀
Clearly the reports of his death were greatly exaggerated. By Hercules. (Or not!? Check the comments for a few different theories on that.)
I straight-up didn’t draw any backgrounds on this one and didn’t even realize it, so clearly I wasn’t feeling well at all.
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I’m sure hercules can take him.
I mean, he may be being a fool at the moment, but he still has super strength and all. As well as extensive training. XD
Possibly! But considering the Lion here is neither dead nor skinned, it’s possible Hercules has trumped up his own legend a bit over the years. (Centuries?) 😉
Uhm – hang on, how does this prove the lion wasn’t killed? I mean, this is the ‘Hereafter’, right? So shouldn’t the fact that he is here be _proof_ of his death? As for the whole ‘not being skinned’ part, if you believe people maintain their earthly appearnace at the point of death, then by that logic somewhere there are clouds of sentient Japanese radioactive atoms, and thousands of people in agony due to their burns. Not quite eternal paradise, there. Even if that _was_ the case, the lion was skinned _after_ he was dead, yes? (I’m a bit fuzzy on the exact sequence of events, but that’s how it normally works). So why would he be skinned here? Unless I’ve completely misunderstood something about this comic, in which case I probably look rather stupid right now…
Fair comment! I haven’t really established the “rules” of Hereafter yet, but since there are several characters living there who’ve died on Earth (Jesus, for example) as well as those who are immortal, it stands to reason anything in their histories could have happened the same way they did in myth.
Honestly, I just liked the idea of Hercules (or this version of Hercules) being an egotist who exaggerated his twelve labours to impress women. But your take on things makes just as much sense, if not more.
So, how does this work? Do I owe you a No-Prize? 😉
i wanna prize!!!! 😀
You should go with whichever version you like the most.
Besides, even fools can sometimes surprise you.
Hercules may still have some strength in him.
Having the Nemean Lion re-incarnate as a World of Darkness Simba (were lion) is a great trick! Even if it is in that Place with No Name where all the fading gods end up as their worshippers die or convert away…