Willows grow down by the riverside, twig-fingers trailing in the slivery water. They drift like fog-clouds across the marshes, Fae whispering in their branches. Bowed, they weep among gravestones in the cemetery. Where willows grow, ghosts are always to be
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Author: PJH
PJ Holden is a comic artist and this is his blog.
#47 – “Stone”
It came from outer space. December 13th, 1795: an “extraordinary stone” arrived in Yorkshire, England. At 28X36 inches, weighing 56 lb, the Wold Newton Meteorite remains the largest ever recorded in Britain. A monument still stands in the field where
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Folklore Thursday: Stone (recoloured)
The previous colours didn’t sit right with me at all. Now, the risk with a recolour is there will, of course, be people who prefer the original – and if I can beg your indulgence, the original is still here,
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#46 – “Egg”
High atop Mount Huaguo in China, a curious stone once stood. From that stone came forth an egg, and out of that egg was born a monkey. Faster than a meteor, strong enough to lift a mountain, wielder of magical
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#45 – “Petrified”
Petrified. A maiden, raped in the Temple of Athena by the God Poseidon. Cursed by the Goddess as if the crime were hers. You cannot look her in the eye. Medusa. Serpent-haired terror. Even after death, to look upon that
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Redbubble!
I’ve made a couple of tentative steps in putting the fokllore thursday strips on Redbubble, here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/pjholden/ As time wears on I’ll be putting them ALL on, but if you have any favourites let me know. They’ll stay on redbubble
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#43 – “Food”
UK playground food folklore: Green crisps are poisonous. Eat apple or orange pips, and a tree will start to grow inside you. Blue Smarties make you hyperactive. Swallow gum and it will stay in your guts for two months, maybe
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Countdown to the end…
So, we have plans for year two, and hopefully you’ll all join us. But I don’t want year one to pass without some sort of special event. We’re about 11 weeks from the end, which seems like forever, but then
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#40 – “Jack-in-the-Green”
Jack in the Green – the Green Man personified via a disguise of ivy and leaves – features in many folklore festivals across the UK. No Jack’ is more striking though than the floral Garland King, who rides a shire-horse
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Church
This is the strip that started it all. I’d been casting around for something to draw between work, and I saw a tweet John had posted about a Church close to him, and it was such a poetic little tweet
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