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The Eroicaverse: El Halcon
February 3, 2012
This is the fourth in a series of articles discussing From Eroica With Love and its spinoffs. For the index, go here.
Continuing on with the theme of pirate manga, the next From Eroica With Love spinoff chronologically is El Halcon – The Hawk. It ran in Seventeen magazine from October 1977-February 1978, and once again focuses on Tyrian Persimmon and his naval exploits in the late 16th century. It is a prequel to Seven Seas, Seven Skies, and it attempts to make a more sympathetic character of the cold and calculating character in the earlier work. Flashbacks to an unhappy childhood are interspersed through a story that begins with his first officer assignment and continues as Tyrian gains more power through the English Navy, hoping to one day defect to Spain. Does it succeed in making him a sympathetic character? It's hard to like Tyrian, but his life story is dramatic, swashbuckling, and lavishly illustrated, so it makes for a great read.
The first forty pages make it clear what kind of man Tyrian is. Fresh from the Royal Academy, he steps aboard his first assigned ship, ascertains that there are mutinous circumstances afoot, targets the captain's weakness, then sets everything off. What appears to be a bad situation for him (the mutineers succeed, but since mutiny is a hanging offense, they can't return to England unless they kill all the officers and anyone who would tell a different story) is quickly turned around with some careful planning and saying the right thing at the right time. He is willing to stick his neck out for the crew so that they will not be tried for mutiny, provided they swear allegiance to him. Within the day, Tyrian has become the captain of a ship with a crew loyal for life.
And thus the whole story goes. Tyrian does nothing in his life without weighing the pros and cons. He knows the correct course of action to take before a situation occurs, he's quick with snap decisions, and he cuts a heroic figure that other men look up to. A cool and distant exterior hides his inner thoughts, where he constantly mulls over the hypocracy of society. And he does nothing that is not in aid of his goal of joining the Spanish Navy as a hero spy that betrayed England.
He's a bit of a conundrum. He's hard to like since he values others so little and is serving nothing but a selfish goal. He doesn't even seem to care much for members of his own family, immediate or extended. And he certainly doesn't care about England, the country he grew up in and is currently serving to protect. But it is hard not to admire his single-mindedness, and the way he so effectively goes after what he wants. His action scenes and decision-making are, honestly, also what makes this manga so great. And as well as he plans everything, not everything always goes right for Tyrian. There are a few tragedies peppered throughout, though Tyrian usually reacts with calculated stoicism. He may or may not be keelhauled at one point, and he may or may not have jumped into the water himself to take it.
Most of the story segments begin with Tyrian hinting vaguely at what he wants, and then something extraordinary happens, like the ship comes under attack or the crew has to weather a storm, and we get to watch as Tyrian reacts to the situation and somehow turns it to his advantage. How would he use a noblewoman? What happens when he comes face-to-face with his childhood idol, Gerard Peru? There's a certain appeal to watching Tyrian do things like cross swords with men and women alike, or chopping down a ship mast in the middle of a raging storm while shirtless.
And, again, the full-blown 70s art makes this absolutely fantastic. I don't think I emphasized this enough last time, but Aoike is really great at drawing unusual settings and scenery. It's true in From Eroica With Love, as well, where it's clear she's done a lot of research on the countries that the characters visit, so we're actually seeing many different parts of Greece, Italy, Egypt, or wherever, and not just generic interiors with an easy landmark to denote the area. The inside and outside of the ships come to life as the characters climb the rigging and wander around on deck and in the cabins. The exteriors of the ships are fantastic. And a lot of research also went into the character's clothing, which all looks very 16th century. The towns, when we see them, are also detailed. And the sparkly, flower-strewn 70s shoujo character designs make everything that much better. Tyrian is a very pretty man, and there are no shortage of illustrations of him striking heroic poses on the extravagantly illustrated ships in his period clothing. The whole thing's just fantastic.
Other parts of the story focus on Tyrian's childhood. He's got a complicated family situation, as he suspects his half-Spanish mother was having an affair with Gerard Peru, also half-Spanish, as Tyrian looks nothing like his English father. His father takes his anger about this out on Tyrian, frequently beating and abusing the boy when he misbehaves or acts defiantly. The two nearly kill each other in one scene, before Tyrian decides to leave home. Later, his mother marries Persimmon, a man who openly keeps dozens of lovers under the same roof with his wife. There are many sad flashbacks to Tyrian's unhappy childhood, but rather than lamenting his fate, he uses his bad experiences as inspiration for achieving his goals. His ambitions are, it turns out, to be an even better man than Gerard Peru. And perhaps the greatest tragedy of the story is what happens when the two meet again when Tyrian becomes an adult.
While I prefer the action and romanticism in Seven Seas, Seven Skies, which is more of a revenge tale with pirates, it's hard not to acknowledge El Halcon as the better work. Tyrian makes for a very interesting, if not likable, main character, and the history and romanticism inherent in a period story like this are dripping off every page. And the duality of Tyrian's skill as captain versus his selfish goals, how good he is at his job of serving England versus his desire to betray the country for Spain, gives the story a lot of tension as well. It's fantastic, and I really hope to see this in English some day.
There are only two different editions of this work in Japanese. The most readily available is the Akita bunko edition, which is one thick, but very tiny volume. There's also a two-volume Princess Comics tankoubon edition. Mysteriously, I can't seem to find a Seventeen edition of this series. There's also at least one special edition volume, the short story Tempest, included with Princess Gold around the time this story was adapted into a Takarazuka performance. Oh yes, that exists. It is fabulous.
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I don't read as many Marvel comics as you might expect me to, but discovering there's a story about Galactus invading Earth, and being thwarted by the likes of Da Vinci, has me interested in finding this series.
Dustin Weaver provides today's installment, with the alternate cover to SHIELD #1.
This is a variant cover for SHIELD #1 by yours truly.
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I'm not able to articulate all of my exact dislikes about it, but it just feels…I don't know…slightly disrespectful, slightly pointless, slightly foolish. And for heaven's sake, why the big-gun famous figures that everyone knows about? If SHIELD is about secrecy, why not involve the lesser-known great creators, like Rosalind Franklin or Elisha Grey?
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The 15-year-old girl said she was at Richard Cervantes' home in north Merced on Jan. 27 when he offered her alcohol while he also was drinking, according to a Merced Police news release.
According to police, the teenager said Cervantes touched her underneath her clothing. She said Cervantes touched her breast twice while she was at the home, and attempted to touch her breast another time, according to the release.
Police said Cervantes admitted to providing alcohol to the victim, massaging her feet and wrestling over a place to sit on a couch with her, the release states.
Cervantes' attorney could not immediately be reached for comment Friday.
Cervantes was arrested Thursday on suspicion of committing acts with a child while being at least 10 years older. He posted bail early Friday morning, according to Merced County Jail records.
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While it feels like I've been really busy over the last few weeks, I have been able to do some new arty projects in the evenings and wanted to try new ideas.
I went to see Little Shop of Horrors at the theatre a few weeks ago, I love the film and the show was brilliant! Inspired by my love of monsters and plants, I started making a few of my own polymer clay plant creatures. Sometimes I just want to make something and not have any ideas of preliminary sketches beforehand. This is how I started with my flower and cactus creatures below.
I had these tiny pots lying around for ages, I got them from a little craft shop near where I live. I also made some kind of steam-punk fish earrings with translucent clays and was thinking about what I could put in the Tim Holtz glass domes I've had for a while. That is when I decided to make a tooth – which glows in the dark!
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Hi, I have quite a few ant projects and sub-projects for building our whole stack. The master ant script basically calls a bunch of ant scripts in the tree, what I am interested in is creating a final build summary output file, which will give a snapshot of the whole build. For example : the final summary could look like the following . Build Component Build Status Build Start-Time Build End-Time Detailed Log-file ============ ======== =========== =========== =========== CompA PASS 07/24/2003:12:00 07/24/2003:12:35 Outputdir/CompA.log .... ... ... ... ... Does ant provide any mechanism to generate a build summary file like this or any other format ? Thanks! Sunil--
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Anthem Provider Contract / Cost of Care Consultant - United States Remote - PS4836 in Marion, Indiana
Provider Contract / Cost of Care Consultant - United States Remote - PS4836
Location: United States
Field: Reporting & Data Analysis
Requisition #: PS4836
Post Date: Aug 08, 2018
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Provider Contract / Cost of Care Consultant
Creates statistical models to predict, classify, quantify, and/or forecast business metrics. Design modeling studies to address specific business issues determined by consultation with business partners.
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Prepares analytical data sets in support of modeling studies.
Build, test, and validate statistical models.
Publishes results and address constraints/limitations with high level business partners.
Proactively collaborates with business partners to determine identified population segments and develop actionable plans to enable the identification of patterns related to quality, use, cost and other variables.
Requires BS/BA degree with concentration in a quantitative discipline such as statistics, computer science, cognitive science, economics, or operations research; 3-5 years direct experience programming large, multi-source datasets with SAS required; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background. Master's degree preferred.
- Experience in health care setting strongly preferred.
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I have to confess it. I'm obsessed with French Macarons.
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I made this card for two challenges. The CCT challenge this week was autumn and the Lily of the Valley challenge was 3-2-1 (i.e. 3 papers, 2 ribbons and 1 button or brad). I stamped the cc designs image and rain stamp (which come separately) and coloured the image with my pro-markers. I used dp from the cabana paper pack by inque boutique and bazzill bling cs. The cream ribbon is american crafts and the orange ribbon is from ribbon mad. The button is from my stash and the leaf pin is from ebay. I thought that the colours were quite autumnal and the rain definitely is!! Thanks for looking.
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
Cute Card Thursday/Lily of the Valley
Posted by The Crafty Den at 11:47 pm
Labels: american crafts, Bazzill, cc designs, CCT, ebay, inque boutique, Lily of the Valley, pro-markers
5 comments:
- Andrea, said...
Gorgeous card, love the image. Thanks for joining in the CCT challenge
- 23 October 2008 at 06:43
Luv this card Denise! really fab.(See you got some pins!!!!) ;O)x
- 23 October 2008 at 07:58
- maddy hill said...
that really is a cute card ! love the colour combo !
- 23 October 2008 at 08:43
- cats whiskers said...
Hi Denise
Thanks for joining us with such a fantastic card, love the colours and the papers you have chosen and what a cute image
Hugs Jacqui x
- 23 October 2008 at 08:44
- LINANNA DESIGNS said...
This is such a lovely card Denise! Hugs Linda x
- 23 October 2008 at 16:55
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