I've had these historical comics sketched for a while, but I haven't finished them yet... xD; So instead I'll just post the sketches!
or partial sketches, rather
Historical background for these two comics: William Short was Thomas Jefferson's private secretary who kept Jefferson in tabs with the French Revolution. Jefferson also referred to Short as his "adoptive son". Jefferson unofficially adopted him (Jefferson had no children due to being a widower), despite Jefferson only being 16 years older than Short.
Jefferson, being a strong patriot and advocate of Democracy, fully supported the French Revolution. On the other hand, Short often wrote Jefferson of the violence occurring on behalf of the revolution.
I LIKE WILLIAM SHORT. We didn't learn about him in school, so the only things I know about him are from the internet. So some of the stuff I write/draw about him may not be true... But he was Jefferson's "adoptive son".
John Adam's son was future president John Quincy Adams.
Historical background for these two comics: Jefferson and Adams went to England in 1786 and (according to www.monticello.org) "also visited Shakespeare's home -- and chipped off a bit of his chair as a souvenir, in Adams' words, 'according to the custom.'" Obviously, I exaggerated the event for the sake of the comic. xD;
By the way, I can't spell souvenir without spell check. "orz
The Boston Massacre was an event in US History where a conflict between a group of anti-British colonists and 8 British soldiers resulted in the death of 5 civilians. It is still debated over who started the incident: the colonists or the British soldiers. Ultimately, the event sparked even more British hate in the American colonists. John Adams defended the British soldiers, resulting in six of the soldiers being acquitted and the remaining two convicted of only manslaughter rather than murder. The soldiers payed him eighteen guineas, about the cost of a pair of shoes. (Idk whether or not he actually bought new shoes, I just made that bit up. But he was payed enough to buy some. :D;)
YAY, LEARNING!
And lastly, here's a picture of how my character list from ages ago is coming along:
I finished all the sketches, now I just need to ink and color. orz
OKAY, THANKS FOR VIEWING!
