FransMensinkArtist

Barebella page 20

Added 2021-04-13 08:19:42 +0000 UTC

This is a comic I am painting a page for every month. There’s only a rough storyline, that I won’t disclose, to have some guidance, but I try to spontaneously go with the flow otherwise. It isn’t yet perfect. I paint quickly to not lose momentum and will clean it up when it’s done. I’m not sure how many pages it will be but I’m aiming for a basic 44.

That means it might get a follow up. Or not if I can’t get it printed.

It’s very loosely based on the ancient movie from the 1960’s called Barbarella (hence the working title Barebella) which was actually based on another comic that I never read.
It’ll definitely not be a remake.
I don’t know what the story of the movie was. I only remember fragments and that it was highly erotic for that time, a bit weird like the producers were on some serious dope, and of course, I remember the spectacular Jane Fonda as the lead character.

So, I’m trying to get the general feel in it, and work in some of the memories I have of it, when possible. It’s something right up my alley of course. so this is the platform to have you witness the development of this story.

Last month I was in the middle of editing a comic that has been on my digital shelf for decades but will now be published soon by tabou-editions.com. I improved on it a lot, as it was dated of course and had to make it print ready, which is not a small task either. That's why I didn't manage to paint this page. But here it is finally.