Fetch

This week I am obviously late. I had a hard time drawing this page, mostly due to other commitments last week (preparing for the Fall term at PCC, and sadly a funeral). But also I found drawing itself hard. It might just be that I have lost a lot of focus and my mind is preoccupied. I struggled to draw basic things like characters’ faces. It might be a good time to take a break for a week and return refreshed, after I get a few things off of my plate.

The story of Oonagh and the giant is an old one and has a lot of variations. For one thing, the story more often involves Finn MacCool, not Finvarra. But the name of the giant changes, too. Sometimes it’s Benadonner, or Benandonner, sometimes it’s Culhullin. Then the story doesn’t always feature Oonagh herself, but some other woman. And sometimes it’s not pancakes, but a loaf of bread baked around an iron skillet. One detail that remains consistent is Finvarra or Finn disguising himself as a baby and laying in a cradle (which I didn’t draw here owing to space considerations.) Anyway, no one should expect folklore to be consistent, and that goes for cartoonists, too.