amedia: Lovely drawing of Venus from the webcomic SPQR Blues with the caption HOMINUM DIVOMQUE VOLUPTAS, Latin for "delight of gods and men" (a quotation from Lucretius referring to Venus) (SPQR Blues Goddess)
[personal profile] amedia
I'm very excited about the Kickstarter to turn [livejournal.com profile] meritahut's webcomic SPQR Blues into a graphic novel!

I can tell you that it's a well-researched webcomic drawn by a classicist that I've used for extra credit assignments for my Latin students. But what isn't immediately obvious is that it's drawn by a woman of color who highlights the diversity that's often overlooked in the population of ancient Rome. Her major characters include Jews, Etruscans, a black doctor who isn't a slave, and a variety of women who find ways to exercise power despite societal restrictions, from an independent restaurateur to a Macchiavellian matron.

For $10 you can get a PDF; for $25, a book; and for $35, a book with your name on the thank-you page. Please support it if you can, and please spread the word!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/klio/spqr-blues-10th-anniversary-gn

Date: 2015-10-27 12:59 pm (UTC)
theemdash: (HP Accio)
From: [personal profile] theemdash
That looks like an awesome project.

Date: 2015-10-27 09:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amedia.livejournal.com
Doesn't it, though!!!

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