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Three aerial views of the Tabasco Maya town of Potonchan, from three different scenes in episodes one & two.
PAGE FIFTEEN
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Capping this thread with an Aztec Wonder Woman from my @HelioscopePDX studiomate @TerryBlas
The Battle of Potonchan begins. Diaz writes: "We were compelled for a length of time to fight up to our waists in the water."
Yes, those are specific glyphs on the sword. Nothing is done randomly in this series. #ObsessiveResearch
#UnDiaComoHoy TODAY, 499 years ago, Cortes arrives at the mouth of the Tabasco River. Over the next couple days he will try to enter the Maya town of Potonchan. The Maya refuse, and warn the conquistador...
A new page, covering this moment, will be posted tomorrow! Here's a peek:
Malinali, AKA Malinche. A teenage girl who was the key to the fall of the Aztec empire. Like or dislike, she is the most historically significant woman in the history of the Americas.
#InternationalWomensDay
#DiaInternacionalDeLaMujer
#CodexToComics
Tenochtitlan's military commanders, Huiznahuatl (Thorn Words), Tlacochcalcatl (House of Darts), Tlacatecatl (Cutter of Men).
From the Codex Mendoza to this series.
PROCESS: Tenochtitlan street scene.
Layouts & colors @Boilerplate1893
Pencils & Inks @David_Hahn
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#Coyolxauhqui color scheme determined by chemical traces of original pigments in the ancient stone. Compare my superheroine to the famed disc from the #TemploMayor