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I mean, come on!! I'm still not over how much the colors by @dadgumdevil added to the atmosphere of this illustration. (the lighting on gertrude's face?? *chef's kiss*)
Ahead of this week's update, I've posted a brief discussion of quack medicine in 17th C Dutch genre painting: https://t.co/dnVTXSrliv
Once again, we grapple with the question "is this dumb comic historically accurate?" To which this week's answer is: more than you might think.
@cornhime had me thinking about ‘sonas today, and I realized to my horror that I’ve never posted the Never Satisfied-sonas of any of the Bybloemen cast. So here’s Gertrude Birkenbaum and Ludwig Van Hahn, rival magical researchers in defensive magic.
Wow, all of the villagers in Stenenbrug are really shady. The koala won’t stop trying to sell you tulip futures and the birds keep attempting to bully you. The rhino won't stop planting flowers around your house and the horse just wanders around eating apples off the ground.