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Announcement: The Cattle Raid of Cooley webcomic

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  • 01-08-2008 11:24pm
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    Patrick Brown
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    You may be interested in a new webcomic which begins serialisation on my blog on Wednesday 6 August - The Cattle Raid of Cooley, an adaptation of the ancient Ulster Cycle epic Táin Bó Cúailnge, in which queen Medb of Connacht invades Ulster to steal a fertile stud bull, and only Cú Chulainn, the king of Ulster's teenage nephew, stands in her way. I've attached a sneak preview of a couple of panels (from different pages).

    As a "window on the Iron Age", I've tried to give the comic a convincing Iron Age setting. Locations, buildings and chariots are based on archaeological research. Characters and story are based on my study of the original texts. I hope the result is an adaptation that's authentic and exciting.

    My first Ulster Cycle comic, Ness, a prequel featuring the adventures of Cú Chulainn's grandmother, is complete at 72 pages. A print edition is in the works, but the complete story will remain available to read on the website.


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    McArmalite
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    Patrick Brown wrote: »
    You may be interested in a new webcomic which begins serialisation on my blog on Wednesday 6 August - The Cattle Raid of Cooley, an adaptation of the ancient Ulster Cycle epic Táin Bó Cúailnge, in which queen Medb of Connacht invades Ulster to steal a fertile stud bull, and only Cú Chulainn, the king of Ulster's teenage nephew, stands in her way. I've attached a sneak preview of a couple of panels (from different pages).

    As a "window on the Iron Age", I've tried to give the comic a convincing Iron Age setting. Locations, buildings and chariots are based on archaeological research. Characters and story are based on my study of the original texts. I hope the result is an adaptation that's authentic and exciting.

    My first Ulster Cycle comic, Ness, a prequel featuring the adventures of Cú Chulainn's grandmother, is complete at 72 pages. A print edition is in the works, but the complete story will remain available to read on the website.
    Great idea. Must entail a hell of a lot of work, best of luck with it. Listening to a discussion on radio recently, it is heartwarming to hear that even with the advent of never ending cartoons and movies about superheros like Batman, Spiderman etc, that kids today are as interested in stories of Cúchullain, Fionn and the Fianna, the land of Tir na nOg etc that generations of Irish children have had for centuries.


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