P is for Papsukal, the son of the Herbert the Duck (and, I think it's safe to say, Isis—I mean, those aren't duck ears and whiskers he's sporting). He's a nasty guy, all in all, and he becomes one of the villains of the Twilight storyline.
P is also for Pipistrelle, the little bat who accompanies Marvin and Marvin the Red on their end-of-the-world adventures, though I'm not sure I've ever seen her called anything but "little bat" in the American translations. A pipistrelle is, of course, the littlest sort of bat that lives in Europe; maybe the people at NBM thought that bit of knowledge wouldn't translate.
Anyway, look, here they are in the same panel together:
That's Pipistrelle flapping under Marvin the Red's ear on the right.
These Dungeon books are so much fun.
Next week: at least they didn't translate her epithet as "the Gross."
That just might be the cutest little bat EVER.
ReplyDeleteI mean, Papsukal is well drawn and all, but I can't keep my eyes off Pipistrelle!
Nice coloring, too.
I hope I was able to get Papsukal's emotion / expression to "read" okay even though his beak is so funny-shaped.
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