Monday, September 3, 2012

Alphadonjon: P is for Papsukal and Pipistrelle

This week's Donjon entry for Alphabooks features two characters who have actually met (or at least seen each other) in the very incarnations and apparel I've drawn them in.





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."

2 comments:

Mike said...

That just might be the cutest little bat EVER.

I mean, Papsukal is well drawn and all, but I can't keep my eyes off Pipistrelle!

Nice coloring, too.

Isaac said...

I hope I was able to get Papsukal's emotion / expression to "read" okay even though his beak is so funny-shaped.