Narwhals and Library Gods

Here's a couple incidents from my daily life. By the way, the narwhal's name is Carl (which, if you pronounce it correctly "Car-ul" it actually rhymes), and the bespectacled unicorn's name is Nicolaus. 

 

Pipe Song

Another episode from my adventure attending my first Sundance this past summer.

 

Piping Hot

 

Black Panther - Complete

Black Panther recently turned up in a Medicine Card reading for a client, and because of the context of the card spread, I found myself showing my client this comic I'd drawn about my own experience with her. It was a little awkward, though, because I had to keep pulling up the individual post of each individual page, so I decided to post the complete comic (so far -- I have a feeling I'll be drawing an update/continuation at some point) in case that opportunity ever arises again. 

 

Humming Along With Gratitude

I received a huge honor recently when I was invited to my first Lakota Sundance Ceremony. With all the energetic shifts that have taken place in me since then, not only was it an amazing experience, but it was actually life-changing. 

I have other comic pages in the works around my experience there, but this was the first immediate work concerning it. Especially because the song I learned is a Thank You Song, it seemed appropriate to begin with gratitude. 

Here are the lyrics and English translation as best I could gather from various sources:

WOPILA SONG (Thank You Song) 

Wakan Tanka Tunkasila

Great Spirit, Grandfather

Pilamaya yelo he

I thank you

Canunpa wakan cha maya ku welo he

You have given me a sacred pipe

Pilamaya ye, pilamaya yelo he 

Thank you, thank you

Wicozani wa maya ku welo he

You have given me a good healing

Pilamaya ye, pilamaya yelohe

Thank you, thank you

Little Brother - Complete

NOTE: This comic is available for purchase at my Perching Wolf Studios store on Blurb.com, where you can view a preview in book form.

The Oak Bear (excerpt from “Dismem-Boar-ment”) - Complete