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… nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
S00T has once again worked her magic to bring another of my characters to life. Carl Ellis is a mild-mannered lion in my Long Division book series. He is an ordinary fellow who works as a letter carrier for the US Postal Service. This drawing shows my lion on the job in 1970. Soot wonderfully rendered his period-correct postman’s uniform.
This cat makes his first appearance in Book III: Hamilton & John. In that story, Carl has an intimate relationship with co-protagonist John Eisenberg that doesn’t end well.
He was only a secondary character, but along the way, I fell in love with Carl’s gentle nature and hooked him up with Charlie Dearborn. Carl and Charlie’s story continues in the bonus chapters of the next Long Division book, to be published later this year.
Please fave the original in Soot’s gallery HERE and take a look at the other amazing work she’s created while you are there.
S00T has once again worked her magic to bring another of my characters to life. Carl Ellis is a mild-mannered lion in my Long Division book series. He is an ordinary fellow who works as a letter carrier for the US Postal Service. This drawing shows my lion on the job in 1970. Soot wonderfully rendered his period-correct postman’s uniform.This cat makes his first appearance in Book III: Hamilton & John. In that story, Carl has an intimate relationship with co-protagonist John Eisenberg that doesn’t end well.
He was only a secondary character, but along the way, I fell in love with Carl’s gentle nature and hooked him up with Charlie Dearborn. Carl and Charlie’s story continues in the bonus chapters of the next Long Division book, to be published later this year.
Please fave the original in Soot’s gallery HERE and take a look at the other amazing work she’s created while you are there.
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Here's a silly thought (really, a silly thought from me? Fancy that...)
I wonder if Carl ever crossed paths with my favourite singer/songwriter...
After all, John Prine was a postman in Chicago in 1970 before he accidentally began a career as a singer.
The story goes that JP and a few friends got drunk at a Chicago club during what happened to be an audition night. Prine started saying that the poetic folkies onstage trying out all sucked, so his pals dared him to do better.
John was already writing songs for his own satisfaction, but had no professional aspirations. Nonetheless, he accepted the dare. He borrowed a guitar and sang three of his own songs: "Sam Stone", "Paradise", and "Hello In There". The manager hired him on the spot, and the first week that he made more money singing than delivering mail he quit his job at the post office.
Gosh, I've been in love with "Hello in There" since I first heard it covered by Bette Midler on The Divine Miss M.
Carl was one of my favorite character personality-wise, and the [SPOILER] breakup he had due to a partner's lack of time was a real shame.[SPOILER]
Because postmen are usually portrayed as being sworn enemies with (feral) dogs, I wondered if his relationship with Charlie was meant as a pun on that? X3
In 1970, Carl here would be 51 years old. Probably not a dreadlocks kind of guy. That is pretty much Soot's standard way of drawing hair. We know that he keeps him mane nicely trimmed as John would complain when it got too unruly.
Carl was (and continues to be) one of my favorite characters. His distress at the beginning of the story "I Wanna Be Loved" that leads him to the bar where he meets Charlie always touches me.
I don't think I had any real reason for making Charlie a dog other than it just seemed right for his character. I think it worked out well. And Carl does mention something about being chased by domestic dogs in "Busking". I sent you that story, didn't I?
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