pencil, then digital.

This should hardly come as a surprise to folks who are following my journal
(though there's no real reason to do so).

I'm reading the old Arthurian myths (Le Morte D'Arthur), this is a creature from them.

The story has picked up considerably in Book Two - really good stuff,
actually, very surprising, lots of twists and turns. The pacing is strange
however; though the work is attributed to William Caxton in 1485, it reads
like something by multiple authors with different goals. Sometimes focus
lingers on battles, blow-by-blow, at other times significant clashes are
summarized in a single clinical sentence. Sometimes we follow Arthur
himself, sometimes we follow other characters that are basically stand-ins
for Arthur. There are practically three variations of Excalibur being
discovered and wielded within the first 100 pages. Anyway, a fine read.