Greta Grimoire
Greta Grimoire has its origins in a concept I thought of about five years ago. While reading a classic graphic novel (and for the life of me I can't remember which one), I came across the idea of a protagonist that struggled with identity in the later Roman Empire. You know, about the fourth or fifth century of our common era. I knew at once that I had stumbled upon something worth exploring. Granted, the finished product you see here is far and away not about the Roman Empire. But this is about identity and finding one's place in a chaotic world.
On the surface, the world is as it appears to be. We go about our lives wondering, or not, about our place in the world. As Shakespeare said in Hamlet: "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy." In other words, it is impossible to know "all that is out there." Try as we might, we will never know everything, and we'd be wasting our time if we thought otherwise. And we shouldn't let our ego mislead us to think that we, of all the individual souls that have ever lived on earth, will figure things out.
This is what Greta is trying to do, i.e. figure things out. But when you meet her in the first issue, she's just a regular girl doing regular things. There's no grander or higher purpose for her in this universe other than to live her life as anyone else. Yes, Greta's mother prematurely died (an event in Greta's life that will be explored in further issues), but that in itself isn't extraordinary. She's dealt with it. It is uncommon, yes, but not by any means unheard of.
In future posts, I will discuss the process of writing and creating this work since it has taken five years to evolve from a random concept to a finished product.
On the surface, the world is as it appears to be. We go about our lives wondering, or not, about our place in the world. As Shakespeare said in Hamlet: "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy." In other words, it is impossible to know "all that is out there." Try as we might, we will never know everything, and we'd be wasting our time if we thought otherwise. And we shouldn't let our ego mislead us to think that we, of all the individual souls that have ever lived on earth, will figure things out.
This is what Greta is trying to do, i.e. figure things out. But when you meet her in the first issue, she's just a regular girl doing regular things. There's no grander or higher purpose for her in this universe other than to live her life as anyone else. Yes, Greta's mother prematurely died (an event in Greta's life that will be explored in further issues), but that in itself isn't extraordinary. She's dealt with it. It is uncommon, yes, but not by any means unheard of.
In future posts, I will discuss the process of writing and creating this work since it has taken five years to evolve from a random concept to a finished product.