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KristinaGehrmann — Last Man Standing - Franklin's Lost Expedition
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Published: 2014-09-10 07:58:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 20595; Favourites: 388; Downloads: 2
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You may have heard that one of the ships from the lost Franklin Expedition was recently found in the Arctic!www.cbc.ca/news/politics/lost-…
The history geek in me is euphoric. So many feels right now. It's like my country winning the soccer world cup on Christmas. Only better.
I've drawn a graphic novel trilogy telling the story of the Franklin Expedition:
Vol. 1
Amazon Germany: www.amazon.de/Im-Eisland-Band-…
Amazon USA: www.amazon.com/Im-Eisland-01-D…
Amazon UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Im-Eisland-01…
Vol. 2
Amazon Germany: www.amazon.de/Im-Eisland-Band-…
Amazon USA: www.amazon.com/Im-Eisland/dp/3…
Amazon UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Im-Eisland-02…
Vol. 3
Amazon Germany: www.amazon.de/Im-Eisland-Band-…
Amazon USA: www.amazon.com/Im-Eisland-03-V…
Amazon UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Im-Eisland-03…
The books have been published only in German so far. If you don't speak German: Links to English transcripts can be found on my blog: www.kristinagehrmann.com/just-…
Medium: Photoshop and Wacom tablet, as always.
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Utterly superb and completely heartbreaking. Sir John Franklin was an utter ass, who got his entire command killed vainly. Fortunately, the British would never make that kind of botch of polar exploration again. I agree with the others, your graphic novel SHOULD be stunning.
Going to do anything with the excavated corpses of the survivors? Morbid, but fascinating. We Americans have our own similar, but not quite so grim story"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jean…
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They did make a similar kind of a botch of it in 1912 with Robert Scott and his four companions at the South Pole. Not (fortunately) as many lost, but a similar example of inept planning or leadership.
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I was making a veiled allusion to Scott's debacle.
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Thank you
The Jeannette story is fascinating too!
You mean the famous three ice mummies? kristinagehrmann.deviantart.co…
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Right. There are also articles on the amount of lead in the bodies--they think the soldering in the canned goods was very defective. Your pictures, like all your work, are respectful and excellent.
There are surviving narratives of the Jeanette expedition you can get on the internet. And then from another American expedition--there's THIS:
www.crimelibrary.com/notorious…
and
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_…
Gets interesting, doesn't it?
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It sounds as though your graphic novel will be stunning!
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Doing my best.
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Cool idea for a project! I'm not sure what actual good will come of this discovery, though. Historical value aside, big oil is behind this push for "sovereignty in the Canadian Arctic", often at the expense of native groups and wildlife. So. I would totes support your work, but I am ambivalent about this actual discovery. Your picture captures that hopelessness and inevitability really well.
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This is such a great illustration-- so many feels.
I can only wonder what that man must have been thinking about in those last moments. It gives me chills
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It gives me chills too o__o;; Thank you!
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Yeah, it's great they found it, and was the first thought I've got after seeing it.
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ah... history *heavy breathing* ^^
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This is so cool! I hadn't heard of it, but I'll be on the lookout for news now!
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A great mystery solved and a beautiful and very poignant picture!
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Complimenti!
Beautiful illustration and also the theme, I was fascinated by the story and wanted to write an article for the blog, with an illustration of course
Ciao form Florence!
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Thank you and greetings to Firenze! I miss it a lot
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I've seen references to Florence in your illustrations! Compliments for technique and historical and cultural subjects
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supergeiles thema, hat mich schon als kind total fasziniert, hab mehrere bücher drüber quasi verschlungen. hab gestern auch so die nachrichten drüber gelesen und dachte nur eeeeendlich. freu mich auf deine bücher!
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Danke lieber Kollege! Ich hab so gut wie gar nicht geschlafen gestern Nacht. Kann es immer noch nicht fassen. O___O
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