Part two of CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON (part 1 here) - this story really truly has everything and I haven’t even gotten to the crime yet. In the last entry I went off canon, but this update is almost all line for line in the book…why are they like this
Kinda forgot the caption I wanted to put here. I drew a really fun Holmes and then I drew a really fun Watson and then I put them together.
[ID: a digital drawing of Holmes and Watson sitting next to each other, Holmes is wrapped in a blue dressing gown and smoking a pipe, Watson is in his shirtsleeves, smoking a cigarette and writing something in a notebook resting on his knee. Holmes is leaning against him. /End ID]
Real True Crime Podcasts: not really a fan of popularizing what might be very personal lives of random average people
Sherlock Holmes as a Fake True Crime Podcast: brilliant, astounding, storytelling at its finest and a logical modern equivalent to John Watson's diary.
THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON - part one of several, because this is one of my favorite Holmes stories! Ever since I read it I had a feeling there was something more...personal...going on with Holmes's hatred for Milverton than simply a principled stand against blackmail. A lot of this is directly pulled from the books but of course I took it in my own direction!
This is in the Watson's sketchbook series, and specifically references the Hound of the Baskervilles entry in that series :)
also thank you to my friend Phoenix for reading this when it was in sketch phase and reassuring me that it made sense!
Milverton design under the cut:
watson says he has a 'touch of Mr. Pickwick about him' so I tried to do Pickwick but...scary
I cannot believe I managed to finish this so quickly????
I have a couple more ideas for some short comics with them but the main thing is... finished, I think?
Doing such a speedrun on those was crazy but I had fun (plus, is there a better way to use your free days? I doubt). I hope you had fun reading.
(part 1 - part 2 - part 3 - part 4 - part 5)
(AO3)
(I'm sorry for not putting these one-by-one for easier reading but the post would be ridiculously long)
Mystery fiction, especially paired with a comedic tone, like Knives Out, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, or Only Murders in the Building?
Sherlock & Co, and want another, different take on the Holmes canon to add to your rotation of shows?
Irreverent historical comedies with surprising heart and messages about the people who often get left in the margins of history like Operation Mincemeat and Our Flag Means Death?
Re: Dracula, and other audio dramas that present unique takes on classic literature?
British audio comedy like Wooden Overcoats, Cabin Pressure, and Bleak Expectations?
The original ACD Sherlock Holmes stories but wish there was explicit, textual representation of gay, lesbian, and ace identities that are celebrated and centered within the actual text?
Adorable senior cat mascots?
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