The cake is on the table! this is the moment the orphans have awaited. Their beloved Scopia continues the ritual song and lets go of the feast. The orphans are in trance, with their eyes peeled and ready to pounce, they keep their cool as Scopia is still close and watching their table manners!
The orphans continue with their character introduction as the goof around the table! Scopia can barely notice what they are doing cause she has grown older and less aware of the fast movement! Trista's mixed emotions take over and give her the impression of food on the table as she chows down on an empty fork!
Phantosos sleeps comfortably on the table. his narcolepsy takes over most of his time, but he dreams of the future as he is considered an oracle as he could tell the future! In greek mythology, Phantasos is the son of Hypnos the god of sleep, and His mother is Pasithea, the goddess of hallucination. in our story Phantosos combines the characters of his mythical parents takes the position of fate! rarely Phantasos will guide the group as he might share some of his knowledge if his sleep is disrupted.
Decimus, out favorite mischievous character loves messing with Phantasos as he sleeps, he is smart and always convinces someone to do the dirty work. We can see him trying to get Ajax's attention to start banging on the table, and with Ajax not having the ability to think for himself and his love to follow orders he concurs
This page is a true representation of my cousins when gathering up for lunch on the Jordanian dish called Mansaf! I hope the fed Obama some since he is in Jordan this week, I am sure the Jordanian hospitality will not allow Obama to leave without trying!
Photos above show the infamous Mansaf!
The Mansaf: made of a special Jordanian yogurt called Jameed, with lamb rosted almonds on top of a sheet of shraak (bread), rice and samneh! (THE TASTIEST JORDANIAN LARD)
The desert Beduin (nomad) of Jordan cooking the Mansaf
Two great gentlemen I respect and know in the animation industry! Producer Noritaka Kawaguchi and Director Makoto Shinkai From CoMix Wave excited to dig into the Mansaf! Thank you guys for the inspiring trip to Jordan, and the support to the Jordanian peeps! :D
Today on Facebook, I asked my fans if they wanted to see a sketch page from book 2 or an initial design of Cebirel's character to be prepared for the making of a vinyl toy! The votes were cast and the toy was chosen. I am sorry if some of you did not have the chance to participate with us but if you become fans of our Facebook page you will be updated with all our interactive ways of story development.
Party time!! YAAAAY! lets hope these fans that voted buy it :P
As a kid the world paused the moment a birthday cake entered the room! My mom would make the craziest designs turning every cake into a story! She would hide it in a cold room as she took her time crafting it. it was the best surprise every year. My parents always questioned why I have become an animator and disagree with my horrifying concepts...
We all feel in someway shackled under the care of others, we take upon ourselves to obey trust and love unconditionally. these bounds keep us from exploring the world in our own way, under the umbrella of culture and heritage we pick up traits that become intertwined in our characters.
The shackles in the womb is what gives the orphans the comfort and acceptance, like the umbilical cords it connects them to the room. Lev tames the wild Pluto by yanking him off the table to enforcing table manners. Just like a T-rex Plutos arm dont work much to his benefit, making him suffer with geting up when down!
Umbilical strangulation is a common situation to occur in child birth, the good thing is it can easily be handled today, but I would say this is where our fear of suffocation begins!
My mother's cakes, and that is a my uncle and his wife as cake!
In honour of the musicians that help me in my motion comic in creating the fantasia like score with a cartoon! I make a character of them as one of the immortal orphans devouring their most important human inspiration, The concept is that we all feed on each other's ideas or art, and evolve to create our own! The artist Ziko the Ghost which features in our pilot motion comic below, has created musical masterpiece specially for the book and was inspired by its pages!
if you are a fan of electronic music, please follow and support Ziko on soundcloud
The immortal orphans, or the wild bunch? the honest truth I still dont know what to call them but what I am really sure of that it is important to me and the story not to label them as we will all explore together what they are! all the characters combine to give the spectrum of our human emotions. If taken to the simplest form like a comic illustration, we will find all of them inside of us! The collective feelings of the group will battle just as our feelings and morals decide our judgment. Just like any decision in life, we accept the consequences and carry on trying.
Blind Asclepius senses the coming of Scopia and tries to calm the group, and smacks the wolf child Felita which constantly needs the discipline like a dog! not really paying attention to went on she turns her attention to something more important and licks herself or it some more!?!
Surely nothing funnier than breaking the ice with a killer fart to bring the orphans to the chaos that they know. Pluto aggressively shoots up in the air spreading the giggles and discomfort across the dinner table. clearly he has gone commando as his oversized testicles peeks from under his clothes. As a kid I loved anime on arabic tv called (Tum Tum or طم طم) till this day I am not sure and cant find its not sure of its original the name and cant find it except in Arabic! maybe you could help? with all the censorship in the Arab world Tum Tum nuts seemed to go by unnoticed!
spot Tum Tum's family jewels in the opening! a symbol of humanities survival!
Because it is not the regular day for posting! I thought I would share the first frame from next monday's inquest of missing time page 7 which as well is the last frame in our first chapter of the motion comic!
This frame is the first glimpse of the family secret, the cuckoo's nest!
The first reveal! Scopia sinks into the ground and prays fearing the unknown consequences of her families evil deeds. Away from the world in the womb where they have been cooped for years, the immortals orphans live happily under the family's wing. Shelterd in "Neverland" and far from the hardships of life, they comfortably forget about the life outside the womb.
The secrets we keep from the ones we love gives the illusion of comfort, many of us grow in a protected shell that makes it difficult to cope adapting to the changing world around us. our instinct for survival have transformed into helplessness that plagues our existence. We always feel like our time is running out! Its how much we believe we can do that gives us this weakness
In page 3, Scopia puts the final touches on the cake. Anything we do in life takes effort, the feeling of achievement builds with every step we take! As we get closer to our goal it feels like the world comes to a pause, just for us to enjoy putting the final touches as we peak getting swept by the climax of our own.
The O face that I had when I finished the book! It was the day earth stood still!
Scopia delicately prepares a meal for her loved ones. This page reminds me of my grandmother, and how she was with her cooking. Her purpose in life was to stuff her children and their kids. Her food smelt so delicious, mostly we dug in without asking what it was. I remember a day where I was introduced to sheep intestines. She wouldn't tell us what it was, it looked like never ending links of sausage, but its wasn't. Stuffed with rice, meat and spices most of us just devoured it as the older generation giggled.
My mother always kept the surprise until we were on our car ride home. My stomach turns when I think of my ignorance, as the idea of what I have devoured, eats me up inside.
With our modern day eating habits, sometimes I wish that my grandmother was alive and still hiding recipes from us...
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Hello and welcome to Inquest of Missing Time. This is the cover for the first book of our exciting new ground breaking horror comedy adventure series, written by me the creator, producer, illustrator and designer, Bashar Sawalha. together with my talented team of a Co-writer Aaron Rosenberg, and a Co-colourist Sara Cantine, we will make sure to give you your weekly dose of goodness. please dont hesitate to comment or ask any questions about the content that will be released in the weeks to come. this update every Monday!
This story highly depends on interactivity with its fans, I will explain more along the way, keep an eye on the forums where you will be able to play along and contribute to our production. I will do my best to present this story across all the media platforms that i can control.
