About the Book
Skiron (or Skeiron) is not an invention of mine. He was a minor wind deity in Greek mythology, identified with the storm-bringing northwest wind. He was equated in Roman mythology with the god Corus (or Caurus), whom Seneca the Younger (1 BC - 65 AD) calls “cloud-collecting” and “rain-fraught” in his play Phaedra.
On the freize of Athens’ octagonal Tower of the Winds, built perhaps in the 2nd century BC, Skiron is depicted with a shaggy beard and wielding a bronze cauldron, out of which glowing ashes were said to flow, representing the coming of winter.
Skiron does not figure prominently in Greek mythology, but may come to figure prominently in my own.
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Comics & Graphic Novels
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Project Option: 5×8 in, 13×20 cm
# of Pages: 24 - Publish Date: Mar 24, 2011
- Keywords Skeiron, Skiron, relationships, wind, humor, love, comics, mythology, art, comic
About the Creator
Pollux (né Paul Morris) was born in 1979 in the English town of Beverley, in what was the former East Riding of Yorkshire. He and his family moved to the United States a year later, and Pollux attended UCLA, studying medieval history and Latin. He attended Brown University for grad school, studying medieval history. As a child, Pollux constantly drew and created his own comics, and while at grad school, he began drawing “Nigel and Beatrice” for The Brown Daily Herald. He has been creating comics ever since, creating the web comic Arnjuice. He drew the daily comic “The Wavy Rule” for Emily Gordon's Emdashes.com. His series of graphic novels, The Theresiad, features the surreal adventures of pharmacist Theresa Sifuer. Pollux received an A.S. in Graphic Design from the Art Institute of California in 2011. He also specializes in paintings and drawings depicting a wide variety of instrumentalists and musicians. His work has appeared at various shows in Los Angeles.