The What and the Why At the University of Winnipeg, if one wishes to complete a 4-year BA in Classical Studies, one must also complete a Thesis. To say that this is a big deal to me is an understatement (It's not every school project that I make a website for, after all.) I will be doing my thesis under Dr.Mark Golden, and it should be completed by April, 2008. After much stressing, confusion, and switching between topics and potential advisors, Dr.Golden, presumably remembering a short project I had done two years before, suggested that I create a classically-based graphic novel. I do believe I was in shock, for I had planned to do such a thing anyways. The idea that I could do it for my thesis was delightful. There will be an essay alongside the comic as well, detailing why I made the choices I did, and looking at my research methods -- That's part of why I made the site; to make sure I could keep track of all my thoughts, seeing as how I will have to do a defense of this thesis at some point. I ultimately decided to work with the Perseus myth, hopefully right from the story of his conception to the moment he takes control of the city of Tyrins. There are several other stories, both historically and mythologically-based that I hope to adapt to a graphic novel form in the future, but this seemed like a good choice for the thesis. It has many important elements, including a hero figure as well as divine figures, monsters, romance, a story that's popular enough to be displayed in several artistic stories and told in several primary sources, prophecy, feasting and hospitality, kings and kingdoms, and marriage customs. In short, it's a very well-rounded story. On this site, I'll be posting a progress log, my sketches and some final images, a bibliography of primary and secondary sources, a run-down of the myth itself, photos of art historical sources (that I've taken myself, of course), and when it's all completed, probably a preview of the printed comic, and the whole of the accompanying essay.