Hi,
Looking at the images revealed a couple of details apparent but more noticeable after so many more comments about comic.
At the end of the procession, both TinTin and Capt Haddock are holding their noses. That says something of their feelings.
Another detail the artist deliberately drew in, on the license tag of the limo it has a Tibetan script turned sideways.
Likewise, on the chariot of the elephant throne there is another Tibetan syllable, again tuned on its side.
The limo has a HRI sideways on the license tag. The side of elephant throne has a very clear HUNG.
Since HUNG is used in Vajrasattva mantra of Nyingma, and we use HUM, it seemed to indicate a Nyimgma person.
But, the mantra OM MANI PADME HUNG HRI has both syllables so it is a more likely source.
Coincidently, OM MANI PADME HUNG HRI is used in that form by students of Lama Zopa and the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Teachings at www.fpmt.org.
This was a conceivable inspiration for the comic. It is a rebuke of the pageantry of Kalapa not just an acknowledgement of emptiness as form.
There are lots of dharma's appropriate for different beings, so it's not really a big deal either way. It is wonderful set of drawings.
We love Tin Tin in our community. And in some places they were passed around in lieu of having any TV or Nero Wolf to read.
Possibly Jan DD. the artist, lived at Karme Choling for some period of time and remembers the now missing red barn.
What appears in the last scene is very similar to the view of the old barn from the west wing door.
If Jan DD was a Kasung at KCL, they would have exited that door each night and seen the barn in view just like the last panel every time they did final rounds. So maybe it is appropriate that they would draw it to appear that way in the last panel.
It all took a lot of effort to draw. Alas, the copy writing is always even harder. They intended to say more when they made the space
for it in the last panel well in advance of the actual text.
And like a lot of blank paper, it is hard to start the dot without taking a risk. So better to leave it blank when not sure of the outcome.
In appreciation of how difficult and time consuming it was to draw the comic,
Whoever you are, thanks for the mystery.
Best wishes,
Steve Todd
Please drive all blame for my own comments into Stevetech@sc.rr.com.
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