I knew what it looked like in Panel 3, so I had Jamie say it out loud in Panel 4.
This is a transitional page leading directly from the “Cemetery video shoot” storyline into the next storyline, called “Posh”. It’ll turn out to be relevant that it’s really early in the day…
Lots of worldbuilding in this page! The exterior of the clubhouse took shape for the first time. The place is now named “Hartwig’s” after the legendary beach comber Hartwig Visseboer. Back when I first conceived Greyfriar’s Isle, I thought it would be fun to have multiple conflicting legends about the origins of the island’s overall relaxed attitude to nudity. One of these would involve the Adamites, who we have now met, and sort of referenced their history through Mycelia’s tours. Another was going to be the tale of Hartwig Visseboer, who saw buried treasure in a vision but was only allowed to retrieve it if he was nude while doing so. I had more of those, but never got around to actually telling those stories in-comic. If you’re sitting on an idea and you’re not using it for years and years, sometimes it’s best to let it go.
The clubhouse has a notice board and other places where promotional materials get posted. The notice board has a poster for a World Naked Bike Ride, sent to me by reader @sillybare. At kid height, there’s a drawing of Little Hartwig, the mascot for the kids’ activities. Currently the club is looking for someone who can organize kids’ activities and given Cass’s easy rapport with the Stachouwer kids and Caroline, she may be a good candidate.
The kids do occasional odd-jobs around the campsite and no one seems to mind. They’re usually reasonably competent at the tasks they’re asked to do; one does wonder if the baker’s delivery of food is safe from being devoured. The ones in the bag were pre-ordered though, it’s not as if George would go in demanding croissants if he didn’t know they were already waiting for him.
Now to go and actually write “Posh!”
By Reinder Dijkhuis
Greyfriar’s Isle is a comic about an island and the people who live there. A small family runs Marsh Light, a naturist campsite connected to the beach where locals and tourists spend their vacation time. The island is historically friendly to naturism, but not universally so. Also, there are ghosts and strange, eldritch island customs.
Greyfriar’s Isle is inspired by the comics I read in my youth, by the real-world island experiences I had in my youth, my ideas about what naturism should be and the stories naturists tell each other about themselves.
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