Swashtober 5: The Pirate King, one of the big scene-stealers from the oeuvre of Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirate King, from PIRATES OF PENZANCE. (I've never played the part, myself; I've been a chorus pirate and Major General Stanley). Watch Kevin Kline as the PK in the movie, he's PHENOMENAL.
#Swashtober 4: Lagardère! Hero of Paul Féval sr's revenge novel Le Bossu (the Hunchback). When a Duke and his family are murdered by the Duke's keen-to-inherit scumbag cousin, young swordsman Lagardère spirits the Duke's infant daughter to safety, vowing to eventually avenge his new dead pal
Hey, friends! Reckoned I'd record the drawing of today's SWASHTOBER drawing, Delilah Dirk, from the series of graphic novels by @tangocharlie.bsky.socialwww.instagram.com/p/DAqnVP9MN2M/
I'm gonna do SWASHTOBER this year! Here's the first, from what might be the best swashbuckling novel (it's VERY good), SCARAMOUCHE, by Rafael Sabatini. He's a political centrist driven to a path of revolution, swordfighting, and improv comedy by the cruel machinations of the aristocracy
