Okay, so, The Secret Garden is my favorite book of all time and Archibald Craven is one of my favorite characters. If you’re not familiar with the story, Archie’s beloved wife died giving birth to their son Colin, leaving him deep in depression and mourning for most of Colin’s life/the book.
Because he still loves her and the garden they shared, even though he’s locked it away, and I just made the connection between Archie and mot of my headcanons for Marcus???
In my mind, he and Didyme loved flowers and shared a secret garden, Marcus locking it away once she died and falling deep into mourning. Archie is supposed to run his estate/raise his son but leaves it all to others out of grief, just as Marcus neglects his role as a king and allows Aro/Caius to rule mostly. Both are devoted husbands left to mourn the greatest of loves but Archie at least recovers, realizing he can be with Lily by being with Colin/the garden…and Marcus doesn’t get that.
Whish is maybe why I’m always writing him love stories with happy endings, because I want him to be happy too.
My latest comic for The Nib was written by my friend Mike Thompson- it’s his first published comics work!
The Nib has been a steady source of income and a huge support to me and many other indie cartoonists for years. They publish amazing work, but will be cut loose by their financial backer in July. You can read the official post about it from editor Matt Bors here.
They are still running their kickstarter-funded print magazine, but have to put digital publishing on hiatus until they figure out their next steps.
If you’ve been thinking about supporting their membership program, now would be a good time. They have levels from $2 to $40 per month. I really don’t want this to be my last Nib piece!
