Missionary Max Moment: About the Cover Art
The “backstory” behind the cover art for Missionary Max and the Jungle Princess.
The “backstory” behind the cover art for Missionary Max and the Jungle Princess.
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A Hawker Hart in flight. img src In Max’s first adventures on Cabrito, a World War Two airplane called the “Hawker Hart” plays a key role. Here is what the book has to say about the plane: “The Hawker Hart was an airplane whose time never came. A sturdy biplane built by Great Britain between…
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I’ve posted before about my interactions with a group of sixth graders who are super fans of everybody’s favorite fictional missionary, Missionary Max. Until recently, all of said interactions have been virtual, me being in Brazil and they being in the US. Two weeks ago, however, I was able to visit their classroom and spend…
The following is section of Chapter 18 of Missionary Max and the Jungle Princess, entitled Traditional Values. It features brand-new original art by artist-extraordinaire Zilson Costa. In the previous chapter, our hero spent a day as the guest of the lovely Ilana at a festival of the native Yamani people. Though the day was enjoyable,…
I’ve been keeping this under wraps for a couple weeks, but I can’t hold it in any longer. Behold, the cover art for “Missionary Max and the Jungle Princess” Brazilian comic book artist Zilson Costa has done a phenomenal job of capturing the exact look and feel of one of the climactic scenes of the…