Sunrise, sunset

A wedding in Lithuania

My stepdaughter Ellen got married to her Ernestas last Saturday!

I have known Ellen since she was six years old and I have drawn many, many comics about her when she was a child. The longest one was for her ninth birthday, called ‘Riddle of Nine’, which was also a Sandman-tribute (I’ve been a fan of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman since the 1990s):

In total, the comic was 27 pages long and I posted it online in 2004, where it got a bit viral when Neil Gaiman himself linked to it from his blog, calling it “the bee’s knees”! (I had to look that one up; so stoked!)

Still kinda proud of this one.

But not as proud as I am of Ellen and Ernestas, who totally did their own thing on their wedding, in a field in Lithuania, surrounded by friends and loved ones from no less than four countries!

I was honored to officiate and provide some drawings:

Ah, how time flies!

How good it is to see children grow up and find their own way in life!

Ellen totally has stayed the same brave girl I drew her as in the comic, and now she has the perfect companion to tackle the world with. (and the perfect cat!)