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Emmett Quinlan From Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw's God Country by Dylan Burnett

Artists: Dylan Burnett (All) , Donny Cates (Writer)

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Emmett Quinlan From Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw's God Country by Dylan Burnett Comic Art

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Title:	Emmett Quinlan From Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw's God Country by Dylan Burnett
Artist:	Dylan Burnett (All)
Artist:	Donny Cates (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	942
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	9/5/2020
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2020 has been a year of great hardship both new and old. With the pandemic, economic downturn, and the deafening calls for police reform by the Black Lives Matter, the country is being tested. Our citizens character being revealed. In the past few months, the comic community has stepped up to show its support both in donations of time and money. Artists have been offering commissions or sketches for donations or Auctioning off art and collectibles that have personal meaning to them. Charity drives like #CreatorsforComics and #ComicsWriterChallenge have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in support of very worthwhile causes. Dylan Burnett was offering a 4x6 Commission for a donation of $50 or more to Black Lives Matter. I was more than happy to donate and in turn Dylan did an amazing commission of Emmett Quinlan from Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw's God Country

Dylan will be collaborating with Donny Cates on an upcoming series which is being teased as a God Country Spin Off.

For me God Country was a very special book.

I had heard great things about God Country through my favorite comic art podcast (Felix Comic Art Podcast) but I did not pick it up until early 2018. I�m so glad I waited. If I had read it earlier it would have affected me deeply but when I read it now it not only affected me�It helped heal me.
God Country is a masterpiece that hit me like bolt of pure Kirby Krackle. It was a beautiful story of a father and son that left me speechless and in tears. It was the story I needed right here, right now.
Emmett Quinlan is a man whose mind has been destroyed by dementia and Alzheimer�s. The disease has changed him and taken a great toll on his family. When a raging storm, comes to Texas along with it comes a demon and a twelve-foot sentient sword named Valofax, the god of blades. As long as this sword is in Emmett�s possession his illness is gone, his mind restored. It provides Emmett a second chance with his family. But there is a cost as the sword�s original owners decide they will do anything to get back their most powerful weapon. I�m grieving my own father and the idea of a magic sword returning him to me was a beautiful and reassuring wish fulfillment.
My Dad died in December of 2017. He was my hero, a real-life Superman, who possessed an innate kindness like no other. Along with my mother and sister, are the reason I'm any sort of decent human being. In 2013, at the age of 61, my Dad was diagnosed with his illness. Frontotemproal Dementia is mental disorder that is related to Alzheimers. His disease made me feel like I'm lost him way too fast and at the same time agonizingly slow. I moved back to Pittsburgh from Los Angeles to help take care of him and help my mom. We were engaged in his care, protecting him and making sure he knew how much he was loved. I have no regrets. We were there all the way to his final moment. I heard him take his last breath. That was hard for me to process, it still is as the grief can be overwhelming at times. The story of Roy Quinlan rang true for me. As close as my Dad and I were we never truly discussed his illness. Which gives me such mixed feelings as there was a feeling I would never have true closure. I was fortunate in the fact that Dad and I did not ever share a cross word. He was my hero. His illness never turned him cruel or mean. He kept his kind nature despite the disease robbing him of pretty much everything else including the use of his legs and his voice...I miss our talks very much. Geoff Shaw beautifully renders this story and Jason Wordie gives it a stunning palette. With Donny Cates words we are given an intimate myth that balances the epic and the personal masterfully.As the story concludes and Emmett lays dying having defeated his foe Attum, his son Roy cradles him in his arms receives a beautiful goodbye from Emmett. In what may be one of the most beautiful panels I have ever seen in a comic Roy simply says, �Thank you Dad.� I cried. Not tears of sadness more like tears of solace and acceptance. I will always miss my Dad. But the love, the memories, and the stories we shared and that I remember him by. They are his wonderful and beautiful final gift. I cannot thank Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Jason Wordie, and John J. Hill enough for creating this story. God Country helped me find some peace during an incredibly difficult time.

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Kelley M
Member Since 2018

Posted on 9/21/2020

Beautiful

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