In Ottoman Greece, a motherless girl named Daphne leads a suffocating farmer's life. When her older brother dies after a short illness, her patriarch father curses God for leaving him with only a daughter. Unable to pay the local priest for his son's burial, he compels Daphne to go to the village and beg for money. Daphne gets rejected and mocked by the villagers, and flees to the mountains, where she finds a gold pouch. She dares to dream — this could be her way out. But just before she's about to carry out her escape plan, the Devil pays her a visit. These lands belong to him. And pay ment is due.
Black Mass Rising author Theo Prasidis and emerging artist Staša Gačpar invite you to the mystical countryside of 19th century Greece, a land wreathed in legends and superstition. Inspired by actual folktales of the time, THE GIRL, THE PRIEST, AND THE DEVIL is a captivating graphic novel with the otherworldly quality of the weird folklore of old.
Theo Prasidis (author) is a Greek writer and graphic novelist, published by Image Comics, TKO Studios, Scout Comics, and Dead Sky Publishing. He writes quixotic fantasies about hidden folklore, bizarre rituals and wistful dreams.
Staša Gačpar (artist) is a Serbian-Croatian illustrator. She primarily creates watercolor paintings of folk life and tales from South-Eastern Europe. Her work attempts to give a voice to South Slavic and Balkan people, as well as to introduce an audience to the natural beauty of those cultures.
Yasmine Pond (colorist) is a Brazilian–German freelance illustrator and comic artist currently living in Southern Oregon. She is known for her illustration work for Orville Peck’s Bronco Tour in 2022, and for her book cover design of He Hears Death written by A.L. Davidson. The Girl, The Priest, and The Devil is her debut as a colorist.
Buddy Beaudoin (letterer) is a professional comic book letterer most known for Speed Racer, Gatchaman, Arcbound, and Love Me: A Romance Story. The Girl, the Priest, and the Devil is his latest graphic novel with Dead Sky Publishing.
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Character Design
pages process
the script (Theo)
Chapter 1: The Girl
first stage: roughs, page 006
second stage: inks, page 006
third stage: colors (Yasmine), page 006
fourth & final stage: letters (Buddy), page 006
Chapter 2: The Priest
first stage: roughs, page 069
second stage: inks, page 069
third stage: colors (Yasmine), page 069
fourth & final stage: letters (Buddy). page 069
Chapter 3: The Devil
stage one: roughs, page 092
stage two: inks, page 092
cover process
stage three: colors (Yasmine), page 092
thumbnails
expanding on five favorite thumbnails.
final cover work
first cover illustration, watercolor (failed-rejected)
second cover illustration, digital (final-approved)
final cover - inked by Staša, colored by Yasmine.