You're almost right Platypus. I didn't make any thorough comparisons, but I noticed a brief reference to female vampires was missing. Too raunchy perhaps. ;)
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> The artist did a pretty good job on the flora, but
> the elf and dragon are a bit too cutesy for my
> taste. Isn't it supposed to be a water-lamia and a
> demon? The recent issue of Rock & Gem describes an
> endorheic basin in Death Valley. Water does not
> flow in or out, but has been lost thru evaporation
> over tens of thousands of years. It is called
> Badwater Basin and is mostly sodium chloride.
I agree about the characters. They'd be fine in a Jim Henson production, but for a Smithian story they look a little child-like. The demon Charnadis is rather meek for a cosmic Don Juan, and the female creatures are surprisingly conservative. From CAS' suggestions, I imagined the demon as a sly-looking devil in his prime, and the sirens as beautifully mature and curvaceous, with glints of mischief in their eyes even in sadness. They could have had some bold and passionate postures as well, fitting of a dramatic narrative, but these are the only criticisms I can think of.
Otherwise I enjoy seeing such a colorful project devoted to one of my favorite tales. I think a handful of CAS' stories have been turned into comics, though I haven't looked into them. One of them, "The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis", can be read on this very site:
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www.eldritchdark.com]
I never heard of Badwater Basin until now. It looks profoundly like the surface of Sadastor. One of these days I should take a trip to Death Valley. I always liked Californian deserts.
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