Cover for the Ninth issue of the now defunct BRISTLE comic strip anthology, which was edited, produced and published by Brent Willis. Based in Wellington, Brent's anthology featured mainly (although not exclusively) comic makers living in Wellington New Zealand. I painted this cover in water colours and gouache. The significance of the worm comes from the comic book's mascot, known as the Bristle worm, who featured on a number of the covers and usually the inside front page. I was commisioned by Brent to produce the cover for the Autum issue which gave me a nice orange colour theme to work from. The composition is a pastiche of William Blake's "The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed With the Sun" and a cover from a Conan The Barabarian collection. It was difficult for me as it was the first water colour painting I'd done, but it was gratifying to pull off some of the effects that I was trying for.