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Young Dr. Warrenby ~comic-chic

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This drawing is a character study for a new face who will be appearing (eventually!) in the pages of my webcomic, The Dreamer. He's John Warren, a doctor who served with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Amputation without anesthetic couldn't have been fun... for patient or doctor.

My friend Dr. Andre is an 18th century reenactor and he told me a great story about Dr. Warren. When the British were evacuating Boston at the end of the siege in 1776, they left behind stores of medicines. The Americans, who were stripped bare of supplies of all sorts, were ecstatic with their discovery. But it was John Warren who found out (in time) that the medicines were tainted with traces of arsenic. Uh... good call, John. The dastardly deed was more than likely done not by the British Army, but by their really angry wives who lost a thousand of their husbands at Bunker Hill. Hell hath no fury and all that...

After the war Dr. Warren (a Harvard grad himself) set up the School of Medicine at Harvard College. Pretty cool, eh?

There are more great John Warren stories, but you'll either have to read your history books to find them or wait and read them in The Dreamer.

In The Dreamer John Warren is the youngest of Alan's four cousins. John is younger, better educated, and more, well, arrogant. Having grown up in the same house together, Alan and John are more like brothers than cousins, and once he shows up in the pages of The Dreamer I have a lot of fun with him.

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!jigglypuffy Dec 29, 2008

Yes. I love him so much more than Alan. And John actually existed!

~comic-chic Dec 29, 2008 Professional

I totally love Alan more. John is cuter, but he was cocky and prone to depression, lol! Which makes him fun to write.

!jigglypuffy Dec 29, 2008

Yeah, cocky's annoying, but, in the book I'm writing, my favorite character is depressed! His name is Joseph. I don't think it takes much for me to love someone more than Alan. I'm on the Nathan team. Alan's cool and all, but John's cuter, and Nathan is nicer. So add them all together and it's the perfect character! Or the worst character... it depends on what traits stay. Heh heh, I'm confused now.

~fizzleout Jul 17, 2008 Hobbyist Writer

This is great!!
"John Warren" as a first and middle name is actually an ongoing tradition in my family for boys.
There's pretty much one in every generation! Cool!!

~comic-chic Jul 17, 2008 Professional

Really? Any relation to the famous doctor? You should check your genealogy to see if how far back the tradition goes!

~earthsprite Apr 19, 2008 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Wait. Isn't it Joseph Warren?

~comic-chic Apr 20, 2008 Professional

No. Joseph had a *younger* brother. (Three in fact: Samuel, Ebenezer, and Dr. John) Dr. John studied w/ Joseph for 2 years after he graduated Harvard. Then he set up his own practice in Salem, Mass. After Bunker Hill, John enlisted, headed up the Military hospital on Long Island during the events that happen in The Dreamer. In early 1777 he went back to Boston, and headed up the military hospital there until the end of the war. After which he went onto found the Harvard Medical school. What a guy!

~earthsprite Apr 19, 2008 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Wait. Nevermind. Figured it out xD.

~Forfaxia Apr 12, 2008

I love the way you draw your human forms, it blends so many traditional comic styles with something a little softer.

And this particular piece makes me giggle because my history Professor is a descendant of Dr. John Warren (His name? Dr. John Warren....)

~comic-chic Apr 13, 2008 Professional

OMG, tell your professor that his great, great, great... grand uncle is one of my heroes!!!

Dr. John Warren was pretty cool too. And his great, great, great, great... grand mother, Mary Warren was da bomb.

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