Night at the Subura

Those of you who have been watching my illustration-related efforts for a while know, that I only have one mission in life: exposing the lies of mainstream "historians" and telling you the true story. I've been at it for almost 2 years now and still my mission continues. It may, in, fact, never be complete. However, I don't want you, my dear readers, to get the impression that the only things you can read in a mainstream historical publication are filthy lies. Occasionally, they get things right. One such instance is the subject of today's illustration. Emperor Nero, that crazy fuck, had a habit of taking his bodyguards, dressing them and himself up as poor men, and going slumming. In the poorly lit streets and cheap drinking dens he would get into all sort of hilarious antics. Provoking fights, punching a random passerby in the face, you know, the usual stuff powerful people like to entertain themselves with. In the background you can see one of Nero's bodyguards picking up a candle that fell out of the victim's lantern - an item too valuable to leave lying around. On the left a typical night life scene in the slum. Two drunk young men from the better part of town are distracted by one pro, while the other pro does his part of the job. Notice the detail on the wall - the penis depictions could either be inlaid into the wall for luck (which the penis symbol represented) or might have been a kind of road sign pointing the way to the nearest brothel. To me it represents a very important milestone in my career - the first instance of getting paid for drawing a dick - something we all like to do, but now I'm a pro at it! Painted for Desperta Ferro magazine