Merry Christmas, all
Some years ago we decided on the conceit that the Shop on the Borderlands packing was done by orcs. (really, it’s done by me & PP, but orcs seemed more on brand. So each year since, I have drawn the orcs doing something vaguely festive, and here they are again.
These are not Tolkieny orcs - or at least, they don’t reflect the popular ‘once elves’ origin story of Tolkien orcs. They are old-school pigfaced orcs, creatures of very little refinement but apparently a great appreciation of Christmas Jumpers.
I think it is time to admit that this year, Christmas cards have ended up as good intentions rather than actually making it to the post. Ah well. I'd like to say that it was a deliberate decision to donate to charity instead, but to be honest it was more random onset of time than deliberate choice, and even then it took me ages to decide who to donate to. Anyway, I've made a donation to Dogstar (who support dogs in Sri Lanka, including work against rabies) and also to Freedom from Torture, who (perhaps obviously) help people who have survived torture.
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