RE: The Dealey Sacrifice · A graphic novel
Lee Harvey Oswald. Papa Legba. A very different kind of history.
1943–1944
First estimated encounter with Lee Harvey Oswald and Papa Legba, age unknown.
Subject, age 4–5, reports he can see monsters everywhere.
Subject is believed to be mentored in the arts of Vodun.
Estimated first instance of subject's knowledge of the “magic bullets”.
More research is needed.
Lee Harvey Oswald is mentored in the arts of Vodun by Papa Legba. In this fictional reimagining, the familiar face from the history books has another story to tell.
From the reports
Papa Legba, age unknown
First estimated encounter with Lee Harvey Oswald: 1943–1944.
Lee Harvey Oswald, age 4–5
Subject reports he can see monsters everywhere.
Jack “Ruby” Rubenstein, age 34
Inducted into the U.S. Army Air Forces on May 21, 1943.
Sidney Gottlieb, age 25
Thesis: studies on a grown inhibitor in guayule. California Institute of Technology, 1943.
John Whiteside “Jack” Parsons, age 29
Agape Lodge: Oriflamme, vol. 1, no. 1, Feb 21, 1943.
George de Mohrenschildt, age 32
Alleged to be Nazi agent. Refer any application to Fraud Section.
Lilia Pardo Viuda de Larin, age 37
Traveled to Mexico with de Mohrenschildt, 1942.
Chronology
1943
“Her name is Cleopatra, but you shouldn't be able to see her.”
1943
A graduation night at the Agape Lodge.
1947
A rifle, a forest, and a very patient teacher.
1954
The Bronx has demons too.
1957
Jack Ruby has his fortune told. It does not go well.
1958
Lee and Legba, putting the dead things back where they belong.
March 17, 1961
A dance hall. A girl named Marina.
1963
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Remaining pages sealed until the Kickstarter.
Field locations, 1943 to 1963
Lee and LegbaThe others
Lee and Legba
1943: Lee meets Legba in the cemetery, by his father's grave.
1962: A Cajun swamp demon in the bayou, and a new friend: Jack Ruby.
Lee and Legba
1947: Lee and Legba in the forest with a rifle.
1947: Ruby is busted by George Hunter White.
1963: ████████████
Lee and Legba
1954: Lee and Legba walk the Bronx. The demons here hide in plain sight.
Lee and Legba
1956: Marine boot camp. Picked on for talking to himself, Lee fights back.
Lee and Legba
November 1957: the hunt begins.
AswangManananggalBangungot
Lee and Legba
1958: Atsugi, and four demons in a year.
AkanameJorōgumoGashadokuroTsuchigumo
Lee and Legba
September 1958.
GonggongMo-sin-a
Lee and Legba
October 1959.
Lou Carcolh
Lee and Legba
October 1959.
Herne the Hunter
Lee and Legba
October 1959.
PiruSyöjätär
Lee and Legba
1959 to 1962.
VodyanoiLeshyLikhoKikimora
Lee and Legba
March 17, 1961: Lee meets Marina at a dance.
The others
1943: Sidney Gottlieb graduates from Caltech. A night with the Agape Lodge.
The others
1943: George de Mohrenschildt and Lilia are stopped and sent back to Mexico.
The others
1945: Papa Doc walks the countryside, healing the sick.
1961: George in Haiti, collecting something for Gottlieb.
The others
1947: George proposes to Phyllis.
The others
1948: Gottlieb, deep in his studies.
The others
1952: Gottlieb at the Le Select café.
1957 to 1960
Every one of them comes from the folklore of the place Lee hunted it.
November, 1957. Philippine Islands. Aswang.
Philippine folklore
November, 1957. Philippine Islands. Manananggal.
Philippine folklore
November, 1957. Philippine Islands. Bangungot.
Philippine folklore (Tagalog)
March, 1958. Japan. Akaname.
Japanese folklore
May, 1958. Japan. Jorōgumo.
Japanese folklore
July, 1958. Japan. Gashadokuro.
Japanese folklore
September, 1958. Taiwan. Mo-sin-a.
Taiwanese folklore
October, 1959. France. Lou Carcolh.
“Am I seriously fighting a snail right now?”
French folklore (Hastingues, Landes)
October, 1959. England. Herne the Hunter.
English folklore (Windsor Forest)
October, 1959. Finland. Piru.
Finnish folklore
October, 1959. Finland. Syöjätär.
Finnish folklore
December, 1959. Russia. Vodyanoi.
“I'm starting to get homesick, Legba.”
Slavic folklore
September, 1958. South China Sea. Gonggong.
Chinese mythology
October, 1958. Japan. Tsuchigumo.
“What's with Japanese folklore and spiders?!”
Japanese folklore
April, 1960. Russia. Leshy.
Slavic folklore
Dream Fury Comics × Paranoid American co-creator & writer Thomas Gorence Newton Lilavois pencils & inks Brian Benjamin Eduardo Vienna colors Rowan
