A Dance to Creation

The Pelasgians migrated to the Greek peninsula from Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) around 3500 B.C., hundreds of years prior to the arrival of the Proto-Greek from the north.

The Pelasgian creation myth was cobbled together from fragments by mythologist Robert Graves, best known for authoring I, Claudius (1934).

Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Jules Feiffer made books and films for children and adults. He began his career in 1946 at age 17 as a writer and clean-up artist for Will Eisner’s Spirit comics. From 1956 to 1997, he was a staff artist at the Village Voice.

In order of appearance, Feiffer’s characters and collaborations in this strip are Dancer, Huey, princesses Rhyme & Reason (portrayed by Passionella), bear-loser, Munro & Myrna, Phantom Tollbooth’s Milo & Tock, The Spirit, Tom Terrific, Clifford & friends.