Benjamin Rivers

Countess Elizabeth Bathory was a Hungarian countess in the 1500s and early 1600s. She was rumoured to have murdered and tortured several young women and girls, including bathing in their blood to maintain her eternal youth. 😱

I wanted to draw a little tribute to Toronto’s 90s goths. I originally attempted this in colour, but I am so not a great colourist, so I switched to black-and-white. It was fun to create all the little details.

It’s been a while since I’ve drawn Dana, the heroine of my graphic novel, Snow. She looks how I feel (she always did, now that I think about it).