I definitely wouldn't recommend working on a big ambitious webcomic like this while working on your Masters!!!

Alexander's birthday (and the comic's 3rd anniversary, lol) is coming soon...

This layout is a continuation of the approach in the last update. On the previous page, we had just begun to step into the "comics" mode of narrative. It was a challenge to construct a composition that was distinctive of the medium of comics, but still felt like ancient original: the duplication of Nectanebo as he moves from setting to setting; zoom ins for dramatic effect; hieroglypic-esque cartoon diagrams; and the use of underlines as captions and bubbles.

Footnotes

Model of ancient Egyptian soliders, from the Tomb of Mesehti - Egyptian Museum. JE 30986

Model ancient Egyptian shield, MET Museum. Several examples are also carried by the above model of soldiers.

Babylonian archers, Ishtar Gate relief - Pergamon Museum.

The magic ritual performed by Nectanebo is completely taken from the Alexander Romance - there's no strong historical backing for it, unless you assume the original Alex Romance writer was basing it off their reality. That is to say, I can't confirm if it's really a real Ancient Egyptian ritual.

The stuff in Nectanebo's magic shed:
copper model of altar table and utensils (the vessels and pots) (BM EA5315), chest, the scale (BM EA9901,3), the swords (MET 30.4.1) (plus several other variants of drawings of the cat slicing a snake head's off), braziers (MET 36.3.165)

Soldiers falling in battle: (BM EA732) (BM EA735)

Chain of papyrus that binds the captives (MET 33.8.8)

Mourners, Tomb of Ramose (MET 30.4.37)

Babylonian warriors behind the captives, Apadana Staircase

The lion of Ishtar Gate

Babylonian chariot

I owe a lot to this MET Museum catalogue for providing me with references for the Egyptian wall painting style and sensibility, as well as some of the details in this layout.