A comic. Panel 1, A square relief with minimalist human facial features entitled rabbi Yohanan. Speech bubble: I am the last remaining Jerusalem beauty. 2. A Roman mask offers a recipe for summoning yohanans radiance. Text bubble says: 3. Text: "Take a silver cup from the furnace," drawing of smith doing this with tongs. 4. Text: Fill with red pomegranate seeds." Drawing of pomegranates and seeds in cup. 5. Text "Line rim with rose petals". Image of roses and petals in cup 6. Text "Put between sun and shade." We see cup and panel diagonally split between black and white. 7. Text: "and the rays that emanate are the rays of rabbi Yohanan's beauty."

First rough draft of comic complete. Here's the first page ...
Bavli Bava Metsia 84a-b
Rabbi Yohanan declares: I'm one of the last remaining Jerusalem beauties. Followed by a ritual that summons rabbi yohanans radiant beauty.
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This is an illustration / interpretation / #wip of Talmud BM 84a about the fabulous Yohanan. Not sure why it's getting tagged as adult content.

#wip panel from Talmud Bava
Metsia 84a comic. Part of TALMUD: THE NOVEL

Simon catches sight of Yohanan bathing in the Jordan river and jumps in after them

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