No, Sir Galahad is not in the Bible, and I never said he was.

OK, so in my series of posts and lectures about my work on Neil Gaiman's Chivalry, I pointed out that Sir Galahad's first appearance in Arthurian fiction was in the Vulgate, and that his name was originally spelled Galaad. Therefore the spelling in Neil Gaiman's Chivalry is correct, and Galahad is a later variant spelling.

Someone recently took me to task for saying this meant that I claimed Sir Galahad was in the Bible, and yet Sir Galahad appears nowhere in the Bible.

I never said Sir Galahad was in the Bible.

I said he was in the Vulgate.

Vulgate means "common version" in Latin.

The confusion here stems from the word "vulgate" which often refers to the 4th century Latin translation of the Bible commonly known as the Vulgate Bible.

But "vulgate" is also a term used to refer to The Lancelot-Grail Cycle, a 13th century French Arthurian cycle which is also known as the Vulgate or Vulgate Cycle -i.e. common version. Later translations of this work are known as Post-Vulgate.

Specifically, Galahad or Galaad appears in the Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal.

Happy to help.

Chivalry is available wherever fine books are sold, and you can come see me at the San Diego Comic Con Museum on October 4 where I will be signing and lecturing and showing art. Thanks.

consistently overestimating the general public’s level of arthurian understanding.

behold baby galahad!

Concept sketches for my upcoming Lansoni AU fic, Chivalrous Devotion!

EDIT// Some of these designs are a bit outdated, check out the actual reference sheets!

50-year-old Sonic finds himself in the world of Camelot again, but this seems to be a different version of that world. Everyone else thinks Sonic is King Arthur who has simply lost his memories. Sonic takes a quick liking to the 50-year-old Lancelot, a lonely single father of the 19-year-old Galahad. He is very fascinated by this mortal version of Shadow. Sonic has to balance his responsibilities as a king and a stepfather for Galahad, while keeping the relationship between him and Lancelot a secret.

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I'm very excited about this AU and I can't wait to post the first chapter and make more art for it!

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galahad on the quest

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Can I just say real quick that I absolutely love these renders?

He just looks so cool! 😭😭❤️

THIS IS MY BOY

NEIL GAIMAN'S CHIVALRY WINS THE EISNER AWARD

Very happy to announce that NEIL GAIMAN'S CHIVALRY won the Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium at last night's ceremony at San Diego Comic Con. Presenter was Batman producer Michael Uslan.

We're incredibly grateful and pleased, and no one is more surprised than I am.

This book is for all ages, it is gentle, it is a fairy story, it is about an old lady and a knight in shining armor, and the kind of King Arthur who lives in my dreams and not in blockbuster movies, and I am so grateful it has been so well-received.

I waited decades for this.

I cannot thank you all enough.

Neil Gaiman's Chivalry is based on an original short story by Neil Gaiman. Adapted and illustrated by me. Lettering by Todd Klein and me. Published by Dark Horse Comics. Editor Daniel Chabon.

Photo courtesy Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award winner Scott Dunbier.

Blessed Bastard by Ruth P. M. Lehmann PDF available to read. Enjoy!

ID: "Good evening, brother," said the shadow. "Oh, Mordred, I couldn't recognize you in the dark." "And this is our boy wonder back again? Fellow bastard, we have much in common."

Find more modern Arthurian retellings to read on my blog.

Espilver Week Day 1 - Absence Sir Galahad returned from his mission.

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[Chivalrous Devotion]

Being a single father is tiring. Worry not, Galahad will soon wake Lancelot up and ask him to play with him.

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Heavily based on this Sonic Channel art by Yuji Uekawa. The dad energy in it is just so strong that I had to draw it as my AU's Lancelot and Galahad.

The fic can be read here!

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Sir Galahad by Joseph Noel Paton

“The Great Escapist”

‘I should be taking you to the ER.’

‘They can't do anything for me. You know, I've been remembering things, little things, so clearly— You used to read to me, um, when I was little, I— I mean, really little, from that— from that old, uh... Classics Illustrated comic book. You remember that? Knights of the Round Table. Had all of King Arthur's knights, and they were all on the quest for the Holy Grail. And I remember looking at this picture of Sir Galahad, and, and, and he was kneeling, and— and light streaming over his face, and— I remember... thinking, uh, I could never go on a quest like that. Because I'm not clean. I mean, I w— I was just a little kid. You think... maybe I knew? I mean, deep down, that— I had... demon blood in me, and about the evil of it, and that I'm— wasn't pure?’

‘Sam, it's not your fault.’

‘It doesn't matter anymore. Because these trials... they're purifying me.’

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