More delights from a Gothic comic

The gloriously Gothic web comic Ballad has added more stories since we last noted it, back in 2005.  This is a Gorey-ish, steampunk-like, gorgeous world concerning a resurrected boy, a precocious and powerful girl, and her godlike father.  "Cakes for Tea" finished.  It was followed by "Ballad and the Marine Library of She'lotith," wherein our heroine sends Ballard to retrieve books from a library which surfaces only occasionally (image grab below).  Next came "Picnic in the Park," a longer and more complex story about poems, vengeance, and learning to wield power.

If you haven't read it before, start at the beginning. Make time for this charming, disturbing, beautiful, and haunting comic.