Enjolras' Singing Brethren

ADVISORY NOTICE

This is a parody, aimed to amuse rather than to insult; and the views expressed here are the creator's, and are not necessarily shared by anybody else. Anyone who still takes umbrage at this comic for its depiction of Enjolras types is therefore being a silly donkey and is kindly advised to go eat a banana slug.

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I've been wanting to do this for yonks, but it just never got done (just like the 2 gajillion+ other ideas I have taking up room in my mind). It's for both the uninitiated to Les Miserables the musical, and old fans of the musical alike; to inform, maybe, but mainly for laughs.

A drawing for the first person who can correctly name my inspiration for all seven character types. (Clue: They're all from the major English-language productions).

Notes

1. There are probably many other fine specimens of Enjolrai around. The ones here are simply based on the ones I have been exposed to. (Namely those from the English productions).

2. Aside from Enjolras, the rest of the Amis are pretty much dressed the way they usually are in my book illustrations. Call it personal choice.

3. My thanks to for that hilarious tidbit about Hunjolras being written out of an uncle's will!

4. I cannot take credit for the name "GI Jolras"; that nickname's been around for yonks, and who even knows who first coined it.

5. (27/3/11) I didn't realise anyone would take my scribbled comment in the introduction about Enjolras' mistress being named "Patria" seriously until a viewer pointed out that "Patria" meant "motherland", and did not refer to an actual woman. (Which, incidentally, I already knew, or I wouldn't be a Mizzie ). To avoid future misunderstanding, here is a clarification:
That bit is a joking reference to the chapter "In Which Will Be Found The Name of Enjolras's Mistress" in the Brick:

"I admire Enjolras," said Bossuet. "his impassive boldness astonishes me. He lives alone, which makes him perhaps a little sad. Enjolras suffers for his greatness, which binds him to celibacy. The rest of us more or less all have mistresses who make us mad, that is to say brave. When we're as amorous as a tiger, the least we can do is to fight like a lion. It's one of way of avenging ourselves for the tricks that Mesdames our grisettes play us. Roland gets himself killed to spite Angelica; all our heroism comes from our women. A man without a woman is a pistol without a hammer; it's the woman who makes the man go off. Well, Enjolras has no woman. He's not in love, yet he finds a way to be intrepid. It is an incredible thing that a man can be as cold as ice and as bold as fire."

Enjolras did not seem to be listening, but had anyone been nearby, he would have heard him murmur in an undertone, "Patria."

The scribbled notes were intended to sound as if Courfeyrac stuck them in.



The Brick written by Victor Hugo, adapted as a musical by Schönberg/Boublil/Kretzmer.