With the defeat of Britain in the Napoleonic Wars, France took over all British colonial acquisitions and incorporated them into the French Empire. This included the South Pacific colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Van Diemen's Land, and New Zealand...

In the alternative history of Bryan Talbot's "Grandville" graphic novel series, we present Delilah (Amiele Bordeaux) plying her trade as a "dame d'affection négociable" on Rue Vivienne in the city of Poneke, Nouvelle-Zélande. This time she is making her invitation in French, proving that she is also a cunning linguist!

"Grandville: Mon Amour" cover and "Omaha" postcard shamelessly nicked and recycled as posters - given that Mr Talbot did the same thing himself with the "Omaha" postcard in the first Grandville issue I'm not feeling terribly guilty...

Drawn entirely in Krita, a free open-source multi-platform digital art application.