Okay, so we’re conflating Gandhi and Thoreau and The Dude a bit here, but the idea is generally there. Thoreau’s work on Civil Disobedience actually mentions the Mexican War directly, somehow leaving out his own terrible role in the subjugation […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I like how Frederick et al are only in this episode for one panel, and that they don’t even do that much in their panel. Also, this here is a different historical comic about Thoreau and his views on the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For this was on seynt Volantynys day Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his make. There it is, the first written reference to Valentine’s Day that we have from our good friend Chaucer. Oh, English. You silly, silly language. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Should one always listen to their magic hat? All my magic hat ever tells me to do is to color more Frederick episodes. That seems pretty benign. –Geoff
Running a continent is pretty much old hat for our friend Napoleon. In 1806, from whence our Napoleon has been ripped, he was pretty much controlling everything worth controlling in Europe, slapping down handily anybody who happened to stop bumping […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I was coloring the banners, I was convinced that The Count had drawn something that looked like a bee to me, and was equally convinced that the symbol couldn’t possibly be a bee. Well, the number of things I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First of all, happy anniversary to Subnormality, one of my favorite things ever. This last strip in particular tickled me in a place I know well and am deeply ashamed of. Ah, Ewoks. I was recently over at my step-cousin-in-law’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Man, All this Ewok hate is overshadowing the fact that Abe has finally appeared in the comic. Which isn’t to say that Ewok hate isn’t right and proper, because it is, but props need to be given to Abe. In […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As we speak, some virus is doing its damn best to kill my insides and then eat them. That aside, however, some of my favorite reading is the stuff about Lincoln’s early political years as an Illinois state representative. Basically, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This episode came in under the wire. Sunday night, while the Count battled with his mystery affliction, I came down with a case of the Bourbons. Which means that I let my liver take an amble through several glasses of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…