Rather than telling more stories about historical figures that might or might not be entirely made-up, I’m going to use this space today to point at and scream about a bunch of things that I have deemed swell. First, the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Why does Newton wear green and blue robes? This is a fair question. The obvious answer, to distinguish him from the hordes of other enrobed and bewigged figures that show up in this comic, is a valid one. Another good […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
European Diplomacy in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries was an odd duck. It’s worth taking a look at the official letters of the time. They contained about equal parts rampant, disgustingly self-effacing flattery (J.S. Bach could fill PAGES with introductory […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m really hoping at some point to write into the strip an eighth puppy that Frederick acquires. This is so that puppy can also be eaten on a raft. You will cry, for the puppy will have been lovable, but […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With the exception of the mid-eighteenth century, 1920s/30s America is definitely my favorite slice of space-time. Sinclair Lewis novels, H.L. Mencken articles, Clarence Darrow trials, Buster Keaton films, Robert Goddard rocket launches, Tesla on the cover of Time magazine, Gene […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Count is correct. If we didn’t hold our love of the early thirties in check, every comic would be about sly hucksters and flappers spitting staccato nonsense at each other in an art deco speakeasy. Fortunately, we only indulge […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Frederick is going to Wondercon! By which I mean that I’m going to Wondercon. If you see a fellow in a tricorn running around the floor on Saturday bemoaning the absence of the Lackey Stables, it’s probably me, so come […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, some of us will be going to Wondercon. Unfortunately, I can’t make it. On another note, what is it with all the pigs?
All right, this is one that I had the pleasure of writing. The Count is a stand-up guy for jokes about Silesia and topology and what-have-you, but sometimes an episode needs writing that calls for Isaac Newton breaking out some […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t want to say that Geoff’s a pussy for avoiding the Fifth Euclidean Postulate, but, um, he totally is. Wondercon was a mighty fine experience. I was sorely tempted by a complete set of Terror, Inc for $20, but […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…