We’re still not really sure what Poe died of, but at least four of the above diseases have been cited as possible immediate causes of his death. Any time a doctor can look over your dead body and say, “Well, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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When I was in Eighth Grade, as part of English class we listened to these tapes of crazy readings of Edgar Allen Poe stories. The one that stood out the most was “The Cask of Amontillado.” Fortunado was sloshed and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ll leave the telling of the Kate Warne story to Geoff, he being the resident expert on these matters. As to other matters, suffice it to say that I never QUITE convinced myself of the premise of The Purloined Letter… […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hmmm… we didn’t mention that the girl was Kate Warne? The first female detective in the United States? Well, she’ll turn up again later. The important thing is that there isn’t much record of her life before she became a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I know, a NES video game reference… in a WEBCOMIC! Never let it be said that FtG doesn’t boldly tread new ground in its chosen medium. Still though, considering how the first three years of our friendship consisted of playing […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m going on vacation for two weeks starting Friday. So this cliffhang-a will have to tide you over until then. But fear not! The Count will be drawing some assortment of something while I am away. –Geoff
Oh, the 80s… was there anything scarring divorce COULDN’T solve back then? Anyway, one of the most enduring memories I have of my junior high math classes was a problem along the lines of “An Indian Tribe received $40 for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have gone on record with my Falcophilia previously, but this is his first appearance in an actual strip. For those as of yet unfamiliar with the world-stopping coolness of Falco, here is a pretty good place to start. Let’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Technically, our Napoleon is from 1806 and so would have already known about Josephine’s extra-curricular man-humping (the first intimations of which he got wind of as early as 1796, and which he responded to with his own bit of wenching […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I recall my first reaction, when some tribal elder tried to tell me that Germany had a history in the 1980s too, being along the lines of “None of these guys play flute OR court quasi-atheist philosophes… screw ‘em!” So, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…