Well, today is the first comic of our third year of doing the ole FtG. It’s also the first day of a new presidency over here in the ole United States, which is perhaps a slightly more historically significant event… […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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So, there it is: Obtain New President: Quest Complete! Now, let’s DO something. Find something that you do well, and find a way to help people with it. Love animals? Take two hours – four sitcoms worth of time – […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, our vision of the future is obviously influenced by the hours we’ve spent watching Star Trek: The Next Generation. However, the plan was to have the aliens be a bit better than “guy with spots and/or wrinkles.” Not to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is actually, basically, how I explain Frederick’s part at the battle of Rossbach, except substituting in “The French” for “Aliens”… – Count Dolby von Luckner
I think that Dali and Tophat are sharing a drink in a boat in the painting in panel 4. I tried to keep the words off of it as much as possible, but there were too many of them. –Geoff
First of all, a big birthday huzzah to Frederick the Great. On Saturday he turned 297. Back on January 24, 1712, the cannons were firing throughout Berlin as the heir presumptive was born, though his survival was long in doubt […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Most of the mathematical heavy lifting in this comic was delegated to The Count. A man more eminently qualified to discuss such matters than I. As a “computer scientist”, most of my knowledge of math in the non-discrete realms has […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The thing that actually took the longest in drawing this episode was making up Future Math Equations. I wondered, “What’s wrong with current mathematical equations, and how would we fix them, given 700 years or so?” Mainly, I think, it’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, The Doctor’s (whose name we haven’t used in a strip yet, apparently) hair is purple. This will be obvious when I color this strip. –Geoff
If anyone appreciated the need to take risks in the name of fashion, it was Frederick. His father had left strict instructions that the young Frederick was to never come in contact with the dandified fashions of the French court. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…