In my head, this is every oratorio ever. This sort of interminable, eternally predictable plodding spangled with intermittent Agamemnons or Jesuses. To be fair, though, Stravinsky had a couple of pretty kick-ass ones. – Count Dolby von Luckner
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It is entirely possible that this entire webcomic was founded on the idea of, some distant day, having Peter the Great ride Modest Mussorgsky, and that therefore you are witnessing the entire raison d’etre of this serial adventure. – Count […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’ll get to Queen Victoria, but first an epitaph. Yesterday, the Countess and I lost the royal hound. Her name was Rinoa, a basset hound. She was there back in the days when Geoff and his brother would come over […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I like Queen Victoria’s fine selection of homey rugs. I also like that, according to us, she was a hoarder of the finest caliber. Searching for “Queen Victoria” “hoarder” on the internet led me to this article about the Largest! […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First, an exciting announcement. Together with Christy Frantz, I’ll be editing a new literary journal, Rivets. If you are a new writer or poet looking to get published, stop on by and send us your stuff! In the meantime… von […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Using the amazing powers of math, I’ve found a faster way to color the comic. It is so awesome that it almost feels like cheating. I was thinking about an algorithmic way to automatically colorize black and white panels along […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Queen Victoria, if we are to believe Mendelssohn, was actually a pretty darn good musician, as was Prince Albert in his day. After Albert invited him over, Mendelssohn was able to coax the Queen into performing a few songs, his […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I do like it when the characters break into song. –Geoff
The song in today’s episode is set to Here is a Case Unprecedented from the Gondoliers. This is probably the catchiest song in that whole show. –Geoff