I don’t know how Frederick is going to find himself in Brandenberg. I’ll just have to keep reading to see. –Geoff
Archive for Chatter
We’ll talk next episode about Philip and whether he is as horrible, horrible a person as he seems in every popular and historical English language account of him between 1580 and 1980 (Sneak preview: the answer is: Mostly!) But for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Henry Kamen, in his Philip the Great, attempts gamely to resurrect Philip’s reputation after several hundred years of Anglo-American scholars painting him as a dour, paranoid fanatic. In some ways, he succeeds – Philip’s early reading of chivalric romances and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This video from Muppet Treasure Island expounds on pirates in general and, in one verse, Sir Francis Drake in particular. –Geoff
We haven’t seen ole flaveraham Lincoln for a while… I’m typing this on my phone in the midst of the forests of Washington now, but on Tuesday I’ll write up a fullylinked history of Flave for the newly come or […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First and foremost, the auction for the piece we’ve contributed to the Webcomics Auction for the Gulf Coast goes begins WEDNESDAY! We wrote and drew this piece up especially for this auction – there is only one in the entire […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Our Gulf Relief piece is still up for auction!! The pelicans are calling! Our sense of self-worth is directly tied to how much this guy ends up going for, so drag out the Victorian coin purses and let them flow!! […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Only four days left to bid on our Gulf Relief artwork! I am entirely amazed that it is going for as much as it is – but I would fully welcome being Even More Amazed by it going for Even […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, this is the last chatter box before the end of the auction, so here is the link one last time to your final chance to own for your very own, suitable for display, signed by yours truly, its surface […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last week was all manner of crazy, so the poor chatter box got neglected, but with some new characters popping up here I can’t resist. First, a big thank you to everybody who bid on our gulf piece, and particularly […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…