It’s hard to believe, but next week will be the last week of this truly titanic arc. Little did we expect back in October of 2011 that Geoff’s story of kung fu sea lions, gender bending, and drovers would welcome […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Before getting to comic business, here is a totally awesome site that was brought to my attention by Jochem Atteveld. Basically, it’s a historical atlas where you can punch in any year and see the political division of the world […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And thus closes another chapter in the Frederickverse. This arc started on September 20, 2011 and has run for a record-breaking 128 episodes during which Geoff has charted us everywhere from the palace of Theodora to the backseat of Flave’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I didn’t realize that the arc ended up at 128 episodes. What a good power of two to end on. My original conception for this arc was to be a quick, jokey “Abe gets his Funk back roadtrip” and the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Welcome to the new story arc! I’m excited as excited can be to be wearing the scripting pants again, and to be strapping them on during the same week when we head out to ECCC, well, that’s the makings of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Sans Souci tour is set up just about perfectly – you start in some of the rooms that still bear a strong resemblance to Frederick’s original vision, then make your way through those that his hapless descendents ruined with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Before talking a bit about our time at ECCC, I want to start by saying that John Searle is probably my favorite living philosopher – so what IS his dire purpose? I think the first two tools in panel four […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There is a lot of choice to be had in Beethoven biographies out there. Starting at the beginning, you can get yourself the memoirs of Schindler or Breuning. And those are super fun if you want to feel for yourself […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Since the Count is slacking on discussing ECCC, I will discuss things of note that I saw there. Now, these folks probably don’t need the eminently countable tens of people we can send their way, but I’ll give them shoutouts […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This here’s a story about comics, loss, and dedication. Take a good look at that comic up there. Some of the art looks Pretty Bad. Some looks Quite Bad. Last Saturday, I got taken taken down with a flu – […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…