Ep 122 XML

May01
by on May 1, 2008 at 12:03 am
Posted In: New Comic

http://www.ftg-comic.com/2008/05/01/index.php

Newton wants a book. An evil book. To get it he needs to go to the bottom of a river. To do that, he needs a diving bell. To do that, he needs to convince Bernhard Riemann of his worth by saving more orphans and kittens than Leibniz. To do that, he’s going to have to defeat a giant rat. Sounds like a quest chain from the first Final Fantasy, but it is in fact the starting point to what will be the most talked about webcomic of the Early May 2008 Season… it’s Episode 122: Do You Believe in Magic? Don’t be the only person in your collegium of professionals not to have seen it!

– The Count and Geoff

Ep 122 Geoff

May01
by on May 1, 2008 at 12:02 am
Posted In: Chatter

Magicians!
One of these days I’ll have Jasper Maskelyne and Carter the Great running around in here as well.
According to “The War Magician”, Jasper Maskelyne pulled a similar stunt to Robert-Houdin’s bullet catching while engaged in a magical duel with an Egyptian Imam.
I forget what the political significance of this duel was supposed to be. The account of Maskelyne’s wartime career has been heavily disputed, but it is such a good story that whenever Japser shows up here it will be with a “Hey presto” right out of “The War Magician.”
–Geoff

Ep 122 Dolby

May01
by on May 1, 2008 at 12:02 am
Posted In: Chatter

Robert-Houdin is the only man I know of who won a political victory through the use of magic. Napoleon III had sent him to Algeria after some Arabic religious leaders started impressing the public with various tricks and using that cred to foment rebellion. Napoleon figured that, if he could show the Algerians that French magic trumped local magic, that rebellion could be avoided.
So, Robert-Houdin went in and started doing tricks. My favorite is a box with a metal plate that he would place on a table. He would ask a child to come pick up the box, and the child would of course have no problem. He would then switch on an electromagnet under the table, effectively gluing the box to the table, and ask the strongest man in the audience to have a try. After the man failed, Robert-Houdin would explain how he had used French magic to rob the man of his strength. Talk of rebellion cooled noticeably thereafter.
– Count Dolby von Luckner

Episode 122: Do You Believe in Magic?

May01
by on May 1, 2008 at 12:02 am
Posted In: Comic

Episode 122: Do You Believe in Magic?

Ep 121 XML

Apr29
by on April 29, 2008 at 12:03 am
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Thus far, US Grant has ridden a bear, backwards, consumed a concoction equal parts whiskey and cannon grease, and fallen into a state of unconsciousness in which he believes his ability to eat steak is being called into question. And now Frederick and company must present their plan for stopping the Thoremerson to this very man. We thought it would go a little… something … like… Episode 121: A Secret Competence. It’s lushtastic!

– The Count and Geoff

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