http://www.ftg-comic.com/2008/04/17/index.php
When last Frederick and company saw the Mexican territories, they had just been conquered by Napoleon and his Galactic Army. That was nearly two decades ago. We’re sure things have gotten better since then, and that Frederick Douglass’s peg leg is due to some bet involving a beaver and a clothespin gone awry. But perhaps, just perhaps there are darker forces at work here, forces which must be confronted if Douglass is to be free to chase down the dread Thoremerson. The fate of an entire half-country lies upon your reading Episode 118: Yay Unto the Gates of Death. Be no shirker!
– The Count and Geoff
Two removals of the tophat are in order. The first for physicist John Wheeler, a minor hero of mine, and not only because he was the thesis advisor for a major hero of mine, Richard Feynman, but for a massive gift to communicate odd notions of the quantum world for we armchair scientists. Austen Andrews over at Gordian Algebra has written a beautiful memorial for him that I recommend all to partake of.
Secondly, Edward Lorenz passed away just today. Early Chaos theoretician, and the man behind some pretty pretty pictures of profound implication – it’s sad to see a good mathematician go, especially one who held the bolts of Pure Chaos in his hands.
The world thanks you for work well done, and you will be missed.
Next Week: Two very strange comics.
– Count Dolby von Luckner
http://www.ftg-comic.com/2008/04/15/index.php
The team is off to seek Douglass, but how will they be received given that they have more or less ground his most treasured dreams under their unnoticing monarchical heels? Will it be the fight of the (mid-19th) century, or will an improbable new alliance be formed? And what does all this have to do with what is sure to become the newest trend in Tsar Amusement? If you don’t read, you won’t know, and not knowing is half of losing the battle, so check it all out in Episode 117: Do Not Seek the Treasure!
– The Count and Geoff