Well, that wraps up this arc. The Collegium destroyed, three philosophers trapped in Emily Dickinson’s imagination, Euler in an indeterminate state just this side of Not Dead, and Carl Sagan heading out for the stars. I have had all manner of fun writing it, but it is time once again to hand off the much-cherished scripting baton to Geoff for his new story, starting in a mere two weeks. In the meantime, we’ll be catching up with a couple of old friends long absent from the strip, and to find out more, well, you’ll just have to tune in next Tuesday!
– Count Dolby von Luckner
Peter loved performing surgery in the same way that he loved building ships with his bare hands. I don’t have the stats on his success rate, but considering the state of medicine generally at the beginning of the 18th century, getting seen by Peter instead of a regular physician probably didn’t put much of a dent in your 15% survival expectancy.
In other news, we’re coming up on a slim month away from the Alternate Press Expo in San Francisco, where we shall be having a booth for our Fourth (!) year! APE was the first convention we ever brought Frederick to. I remember sitting next to Kate Saturday with our table that had nothing on it but our business cards and a sign saying “Let us draw you a picture of Calvin Coolidge cuddling an otter.” Ah, memories!
– Count Dolby von Luckner



