People are going to question my accuracy on this one; I’m including a treatise on the subject, just to be sure. Origins go back to an 1813 discovery of margaric acid, and Napoleon III’s challenge to create a butter substitute[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m grateful to Caedmon for bailing me out, this time around. There are times when the jokes just don’t seem to appear when I need them to. I asked Caedmon if he’d like to be a full-time writer for the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another example of Lightfoot’s wordplay or, more accurately, Mrs. Tuttobene’s. Never underestimate an older, educated, unrepentant paronomasiac like our favorite head librarian (or me, for that matter). If a hint is needed, check the title. Public Service Announcement: We should[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Usually, Theo is part of delivering these rotten jokes, so it seemed to me that he could be the not-so-innocent bystander for this one. I’m glad to say that the strip has not attracted any creepy stalkers, nor even not-creepy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For once, I’m not responsible for this happy outrage of a pun. It was foisted upon… er, given to me, most graciously, by (not the Supreme Court Chief Justice) John Roberts, who’s been waiting a good number of years to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The film Soylent Green has it’s 50th anniversary this year (although the film is set in 2022, so it’s right about on schedule), so Caedmon’s retort seemed reasonably timely. I confess to being envious of Theo for being able to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Lightfoot is referring to this conversation, which took place some time ago. As with fine wines and fine whines, jokes often beget their own sequels. I’m not sure how many more jokes can be made about nudist colonies before the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Collecting Cockney rhyming slang and British colloquialisms — especially from the Dickensian era — is a favorite pastime of mine. This observation came to me during the earliest days of the strip’s development, around 2008, and the new year seemed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey, gimmie a break. I just completed a huge, 85-strip love story arc for Theo and Cora. You think this is easy? Snort. Harrumph. For those who may not remember, author Peter Packer wrote (among other things) 25 of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Lightfoot summarizes his case well. As we’ve already seen, Theo has considered this from a few directions already, and it’s part of his reason for sending Cora back home. The late-80s TV series Beauty and the Beast included an amazing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
