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…
Sometimes, ya gotta be silly about a problem before you can get serious. Besides, who doesn’t enjoy being really corny sometimes? I don’t think Theo and Cora will be taking lessons at the William Shatner School of Acting anytime soon[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Welcome to my neighborhood.” So okay, we don’t have the slippers and the sweater, but it’s still a nice neighborhood. Spoiler alert: As we’ll see in the next comic, Theo is concerned about the implications of venturing outside of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shakespeare told us that “the course of true love never did run smooth,” but he never said anything about requiring a course of tree-climbing. Perhaps this is Cora’s way of branching out, getting to the root of the problem, brushing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This strip helps to explain more of how the house’s magic works for our furry family. For those following this love story for a while, you’ll remember that Lightfoot has reminded us of this feature in an earlier strip (see[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I borrowed the title for this strip from the courtroom scene in the great film What’s Up, Doc? In it, the judge (Liam Dunn) is trying to sort out what has happened to cause a huge, cartoon-destructive, and utterly hilarious[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As old Will Shakespeare said, “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” (MND I.1.240-241, just to prove I really did earn my PhD in Liberal Arts, as well as that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As Lightfoot demonstrates, the transition from fox to human is nearly invisible. I always imagine it to be a swift, slightly shimmery sort of thing, if you could see it at all. Watching the tail vanish would be the most[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cora will be getting some first-hand (or should that be first-paw?) explanations about how the house creates our furry friends as well as how it keeps them safe. This will also bring her closer to getting a glance of Theo[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I suppose it could be considered “speciesist” to prefer one species over another, once you’ve discovered the possibility of a genuine choice. So, Cora — human or tiger? Considering that you can always go back to either of the houses,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
