Here’s a step-by-step process video of the Highwayman dance from Chapter 4 of Over the Garden Wall.
This is such a standout bit, Nick’s a genius
I was about to reblog, like, five posts from Nick Cross’ tumblr but I think I’m going to tell you to just follow him instead. So click through! Did you enjoy Over the Garden Wall? Nick was the art director for that amazing show, and I have been aware of his work for a while, and I’m telling you, reader, that he should be raking in mad acclaim and gold and jewels and treasure chests in appreciation of his mad mad talent.
My Preggo-Uniform: yoga pants and oversized flannel. I’m not really showing yet, unless like me, you are intimately aware of my belly’s various lumps and bumps. In which case you’d notice a bit more lump and bump.
I was there when she got her hair stuck in the zipper
FAME
A compendium of information, resources and discussion on notable nineteenth century American murders.
Blog for you, Killer Covers
Go on now, I know that curiosity is piqued
A Mongolian post-apocalyptic sci fi/fantasy film about a plague that threatens to eradicate nomadism with a disabled protagonist? Get on my to-watch list!
THE FENIAN RAIDS (1866-1871): HARK! A VAGRANT #364
A new comic! It’s about the Fenian Raids. Which we have heard about in Canada, but I am not sure how far that one travelled. Click!
For more information on the five (failed) Fenian Brotherhood actions in Canada in the 1860s-1870s — under the then-iconic ‘Green Flag’ —, see the Manitoba Historical Society page and Villanova’s exhibit ‘Torn Between Brothers’.
online archives!
(via paxvictoriana)
A new comic! It’s about some Irish Americans who invaded Canada in the 1860s and 70s. Which we have heard about in Canada, but I am not sure how far that one travelled. Click!
Memes, don’t worry ‘bout em
Hey!
There is something I want to talk about. No big deal. It’s basically this: I don’t care if people trace my comics for fun.
My comics often get traced with characters replaced. They get turned into memes. That’s a thing that happens, and I guess my particular easy-to-copy style (let’s be honest, Leonardo da Vinci, I am not) and gag comic format makes that easy! I have, in the past, voiced displeasure at this, only because the joke and the drawings would be traced without my name anywhere on it and shared a jillion times. I think when it started happening a lot, I was seeing it everywhere, and didn’t know what to make of it.
If you go to a site like Know Your Meme, there are even my words there saying so! PRESERVED FOREVER, to my embarrassment.
I can’t deny those are my words, but hey, we all have bad days. I wish I never did say them, but I don’t even know when I did, only that it was some years ago. Guess I was really down about memewhore! Memewhore, what a nemesis!
The thing about saying anything on the internet is that it lives forever. But the thing about living on the earth is, your opinions can change over time, and also, you have good days and bad days where you are a cranky poo poo head on twitter. Twitter is basically the worst thing to have within arms reach when you’re cranky.
And because things that you say live on the internet forever, I still get people talking about how these traced comics upset me, because for all they know, I said that yesterday. But nah, I’m fine, I’m good. I’ve even said this before! On this very same subject. If the Know Your Meme people are listening, they can take note (please do!). Because, I feel really crummy whenever it comes up again and someone says “just so you know she HATES THAT." No I don’t. It’s harmless. Have fun.
And try not to say dumb things on twitter that will be attached to your life forever. That’s my advice of the week.
We are absolutely thrilled to announce Nimbus author Ruth Holmes Whitehead will be awarded the Order of Nova Scotia next month!
It’s the highest honour bestowed by the province, and so well-deserved. We are so happy and proud, and will be bragging about this for months!
Congratulations, Ruth!
So the University of Iowa Libraries has this DIY thing for the historian in all of us - transcribing old texts and handwritten letters for the public record. It’s a group effort, and the sort of nitty gritty thing you’d get to do if you actually used your history degree for a thing related to it.
Another historical cooking blog, courtesy of a reader. I find things, my readers find more. Go have a read!
Another blog for you, reader submitted! Looks like a culinary nerd’s delight.
Scroll through the archives of Two Nerdy Girls and you’re sure to find awesome things! I wish they were a tumblr so I wouldn’t forget to check - I know I’ve seen it before. They were the ones who originally posted those sweet 1800s shades. B)
Article: A Short History of the Executioner, at Appendix Journal