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Wednesday Miscellany: Book alert!

08 Wednesday Dec 2021

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Ladles, gentlespoons, and esteemed sporks, Codex here. I’m happy reveal the Super Sekrit project I’ve been working on: Fantastic Schools #4: Middle Schools!

 

Yes, I own a copy (I need to post a review) and I’ve read most of the stories in it. They’re great fun for any older kid who loved Harry Potter or the Littlest Witch, or any of the magical or skiffy school stories. You get a LOT of fun reading bang for your e-book dollar with this one.

And yes, the character on the front IS in one of the stories (one of my favorites) though I may have taken a wee few artistic liberties. Giant squid eyes are just too much fun to draw.

Set aside some extra cashy goodness though, because a hardcover version will be coming soon. God willing & the creeks don’t rise, in time for Christmas giving. I’ll have MOAR Christmas book-giving suggestions this Saturday. I’m not only recommending these because these are my fellow superversives, but because I’ll be giving them as gifts to my own dear friends and relations.

Mammalian Mollusk of Mystery

24 Friday Sep 2021

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Who is this furry creature?

Why does he sport handsome mulluscan* features?

How is he* trailing… ectoplasm?

WHAT has Codex done with our comic?

Codex here. The main super-sekrit reason I needed a break (which got broken by missing computers and busted glasses) wasn’t just to build the south side of Ione’s study or endless crockery assets, complete with artistic cracks. Nope. there was another project involving this delightful creature, a library, and a really good book, so do save some Christmas budget for your tween- and teen-age readers.

Further I sayeth not, but All Will Be Revealed in time.

See you Monday.

 

*Second coolest phylum after Ascomycota.

**Possibly. After all, in English as in life, properly speaking, the male embraces the female. Assuming it applies in the first place of course. The Dungeon Dimensions get… Odd.

Hystory: Prohibition IV – Gangsters & Death

02 Thursday Sep 2021

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Welcome to part IV of Hysterical History, where we take a deep-dive into the shenanigans of Prohibition. Part I focused on how Carries changed the US. Part II discussed the law and the loopholes. Part III talked about enforcement issues. And it just continues to get more ridiculous: We really aren’t living in the first Clown World.

When the Justice System is indisposed or unavailable, DIY justice will be utilized.

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Hystory: Prohibition III – Back the Blue

31 Tuesday Aug 2021

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Welcome to part III of Hysterical History, where we take a deep-dive into the shenanigans of Prohibition. Part I focused on how Carries changed the US. Part II discussed the law and the loopholes. It gets worse: We still aren’t living in the first Clown World.

The Portal to a Forbidden Realm began with a quiet ‘Shave and a Haircut, Two Bits’ knock

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Hystory: Prohibition I – The Carries

26 Thursday Aug 2021

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Welcome to Hystory: Hysterical History. Pull up your fainting couches while an old spork explores Prohibition. If you’re already prone because I made up a word, this is going to be a rough ride. It gets much, much more ridiculous. Turns out we’re not living in the first Clown World.

Carrie Nation. Prohibition Enthusiast. Ruining Everything. c1900.

Meet Carrie Nation. It was a different era in the early 1900s: They had Carries. Mrs. Nation hated all things booze and started a local branch of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, in 1889. It wasn’t very popular because Carrie was terrible at marketing. She didn’t have the face for it. Continue reading →