As the ancient saying goes, “Audiences are like monkeys.  Give them a grape a day, not a whole bucket of bananas at once!” Sadly I am so constructed that buckets of bananas are my natural production unit.  And they don’t get much more bananas than this here.   It’s been a while, GOD KNOWS, so a [...]

This is a totally self-indulgent episode that has nothing to do with anything. What’s the use of Pictures and Conversations without NOTES? This episode is dedicated to Martin Gardner’s Annotated Alice, which I read until it fell apart; more recently I’ve been hugely enjoying Lewis Carroll in Numberland, a highly recommend little book, from whence [...]

Too late have I realized this series should be called “Lovelace and Babbage Vs Organized Crime”. Dang it! For the sountrack to the first part of this comic, press play: Music is the silence between the notes, they say, just as the comic is the bunch of drawings between these NOTES: – Obviously the most [...]

So,  this took way too long.  Also, it’s very disorganized and I’m not thrilled with a lot of the transitions, but I comfort myself with the thought this is not an actual comic, merely a theoretical comic. Anyways, let us not loose sight of what’s really important, which is, WE WON THE HOCKEY. On to [...]

Howdy Kids! I drew a special comic last week for the upcoming The Story conference, the theme of which was Wilkie Collins’ famous motto, “Make ‘em laugh, make ‘em cry.. and make ‘em wait.” I have the last part NAILED! Without further ado! ANGST!!! DRAMA!!!!! CHARTS!!!!!!!! On to The Organist Part 3 NOTES: – Quasiamicable [...]

The wisest and best of men- nay, the wisest and best of their actions, may be made ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke. Most unfortunately for Charles Babbage, I just so happen to be such a person. On to The Organist Part 2 Nooooooootes!! So, Charles Babbage, he hated [...]