I do not know, but I shall calculate the answer.

Ta-dah! Bet you won’t find that in Punch or Blackwoods. (It may not even be bad enough for Punch.)

Li’l Victoria is the most adorable thing ever. I don’t care if the font becomes even less readable or if she comes off as a ditz.

The Wellington thing works, and I think you’re overthinking the setup. He’s not quipping or engaging in the common conversation, so he’s splitting Babbage off from the group to talk confidentially.

Your instincts were mostly right, in my eyes, even though there’s a “missing” panel where he walks three steps to the (camera) left. But it’s a comic, not a movie, so we actually don’t need to see every step. That way lies boring comic books filled with expansive splash pages that convey no information, with captions to tell us what’s happening.

It might play slightly better if he’s originally directly behind Babbage or if there’s some minor evidence that the horse is still to the (camera) right, like the reins showing in Wellie’s hand, but that’s a minor issue.

Now, if Wellington had a scar that switched cheeks or suddenly had on a different jacket, then there’d be a problem.

I didn’t notice the inconsistency in the above panel. If Wellington was far enough behind Babbage, he could have come up on Babbage’s right as he did in the close-ups. Simple is the most straightforward, though, so you’re probably right. The only thing is, putting Babbage on Wellington’s left as in the sketch, puts Babbage with Copenhagen in Wellington’s stead.

Back to the font, John has a point about the differences in class language. One of the funnier gags in the old I Love Lucy show was, on a visit to England, Lucy and Ethel ask directions from a man on the street. His response is completely unintelligible but obviously clear to him as he points and gestures. Lucy tells him they don’t understand English, they’re Americans. I guess that goes back to timing, but a certain type of accent just makes me think of severely proper.

I liked the Wellington aside to Babbage. The expressions of concern, boredom, and Babbage’s hurrying up to assure Wellington of the whole incident’s innocence were perfect.

Still. Really funny.

And yes, I love Babbage’s description of Ada. It kinda makes her seem that much more like most programmers.

Just another person who wants to register Lovelace and Babbage as the smartest, wittiest comic ever. Just choosing Babbage and Lovelace as the heroes is pure genius! I like your use of “mixed-media” in the comic. Placing a color painting in the middle of a black and white comic was cool!

Perhaps the Time Police have caused another disruption in timespace and L&B could meet up with John Harrison.

Don’t stop!