I did not expect Taro to be a recurring villain. Our original 24-chapter outline didn’t even mention him, and he grew entirely out of our asking, “How can we make rescuing these kids harder?” and our general ideas about white-collar […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Although the quote “No plan survives contact with the enemy” and its variations were often attributed to Eisenhower and occasionally to Erwin Rommel, its real originator was Helmuth Von Moltke, a Prussian field marshall. That said, his version was sometimes […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Well, my dad must be. My mom and sister might be experiencing a guilty, unspoken relief at my absence.” (Yes, I know that’s too self-aware to be an actual Taro line.) COMPLICATIONS ENSUE. I’m curious whether, in this re-read, people […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Phil invented the theatrical, story-loving pirate captain, and I’m the one who assigned him a name that rhymed with another pirate captain showboater, Don Karnage. For those who don’t know, Don was a regular antagonist in Tale Spin in the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Phil made a good edit to the end of this. My version of Byron’s last line here was a bit longer, going on about how von Carnaj had participated in the dishonor of Byron’s profession. Which… I mean, yeah, that’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
