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…
Underneath his “Tyrannosaurs in F-14s” strip, in his Tenth Anniversary Book, Bill Watterson says: “The best part of being a cartoonist is the ever-present opportunity to be silly. This is a dumb strip, but I sure had fun with it.”
