… at least they got it right: if test results I’ve seen are to be believed, a person’s ancestry is very close to random. Which I suspect it is not.
My brother, according to his, has an ancestry entirely different from mine (and no, we didn’t even have a milkman when he was born), while his wife’s is more similar to mine (and no, we are not from the hills of West Virginia).
(The original URL “brunothebandit.com/watterson.html” no longer works.)
This is (now: was) the text of a speech Calvin’s real-life dad gave back in 1989.
Yes, almost 30 years ago. Before CIDU even existed. More importantly, before anybody was thinking in terms of the Internet becoming a delivery system for comic strips.
Feel free to add your own thoughts, of course…
February 12:
Okay, now the Blogroll should work. Apparently the problem was, WordPress doesn’t like people using HTML, or doesn’t trust people to use HTML, and it kept adding extraneous code every time I saved it.
Regarding the fonts: apparently there’s nothing to be done about the grey default text; but I was able to replace the annoying-to-read Grasshopper Green text with red, which shows up nice and sharp and easy on the eyes.
They allow over a hundred different font types, most of them with a dozen size options and many style options (regular, bold, italic), but very few color options unless you want to create your own palette.
I should add that a lot of people are contacting me offering help and advice, and it’s all appreciated; but I can’t get back to everybody on a timely basis, and for that I apologize.
Still on the to-do list: Continue reading →
Is the point of this 1939 cover supposed to be that she wants a perfect figure yet she’s stuffing herself? If so, shouldn’t she look, you know, heavy? Was this “noticeably overweight” by 1939 standards?
Not fancy, but it has a sidebar while allowing sufficient space for the comics to display. Amazing how many templates do one but not both.
I don’t see any major problems, yet
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Andréa:
Comics I Don't Understand 