Why not make him Von Helsing, from Berlin? Is it possible that Stoker didn’t know the Dutch speak Dutch?
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I didn’t realize before I started how much I would enjoy drawing Nervous Walter. It’s because of the biographer’s crush I have on him. It makes me want to brew him a cup of tea and listen attentively while he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When last we saw spargklingk boy, he was a pile of ash. Bonus: Count Orlok offers his opinion.
This is another one of those jokes that maybe four people will get, but that those four people will really, really get.
According to Webster’s Eleventh New Collegiate Dictionary, the standard in my industry, it’s actually best seller, but when they put it on the covers of books like this it’s usually one word. Anyway that’s not the point, the point is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Whenas and if I ever acquire a life partner, I wonder if I will still cajole myself like this when I get sick. I think it would be ideal to keep quiet and let him make with the soothing nonsense,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As Lord of the Rings progresses, Aragorn gets more and more Christlike. This is getting hard to reconcile with my image of him as Toshiro Mifune.
I’ve started The Two Towers, which is exciting so far — partly because of the action, and partly because Tolkien finally mentions Boromir’s hair color. He doesn’t care how people look, he just cares about dolmens and trees and stuff.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
See also. Also, I was wrong about hobbito being the Japanese for hobbit. The correct spelling is hobitto. So close!