GEE-WIZ!

I’ve taken some time off from the site, and as usual, totally neglected to mention I was doing anything of the sort.  Sorry about that.  Keeping up with this blog is harder than you’d think.
Anyway, so you haven’t missed much, because Meaningless took a break too.  Here’s a recap on the last comics I did.
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USURPER!

Thank you, Wikipedia, for giving me ideas like this when I’m running dry.  I can always count on you.
On June 3, 350 AD, Nepotianus actually attempted to usurp the throne while Magnentius complained about it and did the same.  A bunch of other people came in there and all fought around for it while Constans [...]

Man, screw those Lewis and Clark guys…

Not that I have any kind of evidence that Lewis and Clark were anything less than awesome adventurers (other than the fact that they had a woman doing all the work for them, but they get the credit anyway), I do often wonder if revered historical figures were in fact assholes. I imagine a scenario [...]

GAH!

So, it’s been a week since my last blog.  I’m not sure why, but going on my own schedule (and the various odd jobs I’ve been doing lately) has kept me away from it.  I apologize and will do better from now on.  At least I could justify my usual sentence-long blurb, right?  Gah, indeed.
I [...]

And Boom Goes the Independence

History makes me laugh, especially the founding fathers.  I enjoy doing comics about them because when most people look back at them and that period in history, they come across as these almost infallible, noble, and great men.  Text books teach us that these people were not mere mortal men, but religious figures three steps [...]

Jacob Metius never had a comic before.

I’m pretty sure by now that it’s clear I don’t do pop-culture humor in my strips.  The closest I come is pop-culture humor circa the 17th century.
Somewhere, in his grave, Jacob Metius is feeling pretty good about himself right now, seeing how hundreds of years after he destroyed all his telescope equipment on the eve [...]

Joan of Crazy-Town

Often, I do comics because I’m interested in drawing fun things.  Today, I wanted to draw an ancient Chinese Fu dog.  I also enjoy making fun of Joan of Arc, who may or may not show up again in Meaningless.  She’s fun.  Because she’s craaaaazy.
I stopped reading the comic strips found in the newspaper a [...]

Shot heard ’round the world.

First thing’s first: this is not historically correct, and I applogize about that.  The shot heard round the world happened in 1775, not 1776, in Conchord, Massachusetts.  See, when I do cartoons that deal with history, I do usually look up dates, names, and places to at least make sure I sound like I know [...]