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4/16/06
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Happy Easter.
On the message board TheFishyMan asked:
Today's [yesterday's] Comic bothers me
a little bit. Is it in the Space Arc? That's space Lancelot, despite the
fact that the action occurs in a castle. (It's been established that British
Space is sometimes a little odd like that, and also loose with it's
definition of 'castle'.)
If it's the Space Arc, though, wouldn't the Wandering Jew be considerably
older than 'over five hundred years old'? Didn't Jesus live and then die on
the 'hypothetical origin planet'? Or is something stranger going on?
Or is he in fact Mel Brooks?
I responded:
As noted in the FAQ (in the paragraph about space Merlin's time-travel pals),
in the space arc the cycle of the history of this planet seems to be
transposed to the entire universe when Arthur's company goes to space. In the
history of the planet Greece was a nation (or more accurately a group of
city-states); in the space arc a
planet. At fairy tale Arthur's time on our planet Rome was a declining
European empire; at space Arthur's time in the universe it's a declining star empire. On Earth Jesus was a
contemporary of the Caesars; in space Jesus was a contemporary of the
Caesars. Recall that even space Merlin the time-traveler refers to the
"hypothetical origin planet" because
even he knows nothing of time earlier than "the colony on Eden". History follows Arthur into space
when he goes, including the history of Christianity. I can see how that might
not be entirely clear when the other time-jumping he does is within the
planet's history.
I mean Jesus to be one of Merlin's pals, but suitable gags haven't been
forthcoming.
Hopefully at least the issue of space arc castles is clearer today. I don't
think I recall that space arc castles have ever been portrayed as buildings
on planets, though there's a niggling reservation at the back of my memory
when I make the assertion. Am I wrong?
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Webcomics I read mornings:
Peanuts,
General Protection Fault,
Achewood,
Newshounds,
Scary Go Round,
Tux & Bunny,
College Roommates from Hell!!!,
Todd and Penguin,
Real Life,
Kevin & Kell
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Webcomics I read M-W-F mornings:
El Goonish Shive,
Zortic,
Theater Hopper,
Nukees,
Girl Genius,
Pibgorn,
Ctrl+Alt+Del
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Webcomics I read Tu-Th-Sa mornings:
Digger,
Crap I Drew On My Lunch Break,
AppleGeeks,
Orneryboy,
Striptease,
Penny
Arcade
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Webcomics I read evenings:
LuAnn,
Count Your Sheep,
Goats,
Pearls Before Swine,
For Better Or For Worse,
Help Desk,
American Elf,
Loserz,
Dandy & Company,
Irregular Comic,
Bruno,
Shortpacked,
Boxjam's Doodle,
Sluggy Freelance
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Webcomics I read M-W-F evenings:
Reasoned Cognition,
Two Lumps,
Alice!,
Order of the Stick,
Gossamer Commons
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Webcomics I read Tu-Th-Sa evenings:
Casey & Andy,
Girls With Slingshots,
The Green Avenger,
Get Out of My Head,
Megatokyo
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Webcomics I read Sundays:
Butternut Squash,
Dr. Devious vs Lincoln High,
Checkerboard Nightmare,
Nemesis,
Journey Into History,
Tailsteak,
Smithson,
No Room for Magic,
13 Seconds,
The Whovian Observer,
Ctrl+Alt+Del,
Perry Bible Fellowship
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See also
The Daily Grind Iron Man Challenge,
Talk About Comics,
The Belfry Comics Index,
The Webcomic List,
Mister Bloo,
Nth Degree,
100% Originality Theatre,
Comixpedia,
The Living Comic and
Websnark.
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Arthuriana sources I use or recommend:
Arthurian
Legend
Arthuriana - the
Journal of Arthurian Studies; the website of the quarterly journal of the
North American Branch of the International Arthurian Society.
The Camelot Project at the University of Rochester.
Camelot In Four
Colors: A Survey of the Arthurian Legend in Comics
Mystical-WWW -
The Arthurian A2Z knowledge Bank which has encyclopedically-arranged
entries on the characters of the Arthurian legends.
Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of his Noble
Knights of the Round Table,
Volume 1 and
Volume
2.
