In 1913, writer and journalist Ambrose Bierce went to Mexico to witness the ongoing revolution. He was never seen again. #history #comic #webcomic

At age 63, "Stagecoach" Mary Fields became the first African-American woman to transport US mail. She was not a woman to take lightly. #history #comic #webcomic #wildwest

The 1900 Olympics in Paris, France, featured an event where participants shot live pigeons. Yes, LIVE pigeons. #history #comic #webcomic #olympics

comics really is 90% struggling and thinking its doomed and then at the very very very very end, it all miraculously comes together and ur like holy shit.... this is incredible

During the closing years of the American Revolution, one of the Marquis de Lafayette's key spies was a slave named James Armistead. #history #comic #webcomic #ushistory

I’m glad to see people protesting Discord forcing IDs for age verification, but what I need everyone to understand is that there’s immense bipartisan pressure to make the entire internet like this, and they are likely going to succeed unless something drastic happens

George Psalmanazar claimed to be a native of far-flung Formosa. This was the first in a long string of outright lies. #history #comic #webcomic #formosa

Who were the Black and Tans? #history #comic #webcomic #blackandtans #irishhistory

Sometimes you just have a Bad Art Day. #comic #webcomic #art

There will be no comic tomorrow, as I am in bits from having to shovel snow for almost four hours yesterday (and probably a few more hours today). Stay safe out there.

By reading this comic, you are running the risk of being put on Richard Nixon's enemies list — or at least, you would have been in the early '70s. #history #comic #webcomic #richardnixon

Rather than turn over Nobel Prize medals to fascists, try this method courtesy of radiochemist George de Hevesy instead! #history #comic #webcomic #nobelprize

A bit of non-history nonsense with some Fear and Loathing in Tracen Academy. #umamusume #agnestachyon

What did Amerigo Vespucci do to get his name attached to the Americas? Not much, in all honesty. #history #comic #webcomic #america #amerigovespucci

Las Vegas in the 1950s had everything a tourist could want. Gambling... glamour... nuclear explosions... #history #comic #webcomic #nuclear #lasvegas

February 4, 1912. Paris, France. Franz Reichelt is about to become an abject lesson in aviation safety. #history #comic #webcomic #aviation

The US has a long and seedy history of mucking around with its neighbors in the Western Hemisphere. Take, for example, the Banana Wars. #history #comic #webcomic #latinamerica

"Annus mirabilis" or "annus horribilis" - where did your 2025 fall on the sliding scale? #history #comic #webcomic #happynewyear

Good King Wenceslas looked out, on the Feast of Stephen... but who was Wenceslas? What did he do that earned him a carol? #history #comic #webcomic #goodkingwenceslas #christmas

Santa Claus is not dressed in red and white to promote Coca-Cola. The roots of his outfit actually go a little deeper than that. #history #comic #webcomic #christmas #santaclaus

Shoulder's feeling better! Too bad I pinched a nerve in my lower back and can't sit without pain. Really appreciate it, body.

In 1647, the Puritan-dominated English government issued a ban on celebrating Christmas. Surely an idea that would not backfire in any way. #history #comic #webcomic #christmas #puritan

Rob Reiner, though. To make one film where you'd say "If he did that and nothing else he'd be a legend" is remarkable. To have made several is amazing. And for them to be in different genres? If there isn't a Rob Reiner film you like, you don't like films.

I didn't properly pace myself while working on the comic meant for today. Wound up straining my drawing shoulder AND not finishing in time. Learn from my mistakes!

The Third Mithridatic War saw a more literal interpretation of the term "honey trap." #history #comic #webcomic #romanrepublic

Some people are born to haggle. Others... not so much. #history #comic #webcomic #michelangelo #sistinechapel

For my 100th comic, I'll be delving into the grim development of dentures. Those teeth were almost certainly in someone else's mouth first... #history #comic #webcomic #dentistry #battleofwaterloo

What if historical nicknames were meant literally? #history #comic #webcomic

For seventeen years, American writer Sarah Josepha Hale pushed for the creation of a national Thanksgiving holiday. #history #comic #webcomic #thanksgiving

Hurt my drawing arm earlier this week, so no comic Friday. On the plus side, that does mean more time to finish the Ken Burns American Revolution documentary.

Two nations, one tiny Arctic island, and multiple bottles of liquor. Thus was the Whisky War "fought". #history #comic #webcomic #greenland #canada #denmark

Major General John Sedgwick claimed that Confederate sharpshooters "could not hit an elephant." Perhaps... but they could hit a major general. #history #comic #webcomic #civilwarhistory

April 1746. The Jacobite uprising in Scotland is doomed. So what's to be done with these boxes of gold Spanish coins? #history #comic #webcomic #scotland

#Drawing is hard. This is especially true when you make boneheaded errors. #comic #webcomic

Anyway, here's the corrected version of that panel. I'm going to go review basic art and anatomy lessons.

Me this morning: Okay, I've double and triple-checked the dates and spelling. The comic is good to post. Me this afternoon. Did I... draw too many fingers on Trump's hand? *Cue the internal howls of frustration and horror.*

A quick and dirty look at the #history of the (now destroyed) East Wing of the White House. #comic #webcomic #whitehouse #eastwing

Step aside, van Helsing. Here's the Habsburg Empire's chosen #vampire hunter (of sorts): Gerard van Swieten! #history #comic #webcomic #halloween

A stake through the heart can kill a vampire, but can a lawsuit kill a vampire film? #history #comic #webcomic #filmhistory #nosferatu #dracula #halloween

Time to take a look back at that oh-so-controversial of #Halloween candies: candy corn. #history #comic #webcomic #candycorn

You might have heard tales of the creature known as the Mothman, but where and when did these stories come from? #history #comics #webcomic #mothman #halloween

The spintriae were strange tokens from Ancient Rome. On one side were numbers, but on the other were... very saucy images. #history #comic #webcomic #romanempire

It's the Battle of Hastings, and King Harold Godwinson is having a very bad day. #history #comic #webcomic #hastings

Stage magician William E. Robinson - better known as Chung Ling Soo - was about to put on his final performance. But he didn't know that at the time. #history #comic #webcomic #magic

Today's comic proved to be a little complicated in terms of art, so it'll be delayed until Friday. Please enjoy some season-appropriate art as a mea culpa.

How did the concept of "the government must shut down with no budget" even come about? Find some answers in the past! #history #comic #webcomic #shutdown

A new non-historical comic! My weekend was a little... chaotic. #comic #webcomic #computer

Today comic looks at the mythical cherry tree of George Washington and the man who very likely made the whole thing up: biographer and minister Mason Weems. #history #comic #webcomic #georgewashington #cherrytree

My new comic takes a look at Horst Wessel, and how "martyrs" can be manufactured from nothing. #history #comic #webcomic #wwii