Another prompt from Inktober 2024: 17. Journal.
“BURN EVERYTHING” was the advice of one of my history professors, while describing some of the rather embarrassing journals and diaries that have been left (intentionally or otherwise) to posterity. I sometimes think that the study of history is really just an excuse for finely-aged gossip.
This is probably also the location of many textbooks on the subject.
I wasn’t going to label the boxes, and then thought–what would the Greek heroes/heroines keep in their attics? They collect a lot of souvenirs on their adventures. Rummaging around in search of your old discus would be a perilous adventure in itself, among boxes containing Medusa’s head and Pandora’s “box” (jar).
Happy Independence Day!
A companion comic to What Was Napoleon’s First Name?
“I do not like the cone of shame.”
~Me, getting ready to return my history degree.
During a conversation with my husband and a friend, I suddenly couldn’t remember a relevant fact. “What was Napoleon’s first name?” I asked. I was met with a long silence, and wide-eyed stares.
Bonus: I have a degree in history.
We began speculating on what might have happened, had I asked such a question in an actual history class, particularly with certain professors (hint: I would no longer be here to ask foolish questions), and this comic was born.
Lab Mice 