I live-streamed the process of making this comic, here is part 1: And part 2, the thrilling conclusion:
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↓ Transcript Panel 1: Taft: "I never wanted to be president." Roosevelt: “Really, Taft? Who forced you?” Panel 2: Taft: “You did! I’m not built to be an executive. The pressure, the politics, the personal insults!” Roosevelt: “Who insulted you?!”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Beat ‘Em To a Frazzle!
↓ TranscriptPanel 1: Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft are talking outside the White House. Roosevelt: "One of my biggest regrets was in 1904, announcing I wouldn’t run again." Panel 2: Roosevelt: "Now I no longer announce when I’m not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nothing To Campaign About
↓ TranscriptPanel 1: Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft are watching John Tyler give a speech. John Tyler: And that's why I have decided to not be a candidate for president in 2024. Roosevelt: "The ones who have to announce[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Positive Spin
Happy Birthday, James Buchanan ↓ TranscriptPanel 1: Buchanan: "I don't typically let criticism bother me. It's important to put a positive spin on things." Panel 2: Buchanan: "People say that James Buchanan is the worst president in history—" Panel 3:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Talent of His Taciturnity
One more, from the response: I admire the Correctness of your history of the ten talents committed to the Subject of your letter. Upon the talent of his taciturnity Mr Liston gave me the following Anecdote, “that he was the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Talents and Weaknesses
George Washington’s “Ten Talents” according to the letter from John Adams, now in full: A handsome face. A tall stature. An elegant form. Graceful attitudes and movements. A large imposing fortune. Washington was a Virginian (this is equivalent to Five[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Favorable Anecdotes
The adventures through a letter from John Adams to Benjamin Rush, November 11, 1807, continues! Washington was proceeded by favourable Anecdotes. The English had used him ill, in the Expedition of Braddock. They had not done Justice to his Bravery[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Virginian Old Dominionism
From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, November 11, 1807: 6. Washington was a Virginian. This is equivalent to five Talents. Virginian Geese are all Swans. Not a Bearne in Scotland is more national, not a Lad upon the High Lands[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Talents? You Will Say, What Talents?
John Adams is always at his sharpest when he’s passionate. The source material for this comic comes directly from a November 11, 1807 letter from John Adams to Benjamin Rush, in which he describes the many “talents” that George Washington[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…