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A contemporary (1890s) photograph of Mary Ward

The 150th Anniversary of People Being Killed By Cars

Mary Ward was the first person to be killed by a vehicle that we would recognize as a car. The 150th anniversary of her death was August 31, 2019. She lived in Ireland, raised some children, and published scientific work about entomology and the wonders of microscopes, a developing field at the time. You can […]

Roadkill Bill – Responsibility

After an awesome weekend of sketching at the Saint Paul Jazz Festival,  pencilling of  Bicyclopolis Book 2 has resumed and continues apace. While you are waiting, here’s a Roadkill Bill comic from many years ago about something that happened many years earlier (PDF). Click on the comic to make it bigger: