Old Rough and Ready – Part Three: Buena Vista Drift
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Old Rough and Ready – Part One: The Rough and the Ready
on November 20, 2017
Chapter: 2017 - November
Characters: Abraham Lincoln, Harry S Truman, James K Polk, Millard Fillmore, Ulysses S Grant, Zachary Taylor
This week, Two Party Opera will be bringing you another mini history story – this time, condensing the entire life and legacy of Zachary Taylor into five comics, concluding with the marking of his 233rd birthday this Friday. So sit[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Immaculate Confection
In 1921, when Babe Ruth had broken the home run record, the Curtiss Candy Company retooled one of their candy bars and began marketing it as the “Baby Ruth.” This, as the story goes, is purely just a bizarre coincidence[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A More Approachable Secret Society
on November 15, 2017
For comic #333, we wonder why kids today aren’t into hidden repeating numbers as much as they used to be. Today is also the 240th anniversary of the creation of the Articles of Confederation on November 15, 1777 which officially[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Good Guy With a Gun
on November 8, 2017
The Republican Party’s new gun policy these days is throwing up their hands and saying “welp! That’s just the way it goes!” Celebrating the fact that their prophesy of the “good guy with a gun” came true for once, while[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Failure to Compromise
Chief of Staff John Kelly mentioned in an interview this week that the Civil War was caused because of the “lack of ability to compromise.” Look, I have what some may consider more nuanced opinions over the Civil War, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
