Ken Parille
@kenparille.bsky.social
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College teacher of literature, children’s lit, comics, writing. Author/editor of books on Daniel Clowes, nineteenth-century boyhood, guitar playing. Author of essays on comics and boyhood in academic journals and elsewhere. Friend to All Cats Everywhere.
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not quite sure, from my files . . .
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I think Booth yelled sic semper tyrannis after he shot Lincoln, a phrase that some translate as that: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic_sem...
Sic semper tyrannis - Wikipedia
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"The Blueshammer Syndrome"
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"The first charting of synaesthetic visualisations, plate 4 from Francis Galton's Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development (1883). "
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Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron, hardcover, Daniel Clowes, 1993.
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Reposted by Ken Parille
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My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
p.s. My new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out this week. Details at www.tomgauld.com
Panel 1
A figure stands at a lectern 
"This image illustrates my theory that, presented with a sufficient quantity of intricate formulae, overcomplicated diagrams and impenetrable acronyms, an audience will agree with almost anything." 
The screen is completely packed with such things 

Panel 2,3,4,5.
Four audience members say enthusiastically: "My thoughts exactly!", "Hear, hear!", "I quite agree!" and "Excellent point!"