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1. 5 months ago on Sherman's Lagoon

   I don’t suppose that anyone really thought the word was onomatopoeic, but I was curious as to the actual origin. It derives from the Russian for “white.”

2. 9 months ago on JumpStart

   Asimov was an educated and respected scientist. Clark was not a scientist in the traditional sense, but he was a futurist whose writings were respected and influential. Heinlein was not a scientist. He was an aeronautical engineer of no special distinction, with the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree.

3. 10 months ago on MythTickle

   Not Twain, of course, see https://marktwainstudies.com/the-apocryphal-twain-the-things-you-didnt-do/.

4. 12 months ago on Ink Pen

   Neither Batman nor Iron Man is a scientist as such, although they both have quite a bit of scientific knowledge. There are a lot of superhero scientists, though. Some that immediately come to mind: Mr. Fantastic, Ant Man, the Flash (though he is a forensic chemist, not a research scientist), the Hulk (though only in his Bruce Banner persona). There must be many others.

5. about 1 year ago on Frazz

   Up until the 1970s, weather forecasting was basically an educated guess. And then weather satellites and sophisticated computers came into use and there was a stunning increase in accuracy. I always assumed it was the weather satellites and not the computers that were primarily responsible.

6. about 1 year ago on Frazz

   What happened to Coach Hacker?

7. about 1 year ago on That is Priceless

   I was curious about the odd original. The running man is not George Washington but Baron Munchausen. This is a picture from Mr. Munchausen, by J.K. Bangs, which Peter Newell illustrated, https://www.google.com/books/edition/Mr_Munchausen/1vAoAQAAIAAJ.

8. over 1 year ago on Amanda the Great

   Thanks, Amanda. I enjoy your strip.

9. over 1 year ago on Amanda the Great

   Who is the drip? I don’t think I have seen him before. How did he work the change to Amanda’s hair?

10. over 1 year ago on Rabbits Against Magic

    Literally, “he runs me on the bean.” Idiomatically, “he annoys me a lot.”