There are books that have been turned into movies that I enjoyed (Lord of the Rings, Chateau Bon Vivant, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Natural, just to name a few), but “Field of Dreams”–based on the novel Shoeless Joe–is the only movie I’ve ever seen where I thought it was equal to or better than the book.
I actually thought of this joke years ago, when a child in Sunday School. Don’t know why it took me this long to draw it.
I “discovered” this Arthurian knight while reading Christopher Snyder’s excellent “The Making of Middle Earth.”
Who all caught the reference to the world’s greatest TV show? Let me know if you did.
I did not make up the information in the second panel. I wonder if it’s true, though. Surely there’s a more pedantic explanation.
Seriously, when I read this recently, it was like reading about someone from another time. Kissinger was a mythical character from my childhood.
