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Showing posts with label victorian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label victorian. Show all posts

Monday, December 17, 2018

Monday, July 23, 2018

Hullabaloo Teaser Art

One of the perks that came with donating to the making of Hullabaloo, the upcoming hand-drawn steampunk TV series, was this delightfully atmospheric artwork. Hope it whets your appetite for the final product.

Monday, April 24, 2017

Monday, November 16, 2015

Monday, June 29, 2015

Sherlock Holmes' Top 10 Lists

10 Things You Should Never Ask Sherlock Holmes

  1. "How's the weather up there?"
  2. "What do you think of Matt Frewer?"
  3. "Ever been to Norbury?"
  4. "So, who's the smartest man in London?"

More...

Monday, March 9, 2015

William Clarke Russell's Sea Stories

In The adventure of the Five Orange-Pips, Dr. Watson enjoys a novel by William Clarke Russell. Sherlock Holmes collectors might be interested to see this vintage copy of one of Russell's sea-stories, The Frozen Pirate. Granted, the binding is damaged, but the age of this book makes it at least possible that it once graced Dr. Watson's own library. This particular volume was published in America, which just might be one of the three continents of which the good doctor boasts a knowledge. More...

Monday, September 22, 2014

Hullabaloo: The Next Hand-Drawn Animated Feature

Former Disney animator James Lopez is the producer of this new independent Steampunk film intended to revitalize the 2D art form. There are only days left to contribute to the making of what looks like an incredible movie masterpiece (and receive incredible gifts as well).

Hope you are as excited about the coming adventures of Veronica Daring as we are!


Monday, February 10, 2014

The Sherlock Holmes Shoppe

Discover the world of the world's greatest detective, a world of foggy nights and gaslit streets, of clues, clients and criminals, a world relived through books, magazines and ephemera. The game is afoot! More...

Monday, May 6, 2013

Your Sherlock Holmes Sitting Room

This Pinterest pin board highlights the furniture and ephemera you'll need to furnish your own canonical sitting room for the world's greatest private consulting detective. More...

Monday, March 18, 2013

Sherlock Holmes: Fanboy Geek

Or, The Geek Interpreter

It seems as though everyone has speculated on Sherlock Holmes' true feelings for Miss Irene Adler at one time or another. Although A Scandal in Bohemia makes Watson's opinion plain, that love was foreign to Holmes' nature, many Sherlockians (and Holmesians) have dared to go further, perhaps searching for that great heart behind the great brain. More...

Monday, February 18, 2013

Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler

Here is a print by Charles Dana Gibson.

The gentleman in the picture always reminds us of Holmes himself, which would make the lady, perhaps, The Woman? More...

Monday, December 10, 2012

Sherlock Holmes' 12 Cases at Christmas

A Sherlockian Christmas Carol

'Twas my first case at Christmas, and what clue did I see?
A shadow o'er the elm tree. More...

Monday, October 22, 2012

Basil of Baker Street -- His Limits

In A Study in Scarlet, Dr. Watson creates a list elaborating his assessment of the knowledge of Sherlock Holmes on various subjects. If Dr. Dawson created such a list about his associate, Basil of Baker Street, it might read something like this:
  • Knowledge of Philosophy.--Nil.
  • Politics.--Nil.
  • Literature.--Limited.
    Appears to recall every word of every book he has ever read, but his tastes are very specefic.
  • Geography.--Feeble.
    Possesses intimate knowledge of London and its environs, but little else.
  • Higher Mathematics.--Astonishing.
    Can work out the most abstruse calculations entirely in his head. More...
  • Monday, March 12, 2012

    Less Is More -- A Sherlock Holmes Essay

    When it comes to crime, less is more, as these foes of the Great Detective learned. Read the whole essay as it appeared in The Baker Street Journal. more...