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I have always felt a certain connection to the events of the Massacre of Glencoe. My mother was a Campbell, my father's mother was a MacDonald. Assuming hard feelings on all sides, I should be obliged by honor to avenge myself, and so, kill myself. The area in Cape Breton where I grew up is also called -surprise - Glencoe.
My grandfather was a very proud Campbell, his father's Highland history books are a rare heirloom in a family fairly short of heirlooms that I am proud to own. So in spite of what the comic suggests I never believed the whole "Campbells were the bad guys" in this situation, and it was an early lesson in how the way history that is made popular does not always line up with the truth. There is a very nice little documentary on the topic, which you know I always like to find conveniently on youtube. You'd think given my background and hometown there would be more Scottish comics in this joint. Suas leis a' Gh?idhlig, see, I have not forgotten. |
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Friends:
Lynn Allingham
John Allison
Dawn and Margie Beaton
Marc Bell
John Campbell
Scott Campbell
Ryan Carley
Anthony Clark
Rebecca Clements
Domitille Collardey
Jillian Comeau, Kim Carson and Michelle Skelding
Aaron Diaz
Jess Fink
Eric Feurstein
Brian Fukushima
Matt Forsythe
Sarah Glidden
Meredith Gran
Lisa Hanawalt
Dustin Harbin
Christopher Hastings
Emily Horne and Joey Comeau
Jon Klassen
Steve Lambke
Hope Larson
Joe List
David Malki
Phil McAndrew
Carolyn Merriman
Carly Monardo
Vicki Nerino
Ryan North
Ryan Pequin
Neil Rough
Jeffrey Rowland
Gabby Schulz
Smart and Bird
Nathan Stapley
Julia Wertz
Britt Wilson
Steve Wolfhard
Chip Zdarsky
Good comic shops that have taught me a thing or two:
The Beguiling, Toronto
Strange Adventures, Halifax
Legends Comics and Books, Victoria
Desert Island, Brooklyn
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