The phenomenon of Russian serfs yelling out the names of past and future milestones of Russian culture with their dying breath is so well documented we need not go into it here. Suffice to say it appears that some of them are rather more a propos with their references than others...

And if you haven't read Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time, for goodness' sake do so! He's sort of sandwiched between Pushkin and Gogol in the Russian pantheon and so doesn't get quite the press, but it's entirely awesome. Now Glinka on the other hand...

Oh oh oh!! Big news, we are now CONFIRMED as attendees of the Alternative Press Exhibition in San Francisco in October, and of the Emerald City Comicon in March, so start making your travel plans now to stop on by! We have absolutely nothing to sell, so I'll just be sitting there giving away sketches of whatever historical thing dudes randomly want sketched while Geoff entertains the hall with his greatest Gilbert and Sullivan patter song triumphs! It will be SMASHING!

- Count Dolby von Luckner