While I was thinking about Diomedes and his weird horses, I got to thinking…how did he get help dealing with those things? The interview process must have been pretty disturbing, right? Gods alone know how many stablehands they went through[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I mean, really, what else is he going to use them for? You can’t ride the damn things, they’ve pretty much only got one purpose. The Eighth Labor of Heracles, in keeping with his role as pest exterminator of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just to be clear, none of the bullet points in the strip actually happened. I’m not saying that Väinämöinen, hero of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, is a sissy. I’m just saying that compared to the heroes of other[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The heroic figure in myth has long been lauded as an example of what humanity can achieve. Strong, moral, and courageous, these individuals have set the bar for pushing ourselves beyond our limitations. There is, however, a darker side to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…