Moustache Monday: When Famous Moustaches Collide
Posted by Ross Rosenberg
Categories: Literature, Mad Scientists, Moustache Monday, Moustaches, Science, Science Fiction
Posted at 9:47 am on October 15, 2007
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Not sure if this has been mentioned here or not, but there’s a really fantastic comic book called Five Fists of Science, involving a fictitious fight between Nikola Tesla, Mark Twain, Marconi, Edison, and Carnegie. Oh yeah, and they try to summon Cthulhu.
Comment by Anonymous — October 15, 2007 @ 12:20 pm
Anon delivers.
Comment by Ross Rosenberg — October 15, 2007 @ 12:25 pm
I too have a moustache, and I’m called Gary. And I have a t-shirt with Gary and a moustache on it. Check it here:
Thumbrella – Words To A Void: Gary in a Gary t-shirt
Comment by Gary — October 15, 2007 @ 12:46 pm
Gary in a Gary shirt, Five Fists of Science? Beautiful. Especially Gary, you score a 5 in my book of awesome.
Comment by Julian — October 15, 2007 @ 1:11 pm
Dammit Anon, I was going to pimp the Five Fists but you beat me to it. I second the recommendation wholeheartedly, and offer some scans from the book to whet your appetite further.
Comment by chesh — October 15, 2007 @ 2:08 pm
I’d love to have a larger version of this. That would be the coolest desktop wallpaper EVER.
Comment by Katie — October 15, 2007 @ 3:06 pm
That is the BEST. PICTURE. EVER.
Comment by Damien — October 15, 2007 @ 5:00 pm
i love this pic of tesla and twain.
Comment by groonk — October 16, 2007 @ 7:35 am
[...] Twain & Tesla: when famous moustaches meet in the lab. No, really — it’s not a Doctor Who outtake. (Thanks, Titivil.) [...]
Pingback by Maud Newton: Blog — October 16, 2007 @ 7:02 pm
There’s another book about Twain and Tesla coming out called The Invention of Everything Else. It’s not available yet but there are early review copies for sale on amazon. Looks great.
Comment by ernst — October 18, 2007 @ 11:08 am