Alley Oop - Sunday December 9, 2018 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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alley oop: do you really think we inspired mary shelley to write this book? doc: It's a compelling coincidence! read this article, and see what you think! the horrifying history of villa diodati in the summer of 1816, four writers, percy and mary shelley, lord george gordon byron and dr. john polidori, gathered for a summer holiday at villa diodati in cologny, switzerland. the incessant rains that summer kept them housebound, so they entertained themselves by challenging each other to a writing competition. the goal of the competition was to see who could write the best horror story. the results of that gathering included "the vampyre" by polidori, (based on a fragment of a novel by byron) and "frankenstein; or the modern prometheus." by mary shelley. shelley claimed that the story had come to her as a vision that "Arose in my mind with a vividness far beyond the usual bounds of reverie." alley oop: "a vision" came to her, eh? Doc: yes, I think perhaps a vision of a walk in the alps, don't you? Alley oop: do you mind if I borrow this t'read back home in moo? doc: not at all! alley oop: speakin' of home, I should be goin' back t'moo now! doc: not so fast, oop! you're not going anywhere yet!

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