“Roddy McDowall Meets Gottfried Leibniz [c. 1710]” (Dick Whyte and Robyn Kenealy, 2006)
December 25th, 2006
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Written by Dick Whyte, illustrated by Robyn Kenealy (author of the wonderful comic biography Roddy’s Film Companion). Part of a series of comics in which Roddy McDowall meets various philosophers. First published in Wellington comics anthology Bristle #9 (edited by Brent Willis).
“I am convinced that the unwritten knowledge scattered among people of different callings surpasses in quantity and in importance anything we find in books, and that the greater part of our wealth has yet to be recorded.” (Gottfried Leibniz)
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September 23rd, 2010 at 9:56 am
Ha ha! Petulant Leibniz is adorable.
September 23rd, 2010 at 10:02 am
Thanks Claire (on behalf of Robyn). Yeah, I just knew that these would work combined with Robyn’s amazing sense of character – the way she draws faces and emotions just blows me away.
September 25th, 2010 at 8:12 am
I like his hair as well
September 26th, 2010 at 12:27 am