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1/18/05
The history of King Arthur romance is one of new characters supplanting old
characters. With the invention of Lancelot, Gawaine's and Kay's importance
diminished. With the invention of Galahad, Percivale became mere second-best
in the Grail quest. Griflet was originally one of Arthur's most steadfast
knights - until Le Morte d'Arthur it was he at Arthur's side at the
end, charged with returning Excalibur to the lake, rather than Bedivere.
Le Morte d'Arthur made Bedivere Arthur's last knight, and the
Idylls of the King made Bedivere Arthur's first knight, and between them they pretty much
bumped Griflet out, though Le Morte d'Arthur did leave him this minor
quest. Sir Miles' squire's dialog in the second panel is
nearly
verbatim.
Griflet. Sounds like a miniature hot sandwich at Denny's.
*****
Many happy returns of A.A. Milne's birthday, by the way.
Webcomics I read mornings:
Peanuts,
General Protection Fault,
College Roommates from Hell!!!,
Kevin & Kell,
Real Life
Webcomics I read middays:
Calvin & Hobbes,
Least I Could Do,
User Friendly,
Questionable Content,
Dandy and Company
Webcomics I read evenings:
B.C.,
Pearls Before Swine,
Wapsi Square,
Sinfest,
Little Dee,
Irregular Comic
Webcomics I read bedtimes:
Something Positive,
Bruno,
Count Your Sheep,
Sluggy Freelance,
PvP
Webcomics I read M-W-F mornings:
El Goonish Shive,
Striptease,
Skirting Danger,
Todd and Penguin,
Penny Arcade
Webcomics I read M-W-F evenings:
Reasoned Cognition,
Checkerboard Nightmare,
Queen of Wands,
Megatokyo
Webcomics I read Tu-Th:
Digger,
AppleGeeks,
Her: Girl vs Pig,
As If!,
The Whovian Observer
Webcomics I read Mondays:
Framed!!!,
Vigilante, Ho!,
Butternut Squash,
Boxjam's Doodle
See also The Belfry
Comics Index,
The Webcomic List,
Nth Degree,
100% Originality Theatre,
Comixpedia and
Websnark.
Arthuriana sources I use or recommend:
Arthurian
Legend
Arthuriana - the
Journal of Arthurian Studies; the website of the quarterly journal of the
North American Branch of the International Arthurian Society.
The Camelot Project at the University of Rochester.
Camelot In Four
Colors: A Survey of the Arthurian Legend in Comics
Mystical-WWW -
The Arthurian A2Z knowledge Bank which has encyclopedically-arranged
entries on the characters of the Arthurian legends.
Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of his Noble
Knights of the Round Table,
Volume
1 and
Volume
2.
