Sept. 28, 2008
We found and fixed the broken "Back to Beastiary" link.
Charles Samual Addams (January 7, 1912 - September 29, 1988) died this day in 1988. Addams was an American cartoonist and was known for his dark humor and macabre characters. He is probably best know for the characters he created who would become known as The Addams Family. Addams wanted to be remembered as a fun loving artist and had requested that he be given a party instead of a wake, and that is why, though we don't normally do deaths in the news, we are giving this one a mention. He died of heart failure.
Also, on this day in 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming dicovered penicillin.
I would also like to mention our sponsor, the War of Winds. A very nice webcomic with a very nice creator.
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We have updated the daily comic.
Sept. 27, 2008
103 years ago today in 1905, Albert Einstein's "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" paper, which first introduced the equation E=mc², was first published.
The daily comic has been updated.
Sept. 26, 2008
Well, we finally got everything working identically, as far as we can tell, in both IE and Firefox browsers. We still have to update the bestiary and profile entries for the new look, and do a few other small tweaks, but the job is mostly done. We also updated the profile pictures for Culric, Dhinn and Thorfinn. Eventually, if slowly, we'll get all the other entries updated with new pictures, including the map locations. Thanks to everyone for the input which helped us find and fix the problems.
428 years ago on this day, in 1580, Francis Drake became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the Earth. He was the second to accomplish the feat with at least one ship intact.
Today's daily comic is up.
Sept. 25, 2008
Fletcher Christian was born 244 years ago on this day in 1764. Christian was Master's Mate aboard the British ship Bounty under Captain William Bligh.
We have updated the daily comic.
Sept. 24, 2008
156 years ago today, in 1852, the first engine powered airship flew 17 miles (27 kilometers) from Paris to Trappes.
The other news we had posted for this day was, unfortunately, lost. I might try to re-do it if time permits.
The daily has been updated.
Sept. 23, 2008
Okay, the surprise I mentioned a few days ago gets delayed, but the webcomic gets advanced. Page 2 is now up!
Neptune was discovered 162 years ago on this day in 1846 by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams. It was the first planet discovered by mathematical prediction rather than visual observation. Neptune is the eighth planet and is roughly 2.7 billion miles or 4.4 billion kilometers from Earth. It has a diameter of roughly 30,600 miles or 49,500 kilometers, about 3.8 times that of earth, it is about 17 times more massive than earth, and Neptune is so large that you could fit 58 Earths inside of it. 58 Earths lined up in a row would make a line long enough to go from the Earth to the moon and back.
The daily comic has been updated.
Sept. 22, 2008
Happy first day of fall!
We updated the vote incentive at TopWebComics. If you'd like a sneak peek at the first frame of the next page of the webcomic (minus text) head on over and vote!
120 years ago to day in 1888, the first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published.
The daily comic has been updated.
Sept. 21, 2008
71 years ago today, in 1937, J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novel "The Hobbit" was first published. The book received wide critical acclaim when released and has, of course, gone on to become one of the most beloved classics of fantasy literature. It has sold an estimated 100 million copies since it was first published.
Happy Birthday to Stephen King, born on this day in 1947. King is best known for his horror fiction but has also written science fiction and fantasy as well as other types of stories. Many of his stories have been adapted for movies, television and comic books. His books have sold more than 350 million copies. In addition to his writing, King is also a musician, actor, film producer, director, and family man.
Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was born this day in 1912. Jones was an animator, artist, writer, producer and director of animated films. Most notable is his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon shorts which featured such classic characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote, and Pepe Le Pew, among others. Jones died of heart failure on February 22, 2002.
Today's daily comic is up.
Sept. 20, 2008
We are shooting for sometime (probably evening) on Wednesday for our next webcomic update (but we might have a little surprise before then). With the new website we have really been swamped trying to iron out all of the glitches. We're somewhat close, but there's still some fixing to do.
There probably won't be regular update days, but we'll be shooting for one to two pages a week. The daily comic, however, will continue to be updated every single day as it has been for almost a year now without a miss! We're also planning to throw in a bonus comic now and then which may be nearly anything from a comic strip to a one or two page story of another genre.
J Troplong "Jay" Ward was born this day in 1920. Ward was the creator and producer of many popular cartoons such as Rocky & Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, Peabody and Sherman, George of the Jungle, among others. Ward died October 12, 1989.
115 years ago today, in 1893, Elwood Haynes became the first American to design and run a gas-powered vehicle.
Today's daily comic is up.
Sept. 19, 2008
You might notice that we've placed an ad banner on the website. We have tried to locate it so that it won't be an eyesore. We will also try to screen the ads that run and make sure that they are fairly in keeping with the theme of the Culric's Chronicles website, as well as making sure that they are family friendly, within reason.
We hope to eventually offer a few Culric's Chronicles products for purchase. This will help us keep ourselves fed as we continue to produce the webcomic. In the meantime, if you would like to help us out, the best thing you can do is to vote for us at Top Web Comics every day, click on our ad banner when you see a new ad, and continue to visit our website as often as possible!
And most importantly, we appreciate your visits to our website!
Happy Birthday to Adam West, born in 1928. West played the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in the 1960's TV series "Batman" which ran two and a half seasons, from January 12, 1966 to March 14, 1968.
We have updated the daily comic.
Sept. 18, 2008
We are aware that the website is not displaying properly for Firefox users. We're working hard to fix everything!
31 years ago today, in 1977, Voyager I took the first photograph of the Earth and the Moon together. The picture was taken 7.25 million miles from Earth.
The daily comic has been updated.
Sept. 17, 2008
Welcome to the completely updated Culric's Chronicles Website!
We've had some reports of the fonts for the menu being blue. We're looking for the problem, they're not supposed to be blue. Otherwise everything seems to be working.
We'll continue to work on the bestiary and profile entries to get them updated to the new look. And we'll eventually be getting better art in many of those entries.
We're also working on getting the daily comic index fixed so it doesn't open in a new page with minimal navigation. That should happen over the next 2 or 3 days.
32 years ago today in 1976 Enterprise, the first Space Shuttle, was unveiled by NASA.
Today's daily comic is up.
Sept. 16, 2008
Happy Birthday to comic book writer Kurt Busiek, who has worked on a great number of different comics, including Superman, Ironman, Conan, and Astro City, among many others.
Also, on this day in 1975 the first prototype of the MiG-31 interceptor made its maiden flight. The Mig-31, NATO reporting name "Foxhound", was the most advanced interceptor produced by the Soviet Union, and is still in service with the Russian Air Force today.
Performance
Maximum speed:
_High altitude: Mach 2.83 (3,000 km/h, 1,860 mph)
_Low altitude: Mach 1.2 (1,500 km/h, 930 mph)
Combat radius: 720 km at Mach 2.35 (450 mi)
Ferry range: 3,300 km (2,050 mi)
Service ceiling 20,600 m (67,600 ft)
Rate of climb: 208 m/s (41,000 ft/min)
The new daily comic is up.
Sept. 15, 2008
Today in 1831, the steam locomotive John Bull operated for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad. 150 years later in 1981, it became the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution ran it under its own power outside Washington, DC. Today, the John Bull is on static display in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
Sept. 14, 2008
Today's daily comic is up. 24 years ago today in 1984, Joe Kittinger became the first person to fly a hot air balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
Sept. 13, 2008
We updated the daily comic panel. Writer Roald Dahl, creator of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach, was born this day in 1916.
Sept. 12, 2008
The daily comic has been updated. Big news! Sometime next week, a new chapter of the webcomic will begin. Today we updated the vote incentive at Top Web Comics, so head on over and vote if you'd like a sneak peek at the new chapter's cover page! Along with the new chapter, we will be unveiling a completely new look for the website. We think it's a big improvement. We don't anticipate any down-time, but there may be a few broken links and other glitches initially. We'll be staying on top of those and should have them fixed within the first few hours. The bestiary and profile entries have not yet been updated for appearance or content, but we'll be getting at least the appearance of those pages in line with the rest of the site in the next couple of weeks.
Fifty years ago today in 1958, Jack Kilby completed work on the first integrated circuit.
On this day in 1959, the television show Bonanza first premiered. It was the first regularly-scheduled TV program presented in color.
Sept. 11, 2008
Today's daily comic is up. Today in 1997 NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reached Mars. The spacecraft took many pictures of the Martian landscape and provided scientists with evidence that there might be water under ground.
Also, today in 1847 Stephen Foster's song Oh! Susanna was first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Good times at the saloon that night! :D.
Sept. 10, 2008
This day in history (yes, this very day!), the Large Hadron Collider was activated for the very first time in a large cavern under the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. The LHC is the largest and highest-energy particle accelerator complex in the world, contained in a tunnel with a circumference of 17 miles, and at a depth of about 100 metres underground. When activated, the collider will produce the as-yet only theorized Higgs boson, or "God Partical", and the study of it would help to explain how massless particles can form matter that does have mass. Protons traveling through the collider will excellerate to about 99.999999% of light speed. Some of the experiments planned for the LHC include searches for extra dimensions, dark matter, micro black holes, and magnetic monopoles. The first high-energy collisions are planned to take place after the LHC is officially unveiled on October 21, 2008, and the entire project is anticipated to cost more than $10 billion.
Oh, and more importantly, we've updated the daily comic. :D.
Sept. 9, 2008
We updated the daily comic. By the way, if you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white. :D
Today in 1839 John Herschel took the first glass plate photograph.
Sept. 8, 2008
The daily comic has been updated. And Star Trek first aired on television today in 1966.
Sept. 7, 2008
The new daily comic is up. Today in 1927 the first television was invented by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. Also, the Raggedy Ann doll was patented by cartoonist Johnny Gruelle today in 1915.
Sept. 6, 2008
Today's daily comic is up. Today in 1620 the Pilgrims sailed from England on the Mayflower to settle in America.
Sept. 5, 2008
We've updated the daily comic panel. Sorry for the delay. Again.
Today in 1977 Voyager 1 was launched. Originally only designated to study Jupiter and Saturn, it continued traveling to the outer solar system. It is currently the farthest man-made object from earth, and will reach the very end of our solar system in 2015, after which it will travel free in intersteller space.
Sept. 4, 2008
The daily comic has been updated, and it all becomes very distressing for Dhinn.
Today in 1950 the aforementioned Mort Walker recieved a nice birthday present by having Beetle Baily published for the first time. It remains one of the longest-running comic strips today.
Sept. 3, 2008
Today's daily comic is up. Happy Birthday to comic artist Mort Walker, creator of Beetle Baily and Hi and Lois.
Sept. 2, 2008
We've updated the daily comic. Sorry for the delay.
Happy Birthday to Walt Simonson, comic book artist and writer who has worked on many notable titles, including The Mighty Thor, X-Factor, and The Fantastic Four, among many others.
Sept. 1, 2008
The new daily comic panel is up. Welcome to September! Happy birthday to Gene Dolan, Daredevil and Batman artist. Happy birthday also to Jhonen Vasquez, creator of Invader Zim.
Aug. 31, 2008
The daily comic has been updated, and Tu-Xang cannot resist the laughing power!
Today in 1897 Thomas Edison patented the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector. Also, happy birthday to Roger Dean, fantasy artist for many cool Yes album covers.
Aug. 30, 2008
Today's daily comic is up. The city of Houston was founded 172 years ago today by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen.
Aug. 29, 2008
The daily comic panel has been updated. Today in 1885 Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first motorcycle.
Aug. 28, 2008
We've updated the daily comic panel.
Comics industry legend Jack Kirby, artist for many Marvel titles including The Hulk, X-Men, and The Spectacular Spider-man, was born this day in 1917.
Aug. 27, 2008
The daily comic has been updated. Today in 1962 The Mariner 2 space mission was launched to Venus.
Aug. 26, 2008
The new daily comic is up. Brant Parker, co-creator and artist of The Wizard of Id, was born this day in 1920.
Aug. 25, 2008
We've updated the daily comic for today.
Happy birthday to Sean Connery. I liked The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen! We hope you'll do another movie!
Aug. 24, 2008
Today's daily comic is up. Sorry for the delay! Comic book writer Gaylord DuBois, creator of Lost in Space, was born this day in 1899.
Aug. 23, 2008
The daily comic has been updated. And today in 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 took the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
Aug. 22, 2008
The new daily comic is up. Happy Birthday to Ray Bradbury, writer of The Martian Chronicles, among many other science fiction stories. He's 88 today.
Aug. 21, 2008
We have updated the daily comic panel. And happy birthday to Marie Severin, Will Eisner Comics Hall of Famer, who was born this day in 1929!
Aug. 20, 2008
Today's daily comic is up. H. P. Lovecraft, the creator of the Cthulhu Mythos, was born this day in 1890.
Aug. 19, 2008
The 200th frame of "Origin: Chapter Two" is up! 200 already? Where does the time go?
The late Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, was born this day in 1921.
Aug. 18, 2008
The daily comic has been updated. And happy birthday to comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis!
Aug. 17, 2008
The new daily comic is up. By the way, this is what Tu-Xang is like when he's nice. :D
100 years ago today the first cartoon ever, Fantasmagorie, was projected in Paris.
Aug. 16, 2008
We've updated the daily comic. And today in 1930 the first color cartoon with sound was made. It was called "Fiddlesticks." :D
Aug. 15, 2008
Today's daily comic is up. And 63 years ago today the Japanese surrendered, marking the end of World War II.
Aug. 14, 2008
The daily comic panel has been updated. By the way, today is National Creamsicle Day! And no, I'm not making that up! :D
