CAPTAIN MORS THE AIR PIRATE (1908-1911) STORIES SIX TO TEN

For Balladeer’s Blog’s overview of the entire Kapitan Mors der Luftpirat series click HERE. For my look at the first five stories in the weekly text series click HERE. THE TREASURE OF THE FLAMING MOUNTAIN – The early Pulp adventures of Kapitan Mors continue. The part-Captain Nemo & part-Robur the Conqueror and his mixed crew […]

TAXIARCHOI (427-414 B.C.) ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY

Balladeer’s Blog presents another examination of an ancient Greek political satire. TAXIARCHOI (Tax Collectors) – By Eupolis. Tax Day is the most appropriate day to examine this comedy because its premise serves as a pointed reminder of the inherent ugliness in all taxation – that the power to impose and collect taxes is, ultimately, backed up […]