Yes, work is continuing on the last volume in the 223B Casebook Series: “Sherlock Holmes Jazz Age Parodies and Pastiches II: 1925-1930.” The stories have been assembled and the introductions and footnotes researched and written. The manuscript went off to First Reader (Teresa) and came back battered and stained in red ink. This past week, […]
Work on the final volume of the 223B Casebook is still going on. All of the stories are in but one, and all but nine of them have their definitions written. We even have the last TwainLock story written (in fact, it was published in “The Casebook of Twain and Holmes”) In the meantime, and […]
The Mystery of Moldy Manor Charles Hamilton It’s been awhile since I’ve run a Sherlock Holmes parody. As of Jan. 2019, I’m still working on the last volume in the 223B Casebook series, this time covering the last five years of Conan Doyle’s life. In the meantime, let’s run another parody! This one’s by Charles […]
It’s been awhile since I printed a Sherlock parody, so let’s try one from Rhoda Montade, the nom de plume of an anonymous scribe who wrote for The Washington Times. In “Sherlock Holmes Jazz Age Parodies and Pastiches I: 1920-1924,” I printed Montade’s “The Gubb Diamond Robbery.” But while doing my research, I discovered no […]
Today’s parody comes from the latest volume in the 223B Casebook series: “Sherlock Holmes Jazz Age Parodies and Pastiches I: 1920-1924.” (Amazon Kindle)Stories from the 223B casebook — stories published during Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s lifetime (plus later ones I liked) — are published here every Wednesday. The list of those published at PlanetPeschel can […]
What’s this? Sherlock Holmes turning Japanese? Is this cultural appropriation? If it is (and I don’t care to be honest), it’s done right. Introduced in September on HBO Go (but also found on YouTube, at least for now), “Miss Sherlock” (8 episodes) reimagines Conan Doyle’s duo as women sharing a flat in Tokyo. The recipe […]
One fun aspect of Sherlock Holmes fandom is that it gives you a wide field to indulge in your passion, especially if it involves research. There are people who write papers on Victorian history, or who investigate the stories to establish when they occurred. If you’re more interested in room design and furnishings, you can […]
It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time for Sherlock parodies day! Today, despite popular demand, I’m returning to the Washington Times for another adventure about the great detective, Mortimer Mudge. (The last one was “Mortimer Mudge and the Fur Watch-Chain.“). This piece of macabre silly logic by the anonymous “Rhoda Montade” appeared in the Aug. […]
Today’s Sherlock Holmes’ parody was the product of the “Mad” magazine of the Victorian era. “Ally Sloper’s Half Holiday” was a weekly comic magazine that is considered to be the first to feature a recurring character. A “sloper” in slang is someone who slopes around evading creditors and other people they wish to avoid. A […]
As I explained last week, in the process of researching material for volume 6 of the 223B Casebook project, I came across some Sherlock Holmes art by Frederic Dorr Steele that appeared in the Washington Times newspaper. This is the second half with illustrations from four of the stories. First, from “The Lion’s Mane,” one […]