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The 2024 Sherlock Holmes Page-a-Day Calendar

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “a case of appearing daily” [SHOS]</h4><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_CsdbuWpjVHyT16PToFR-SNw6R6re8S_UUEKsnDiMjjUZk9wFcZc6pjb5nCRU8hBgbSxf0oorfch9PTnBBlesdTFgdT0tVKx7LZ9GAKRY0xqp1x7mgpWYHL0H-j8a5BUY_zWOKlZW20WEMmnWVudcadc0FPptw-KTWcAY1nKy_O2O8GwhaYRZUSsYGSDA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="480" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_CsdbuWpjVHyT16PToFR-SNw6R6re8S_UUEKsnDiMjjUZk9wFcZc6pjb5nCRU8hBgbSxf0oorfch9PTnBBlesdTFgdT0tVKx7LZ9GAKRY0xqp1x7mgpWYHL0H-j8a5BUY_zWOKlZW20WEMmnWVudcadc0FPptw-KTWcAY1nKy_O2O8GwhaYRZUSsYGSDA=w400-h332" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>What could be better than 12 months of Sherlock Holmes images and quotes on a calendar?</div><div><br /></div><div>A full year of daily Sherlock Holmes quotes and images on a calendar! That's what you get with the <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/products/2024-page-a-day-sherlock-holmes-calendar" target="_blank">2024 Page A Day Sherlock Holmes Calendar</a> sold by MX Publishing.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Artist Mike Foy and author Richard Ryan have teamed up to bring this to life for 2024. Each day features an illustration, as well as a relevant quote from the Canon, and an event that happened on that particular date.</div><div><br /></div><div>What's more, since 2024 is a Leap Year, you get one extra day!</div><div><br /></div><div>Hurry and order yours before Christmas arrives. The UK stock has been sold out; orders are currently only available in the U.S.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>[<i>Disclosure: MX Publishing is an advertiser on the IHOSE podcast</i>]</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>

The 2024 Sherlock Holmes Page-a-Day Calendar

The 2024 Sherlock Holmes Page-a-Day Calendar

“a case of appearing daily” [SHOS] What could be better than 12 months of Sherlock Holmes images and quotes on a calendar? A full year of d...

Baker Street Elementary – Lessons Learned

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“Excuse the admiration of a connoisseur” [HOUN] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvyTr0Cp49BO7JRHxBX5Hr1Mbf-1u9DZ3GIaqeKWTbVynE5CLM0DATRG3KgHSiByBVWFwalLDpH3r3XN_81m6iS6Z5Co4OYeBHqj0fpzZ-OkpUXqg4BPlXRSu4zUoKNbo7NtLRC1UvZDSwsMVC-jEzoIDxwvn-LVu3I22IfBwhZmiKl9uFlRNQsl-LNSm/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20159.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvyTr0Cp49BO7JRHxBX5Hr1Mbf-1u9DZ3GIaqeKWTbVynE5CLM0DATRG3KgHSiByBVWFwalLDpH3r3XN_81m6iS6Z5Co4OYeBHqj0fpzZ-OkpUXqg4BPlXRSu4zUoKNbo7NtLRC1UvZDSwsMVC-jEzoIDxwvn-LVu3I22IfBwhZmiKl9uFlRNQsl-LNSm/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20159.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the unexpected duties (evidently) of the inhabitant of Baskerville Hall was the recitation of his forbears who were represented in portraits in the main hall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When Sherlock Holmes first joins Sir Henry and Dr. Watson, his expression indicates some interest in the artwork:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“Watson won’t allow that I know anything of art, but that is mere jealousy, because our views upon the subject differ. Now, these are a really very fine series of portraits.”</div></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While Sir Henry professes not to know much about art, he has studied up on his ancestors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“I don’t pretend to know much about these things, and I’d be a better judge of a horse or a steer than of a picture. I didn’t know that you found time for such things.”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“I know what is good when I see it, and I see it now. That’s a Kneller, I’ll swear, that lady in the blue silk over yonder, and the stout gentleman with the wig ought to be a Reynolds. They are all family portraits, I presume?”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“Every one.”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br />“Do you know the names?”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br />“Barrymore has been coaching me in them, and I think I can say my lessons fairly well.”</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The names of the artists indicate that the Baskerville family must have been particularly wealthy. Kneller was <b>Sir Godfrey Kneller, Baronet</b> (1646–1723), who was the leading Baroque portraitist in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Kneller did portraits of many British admirals, and it is tempting to think he may have been the artist behind the painting of “Rear-Admiral Baskerville, who served under Rodney in the West Indies.” However, Admiral George Brydges Rodney didn't take command in the West Indies until the mid-18th century.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Reynolds was <b>Sir Joshua Reynolds</b> (1723–1792), one of the major European painters of the 18th century known particularly for his portraits. He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. With the Baskervilles, he may have had quite a bit to work with.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">That's a lot for Sir Henry, who spent most of his time in the States and Canada, to take in. But he must have been a diligent student, as he knew this would be his life's work. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Unlike one particular attendee of Baker Street Elementary...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFVaPIZ5hIoOfZT27U27wmUcqUT7F6qEzP2X3lYDstWXKy7fMtWb5Q4LjVh-xDDYpBUx49XD8kxGDfchhizPdamQm3m2gwmpmpfKnIXLhmfmXupu55tq4ZAuSb5Y3-SLFDtKAyEJdUfP6uTiKcMynmJ6MsMLFKeNrO4OxdAdjAA1jEy2GLijOwikYqG7J/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20159.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFVaPIZ5hIoOfZT27U27wmUcqUT7F6qEzP2X3lYDstWXKy7fMtWb5Q4LjVh-xDDYpBUx49XD8kxGDfchhizPdamQm3m2gwmpmpfKnIXLhmfmXupu55tq4ZAuSb5Y3-SLFDtKAyEJdUfP6uTiKcMynmJ6MsMLFKeNrO4OxdAdjAA1jEy2GLijOwikYqG7J/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20159.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><br /></div></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

Baker Street Elementary – Lessons Learned

Baker Street Elementary – Lessons Learned

“Excuse the admiration of a connoisseur” [HOUN] One of the unexpected duties (evidently) of the inhabitant of Baskerville Hall was the reci...

Episode 239: Sherlock Holmes in Comics

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“this comic interlude” [3GAB]  </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdRKY_0uvqq296c7eDB5a3hRUeOEP5IosFLj_45s5T1dYA8AaxM7tqx3xXyj-jGdTdnKt4xLfLV6FjVLEe5WteSKvo7FMT3BlaaDhi2R8WYEy3RtaM-crQ7yO4IdUXjczfsSqR_FMwb1m79HqkHEj1LhrfBD3IKtPuIycv6dAL4X5zM6HaX-EEfOrEw/s600/SherlockComicsLogo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="600" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdRKY_0uvqq296c7eDB5a3hRUeOEP5IosFLj_45s5T1dYA8AaxM7tqx3xXyj-jGdTdnKt4xLfLV6FjVLEe5WteSKvo7FMT3BlaaDhi2R8WYEy3RtaM-crQ7yO4IdUXjczfsSqR_FMwb1m79HqkHEj1LhrfBD3IKtPuIycv6dAL4X5zM6HaX-EEfOrEw/w640-h500/SherlockComicsLogo.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>Sherlock Holmes has appeared in comic strips for nearly a century and in comic books for almost as long. And the comics industry is a multi-billion dollar enterprise, having spawned movies, television shows, and large-scale conventions.</p><p>So isn't it time that someone chronicled Sherlock Holmes's appearance in comics? Johanna Draper Carlson has done just that with her new site Sherlock Holmes in Comics.</p><p>We chat with her about her early Sherlock Holmes influence (a surprisingly advanced one for a beginner), her work experience with DC Comics, her legacy in writing about comics for the last quarter century, and more.</p><p>The <b>Canonical Couplet</b> follows the interview: we give you two lines of poetry, and you need to identify which Sherlock Holmes story they represent. The winner will receive an old Sherlock Holmes comic book.</p><p>Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by May 14, 2022 at 11:59 a.m. EST. The winner will be chosen at random from among all the correct answers. 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Episode 239: Sherlock Holmes in Comics

Episode 239: Sherlock Holmes in Comics

“this comic interlude” [3GAB] Sherlock Holmes has appeared in comic strips for nearly a century and in comic books for almost as long. And...

Episode 232: A Curious Collector of Baker Street

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“a connoisseur and collector” [ILLU] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSp3x4zeIeVDTUcAHQguQN2g84YogrnP68ntvuiuoUew9cL5o-wOep6pVGvWNGuY-jfTJLuCwy5cF48U85Iu4tMN8fJEFINfjNsnFxfas_wF8jP2OJL8sRxDl2ccICBNMNe-YwSxZDZ2g9kywLDmDPg13ntI2RfCAe0m9px8vstiDinBJJ-dy4FBrgrw=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSp3x4zeIeVDTUcAHQguQN2g84YogrnP68ntvuiuoUew9cL5o-wOep6pVGvWNGuY-jfTJLuCwy5cF48U85Iu4tMN8fJEFINfjNsnFxfas_wF8jP2OJL8sRxDl2ccICBNMNe-YwSxZDZ2g9kywLDmDPg13ntI2RfCAe0m9px8vstiDinBJJ-dy4FBrgrw=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p>Chuck Kovacic is an artist of many dimensions. His paintings are but one of these dimensions — universally visible to those who can see his work in art galleries, or places like McSorley's Old Ale House in New York City.</p><p>But Chuck's flair for Sherlockian scholarship and collecting has taken him in a rare direction: he has a recreation of Sherlock Holmes's 221B Baker Street sitting room built in his house in California. And it contains more than reproductions or Canonical items; Chuck has taken his level of collecting to a far deeper and studious level.</p><p>Tune in as he shares his "collection mania in its most acute form" [ILLU] with us.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEje_uz58gs8d9sAZvEuh0DIhDt750K2GHMGtx5umKwXf00k3YartH6SF9J3RapwjAbom73v78ttwXWaYTKXlhOIpEPE0sZPw6M17CeJgve3q3mPLrchkAbWVg9IFjia7yUu7I3g_q5t0hf_5FomedgQRDAdSWINeqrl08lfAPOK6YAdUdYkfpmBImrH8Q=s1801" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1273" data-original-width="1801" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEje_uz58gs8d9sAZvEuh0DIhDt750K2GHMGtx5umKwXf00k3YartH6SF9J3RapwjAbom73v78ttwXWaYTKXlhOIpEPE0sZPw6M17CeJgve3q3mPLrchkAbWVg9IFjia7yUu7I3g_q5t0hf_5FomedgQRDAdSWINeqrl08lfAPOK6YAdUdYkfpmBImrH8Q=w640-h452" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>We're pleased to announce the return of the <b>Canonical Couplet</b>! 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Episode 232: A Curious Collector of Baker Street

Episode 232: A Curious Collector of Baker Street

“a connoisseur and collector” [ILLU] Chuck Kovacic is an artist of many dimensions. His paintings are but one of these dimensions — univers...

Episode 195: MX Publishing

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“enterprise and originality” [COPP] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuRVZnVqYQIp0TF6LEGHr_nFIr7Y6PQbF-uPbgrUbxR_CGBTUOKUiKKYBDMEmApSY-6I0NaQwaRlaIJ9DdhBmXA4-Px_TclFuBt5qDUx-SeMKTluZZbBRc20ZCjUNcy9U9RoamDQGQnxC/s1024/MX+Publishing+header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuRVZnVqYQIp0TF6LEGHr_nFIr7Y6PQbF-uPbgrUbxR_CGBTUOKUiKKYBDMEmApSY-6I0NaQwaRlaIJ9DdhBmXA4-Px_TclFuBt5qDUx-SeMKTluZZbBRc20ZCjUNcy9U9RoamDQGQnxC/w640-h320/MX+Publishing+header.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>When Steve and Sharon Emecz founded MX Publishing, it had a very different purpose than it does today. And while most Sherlockians know the outfit for its many pastiches (particularly through the <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/07/behind-worlds-largest-new-sherlock.html">MX Collection</a> edited by David Marcum), there's much more going on here than one might realize.<div><br /></div><div>Steve Emecz joined us to talk about what drives him and how MX has grown to become a wide-ranging publisher with over 400 books and 150 authors under its imprint. Not to mention how they support a number of charitable causes such as Stepping Stones School at Undershaw, Happy Life Children's Home in Nairobi, the American Cancer Society, and the World Food Programme, and how it's possible that a publisher can be carbon-positive.</div><div><br /></div><div>There's definitely more than meets the eye with MX Publishing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Once again, our popular <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz is back, and we reveal the secret behind the origin of these short stanzas. 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In Memoriam Frederic Dorr Steele

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For more than 40 years, Steele showed the moments that mattered in the Sherlock Holmes stories, illustrating Holmes's appearances in <i>Collier's Weekly</i> beginning with "The Adventure of the Empty House." It is safe to say that to Holmesians, Steele's Holmes is iconic and part of the firmament of the Canon.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43Utjd2dc0pzpXbT_vwqDFZJpPm1wef9JgUuISduNi07dOG6RQVQfkgph5EfBJj3saU1Mf1oBz8Owz7aECdp4ndfRolJ4BAqCQ9NJtcI-hy2VS3-AUeNdgv5gmbKz71uNfVkUoe_YGlcK0lQ60hAYDFYa2LFNhkeYhbH6u96UYDNwShpsRed1kXYsFA/s1074/PRIO%20-%20Steele%20Collier's.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1074" data-original-width="943" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43Utjd2dc0pzpXbT_vwqDFZJpPm1wef9JgUuISduNi07dOG6RQVQfkgph5EfBJj3saU1Mf1oBz8Owz7aECdp4ndfRolJ4BAqCQ9NJtcI-hy2VS3-AUeNdgv5gmbKz71uNfVkUoe_YGlcK0lQ60hAYDFYa2LFNhkeYhbH6u96UYDNwShpsRed1kXYsFA/w562-h640/PRIO%20-%20Steele%20Collier's.jpg" width="562" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div>
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<li><a href="https://www.scintillation.org/">A Scintillation of Scions</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://ash-nyc.com/the-digital-muse">The Digital Muse</a> (electronic compilation of 40 years of <i>The Serpentine Muse</i>)</li>
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Episode 192: A Little Ribston-Pippin

Episode 192: A Little Ribston-Pippin

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Episode 188: The Art of Frank Cho

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Frank Cho, BSI ("The Duke of Balmoral") is an artist known worldwide in the comic industry. From his early strips in college to his work with Marvel and D.C., he is an artist whose services are in high demand.<br />
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Episode 188: The Art of Frank Cho

Episode 188: The Art of Frank Cho

“the artist had brought out the full effect of the lustrous black hair” [NOBL] Frank Cho, BSI ("The Duke of Balmoral"...

Episode 167: The Art of Chris Schweizer

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Episode 167: The Art of Chris Schweizer

Episode 167: The Art of Chris Schweizer

“He has an extraordinary faculty for figures” [GREE] Chris Schweizer is a Sherlockian of multi-media origins. So it stands to ...

The Curious Case of the New Yorker Cover

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The 2018 year-end issue of <i>The New Yorker</i> caught the attention of many people. But Sherlockians in particular were alerted to the presence of Sherlock Holmes in the form of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.<br />
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It's not often that Sherlock Holmes graces the cover of a magazine, and certainly not one of the stature of <i>The New Yorker</i>. And as you would imagine, that brought out the most avid collector of Sherlockian art that we know: Jerry Margolin, BSI ("Hilton Cubitt").<br />
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Jerry joined us way back on <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose16">Episode 16 of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a> to share his stories about his considerable art collection. And <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/12/one-sherlockians-christmas-card.html#.XCxZe1xKjb0">he shared his Christmas card tradition</a> with us as well.<br />
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We caught up with Jerry to follow his pursuit of the original art from the cover of <i>The New Yorker</i>.<br />
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<b>How did you first hear about this cover?</b></h3>
It was posted on Facebook. Somebody posted the cover long before it came out, so I don't know where they got the advance of the cover from. But as soon as I saw it, I showed it to [my wife] Saint Judy and said, "Gee, I've got to try and go after this. "<br />
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<b>Not an unheard of situation for you. You see Sherlockian art come around all the time and you manage to track down the artists, whether you know them or not. How do you do it? What's your first step in something like that?</b></h3>
Well, it's of course a lot easier now with Google and websites and so on. Even better than it was when I had no internet many, many moons ago. But usually, most artists now have a website. (I'm giving away my trade secrets here.) I have a feeling everybody else knows this as well, but I'll Google it and hopefully a website comes up. And if it does, there's usually some type of contact, email or Facebook.  I go ahead and send them a message. I have a fairly standard message that I write to them. And I hope for the best that they'll write me back.<br />
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<b>Who is this artist and how did you respond?</b></h3>
It's a gentleman named <a href="https://www.barryblitt.com/">Barry Blitt</a> and he apparently does quite a number of covers for <i>The New Yorker</i> and has for a while. So it took me a little longer than normal, about two days to get in touch with him and to find him and get in touch with him. And he wrote me back. I would much rather just pick up a phone and call somebody and speak to them directly. But finally he answered me and I asked him my basic question, "is the item available and how much does it cost?" and we go from there.<br />
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<b>And what was his response? Was he surprised to hear from you?</b></h3>
He does sell his pieces<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;">—</span>I don't know how frequently because his published pieces are amazingly expensive. He actually wouldn't quote me. He said, "I'm kind of embarrassed to quote you. What would you be willing to offer for it?" And I gave him what I thought was a very generous offer for it. I don't like to<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;">—</span>usually you get one shot to make an offer. And I try sometimes to go overboard instead of undercutting it.<br />
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So I gave him what I thought was a very generous offer for what I thought the art would be worth to me. And it took a little while for him to get back to me, but when he did he said, "Well normally<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;">—</span>and this is why I was embarrassed to say<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;">—</span>normally I get between $5,000 and $10,000 for my published covers." I said, "That's not in my financial universe, so thanks very much." But he said,  "I'm neurotic enough that when I do a cover I send two, and they can choose which one they want to use."<br />
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So he said "I would be happy to sell you the alternate, which is fairly close to the other one." As a matter of fact, the inscription he gave me on the back of the art<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">—</span>because I always ask an artist to sign it on the front and then inscribe it to me on the back because my framer cuts a window in the back mat to show off these descriptions<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;">—</span>on this one, he, he wrote:<br />
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"This is an alternate version of the artwork that appeared in <i>The New Yorker</i> 2018 year-end cover. (I think this is a better drawing, but what do I know?)"</blockquote>
So he actually thinks they picked the <i>wrong </i>cover.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jerry Margolin with the issue of <i>The New Yorker</i> and the original alternate artwork.</td></tr>
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<b>As a Sherlockian art collector, having looked at both of them, which do you prefer?</b></h3>
Well, my preference, of course, no matter which one was better or not better would be, do have had the actual published cover. That said, I think except for a couple of little minor differences of an arm here or a hand there, and a little bit of difference in the patterns that he used for the deerstalker and Inverness, I think it's a toss up on these. I would have been happy with either one of them. I think they're both incredibly good and I'm very happy with the one that I wound up getting except for the minor detail that it isn't the final published cover. But I have a Frederic Dorr Steele that is not the final published version, and I'm happy that I have that one too.<br />
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<b>When you get a piece of art like that—a published piece of a magazine cover—do you typically frame the public piece, the magazine cover next to the original piece of art?</b></h3>
I have done that in one or two cases. I'm looking at one now on my wall here where I did do that. Mostly what I'll do is frame the piece and then on the back in a mylar bag we'll attach the magazine to the back of the frame. It gets fairly large if you have to frame both together. And I just have no more wall space. I literally have no more wall space and that's why I'm not framing pretty much anything else. I just have nowhere to put it and it would just sit on the floor or somewhere. This one I I will hang when I get it framed. I'll find space for it, even if I have to remove something else from the wall.<br />
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I'm going to try and put it next to my Obama piece. I have the painting of the cover of The National Review. It was a painting Obama dressed as Holmes. I tracked down the artist. It's a magnificent, beautiful, full color piece. And I tracked down the artists, a gentleman named Ramon Guen and  asked if I could purchase the cover. And he said it was gone already. And I asked him, "Could you recreate it for me?"<br />
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So he said, "Yeah, I can do that." So he recreated it—and I'm talking down to the last pen stroke.<br />
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And that one, I framed and I have the magazine cover on the back of that one. I want to try and find space to put this when it's done next to Obama.<br />
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<b>Do you see a lot of visual representations of Sherlock Holmes in the political realm?</b></h3>
Oh sure. As matter of fact, there were two recent cartoons. I just got two pieces from a phenomenal artist and political cartoonist—a Pulitzer Prize winner—named Mike Luckovitch. <a href="https://www.ajc.com/blog/luckovich/mike-luckovich-hurry-sherlock/oRom9cHPnl87JA7IudhHRO/">One is Holmes with "FBI" on his Inverness</a>. He's holding a paper that says "Kavanaugh Allegations" and says, "Come Watson, we have a job to do." And off to the right is Trump holding a stopwatch and saying, "Time's up!"<br />
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<b>The best part about all of this is how you make it a spectator sport for the rest of us.</b></h3>
Well, I'm, I'm glad if people enjoy it. I don't do it as a "Ooh, look at me, I've got this." I just want to share the stuff with people and I hope that they enjoy seeing some things that maybe they'll never get a chance to see.<br />
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One of those things of course, is the [original] Paget. I'm one of the very, very lucky people to have an original Paget. So usually when a Sherlockian visits, that's what they want to see the first time right when they get here. And I'm happy to show it. I still, after I've owned it now for going on almost 40 years I still stare at it and kind of pinch myself. Because back in my early collecting days, that was not even a dream. So to have actually have been able to do it is pretty amazing to me. Still after all these years.<br />
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<b>Which Paget drawing is it?</b></h3>
It's from "The Resident Patient," of Holmes holding the cigar case sniffing the cigar. It is one of the more well known pieces. I'm happy to show this stuff to anybody, uh, that would like to make the trip to Portland to see it. If anybody does, they can contact me and if I'm home and going to be here and they're welcome to stop by.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holmes opened it and smelled the single cigar which it contained.</td></tr>
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Jerry's original Paget and many others can be found in <a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/html/paget.html"><i>The Complete Paget Portfolio</i></a> from Wessex Press. We interviewed Nick Utechin, the book's editor, for <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose156" target="_blank">Episode 156</a>.<br />
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We thank Jerry for sharing his story with us.<br />
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The Curious Case of the New Yorker Cover

The Curious Case of the New Yorker Cover

"the notorious Muller" [STUD] The 2018 year-end issue of The New Yorker caught the attention of many people. But Sherlockian...

Compliments of the Season

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Since animated GIFs are becoming more prevalent, we thought we'd pull out this old chestnut from seven years ago.<br /><br />The artifact in question is a fine example that we found and sought permission (some decade ago) from a member of the now-defunct Holmesian.net site named "whorl". <br /><br />Once again, we're proud and honored to bring you <a href="http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj88/scottmonty/stick_BLUE-1.gif">The Bloo Sparkly</a> (click for the fullsize image), a retelling of "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" with stick figures, which you can see above. If you're reading this on a feed reader or via email, please click on "I Hear of Sherlock" in the header of the email to advance to the website to see the animation. The slides advance automatically, so if you need to start over, just hit F5 or refresh your browser to start over. <br /><br /><br />We hope that your holiday is an enjoyable one. Expect to see us back here again in two days (i.e. "the second morning after Christmas" [BLUE]). <div>
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Compliments of the Season

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Compliments of the Season

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While you enjoy the holiday today, however you celebrate it, we have the good fortune to wish you "the compliments of the season." [BLUE]<br />
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In the spirit of the season, we have two gifts for you, both taken from our archives. We're fortunate that over the course of 12 years, we have a treasure trove of material from which to choose.<br />
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If you're in the mood to curl up and listen to a good conversation about the wonderful story that is "The Blue Carbuncle," take a listen to <a data-cke-saved-href="http://ihose.co/ihose49" href="http://ihose.co/ihose49">Episode 49: I'll Have a Blue Christmas</a>.<br />
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Both of these gems from the past are bonny things and will put a smile on your face for the holiday.<br />
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Compliments of the Season

Compliments of the Season

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The Lying Detective — It Is What It Is

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[<b><i>Editor's Note</i></b>: this is the sixth in a series of reviews we'll be sharing on Series 4 of <i>Sherlock</i>. And as is our custom, there are <b>spoilers</b> ahead.]<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">And I love what it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That sums up <i>Sherlock</i> for me. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Before I begin, I respect your right to
“not like” some creative work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s
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<span lang="EN-US">But if you happen to be one of the vocal types hurling vitriol about <i>Sherlock</i>, exclaiming how violated and disappointed you are, may I
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<span lang="EN-US">As many of you know, I love <i>Sherlock</i> for
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<span lang="EN-US">I will never tire of watching the innately
likable Martin Freeman as John Watson struggle with his decency, his desire to
be a good man, his<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>bravery,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>his addiction to adrenaline, and his very
debilitating PTSD </span><i>—</i> not to mention the love he feels for his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which is from time to time tried to the
limits due to his own, and especially to Sherlock’s flaws.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I was very sympathetic to John’s struggle
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<span lang="EN-US">John is a man who examines his actions
regularly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And suffers<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>tremendous guilt for his mistakes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>To me that is human and heroic.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">There is, by the way, canonical inspiration
to be found in the way Watson describes women with more than a touch of
longing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>And of course, a parallel
exists with ACD who enjoyed many social occasions with Jeanne Leckie while
still married to the ailing Touie. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>A
human being, yet still worthy of our admiration.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Would Dr. John Watson of the original Sherlock Holmes stories have had an
affair?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not likely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But would he </span><i>—</i> if he were alive now <i>— </i>perhaps
flirt a bit via text?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I buy it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Three continents, folks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> He didn't do more than text. That showed restraint. I love him for it.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Are you so above such a thought, such a
desire, such a gesture?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If so, I do not
find the world so black and white as you do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 
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<span lang="EN-US">Bigger question:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>would John Watson beat the up an
ailing canonical Holmes? That set off some of you. Not in the Canon, surely. But<i>
Sherlock </i> ratchets up both the rawness of these characters’ emotions and the
extremity of Sherlock’s hubris and John’s PTSD to a point that, to me, became 
believable and tragic and moving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
brought me to tears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could understand
both points of view so well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, both.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Those characters, those vulnerabilities, have
been carefully constructed, consistently built throughout the series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not the Canon, it’s a version of these
characters which is consistent within the longer arc of the <i>Sherlock</i> series. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">And Sherlock himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like his canonical counterpart, this Sherlock
is damaged goods with a fragile and inflated ego (it’s all in the stories),
manic behavior and the propensity<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to self
medicate to alleviate depression and boredom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Except </span></span><i>— </i>Sherlock goes farther than the canonical Holmes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much, much farther, and suffers all the more
from it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, I feel sympathy, not
derision. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an extreme man living in
extreme times.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I will never tire of watching Benedict
Cumberbatch play the genius of immense intellect and emotion – and yes, Mrs.
Hudson was dead on right about this – for all his reasoned brilliance and passion for
the scientific method, Sherlock is primarily an emotional man, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and I hold him to be so in the Canon as well.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though in the spirit of the Victorian era, this
element is very much understated on the page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 
</span>But it peeks through the words, most definitely.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In both Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original stories and <i>Sherlock</i> this character
is hurting, alone, somewhat of a tragic figure, and all the more heroic for
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The world applauds his achievements
while he privately collapses. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In the show, for John and Sherlock, bad
stuff happens when their lesser natures briefly overcome them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To me, that is the stuff of powerful
storytelling. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I think some haters, particularly those who
have only recently switched sides to Camp Vitriol where </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><i>Sherlock</i> is concerned, come to the show with
expectations <i>—</i> expectations that it cleave more closely to the Canon, that it
show John and Sherlock as very much who Watson and Holmes were in the original stories, that
it mimic the Conan Doyle formula they think they remember (and are almost always wrong) concerning the amount of deductions, how accurate was the logic, how active/ inactive, physical/emotional, etc.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Several problems come with that expectation.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">First, many get these breakdowns,
percentages, perceptions wrong (though granted, fewer of you who are reading IHOSE).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2017/01/to-sherlock-critics-discerning-and.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gatiss’s recent rhyming rebuttal</a> to
“there’s too much action” in <i>Sherlock</i>.  Hell, no, it's quite canonical. Just depicted in the style of its current medium. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Second: recreating the Canon is not what the creators set
out to do, or ever promised. This is a
riff, not an adaptation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> A pastiche, not a faithful retelling. </span>They are
creative, imaginative, inspired, and did what they wanted to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why is so much ego ascribed to their work by
the haters?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are artists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">   </span>This is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">their
</i>portrait.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I went into an exhibit of Expressionist
painting recently in London.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t
much care for this genre; it does not speak to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My companion was riveted and spent an hour
and a half studying these while I did a quick tour and sat down to write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had a fascinating takeaway and couldn’t wait
to try some things in her own painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was unimpressed but I can assure you that I did not find myself
thinking – what an utter a^*hole for using that much yellow in the corner of
the painting, how is <b><i>that</i></b> a bridge, and how dare he call that f%^-ing  blob a human
being?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">No. This painting is that artist’s take.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can partake, admire, savor, or move
on to what we like better.  </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I will never paint in this style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t hate or deride these artists for
doing so. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">To punitively ascribe "ego" to an artist for
daring to disagree with you by virtue of their choices is just plain wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The act of writing, performing, any art form
requires ego, requires a point of view, and requires the creator <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to reveal him/herself by<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>appearing on the page or canvas or screen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The work itself <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>also <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">has
a form – to a greater or lesser degree – imposed upon it.</i> That’s the challenge of art.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Putting out your "take" on an idea, an image, a story — that is what artists do, and it is the height
of vulnerability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of you know
this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You put your work out there and
then stand naked before the crowd.</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span>
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">All creative art forms have rules and guidelines. Some tight, some loose. </span>A
classical sonnet is a tight form, an expressionist painting a loose one, but
both are forms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As you put yourself and
your ideas and your story and what it is you want to say into this form, you
also help define the form. And you speak your piece. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">It's a leap of faith to do this. </span>That’s not ego, that’s what creating is. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">A long form drama series is long
form film.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A novel is long form print.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They require very different things in terms
of plotting and character development than short form. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moffat and Gatiss took a pass at their creative riff on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">longform </i><i>filmed</i> Sherlock Holmes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Conan Doyle wrote <i>short form print</i> Sherlock Holmes. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I frankly love <i>Sherlock </i>though not every minute
of it. Sometimes there is a little too much yellow in the corner of the
painting: dialogue too fast, and less inventive villains than I’d like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But do I need to write angrily about this,
detailing with outrage what they woulda, shoulda, coulda done? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I’ve been a screenwriter and a producer and
a development executive for 30 years in Hollywood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have written one movie that’s been made and sold many scripts and won Emmys
for TV writing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am published in longform print
Holmes. (<i>Art in the Blood,</i> and the upcoming <i>Unquiet Spirits</i>)  <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>So maybe I’m somewhat “qualified” as a
critic, but I will not take the bait and second guess Moffatt and Gatiss and
Cumberbatch and Freeman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">   </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This is an artwork.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>And I have too much respect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Let me reiterate: you don’t have to like any
given artwork, I’m not saying that. But
don’t be like that nurse in "The Lying Detective," casually dissing John’s blog in passing, almost as an
afterthought. Maybe she glanced at it on the Tube.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe she would have written it differently. Please. Don't be that woman.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">A final word on the phrase “it is what it
is ”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> which tags this episode.This was derided as a platitude by some critics. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This is not a platitude. “Everything happens for a
reason”is a platitude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Say that to me and don't stand too close. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">"It is what it is" …<i>is </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><i>zen.  </i>It is the hard won lesson of the adult</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the serenity prayer<i>,</i> the part about <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>knowing what “things you cannot change” and
understanding and accepting those things.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Mary is dead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sherlock and John are flawed human
beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Horrible people who kill others
exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is what it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sadly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it is.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Now, that being said, the other part of the
serenity prayer about knowing the difference between what you can and cannot change is crucial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> At this precise moment there is a rising panic about what is happening in our country, a malaise that is difficult to endure. </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">We are hoping and praying that "what it is" can be changed. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Some things  require action. They require battle gear and courage
and resilience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despots and liars must
be confronted. Murders must be investigated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Criminals brought to justice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Children
must be taught.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Babies must be
nurtured.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Art must be created to shine
lights into dark corners and open us to beauty and truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is hard, scary work.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">And some things require acceptance and
accommodation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like illness. Like death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are what they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When friends join hands and agree on these
painful things, there is love. And understanding. I love these two men, this particular John
and Sherlock,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and their expression in
this crazy form in our crazy times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I
can’t wait for "The Final Problem."  </span><br />
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<i><b>Editor's Note:</b> Bonnie MacBird recently received her investiture "Art in the Blood" in the Baker Street Irregulars. The watercolor portrait above is her work.</i><br />
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The Lying Detective — It Is What It Is

The Lying Detective — It Is What It Is

"what it is worth" [THOR] [ Editor's Note : this is the sixth in a series of reviews we'll be sharing on Series 4 ...

by Bonnie MacBird

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