I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Friday Sherlock Links Compendium (August 10 - August 16, 2013)

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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last weekend I had the tremendous good fortune to attend <a data-mce-href="http://www.norwegianexplorers.org/2013_conference.html" href="http://www.norwegianexplorers.org/2013_conference.html" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Place"><strong>Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Place</strong></a>, a three day conference organized by the venerable <a data-mce-href="http://www.norwegianexplorers.org/" href="http://www.norwegianexplorers.org/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Norwegian Explorers"><strong>Norwegian Explorers of Minnesota</strong></a>, <strong><a data-mce-href="https://www.lib.umn.edu/scrbm/holmes/friends-newsletters" href="https://www.lib.umn.edu/scrbm/holmes/friends-newsletters" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Newsletter of the Friends of the SH Collections">Friends of the Sherlock Holmes Collections</a></strong> and the University of Minnesota. I'm saving all related #SHMN13 links plus my various reviews for posts later this week, but for now I'll say that the experience was an incredibly inspiring one, and I hope to channel some of that inspiration into <a href="http://always1895.net/">Always1895.net</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.wessexpress.com/html/g2b4.html" href="http://www.wessexpress.com/html/g2b4.html" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="From Gillette to Brett 4 - Sep 2014"><strong>Wessex Press</strong></a>, purveyors of finest <a data-mce-href="http://www.wessexpress.com/" href="http://www.wessexpress.com/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Wessex Press products">Sherlockian products</a> such as Klinger's (ed) <a data-mce-href="http://www.wessexpress.com/html/shrl.html" href="http://www.wessexpress.com/html/shrl.html" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="SH Reference Library"><em>Sherlock Homes Reference Library</em></a>, Dahlinger's, et al. (eds), <em><a data-mce-href="http://www.wessexpress.com/html/bookman.html" href="http://www.wessexpress.com/html/bookman.html" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="The Bookman">Sherlock Holmes, ACD and The Bookman</a> </em>and <strong>Bill Rabe</strong>'s <a data-mce-href="http://www.wessexpress.com/html/vbs.html" href="http://www.wessexpress.com/html/vbs.html" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Voices From Baker Street CD"><em>Voices From Baker Street</em></a> (2 CDs) to name just a few, announced that <strong>September 12 - 14th, 2014</strong> in Indianapolis, IN. Sherlockians should mark their calendars for <strong>From Gillette to Brett IV: Basil, Benedict and Beyond</strong>, a conference which will feature "rare Sherlockian films, vendors, and an all-star roster of distinguished speakers, presenters, and events. The conference will be held on the beautiful campus of Indiana University at the Indiana Memorial Union. We are thrilled to present exclusive, 75th Anniversary screenings of <strong>Basil Rathbone</strong>'s <em><a data-mce-href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031448/" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031448/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Rathbone's Hound of the Baskervilles">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a> </em>(1939) and <em><a data-mce-href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031022/" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031022/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Adventures of Sherlock Holmes on IMDB">The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</a></em> (1939) in the state-of-the-art <a data-mce-href="http://www.cinema.indiana.edu/" href="http://www.cinema.indiana.edu/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="IU Cinema">IU Cinema</a>." Read about <a data-mce-href="http://www.wessexpress.com/html/g2b3.html" href="http://www.wessexpress.com/html/g2b3.html" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="From Gillette to Brett 3 info"><strong>From Gillette To Brett III</strong></a> for a taste of what you can expect. I've actually never attended one of Wessex Press' tri-annual FG2B conferences, but I've heard nothing but great things ("<a data-mce-href="http://bakerstreetbeat.blogspot.com/2011/11/gillette-to-brett-iii-was-unforgettable.html" href="http://bakerstreetbeat.blogspot.com/2011/11/gillette-to-brett-iii-was-unforgettable.html" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Andriacco on FG2B3">Gillette to Brett III Was Unforgettable!</a>" - <strong>Dan Andriacco</strong>) and plan on being in attendance next September 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong><a data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/lklinger/status/367751381928517632" href="https://twitter.com/lklinger/status/367751381928517632" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Klinger announces Annotated SH for Kindle">Leslie S. Klinger</a></strong> appears to have <a data-mce-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Cthulhu">Cthulhuian</a> powers over the Internet - and not just because this annotating fiend is currently working on <em><a data-mce-href="http://lesliesklinger.com/2013/08/things-to-come/" href="http://lesliesklinger.com/2013/08/things-to-come/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="New Annotated Lovecraft by Klinger">The New Annotated HP Lovecraft</a></em> - this week alone we found his tentacles reaching into at least three corners of the net. Known primarily for his superhuman annotation skills, the uncanny annotator announced that his <em><a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes-Non-slipcased-ebook/dp/B00EDFCWCC/" href="http://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes-Non-slipcased-ebook/dp/B00EDFCWCC/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="I like how it's described as a "non-slipcased e-book" - can I get a slipcased e-book?">New Annotated Sherlock Holmes Volume</a> Vol. 1</em>, originally published by Norton in 2010 as part of a three volume set will be out on Kindle August 26, 2013, as well as other formats to follow; and presumably the next two volumes to follow as well. You can pre-order a copy and have it sent straight to your device or find out <a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes-Non-slipcased-ebook/dp/B00EDFCWCC/" href="http://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Sherlock-Holmes-Non-slipcased-ebook/dp/B00EDFCWCC/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="New Annotated Amazon on Kindle">more information at Amazon</a>. When not making an <a data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/LindsaySHall/status/366376843370180609" href="https://twitter.com/LindsaySHall/status/366376843370180609" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Klinger speaking at SHMN13 banquet">edifying and amusing keynote address</a> at the <strong>Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Place</strong> Saturday night banquet, Klinger was being <a data-mce-href="http://www.continuum.umn.edu/2013/08/klinger-talk-holmes-new-sherlockians-and-more/" href="http://www.continuum.umn.edu/2013/08/klinger-talk-holmes-new-sherlockians-and-more/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Interview with Text">interviewed by the University of Minnesota</a> (click for video interview and text) on "<strong>Sherlock Holmes and the 'New Sherlockians</strong>'" where he discusses early Sherlockian scholarship, his relationship to the Robert Downey Jr films and BBC <em>Sherlock</em> and why he thinks both are good for the Canon and his views on the newest generation of Sherlockians; concluding in the case of the latter that the great edifice of Sherlockian culture will not be brought down in one fell swoop by Cumberbatch's cheekbones and that the future for Sherlock Holmes and the Canon is a bright one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And if making the annotated Canon more accessible and predicting the heath and continuance of Sherlockian culture wasn't enough, Klinger's <strong>Free Sherlock</strong> project posted the following <a data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/lklinger/status/367750985763934209" href="https://twitter.com/lklinger/status/367750985763934209" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Free Sherlock update">update regarding Klinger vs the Conan Doyle Estate</a>: "ACD Estate now has until September 10, 2013  to respond to our Motion for Summary Judgment; our reply due by September 30, 2013. Court will rule by mail." Finally, don't forget his "<strong><a data-mce-href="http://lesliesklinger.com/2013/07/basic-holmesian-library/" href="http://lesliesklinger.com/2013/07/basic-holmesian-library/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Klinger Basic Holmes Library">Basic Holmes Library</a></strong>" (kind of a <a data-mce-href="http://www.diogenes-club.com/shlibrary9.htm" href="http://www.diogenes-club.com/shlibrary9.htm" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="The Shaw 100">Shaw 100</a> Klinger-style) posted last week for burgeoning Sherlockians looking to get deeper into the Writings Upon the Writing. Someone get this man a drink!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At first glance, <strong>Igor Petrenko</strong> as Sherlock Holmes and <strong>Andrei Panin</strong> as Doctor John Watson seem to borrow rather heavily from the Robert Downey Jr. approach to the Great Detective: there's lots of gun play, 19th century fight clubs and Victorian-style dark Satanic-looking rituals. On the other hand, this 2013 Russian adaptation will clearly pay homage to the brilliant 1979-1986 Russian series <em><a data-mce-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holmes_and_Dr._Watson_(film_series)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holmes_and_Dr._Watson_(film_series)" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson">The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson</a> </em>choosing to show Holmes and Watson as young men and even including a boxing match between the two using the 221B sitting room as their boxing ring. Again, judging just from this trailer, the dialogue (as subtitled into English) seems very familiar (in a good way) and the Victorian setting, though garish at times, also appears gritty enough to pass as our beloved London of the Canon where "the yellow fog swirls down the street and drifts across the dun-coloured houses." No word yet on when the new <strong>Russian <em>Sherlock Holmes</em></strong> will officially air stateside, but at the very least it appears that we're in store for an above average set of adaptations-cum-pastiches.</span></div>
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Autumn issue off to the printer today. Here's a glimpse of its glorious cover. Guess which story... <a href="http://t.co/JkO1Hty52E">pic.twitter.com/JkO1Hty52E</a></div>
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Fall13 <a href="https://twitter.com/BakerStJournal">@BakerStJournal</a> cover meant 2 cause a healthy excitement among the train classes ie John Baesch & Guy Marriott <a href="http://t.co/iowuITloR4">pic.twitter.com/iowuITloR4</a><br />
— Matt Laffey (@always1895) <a href="https://twitter.com/always1895/statuses/367724651969273856">August 14, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/always1895">@always1895</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BakerStJournal">@BakerStJournal</a> Add me to the train classes. Grandpa J worked the Northern Pacific for 47 yrs and I have a model train layout.</div>
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— Tim Johnson (@UMBookworm) <a href="https://twitter.com/UMBookworm/statuses/367725902085378049">August 14, 2013</a></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.27272605895996px;">There's no doubt that the above cover for the Autumn 2013 issue of the BSJ is meant to cause a healthy excitement among the train/transportation classes within the Sherlockian world, namely John Baesch, BSI ("The State and Merton County Railroad"), Guy Marriott, BSI ("The Hotel du Lourvre") and Tim Johnson, among others. If you don't already, I strongly suggest </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/subscriptions.html" href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/subscriptions.html" style="color: #444444; line-height: 17.27272605895996px;" target="_blank" title="Subscribe young man, subscribe!">subscribing to the BSJ</a><span style="line-height: 17.27272605895996px;"> immediately so as not to miss out on all the Sherlockian fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.johnhwatsonsociety.com/" href="http://www.johnhwatsonsociety.com/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="JHWS"><strong>John H. Watson Society</strong></a> is directing a Canonically intense scavenger hunt called <a data-mce-href="http://johnhwatsonsociety.com/the-first-annual-john-h-watson-canonical-treasure-hunt.html" href="http://johnhwatsonsociety.com/the-first-annual-john-h-watson-canonical-treasure-hunt.html" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="JHWS Treasure Hunt">The First Annual John H. Watson Canonical Treasure Hunt</a>. In other JHWS news, Mr <strong>Dan Andriacco</strong> announced that his article entitled "Doctor Watson, Detective?" has been accepted for publication in the inaugural issue of <a data-mce-href="http://johnhwatsonsociety.com/the-watsonian-journal.html" href="http://johnhwatsonsociety.com/the-watsonian-journal.html" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="The Watsonian journal"><em>The Watsonian</em></a> the scholarly journal of the JHWS: "Aspiring one day to become a journal with a small portion of the greatness of the <em>Baker Street Journal</em> or <em>The Sherlock Holmes Journal</em>, <em>The Watsonian</em> concerns itself with Traditionalist and Revisionist articles concerning John H. Watson, M.D. The editorial policy of <em>The Watsonian</em> is to have no editorial policy. The journal is open-minded and receptive to thoughtful as well as amusing articles. As always, By-Laws 1 and 2 must be honoured and good taste must be, at all times, in evidence. Initially, the journal will not be juried, rather all publication acceptance will be at the discretion of the Chair, the Director of Publications and Editor-in-Chief, and the Directors, all acting as the Editorial Board." Exciting times!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-mce-href="http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20130814/ADV05/308140103/Players-Pen-Director-discusses-comedy-mystery-mixing-two" href="http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20130814/ADV05/308140103/Players-Pen-Director-discusses-comedy-mystery-mixing-two" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="The Game's Afoot play"><strong>Green Bay Press Gazette</strong></a> interviewed director Kimberly Senior who is currently putting the finishing touches on Ken Ludwig’s new Sherlockian-infused comedy whodunit "The Game’s Afoot." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong>Q.</strong> What have you learned about Gillette or Conan Doyle you didn’t know before rehearsals started?<strong> </strong></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong>A.</strong> "I am so fascinated by individuals who borrow, and sometimes improve, the work of the original....<strong>William Gillette</strong> was an actor and playwright. He was the first person to adapt Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes to the stage and played the iconic detective in more than 1,300 performances worldwide. Gillette is a featured character in “The Game’s Afoot”. </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A special pre-show chat with author <strong>Henry Zecher</strong>, who wrote <em>William Gillette, America’s Sherlock Holmes</em>, is set for Aug. 28."  (Thanks to <a data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/raywilcockson/status/367773449730539520" href="https://twitter.com/raywilcockson/status/367773449730539520" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Ray Wilcockson post of The Game's Afoot"><strong>Ray Wilcockson</strong></a> for the tip!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-mce-href="http://umbookworm.blogspot.com/2013/08/30th-year-reflections54-twitter.html" href="http://umbookworm.blogspot.com/2013/08/30th-year-reflections54-twitter.html" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Tim Johnson's blog"><strong>Special and Rare on a Stick</strong></a>, the blog of 'The Man With the Greatest Job in the Universe' whom regular readers will recognize as <strong>Tim Johnson</strong>, curator of <a data-mce-href="https://www.lib.umn.edu/scrbm/holmes" href="https://www.lib.umn.edu/scrbm/holmes" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes Collection">The Sherlock Holmes Collections at the University of Minnesota Library</a>, shares his observations as a neophyte Twitter user: "I have no idea what finally triggered my conversion. Perhaps it was an unrealized need to be part of a larger conversation (or in this case a specific conversation connected with our <a data-mce-href="http://www.norwegianexplorers.org/2013_conference.html" href="http://www.norwegianexplorers.org/2013_conference.html" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Homes Through Time and Place">Sherlock Holmes conference</a>)." Regardless I, along with many other Sherlockian-minded Twitter users, very much welcome Mr Johnson to the never ending 140 character dialogue as he assumes the appropriate guise of <a data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/UMBookworm" href="https://twitter.com/UMBookworm" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Tim Johnson on Twitter">@UMBookworm</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-mce-href="http://bakerstreetbabes.com/podcast/episode-43-charles-augustus-milverton-appreciation/" href="http://bakerstreetbabes.com/podcast/episode-43-charles-augustus-milverton-appreciation/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="BSB Ep 43 - Milverton"><strong>The Baker Street Babes</strong></a> in anticipation no doubt for BBC <em>Sherlock</em> Season 3 <a data-mce-href="http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/sherlock/26739/what-do-we-know-about-sherlocks-series-3-villain" href="http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/sherlock/26739/what-do-we-know-about-sherlocks-series-3-villain" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="BBC Sherlock Season 3 Milverton revealed">announcement</a> that actor <a data-mce-href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586565/" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586565/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Lars Mikkelsen"><strong>Lars Mikkelsen</strong></a> will play the role of the Master Blackmailer, released Episode 43: Charles Augustus Milverton Appreciation: "The worst man in London. The blackmailer. That guy from Jurassic Park that gets eaten by the shaky dinosaur thing. That douchebag. It’s <strong>Charles Augustus Milverton</strong> and we love to hate him.  Join Babes Curly, Lyndsay, Melinda, Ardy, Maria, Taylor, and Amy as they discuss the case, the man himself, the adaptations, and the historical figure behind Milverton."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a data-mce-href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Morley-Literary-Estate/287552511355101" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Morley-Literary-Estate/287552511355101" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Morley Lit Estate on FB"><strong>Christopher Morley Literary Estate</strong></a> is just one of the many reasons Sherlockians should consider using Facebook if they have yet to make the plunge, or have registered but have yet to explore the popular social networking platform. Would 'Kit' have created a Facebook profile? Let's pretend he had a FB for a moment: just imagine what his friends page would look like (Edgar Smith, Vincent Starrett, <a data-mce-href="http://hungrygerald.com/2011/06/gone-but-not-forgotten-restaurants-christ-cella/" href="http://hungrygerald.com/2011/06/gone-but-not-forgotten-restaurants-christ-cella/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Chris Cella remembered - a non-BSI portrait of him">Chris Cella</a>...though I'm sure <a data-mce-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Woollcott" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Woollcott" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Alexander Woollcott">Alexander Woollcott</a>'s friend request would be left pending indefinitely) or his groups (<a data-mce-href="http://www.online-literature.com/morley/plum-pudding/8/" href="http://www.online-literature.com/morley/plum-pudding/8/" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Creed of the Three Hours For Lunch Club">The Three Hours For Lunch Club</a>, Book-of-the-Month Club, <em>Saturday Review of Literature</em>, <a data-mce-href="http://www.bsiarchivalhistory.org/BSI_Archival_History/March_of_Time.html" href="http://www.bsiarchivalhistory.org/BSI_Archival_History/March_of_Time.html" style="color: #444444;" target="_blank" title="Lellenberg's The March of Time">Grillparzer Sittenpolizei Verein</a>, etc etc.) or his timeline (1934: birthday party for the Master at the Hotel Duane, 1936: 'friends' <strong>Edgar Smith</strong>, 1944: 'likes' Trilogy Dinner event, 1946: <strong>Adrian Conan Doyle</strong> 'unfriends' Morley, 1947: states there will never be another BSI dinner, 1948: comments with a ":(" on Smith's posting of a “committee-in-camera” BSI dinner, 1949: changes relationship status to BSI as 'It's complicated', etc.). Oh what could have been....</span></div>
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Friday Sherlock Links Compendium (August 10 - August 16, 2013)

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Episode 55: The Central Press Syndicate

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Of course, Horace Harker was a reporter for the Central Press Syndicate in "The Six Napoleons," but in our case we're acting in his stead to share some of the most significant news to our own syndicate. We share a special announcement about a future feature of the program which we'll call "The Central Press Syndicate." But in the meantime, we have much to share...<br />
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We pick up with a clarification on Lenore Glen Offord ("The Old Russian Woman") and tell you all about the 2011 <i>Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual</i>, in which readers will be able to discover the many aspects of this intelligent and well-published writer. We also question what Investitures looked like under Edgar Smith's and Julian Wolff's time - particularly the presentation of the shilling as a medal. There's an opportunity for your feedback.<br />
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Speaking of feedback, we're happy to share a good deal of listener mail and commentary from Episode 54. Thank you for all of your input and intelligent observations. We also note that we've added a function to the site called Speakpipe, which allows our listeners to provide an audio comment directly from the web page while listening to the show. We hope you'll use it.<br />
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Over on our Facebook page, every week our fans have a chance to join in the fun with our Wacky Caption Wednesdays. A lineup of some of the recent ones include the iconic image of <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152068493678047&set=pb.6723878046.-2207520000.1376263658.&type=3&theater" target="_blank">Holmes hunched over his chemical set</a></b> and the <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_2osOb2SMU" target="_blank">comparison to Mentos</a></b>; and <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152101347348047&set=pb.6723878046.-2207520000.1376263658.&type=3&theater" target="_blank">Holmes springing to action</a></b> in "The Speckled Band" with <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIEVqFB4WUo" target="_blank">inspiration from DEVO</a></b>.<br />
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On the news front, we have items from the next season of "Sherlock" from BBC One, and news from Steven Moffat that there's a clue that everyone missed with regard to Sherlock Holmes's death. And the announcement of the next installation of the absolutely phenomenal set of events called <i><b>From Gillette to Brett</b></i> that look at Sherlock Holmes of the screen. Also events-wise, while we missed the Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Place conference in Minnesota, we'll be featuring a report from the <b><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SHMN13&src=typd" target="_blank">#SHMN13</a></b> goings on.<br />
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For topics more controversial, we have the latest goings-on around the so-called "Free Sherlock" lawsuit between Leslie Klinger and the Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd., which indicate that a summary judgment is being requested, with the decision due in the coming weeks. And the mid-year letter from the Baker Street Irregulars' Wiggins, Michael Whelan contains a reprint of "The World of Sherlockians" that was shared on the BSJ website<br />
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Finally, we concluded with a reading of the Editor's Gas-Lamp on the importance sparking plugs, this time choosing September 1982 (Vol. 32, No. 3). In it, you'll find the definitive and seminal phrase as to what it takes to establish a Sherlockian society.<br />
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<li><b><a href="https://flipboard.com/section/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere-bCuM49" target="_blank">IHOSE on Flipboard</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="http://bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/allitems.html" target="_blank">BSJ Items for Sale</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="https://plus.google.com/+ScottMonty/posts/aWWy8HidJEy" target="_blank">Charles Augustus Magnussen</a></b> is here, as is <b><a href="http://sherlockology.tumblr.com/post/57184432849/watch-teaser-trailer" target="_blank">the trailer for the new season</a></b></li>
<li><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/jan/20/steven-moffat-sherlock-doctor-who" target="_blank"><b>Steven Moffat on the clue that everyone missed </b></a></li>
<li><b><a href="http://wessexpress.com/html/g2b4.html" target="_blank">From Gillette to Brett IV: Basil, Benedict and Beyond</a></b> - Sept. 12-14, 2014 in Bloomington, IN</li>
<li><b><a href="http://free-sherlock.com/2013/07/30/update-july-2013/" target="_blank">Free Sherlock update</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/sherlock-holmes-a-step-closer-595532" target="_blank">The Hollywood Reporter on the latest Conan Doyle Estate lawsuit</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/114565123495685504221" target="_blank">Activity on the Sherlock Holmes Community</a></b></li>
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Episode 55: The Central Press Syndicate

It's a show chock full of Sherlock Holmes news! Of course, Horace Harker was a reporter for the Central Press Syndicat...

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by Scott Monty

Friday Sherlock Links Compendium (July 27 - August 2, 2013)

<i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">"</span><span style="background-color: white;">It was by concealing such </span><span style="background-color: white;">links</span><span style="background-color: white;"> in the chain that Watson was enabled to produce his meretricious finales.</span><span style="background-color: white;">"</span></i><br /><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- 'The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier'</span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://always1895.net/post/56502788584/friday-sherlock-links-compendium-july-20-july-26" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Always1895 Logo" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtgIEDOLuPEafLCcMm1hGMsdHI7VbID1abTZZk7jFGbMrKQKOg9ZBdZ5-R0Zk52sNDwa6crZhH6w8ok8OogwmVM4JqHX1SMe896lRpgNi5N3VJlbBZDLQkfUcdfx24EvnqMF27iRtPxki/s1600/1895.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A weekly roundup of links from across the web related to Sherlock Holmes, courtesy of </span><a href="https://twitter.com/always1895" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank"><b>Matt Laffey</b></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> from Always1895.net. We welcome your comments and feedback, and if you have any material to include in the weekly roundup, please send to always1895 @ gmail.com.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Only one week to go until <a href="http://www.norwegianexplorers.org/2013_conference.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes Through Time & Place">Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Place</a> in Minnesota! I hope to see many of you there. For those Sherlockian Twitter users posting from the conference or following from home, it’s been officially decided that the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/NEofMN/status/363432060678967297" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Stamp of approval from Norwegian Explorers">#SHMN13</a> will stand for Sherlock Holmes Through Time & Place. See you soon!</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://bakerstreetbabes.com/podcast/221b-con-watsons-through-time/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="221B Con: Watsons Through Time"><span style="font-weight: 700;">221B Con</span></a> - “Watsons Through Time" (52:10) “Recorded live at <span style="font-weight: 700;">221B Con</span>, this panel was all about all the Watsons through ALL OF TIME! Well, as much as we could fit in just under an hour. Panelists were <a href="https://twitter.com/CurlyFourEyes" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Kristina on Twitter">Kristina Manente</a> (Curly), <a href="https://twitter.com/SherlockPhD" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Ashley Polasek">Ashley Polasek</a>, Eddy Webb, and <a href="https://twitter.com/roane" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Roane">Roane</a>." The original panel subtitle was “From ladies’ man to comedic buffoon, how have representations of John Watson changed over time" and the panelists do a great job weaving current and vintage Sherlock Holmes adaptations in along with the Canon. An overarching theme is - predictably but alas still necessary - the ‘Watson is not stupid’ theme, and of course plenty of time is spent discussing, analyzing and giggling about the Sherlock and John (BBC <em>Sherlock </em>first names rule applies here) dynamic. The word on the street (OK, <a href="https://twitter.com/BakerStBabes/status/362569217054228480" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Vote for next 221B Con recording">on Twitter</a>) is that a few more <em>221B Con</em> panels are set to be released - I’ll put 6,000 pounds (though “I am a poor man") that “Fandom: What the Hell is Wrong With Us?" wins out. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; outline: 0px;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Learn more about Nigel Bruce here"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/e6de93e73868b0b83907ad5f6087ea16/tumblr_inline_mqu899hOJw1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">[At some point, you’ll develop a soft spot for </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium; outline: 0px; text-align: start;" target="_blank" title="Nigel Bruce"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Nigel Bruce</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;"> so don’t be too harsh on him now.]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sherlockpeoria.blogspot.com/2013/07/watsons-through-time-and-gender.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Watsons through time and gender."><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></a></span><br /><a name='more'></a><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://sherlockpeoria.blogspot.com/2013/07/watsons-through-time-and-gender.html" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Watsons through time and gender"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/bc5a4c88beb114b01b5de558b57725ed/tumblr_inline_mqu71vfkHX1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">[Confirmed bachelor: John H Watson?]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sherlockpeoria.blogspot.com/2013/07/watsons-through-time-and-gender.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Watsons through time and gender."><span style="font-weight: 700;">Sherlock Peoria</span></a> begins “Watsons Through Time and Gender" by commenting on the above 221B podcast "<a href="http://bakerstreetbabes.com/podcast/221b-con-watsons-through-time/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Watsons Through Time">Watsons Through Time</a>": “It’s a good podcast for anyone to listen to, but I’d especially recommend it to those who think the new Sherlockians are all airheaded Cumberbatch swooners. A lot of good thoughts can be heard there from the panelists and the audience, as well as the recognizable voice of <a href="https://twitter.com/HowardOstrom" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Follow Howard Ostrom on Twitter"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Howard Ostrom</span></a>, Sherlockian film expert extraordinaire." <span style="font-weight: 700;">Brad Keefauver</span>’s foray into the topic of ‘Watson and Gender’ is motivated by a phenomenon he noticed occurring during the <a href="http://bakerstreetbabes.com/podcast/221b-con-watsons-through-time/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="221B panel discussion on Watson">221B panel discussion</a>: “Watson was being defined by his relationship with Holmes as much as any other characteristic, and I couldn’t help but wonder if the charm of a given Watson didn’t prejudice the view of that relationship just a tad…" Read on for Keefauver’s insights into the changing role of Watson, and in particular how said changes might be motivated by a gender shift within the Holmes world. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; outline: 0px;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/70832071" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="221B: The Sherlock Holmes Web-Series"><span style="font-weight: 700;">221B: The Sherlock Holmes Web-Series</span></a> is developed by Filmmaker <a href="http://221bwebseries.blogspot.com/p/about.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="About Carter deLaat and other involved with web series"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Carter deLaat</span></a> and features, for all intents and purposes, the first Sherlock Holmes adaptation featuring a female Sherlock: “It’s 1891 and military doctor, John Watson has returned home to England after a long and dangerous Afghanistan campaign. Seeking lodgings at an affordable price, he finds himself at 221B Baker St. <span style="font-weight: 700;">Where he meets a young, volatile, brilliant and eccentric woman…named Sherlock Holmes</span>…While not the grand Sherlockian mystery most are used to, <em>221B</em> emphasizes the domestic side of the mystery solving duo, often leading to comedic, puzzling and dangerous results. Giving a fresh perspective to the English Icons." <a href="http://221bwebseries.blogspot.com/2013/07/episode-one-now-online.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Ep1 - No Place Like Holmes">Episode One: No Place Like Holmes</a> was released on Vimeo (a free video streaming site like YouTube) on July 23, 2013 and <a href="http://221bwebseries.blogspot.com/2013/07/episode-two-now-online.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Episode 2: Fire Trap">Episode Two: Fire Trap</a> was released this week. The series will consist of five episodes total each with a running time between 5 and 8 minutes. Check out <a href="http://221bwebseries.blogspot.com/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="221B Web Series Blog"><span style="font-weight: 700;">221B: The Sherlock Holmes Web Series blog</span></a> for new episodes, bios, extras and more.</span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://221bwebseries.blogspot.com/p/episodes_22.html" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Click for Episodes released to date"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/234fb12388d43fc6d4345a9a3782bb40/tumblr_inline_mqu67v5Fvo1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">[Promo poster for </span><em style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: start;">221B: The<br />Sherlock Holmes Web Series</em><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">.]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: 700; outline: 0px;"><a href="http://lesliesklinger.com/2013/07/basic-holmesian-library/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Klinger's List of Books">Leslie Klinger</a></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, scholar, attorney, annotator, editor, liberator of the Canon and Sherlockian celebrity “was asked today to suggest my favorite books for a beginning Holmesian collector/scholar. Here’s the list that I created for my UCLA Extension class on "</span><a href="https://www.uclaextension.edu/pages/Course.aspx?reg=V4079" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes and His World at UCLA">Sherlock Holmes and His World</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">," which will be on October 26 this year. Click to download a PDF of Klinger’s: </span><a href="http://lesliesklinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/BOOKLIST.pdf" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="PDF of Klinger book suggestions">The Cornerstones of a Definitive Collection</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> - which seems to be a condensed version of </span><a href="http://www.diogenes-club.com/shlibrary9.htm" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Shaw 100"><span style="font-weight: 700;">The Shaw 100</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> - and includes many of my personal favorites such as D. Martin Dakin’s </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2027527.A_Sherlock_Holmes_Commentary" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="A Sherlock Holmes Commentary"><em>A Sherlock Holmes Commentary</em></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> (1972) and Edgar Smith’s </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13610010-profile-by-gaslight" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Profiles By Gaslight"><em>Profile by Gaslight: An Irregular Reader About the Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</em></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> (1944). In related news, Klinger just officially announced his next publishing project: </span><a href="http://lesliesklinger.com/2013/08/things-to-come/" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Klinger's New Annotated Lovecraft"><em>The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft</em></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, set to hit bookstores (and my shelves!) in the Fall of 2014.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; outline: 0px;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13610010-profile-by-gaslight" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Click for more info on Profile By Gaslight"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/64a1d3f9d417df01b8242c64ed41d468/tumblr_inline_mqvbwsfy801qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">[The day I found </span><em style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: start;">Profile by Gaslight</em><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;"> for the insane price of $5 was one of my happiest book buying days ever.]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://bakerstreetbeat.blogspot.com/2013/07/read-at-once-if-convenient-if.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Reviews of 2 Andriacco books"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Dan Andriacco</span></a> posted reviews of his two most recent releases: <em><a href="http://bakerstreetbeat.blogspot.com/2013/07/two-thumbs-up-for-phillimore.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Two Thumbs up for Phillimore">The Disappearance of Mr James Phillimore</a></em> reviewed by <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/district.php" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The District Messenger"><em>The District Messenger</em></a>, newsletter of the venerable <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="SHSL"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Sherlock Holmes Society of London</span></a>, and <em><a href="http://bakerstreetbeat.blogspot.com/2013/07/read-at-once-if-convenient-if.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Read at Once if Convenient; If Inconvenient . . .">The Amateur Executioner</a></em> reviewed by fellow mystery author Kathleen Kaska. I have yet to read Andriacco’s novella about Mr James Phillimore ("who, stepping back into his own house to get his umbrella, was never more seen in this world" from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Problem_of_Thor_Bridge" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="THOR">THOR</a>), but I have had the pleasure of reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Amateur-Executioner-Enoch-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/1780924011/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Amateur Executioner: Enoch Hale Meets Sherlock Holmes on Amazon"><em>The Amateur Executioner</em></a> (co-authored with the equally talented <a href="http://kieranmcmullen.com/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Kieran McMullen's website"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Kieran McMullen</span></a>) which can best be summed up as a virtual who’s who of London during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwardian_era" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Edwardian era">Edwardian era</a>. On a side note, for a ranking/discussion of some of the most intriguing sounding untold Holmes cases, see the website of Mr <span style="font-weight: 700;">Randall Stock</span> and his <a href="http://www.bestofsherlock.com/ref/untold.htm" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Top 10 Untold Tales"><span style="font-weight: 700;">The Top 10 Untold Tales of Sherlock Holmes</span></a>. Also, congratulations to Dan ‘Dutch’ Andriacco for having received his official <a href="http://www.johnhwatsonsociety.com/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="JHWS"><span style="font-weight: 700;">John H Watson Society</span></a> <a href="http://bakerstreetbeat.blogspot.com/2013/07/recently-i-was-pleased-to-receive-my.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Click to see Ditch's certificate for the JHWS">certificate of charter membership</a> - my mailbox and I (i.e. Baron) were also recently honored with a <a href="http://twitpic.com/d3jw8y/full" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Matt 'Baron' Laffey's JHWS certificate">JHWS certificate</a>. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; outline: 0px;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://he-disappearance-mr-james-phillimore/" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Click to order Mr James Phillimore"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/2260e802d1ce8a326de742ee5e27b5c0/tumblr_inline_mqu0msYDrN1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">[Cover of Dan Andriacco’s </span><em style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><a href="http://bakerstreetbeat.blogspot.com/2013/07/two-thumbs-up-for-phillimore.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Disappearance of Mr James Phillimore on Amazon">The Disappearance of Mr James Phillimore</a></em><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;"> on MX.]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://betterholmesandgardens.blogspot.com/2013/07/book-review-annals-of-sherlock-holmes.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Annals of Sherlock Holmes review"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Better Holmes & Gardens</span></a> reviews <a href="https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_139164884005" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Paul D Gilbert on Facebook"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Paul D Gilbert</span></a>’s "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Annals-Sherlock-Holmes-Paul-Gilbert/dp/0709093462" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Annals of Sherlock Holmes on Amazon"><em>The Annals of Sherlock Holmes</em></a>, (2013, Robert Hale Press) a collection of three stories inspired by canonical references (to both unpublished cases in Dr. Watson’s dispatch box at Cox and Co., at Charing Cross, and fringe characters from published stories)." The first story is "<span style="font-weight: 700;">The Dundas Separation Case</span>”, a tale inspired by a reference made in “A Case of Identity"; the second story explores just what the meaning is behind those famous lines “the depth to which the parsley had sunk into the butter upon a hot day" in ”<span style="font-weight: 700;">The Abernetty Mystery</span>" from “The Six Napoleons;" and in the final tale we see Watson reunited with Mrs. Cecil Forrester, former employer of Mary Morstan, in ”<span style="font-weight: 700;">The Adventure of the Reluctant Spirit.</span>" Gilbert’s previous, well-regarded pastiches include <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Lost-Files-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/0709082495/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes by Gilbert"><em>The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes</em></a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Sherlock-Holmes-Paul-Gilbert/dp/B00A19CWUQ" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes by Gilbert"><em>The Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes</em></a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Giant-Rat-Sumatra/dp/070908904X" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Giant Rat of Sumatra on Amazon"><em>The Giant Rat of Sumatra</em></a>. Ms <span style="font-weight: 700;">Jaime Mahoney</span> in her review gives high marks to Gilbert’s latest dive into Watson’s (seemingly infinite) Tin Box: “Gilbert has summoned a Sherlock Holmes who is in full possession of his powers, and does not hesitate to use them completely. His Watson is at equal turns admiring and exasperated, but always at the Detective’s side. <span style="font-weight: 700;">Everything about them is authentic and familiar, as comfortable as a visit to Baker Street and an old dressing gown.</span>" </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/ecd0434b50305cab8ba2f1172119be64/tumblr_inline_mqtz9jYmjh1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 500px;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">[Gilbert’s distinct cover art in a style that can be seen on many of his books.]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://free-sherlock.com/2013/07/30/update-july-2013/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="July 2013 update for Klinger v ACD Estate"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Free Sherlock</span></a>, Sherlockian annotator and defender of the faith <a href="http://lesliesklinger.com/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Klinger's website"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Leslie S Klinger</span></a>’s blog devoted to updates regarding Klinger vs the Conan Doyle Estate Ltd., summarized the latest legal developments in this historical case and posted a variety of related documents (Eg. for a good time click to download a PDF of <a href="http://freesherlock.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/klinger-file-stamped-memorandum-of-law-in-support-of-motion-for-summary-judgment.pdf" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Stamped Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment">Stamped Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment</a>): “Following the entry of a default order against the Defendant, Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd., Leslie Klinger has filed a Motion for Summary Judgment asking that the Court enter a judgement against the Estate" - which I assume cam only mean that we’re very close to seeing just where future pastiche authors and other creators of Holmes -related and -inspired content stand in relation to the <span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://www.conandoyleestate.co.uk/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Estate">Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd</a></span>. For a variety of opinions regarding this case from around the internet, see Free Sherlock’s <a href="http://free-sherlock.com/opinions/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Opinions on Free Sherlock">Opinions page</a>.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://petercushing.org.uk/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Cushing blog">Peter Cushing Blog</a></span> and the related <span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/petercushingblog" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Peter Cushing on FB">Peter Cushing Facebook</a></span> contain a wealth of information and pictures, as well as contests and other fan-related hi jinks  on the late, great Peter Cushing. Sherlockians of course know him best for his adaptation of the Great Detective: first in 1959 for the Hammer films’ adaptation of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052905/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="HOUN (1959)"><em>The Hound of the Baskervilles</em></a>, then in the late 1960s for BBC’s <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163492/episodes?season=2" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="BBC Sherlock Holmes"><em>Sherlock Holmes</em></a> and finally his 1984 Sherlockian swan song <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masks_of_Death" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Masks of Death (1984)"><em>The Masks of Death</em></a>. In 1971, Cushing also recorded an unabridged version of <a href="http://www.sherlocknews.com/2010/11/audio-cd-peter-cushing-reads-return-of.html" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Return of Sherlock Holmes"><em>The Return of Sherlock Holmes</em></a>. <a href="http://grand%20moff%20tarkin/" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Peter Cushing on IMDB">Mr Cushing</a> was also in a little movie from 1979 called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_IV:_A_New_Hope" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Star Wars Ep IV"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><em style="font-weight: 400;">Star Wars</em></span></a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Moff_Tarkin" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Cushing in Star Wars">Grand Moff Tarkin</a>.  </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/petercushingblog" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Peter Cushing Appreciation Society on FB"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/26e2c76465a22c354bff8c0ad83a2c27/tumblr_inline_mqtk8b3h6h1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">[Peter Cushing has a posse!]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; outline: 0px;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://helloyoucreatives.com/post/56450761474/you-are-never-alone-with-a-good-book-this" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Hello You Creatives - Sherlock book"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Hello You Creatives</span></a> posted various images from a campaign by Grey Tel Aviv. Via Taxi called "<span style="font-weight: 700;">The Right Book Will Keep You Company</span>”. (Thanks to <a href="http://daysofstorm.tumblr.com/post/56508982265/helloyoucreatives-you-are-never-alone-with-a" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Holmes will keep you company...">DaysOfStorm</a> for the tip!)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://helloyoucreatives.com/post/56450761474/you-are-never-alone-with-a-good-book-this" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Click for full sized image"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/6274f3d44bf09fc3abe2ec1cd18b1205/tumblr_inline_mqk3f8oe4w1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">[Part of me really loves this image, but another part of me can’t help but feel a little creeped out by the scene - which kind of makes me love it even more.]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; outline: 0px;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=553714227997488&set=a.131363403565908.11943.129581877077394" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes ad for films from 1970s"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Sherlock Holmes For Dummies</span></a>’s Steve Doyle dug up this old newspaper ad: “I love vintage advertising like this, which is a 1970s-era magazine ad for the airing on WHAM-TV (Rochester, New York) of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Rathbone" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Basil Rathbone info"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Basil Rathbone</span></a> Holmes films. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1939_film_series)" style="color: black; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes Rathbone films info">The Rathbone films</a> syndication package was pretty common back then, and <span style="font-weight: 700;">many Sherlockians of a certain age credit their entree into the hobby with weekend TV viewings</span>." </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=553714227997488&set=a.131363403565908.11943.129581877077394" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Click for larger image"><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/caf14fc04ae8fd700e75b74ec285f6c8/tumblr_inline_mqv24nGxZi1qz4rgp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 500px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">["Sherlock Holmes: Is the old man as harmless as he looks? Could he be guilty of a hideous crime? Be in on the excitement when Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr Watson (the late Nigel Bruce) solve even the most baffling mysteries….Every Sunday [in] your living room!"]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: black; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; outline: 0px;"></span></div><div><small><br /></small></div></div>

Friday Sherlock Links Compendium (July 27 - August 2, 2013)

" It was by concealing such links in the chain that Watson was enabled to produce his meretricious finales. " - 'The Adventu...

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by Scott Monty

Dancing Girls Dressed as Sherlock Holmes Introduce Bill Cosby

<h3 style="text-align: center;"><i>"Dancing with Amusement"</i> [HOUN]</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZU_QXH6iGrBySVY68nOiekTc1BM8-cJZBKqCGjejZ7fhWNckzDZjZQzxu8LhPYbEXcIp5mRvtYObfEAeu0aYfYZmTWSCriVWcsU3K0p-TA7oBrj1e_TdC4oIUczOvA3VlxwlTiAgFQjL/s1600/DeanMartin.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZU_QXH6iGrBySVY68nOiekTc1BM8-cJZBKqCGjejZ7fhWNckzDZjZQzxu8LhPYbEXcIp5mRvtYObfEAeu0aYfYZmTWSCriVWcsU3K0p-TA7oBrj1e_TdC4oIUczOvA3VlxwlTiAgFQjL/s640/DeanMartin.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Normally, a video of Bill Cosby - even on such an historic show as <i>The Dean Martin Variety Show</i> - wouldn't be something we'd write about.<br /><br />But in this case, when he's introduced by <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84YKD1CienQ" target="_blank">dancing girls dressed as Sherlock Holmes</a></b> (with miniskirts!), we thought we'd have to make an exception. This is from an undated episode, but given that this bit was the basis for Cosby's 1967 album <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_(Bill_Cosby_album)" target="_blank">Revenge</a></i>, that Cosby appeared in <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058816/" target="_blank">I Spy</a></i> from 1965-68, and that miniskirts were on the rise (literally!), we'd opt for some time in  late 1967 or early 1968.<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="375" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/84YKD1CienQ" width="500"></iframe></center><br /><br />If you have any information about this episode, please let us know.<br /><br />Tip of the old deerstalker to <a href="http://twitter.com/howardostrom" target="_blank">Howard Ostrom</a> for this offbeat and excellent find.<br /><br />--

Dancing Girls Dressed as Sherlock Holmes Introduce Bill Cosby

"Dancing with Amusement" [HOUN] Normally, a video of Bill Cosby - even on such an historic show as The Dean Martin Variety Show ...

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Charles Augustus Milverton Gets a New Name in Sherlock

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This morning we were treated to the news that the major villain in the BBC's <i>Sherlock</i> Season 3 has been announced.  It is none other than a modern-day manifestation of Charles Augustus Milverton: Charles Augustus <b><i>Magnussen</i></b>.<br />
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The announcement was made by producer <b><a href="https://twitter.com/suevertue/status/361828359799468032" target="_blank">Sue Vertue via her Twitter account</a></b> and the news immediately spread across the web. The villain will be played by Danish actor Lars Mikkelsen, who may be known to a wider audience from his role in <b><i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586565/" target="_blank">The Killing</a></i></b>.<br />
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Of course, our readers know Charles Augustus Milverton from the eponymous adventure in the collection of stories <i><a href="http://ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/chas.htm" target="_blank">The Return of Sherlock Holmes</a></i>. You can <b><a href="http://dickens.stanford.edu/sherlockholmes/2007/250_issue6/2007_issue6.pdf" target="_blank">read the original story, in its original layout</a></b> courtesy of the Stanford University "<b><a href="http://dickens.stanford.edu/sherlockholmes/index.html" target="_blank">Discovering Sherlock Holmes</a></b>" initiative from 2007. Milverton was known to Holmes as "The worst man in London," described as follows:<br />
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"He is the king of all the blackmailers. Heaven help the man, and still more the woman, whose secret and reputation come into the power of Milverton. With a smiling face and a heart of marble he will squeeze and squeeze until he has drained them dry. The fellow is a genius in his way, and would have made his mark in some more savoury trade. His method is as follows: He allows it to be known that he is prepared to pay very high sums for letters which compromise people of wealth or position. He receives these wares not only from treacherous valets or maids, but frequently from genteel ruffians who have gained the confidence and affection of trusting women. He deals with no niggard hand. I happen to know that he paid seven hundred pounds to a footman for a note two lines in length, and that the ruin of a noble family was the result. Everything which is in the market goes to Milverton, and there are hundreds in this great city who turn white at his name. No one knows where his grip may fall, for he is far too rich and far too cunning to work from hand to mouth. He will hold a card back for years in order to play it at the moment when the stake is best worth winning. I have said that he is the worst man in London, and I would ask you how could one compare the ruffian who in hot blood bludgeons his mate with this man, who methodically and at his leisure tortures the soul and wrings the nerves in order to add to his already swollen money-bags?"</blockquote>
Sounds like a perfect recipe for a villain in the Cumberbatch / Freeman lineup. As a reminder, the titles for the three episodes of Season 3 include:<br />
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<li>"The Sign of Three"</li>
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If we recall that in the original CHAS that Holmes, disguised as Escott, "a plumber with a rising business," got himself engaged to Milverton's housemaid, the title "His Last Vow" seems to take shape. And when we recall that the hints that Mssrs. Gatiss and Moffat gave fans some time ago were "Wedding. Rat. Bow," one could infer that wedding could feasibly mean the engagement (although a Mrs. Watson could figure into things) or that rat refers to Milverton ("Milverton had glided as quick as a rat to the side of the room." [CHAS]).<br />
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At any rate, we're delighted to see an actor who looks the part of Milverton, just as Robert Hardy did in Granada's <i>The Master Blackmailer</i>. And Hardy was superb in his unabridged readings of a number of the original stories - including "Charles Augustus Milverton," in which we think his performance was even better than in the Jeremy Brett Granada outing. You can find some of his audio book work on <b><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002VRV0P4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B002VRV0P4&linkCode=as2&tag=thebakstrblo-21" target="_blank">Amazon.co.uk</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VJ8PMW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003VJ8PMW&linkCode=as2&tag=thebakerstree-20" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a></b>.<br />
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And if you're in the mood for some Milvertonian mahem, <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXxHx_sGQKo" target="_blank">enjoy this clip</a></b>:<br />
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So there you have it. Charles Augustus Milverton is now Charles Augustus Magnussen. What do you think?<br />
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Charles Augustus Milverton Gets a New Name in Sherlock

"my collection of M's is a fine one" [EMPT] This morning we were treated to the news that the major villain in the BBC...

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by Scott Monty

"They Took Into Partnership" [VALL]

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With BBC's <b>Sherlock</b> and CBS' <b>Elementary</b>, the idea of contemporary stories and modern reinventions of the Great Detective does not seem as radical as one  might perceive. However, a recent comic series by New Paradigm Studios (<a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_1326941042"></span>whose Kickstarter campaign was featured on this site<span id="goog_1326941043"></span></a>, and which has been the subject of <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2012/08/episode-44-watson-and-holmes.html" target="_blank">an episode of <b>I Hear of Sherlock</b></a>) reveals an  extremely similar - yet similarly radical - recasting of Holmes and Watson in contemporary times.<br />
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<b>Watson and Holmes</b> is a series written by Karl Bollers, and drawn by Rick Leonardi, that recasts the duo's adventures in contemporary New York. However, there is a slight racial switch, as the series takes place specifically in Harlem: John Watson is a medical intern, and  Sherlock Holmes is a private investigator.  Although it may lack the canon-influenced snap of the BBC series - or even the more procedural aspects of CBS's efforts - <b>Watson and Holmes</b>sparkles with a straightforward narrative drive, having a kind of propulsiveness that characterized the best of Conan Doyle's work. There are slight nods and variations to the canon, but Bollers' writing captures the spirit (if not the letter) of canon.<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>Leonardi's artwork on <b>Watson and Holmes</b> is also exemplary - there is a great noir feel to the art, and he is able to capture physical action well. Characters have a definite look and tone to them, and his take on both Watson and Holmes gives both men a strong presence. Storytelling throughout is well paced, resulting in a desire for more stories and tales by the end of the fourth issue.<br />
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The first issues of <b>Watson and Holmes</b> are available online via <a href="http://www.comixology.com/">Comixology</a> and <a href="http://www.comixpress.com/">Comixpress</a>, as well as through better comics shops. Although a trade paperback collection is likely, <b>Watson and Holmes</b> is also enjoyed in single issue portions and worth any Sherlockian's time. With plenty of nods and Easter eggs for Sherlockians, this is one series worth seeking out.<br />
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.890625px;">Editor's note: Gordon regularly covers the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the entertainment industry. You can also find him at <a href="http://blogthispal.blogspot.com/" style="color: #003366;">Blog THIS, Pal!</a> and <a href="http://www.comicrelated.com/" style="color: #003366;">Comic Related</a>. </i><br />
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