We were struck recently by this, the thought of a more mature, more modern Anthony Monday becoming a library page. Not in a brick-and-mortar library but behind the wheel of a bookmobile. This was followed by the disturbing thought of Miss Eells behind the wheel. She’s driven before, of course, but the mere thought of such activity only brings her clumsiness to the forefront. Throw in Emerson Eells and a talking dog (Brewster?) and you might have a clever, coterie of crime-solvers.
That we were considering bookmobiles was because two fans of John Bellairs wrote to us this month to promote their project: a mobile bookstore. The vehicle is named Jolene Lenore, the project is called the Road Virus, and it plans to specialize in fringe literature:
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Where's There: Hagia Sophia
File under:
academia,
saint fidgeta,
trolley to yesterday,
wheres there

Tuesday, November 15, 2016
What's What: Diagonal Architecture
File under:
academia,
saint fidgeta,
whats what
Saturday, October 15, 2016
Who's Who: Saint Goar
File under:
academia,
saint fidgeta,
whos who
Some local figure named Goar has a thing for baptisms for those crossing the Rhine River (Saint Fidgeta and Other Parodies; 66-9).
Friday, October 14, 2016
Time Capsule: Hastings, Under Norman Circumstances #1066
File under:
england,
history,
sign of the sinister sorcerer,
time capsule

Thursday, September 15, 2016
Where's There: Stercoraria
File under:
academia,
saint fidgeta,
wheres there
Monday, August 15, 2016
What's What: L'Osservatore Romano
File under:
academia,
saint fidgeta,
whats what
Friday, July 15, 2016
Who's Who: Dean Husk?
File under:
academia,
saint fidgeta,
whos who

Thursday, June 30, 2016
Memoriam: Alfred O. Myers
File under:
illinois,
indiana,
massachusetts,
memoriam
For those of you that have enjoyed the biographical bits and pieces that we've come up with over the years at Bellairsia, you must tip your hat, as we do, to John Bellairs's friend, Alfred Myers. Myers was a New Yorker by birth but whose family had moved to the Chicago area. Myers attended Notre Dame as a business major and during his freshman year decided to share a bit of newly-found trivia:
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Where's There: Church of the Holy Sepulchre
File under:
academia,
saint fidgeta,
wheres there

Monday, May 30, 2016
Skellig Michael Awakens
File under:
dolphin cross,
england,
face in the frost,
geology,
history

Sunday, May 15, 2016
What's What: Prayer for Fair Weather
File under:
academia,
minnesota,
saint fidgeta,
whats what

Friday, April 15, 2016
Who's Who: Lyndon Johnson
File under:
academia,
saint fidgeta,
whos who

Friday, April 1, 2016
Killer Robot Eyes, Ranked
File under:
eyes of the killer robot,
fandom,
ridiculum
The Eyes of the Killer Robot (1986) turns thirty this year. In this tale, we learn that an insane inventor, Evaristus Sloane, created a fiendish, baseball-pitching robot in the early years of the 20th Century.
Professor Childermass, Johnny Dixon, and Byron "Fergie" Ferguson travel to Stark Corners, New Hampshire, and find the 50-year-old machine in pieces. Packing the contraption into the prof's car, the three re-assemble the man-shaped machine at a party back in Duston Heights.
Here are the two glass eyes of the robot, ranked.
Proof Reading: 6 Misspelling of "Sorcerer's Skull"
File under:
fandom,
ridiculum,
spell of the sorcerers skull
John Bellairs wrote books and humor articles, Brad Strickland has written books, radio plays, poetry, and more - and they've all misspelled their fare share of words.
What title has seen the most misspellings? We'd wager The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull (1984). Here are six ways other people have written the title over the years.
7 Foods Cooked Up By Professor Childermass
File under:
fandom,
gastronomy,
ridiculum
We all know that after a long day teaching history at Haggstrum College that Roderick Childermass drops the “professor” bit once he arrives home and instead plays the part of a chef, whipping up ooey-gooey greats such as sacher tortes and black forest cake.
Who hasn’t been a just a little bit jealous of his friends when you read about the items they get to try - and apparently quite often, too?
So what seven delicious foods will the prof cook up next?
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Thou Art Welcome
File under:
fandom,
house with a clock in its walls

This piece was for a school assignment were I created a book cover illustration for the book "A [sic] House with a Clock in Its Walls".
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
A Gorey Fixation
File under:
gorey

Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Where's There: Boboli Gardens
File under:
academia,
saint fidgeta,
wheres there

Tuesday, March 8, 2016
A Quarter Century Later...
File under:
fandom,
massachusetts,
memoriam

Monday, February 29, 2016
The Old Joke Peddler (Oh, goody!)

Saturday, February 20, 2016
A Note of Thanks
File under:
bellairsia,
fandom

Monday, February 15, 2016
What’s What: Baltimore Catechism
File under:
academia,
saint fidgeta,
whats what

Sunday, February 7, 2016
Poll: Your Favorite Richard Egielski Artwork in "Letter"
File under:
letter the witch and the ring,
series - lewis barnavelt,
survey

Is it seeing that strange side-of-the-road market where Rose Rita and Mrs. Zimmermann buy gas, the scene were Rose Rita takes Bessie for a drive, or maybe Mrs. Zimmermann standing all aglow in the clearing? Or something else entirely?
Don't be a chicken - pick your favorite from our list below and see how it ranks with other fans!
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Time Capsule: January 20, 1996
File under:
compleatbellairs,
fandom,
time capsule

First, boot-up the dial-up modem. Next, use Netscape Navigator or American Online ("Welcome!") to search the 100,000-or-so existing pages to figure out whether someone else has anything on that topic. If you find something interesting, make sure your mouse trackball is clean so you can roll the pointer into place and click the image that appears on your 640x480 resolution monitor.
It seems an archaic ritual but that’s how it was 20 years ago when the CompleatBellairs first went online and helped bring the books of John Bellairs and Brad Strickland into the digital age.
Sunday, January 17, 2016
This Is My Birth-Day

Cheers, John.
Friday, January 15, 2016
Who’s Who: Charles Dudmer
File under:
academia,
minnesota,
saint fidgeta,
whos who

Friday, January 1, 2016
Sweet Fidgeta, Deliver Us!
File under:
saint fidgeta,
survey

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