Who Invented The Dragon?
You probably have heard about the Komodo Dragon. It always bothered me that it was called a “dragon” as its appearance didn’t correspond with what… Read More »Who Invented The Dragon?
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Who was the First Werewolf?
Last year, I wrote about the first vampire. After that, I thought that I was going to look into the werewolves, but I totally forgot,… Read More »Who was the First Werewolf?
Who Created the First Artificial Intelligence?
Lately, the doomsayers out there want us to believe that Artificial Intelligence will be the end of art, and probably more. In fact, apparently, some… Read More »Who Created the First Artificial Intelligence?
What Was the First Christmas Movie?
Well, Christmas is coming again. You know, it happened once a year! 12 months ago, almost to the day, I published an article about the… Read More »What Was the First Christmas Movie?
Who Created the Addams Family?
It’s Thanksgiving this week, so I thought I would make a not-too-long article, in the sense of “not too much research reading to do before… Read More »Who Created the Addams Family?
Who Invented Time Travel?
Recently, I finished another sci-fi book with time travel elements in its story (I won’t tell the title, it would be a bit spoiler). It… Read More »Who Invented Time Travel?
Who Invented The Zombie?
It’s spooktober! Halloween month is as good an excuse as any other for watching horror films. I watch them all year round, but more so… Read More »Who Invented The Zombie?
Who Created Mickey Mouse?
Like with the Bechdel Test, it would be so easy to simply say “Disney created Mickey Mouse,” but it’s not totally true. There’s a bit… Read More »Who Created Mickey Mouse?
Who was the First Vampire?
Apparently, there’s a new Vampire show on Netflix and I saw people discussing the history of vampires online. This led me to search for the… Read More »Who was the First Vampire?
Who Invented Science-Fiction?
I was going to write about the inventor of a total science-fiction thing—meaning it was thought, but never created outside of sci-fi books—and I realized… Read More »Who Invented Science-Fiction?
Who invented Comic Books?
Being from France, comic books were always present in my life—it’s called “bande dessinée” here (it means drawn strips). It’s part of our culture. American… Read More »Who invented Comic Books?
Who invented teleportation?
Did you know the phrase “Beam me up, Scotty” was never said in a Star Trek Episode? The first time it was used was in… Read More »Who invented teleportation?