Diana Gabaldon was mentioned in today's (December 12) Mallard Fillmore comic strip! (Click on the picture for a better view.)
Very cool! And this is not the first time Diana has been mentioned in this particular comic. Some of you may recall this one, from February 2009. <g>
Thanks to Diana for mentioning this on Twitter; I'm sure I would never have seen it otherwise.
July 8, 1741 - Lord John's brother Hal wagers 20,000 pounds that "the Duke of Pardloe was not a traitor" (BOTB)
July 1, 1745 - The date on the Deed of Sassine of Lallybroch, actually signed on April 15, 1746 (DRAGONFLY)
July, 1764 - Jamie realizes he will have to leave Helwater before people begin to suspect he is Willie's father (VOYAGER)
July, 1767 - Claire and Jamie find a woman dying from a botched abortion performed by the slave Pollyanne; Jamie decides to accept the Governor's offer of a land grant in the mountains (DRUMS)
July 4, 1769 - Bree starts her voyage to the Colonies, accompanied by Lizzie, on board the Phillip Alonzo (DRUMS)
July, 1769 - Roger arrives in Inverness and signs on board Stephen Bonnet's ship, the Gloriana (DRUMS)
July 27, 1772 - Claire records in her medical journal the circumstances of Rosamund Lindsay's death, possibly due to an allergic reaction to penicillin (FIERY CROSS)
July, 1774 - Jemmy learns to swim (ABOSAA)
July, 1775 - Roger's plans to be ordained as a minister are interrupted when Brianna is abducted by Stephen Bonnet (ABOSAA)
July 4, 1776 - Ian hides a gemstone up his nose (ABOSAA)
July 9, 1776 - Bree and Roger meet Jamie's son, William, for the first time (ABOSAA, ECHO)
July 10, 1776 - Stephen Bonnet is staked to drown; Brianna shoots him as an act of mercy and forgiveness (ABOSAA)
July 6-8, 1777 - General Burgoyne's army attacks Ft. Ticonderoga; Jamie and Claire flee with the other rebels; William encounters Claire among the civilians fleeing Ticonderoga (ECHO)
July 4, 1777 - Lord John meets Percy Beauchamp in Philadelphia (ECHO)
July, 1780 - Ulysses (aka Captain Stevens) and his black Loyalist troops threaten Fraser's Ridge (BEES)
July 8, 1780 - William writes to Brianna for the first time, warning her about Richardson (BEES)
July, 1969 - Roger visits Bree in Boston; they attend a Highland Festival, where Roger performs, and watch the moon landing together (DRUMS)
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