Voynich theory in a webcomic…
Posted by nickpelling on Jun 5th, 2009
Finally, the Voynich Manuscript has weaseled its way into a serious contemporary medium – the webcomic. Here’s a link to some nerdy stick-figure Voynichian fun from XKCD (“a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language“): its brand new theory should raise at least half a smile. 
Meanwhile, someone else has suggested on their blog that the Voynich Manuscript is the world’s first hippy/nerd manifesto. Is the leading edge of a wave – are the nerds reclaiming the VMs?
June 5th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
In retrospect, the XKCD theory does seem obvious… And the Voynich must have been enciphered because, then as now, religious authorities were surely paranoid about role-playing games and the dark soul-destroying powers they possess: http://www.chick.com/READING/TRACTS/0046/0046_01.ASP
June 5th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Hi Emily,
Anyone caught criticizing E. Gary Gygax here will be moderated down by 10 points and have their seven-league boots confiscated. Be warned!
Cheers, ….Nick….
June 9th, 2009 at 6:08 am
Hi Nick! I see you were already there. Twenty lashes with a wet noodle, as Ann Landers used to say.
Hippy/nerd is a bit hard to believe.
June 9th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Be careful with that wet noodle, it might be a Holy Appendage of the FSM.