Status Updates From The Hunting of the Snark

Some things really make me question my decision to do an English degree. This is one of them

Downloaded a stash of books today. I’m ready for summer. Cue Lewis Carroll. Second half of Legends of the Condor Heroes. Quantum theory. Algospeak. Metamorphoses. El-Mohtar’s new book. I’m ready. Oh and the wedding people. Just in case I want something light.

...I'm surprised he didn't talking about the Banker's drooping mouth in "The Banker's Fate" illustration. OTOH, I would never have picked up on the minstrel show element in this episode were it not for Gardner's explanation...or picked up on the nightmarish hidden image in "The Vanishing" illustration.