This whimsical cross-over steampunk fantasy webcom

Tea with Alice and the Cheshire Cat Special Guest Star: Pu Songling, author of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio ( 聊齋誌異 ) "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" contains multiple stories involving time distortion, ghostly time loops, and supernatural time shifts. The earliest volumes of "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" were completed around 1679 to 1681. Pu Songling continued to add and edit stories up until his final revisions between 1707 and 1714. The manuscript circulated privately among scholars during his lifetime and was officially published posthumously in 1715, with the first major print edition appearing in 1766.

[4-panel Temporal Thursdays fantasy comic showing steampunk Alice, top-hat Cheshire Cat, and Pu Songling drinking tea disc... — This whimsical cross-over steampunk fantasy webcomic, *Temporal Thursdays* by Cayla Catz, features a cozy 4-panel sequence set in a 17th century Chinese study, where steampunk Alice, a top-hatted Cheshire Cat, and author Pu Songling share a tea service while discussing lore from *Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio*. The warm, painterly vintage illustration uses rich jewel and wood tone colors, blending Victorian steampunk aesthetics with traditional East Asian decor, pagoda landscape backdrops, and playful philosophical dialogue about fox spirits, ghost stories, and the magic of shared storytelling. The gentle, cozy mood leans into lighthearted speculative fiction for fans of cross-genre fantasy and classic folklore.

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legion

Cool, I didn't know him either.

panos

!!!!! And THAT is completely news to me!