Diogenes Club Diogenes Club The Diogenes Club is a fictional gentleman's club created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and featured in several Sherlock Holmes stories, such as "The Greek Interpreter". It seems to have been named after Diogenes the Cynic (although this is never explained in the original stories) and was co-founded by Sherlock's indolent elder brother, Mycroft Holmes. The club is described by Sherlock Holmes in the story "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" as follows: Although there is no hint in the original Sherlock Holmes canon that the Diogenes Club is anything but what it seems to be, several later
Sherlock Holmes pastiches also makes a minor but significant appearance in Warren Ellis and John Cassaday's comic book series "Planetary". Michael P. Hodel and Sean M. Wright presented a mystery-adventure "Enter the Lion: A Posthumous Memoir of Mycroft Holmes" (1979) in which Sherlock's older brother prevents a conspiracy involving a return of the American "colonies" to Great Britain. Sherlock makes appearances with Victor Trevor (from The Adventure of the Gloria Scott), Professor Moriarty and Moriarty's father. Carole Nelson Douglas has written a spin-off series centring upon Holmes' nemesis Irene Adler. The first book is titled "Good Night, Mr. Holmes" and takes place concurrently