Once again, I’m going to tread on Josh’s territory and make some comments on some comic strips he and his commenters may have overlooked.
I was sickened and horrified today when I was reading my Rocky Mountain News during breakfast and awful, twisted images lept out at me from the comics page. It was like [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Comic Books & Strips'
Darkness On The Edge Of Page
March 10th, 2008 · No Comments
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Viking Quest
January 9th, 2008 · 10 Comments
Pet Peeve of the Day: Predictable comic strips. One of the little games I play with myself is “guess the punchline”. When reading the comics section of the morning paper, I will sometimes cover up the final panel of a gag strip and guess what the punchline is going to be. I only [...]
Tags: Comic Books & Strips · Personal · Signage · Whining
The Fu(nky)ture Ain’t What It Used To Be
November 11th, 2007 · 4 Comments
In the comments to yesterday’s post, Lurker ZuzuT said: I would like to hear your opinion of the recent changes at Funky Winkerbean. I was disturbed that the one-armed girl is now married to the comic book guy.
Good question! That is so totally unrealistic. Everyone knows that comic book store owners (not to [...]
Tags: Comic Books & Strips · Whining
Who Wants To Be Stan Lee’s Bitch?
September 11th, 2007 · 11 Comments
In the comments to yesterday’s post, InfK (currently downunder) asked about the second season of the SciFi Channel’s Who Wants To Be A Superhero? InfK worked on the show, so that’s why he was interested. You may remember that I praised season one of the show last year. However, that post was [...]
Tags: Comic Books & Strips · Music · Television · Whining
Redroom
August 31st, 2007 · No Comments
A digital picture that your humble blogger took is part of the recently released third edition of the Schmap! Denver Online Travel Guide. The Nightlife/Wine Bars section features a pic I took of the interior of the Cruise Room bar in the Oxford Hotel in downtown Denver when Shalini and Mitch were in [...]
Tags: Comic Books & Strips · Personal · Whining
When The Funnies Ain’t So Funny
July 3rd, 2007 · 3 Comments
I’m still wrapped up in my own personal little world, and so don’t have time to write anything for you clamoring monkeys. However, I’ve got a little something from guest blogger Pilto, expounding on the current hilarious but heartwrenching Funky Winkerbean Lisa-is-going-to-expire-from-cancer-and-this-time-we-really-mean-it storyline. Take it away, Pilto:
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That Batiuk guy needs some serious anti-depressants. [...]
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