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French Gorey Limericks
Recently, there was a preview of the latest MAD article that was a satirical take on Edward Gorey's Gashlycrum Tinies that's giving some mad respect for what was an out-of-date franchise that had...
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Past NAFTA
I've been too preoccupied with current events. Lately, the news has left me unable to concentrate, and I've been looking back on newspaper archives while I still have time. Going through them has...
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Old-School Influences
One of the things I enjoy doing is finding certain influences that sprung from certain comics. Some of them are obvious ripoffs. Others are more subtle about it. And others can be downright obscure....
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An Unique Special Snowflake
Recently, people have been using the term from Fight Club in a disparaging way, to try to demoralize those who they deem too sensitive. Ironically enough, those very same decriers seem to be the ones...
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Fridged and a Closed Door
So, after the rather uneventual breather episode of last month, we get a return to normalcy with a state of hibernating away from hunters.Picking up on the theme of broadening expectations, this is...
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Charley's War Omnibus
It’s Remembrance Day again, and it’s a suitably appropriate time to commemorate for the 100th Anniversary of the end of the War to end all Wars.In years past, I would’ve posted a link to the first...
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Fridge Door Reviews
With the last of the Noodles comics having reached its roundabout conclusion a month early, I was worried about what I would fill the last month with. As it turned out, the Sunday Fridge Door feature...
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Guys and Gals
I've been rather remiss in posting new blog entries, partially because of real-life issues infringing on my free time, partially because of web-browsing to relieve some of the stress of said real-life...
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Tumblr Bumbler
In a move that played contrary to the purpose of the Internet, Tumblr just recently decided to ban all trace amounts of pornography from its site, since it’s Adult Label warning was proving to be as...
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Pre-Jellybean Comics
In the 1990s, the Archie company underwent a wide range of experimentation with their normally static publishing line, pushing into new and weird realms that would be considered borderline commonplace...
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Pet Peeves - Distracting Covers
They say the mark of a good comic is how invisible the results are. What readers oftentimes don't notice is the hundreds of man-hours put into improving the craft so that all the effects - drawing,...
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Weird Romance - My Boyfriend is a Bear
I'm generally not a big fan of Romances, since they tend to be rather formulaic and follow a certain predictable pattern. Sure, there are some exceptions, but it takes some serious breaking...
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Forgotten Characters - Hagar's Secondary Characters
In the mid-90s, there were all kinds of wild experimentations done in Newspaper comics, the old guard throwing out all kinds of new tactics to deal with the sudden innovation and popularity of...
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Political Newspaper Cartoons
For the longest time, I wondered why so many Newspapers hated the Comics Page, even though it was the most widely read feature, next to the front page. It was only when viewing the vast backlog...
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Shoe Slips a Mickey
It's been a long absence, and in light of my lack of updates, I figure it's high time we return to familiar territory. That territory being Skyler's annual Summer Camp "Vacations"!Chronologically,...
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Unseen Garfield Submissions
Back when I hesitantly gave my first comic submission to Square Root of Minus Garfield, there was only a small smattering of volunteers who were willing to give a try. That pond has now grown larger...
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Trans Form
Apologies for not updating my blog in a long time. I’ve been preoccupied with working on my WebNovel. But I’ve also been struggling with other personal issues. I didn’t want to reveal this until I...
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Weird Videogame Ads
Growing up on Nintendo Power, I greatly preferred it to the other gaming magazines on the rack, which were little more than gaming advertisements with occasional gaming screenshots included. If you...
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Hi, Beetle and Lois
Methodically going through old newspaper comic archives at a rate of 10 days a week can yield some intriguing strips that went completely unnoticed by the bigger popular comic juggernauts. Not many...
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Old-School Techy-Wechy
One particularly amusing thing while browsing through old Newspaper comics is how often they'll decry the radical advancement of scary technology.Advancements that surely must seem like old hat by...
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