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Good morning from Charlottesville, Virginia! ☕️ We have the kiddos for the weekend so let’s see how much of this I can get through before they wake up. My first cup of coffee is nice and hot and my fingers are ready to type. I hope you...
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger's The Enthusiast is that novel! It's even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Family Circus,...
Today's links The prehistory of the Democratic Nuremberg Caucus: Do bounties for ICE whistleblowers next! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Colbert v GWB; Wallaby milk; Jay Rosen's journalism precepts; Radical...
I grew up not being great at giving compliments. This was because I often saw grown-ups around me deploy compliments in a fake, ritualistic way. This made me overcorrect by holding back my appreciation for other people's gifts as some...
By Thom WilsonThrowiGamesShadowdark"Low Levels" Be it known that the evil wizard Kuzax, having performed cruel and twisted experiments on the living and dead, is wanted for crimes against humanity. A bounty of 100 gold coins is offered...
This week sees a comic about a high school.
First, we have to start with Alice Guy’s THE CONSEQUENCES OF FEMINISM. I know, we’ve probably all seen it. But it remains fascinating. Alice Guy, pioneering female director, makes a comedy about how reversing gender roles will make a...
There’s often a reaction that appears whenever women publicly share that they play games. It’s not always overt hostility. Sometimes it’s framed as jokes, disbelief, or mild condescension. Other times it slips into something more direct:...
From Ellen, “stairway to heaven.” Note the church-tower wind bracing on the right and the nice detail of the treads being inset within the stringers. Note, too, how insanely dangerous the lack of handrails makes the stair.