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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator’s Iconic Opening Battle, Part III
This week at long last we come to the clash of men and horses as we finish our three-part (I, II, III) look at the iconic opening battle scene from the film Gladiator (2000). Last time, we brought the sequence up through the infantry advance, observing that the tactics of the Roman arrow barrage and…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) That is an extremely sweet Garfield tee
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! Blondie, 6/20/25 Imagine how much funnier this strip would be if Blondie had spent any of the past…
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(QC RSS) Anh Has A Fanclub
just a couple million
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(xkcd.com) Interoperability
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Major and minor developments
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! Six Chix, 6/19/25 Remember kids, the daily comics aren’t just for laffs; they also can provide important safety…
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Three guys in a chocolate fountain
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(Policy of Truth) Alfred Brendel (1931-2025)
I read a few days ago that Alfred Brendel had died at the age of 94. To be honest, I was shocked that he was so recently alive. What was a guy like that doing alive at a time like this? I can’t so much confess to any personal sense of loss as a vague…
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(QC RSS) Crowd Scenery
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Disappointment after disappointment
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! Pluggers, 6/19/25 “Wrongo!” my brain basically shouted at me the moment I read this panel. “Pluggers would not…
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