Podcasts about The Comics Curmudgeon

Nick and Kyle recap the week in Heathcliff with Josh Fruhlinger of the Comics Curmudgeon blog! Then we test Josh's Heathcliff knowledge in an exciting edition of... HEATHQUIZ. Check out the Heathquiz images here: https://imgur.com/gallery/SGfkR2K Check out the Comics Curmudgeon blog here: https://joshreads.com/ Send us feedback on twitter @HeathcliffRecap or send us an email at HeathcliffRecap@gmail.com! Our theme song is Heathcliff's Meat Song by Louie Zong! Check him out at louiezong.com. Comics featured in the episode: January 21, 2023: https://www.gocomics.com/heathcliff/2023/01/21 January 23, 2023: https://www.gocomics.com/heathcliff/2023/01/23 January 6, 2021: https://www.gocomics.com/heathcliff/2021/01/06 January 24, 2023: https://www.gocomics.com/heathcliff/2023/01/24 January 25, 2023: https://www.gocomics.com/heathcliff/2023/01/25 January 26, 2023: https://www.gocomics.com/heathcliff/2023/01/26

As the Star Warriors struggle to fight off an awakened monster terrorizing the Massassi temple, we find ourselves joined by the Comics Curmudgeon himself, Josh Fruhlinger, for a conversation about a shady mustachioed man, the forbidden love between Luke and Leia, the forgotten joys of the syndicated Spider-Man newspaper strip, and the sad fate of a misunderstood guardian from Yavin's past. And be sure to check out Josh's daily blog about newspaper comic strips at https://joshreads.com/ 

Our hosts discuss the soap opera newspaper comic strip Mary Worth and Annie proves the fact that Wilbur Weston is the worst man in comics.Annie recommends The Comics Curmudgeon and Mary Worth and Me. Mary Worth can be found online at King Features Syndicate's Comics Kingdom.Show notes (in PDF form) for this episode in particular can be found here for our $5+ patrons. Find bonus content and general shitposting on our Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Josh Fruhlinger is better known to the internet as the Comics Curmudgeon, and for something like 15 years, he's been riffing on the oddities of newspaper comics at https://joshreads.com/ (joshreads.com). If you want to know which Mary Worth character got into a fight with a cat, Josh is your guy. Today on Follow Friday, Josh talks about four of his favorite people he follows online: Someone who's an expert in a very specific niche that he loves: Numble, https://twitter.com/numble (@numble) on Twitter Someone he's followed forever: Katie Notopoulos, https://twitter.com/katienotopoulos (@katienotopoulos) on Twitter Someone he's jealous of: Annie Rauwerda, https://twitter.com/anniierau (@anniierau) and https://twitter.com/depthsofwiki (@depthsofwiki) on Twitter, http://instagram.com/depthsofwiki (@depthsofwiki) on Instagram, and https://www.tiktok.com/@depthsofwikipedia (@depthsofwikipedia) on TikTok Someone he just started following: WHH Haters Posting Their L's Online, https://twitter.com/WHHHLsonline/ (@WHHHLsonline) on Twitter Thank you to our amazing patrons: Jon, Justin, Amy, Yoichi, Elizabeth, Sylnai, Matthias, and Shima. On https://www.patreon.com/followfriday (our Patreon page), you can pledge any amount of money to get access to Follow Friday XL — our members-only podcast feed with exclusive bonus follows. That feed has an extended-length version of this interview in which Josh talks about someone who makes the internet a better place: Today in Tabs writer Rusty Foster. Also: Follow Josh on Twitter https://twitter.com/jfruh/ (@jfruh) and read the Comics Curmudgeon at https://joshreads.com/ (joshreads.com) Follow us @FollowFridayPod on https://twitter.com/followfridaypod (Twitter) and https://www.instagram.com/followfridaypod/ (Instagram) Follow Eric https://twitter.com/HeyHeyESJ (@heyheyesj) on Twitter This show is a production of Lightningpod.fm, hosted and produced by https://twitter.com/heyheyesj (Eric Johnson) Music: https://www.fiverr.com/yonamarie (Yona Marie) Show art: https://www.fiverr.com/dodiihr (Dodi Hermawan) Social media producer: Sydney Grodin

A roller-coaster episode for sure! First, Jay shares the story of "Remember the Titans" star Ethan Suplee, and talks weight loss and body dysmorphia as a continuation of his Jay-brain series. Then, Tice directs Becca and Jay through a dramatic reading of a recent storyline of Mary Worth, the long-running newspaper drama-strip about a shade-throwing old biddy fixing everybody's problems. This plot brings back memories for Jay, as it features a handsome dude who just can't stop trying to rescue dysfunctional young women, and everyone takes note of a trope in Mary Worth in which every time someone below middle-class is shown, they are surrounded by squalor, filth, decay and splintered relationships. The story escalates into a coffee-tossing slap-fight, and Tice gets so into the role of fowl-mouthed Shawna that he drops a bomb that makes Becca drop her knitting!If you want to catch up on the best of Mary Worth, or see the comics we are reading, go to The Comics Curmudgeon, where Josh reads the comics so you don't have to. His commentary on this Mary Worth plotline can be found here.And the full clip of Ethan Suplee discussing body dysmorphia and his weight loss journey on The Joe Rogan Experience  can be found here.

Join me for another trip into the absurd this week for "Your Father Puts Ketchup on So Many Inappropriate Things," inspired by a blogger that I have followed for some years. Well, inspired by a comic strip that the blogger commented on a couple years back. Fine, it's the Comics Curmudgeon, if you must know. Big fan of his work. Anyway, the poem is some dumb fun, you can find it in my book "Blue." Hey, I'd love to hear what you think of the podcast, whether it's a specific poem or the format, or whatever's on your mind! Leave a review or a comment in your podcast app, or catch me on Twitter @Lefthandrob. After listening to the podcast (or while listening), visit one of these sites and donate for the cause, because Black Lives Matter and my fellow white (and cis) people we need to get in the game: Donate to Black Lives Matter Donate to the Souther Poverty Law Center Donate to the Equal Justice Initiative And while we're at it, Trans Lives Matter: Transgender Law Center The poems will continue to flow, but so must the Justice.

Writer, comedian, and defiant blogger, Josh Fruhlinger, shares his deep knowledge of Wikipedia! Editor Wars! Citations Needed! Jump on the information superhighway with us! Thanks as always to Molly Lewis for our music and Bryan Ward for our artwork!

Strap on your nostalgia goggles and assemble your Funko Pops, it's another episode of Nathan Rabin's Happy Cast! This episode, Nathan and Clint peer through the rose-colored VR glasses of Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One, desperately dig deep into the fractured cult psyche of Neil Breen's Pass Thru, and try to kick the habit of the '80s anti-drug crossover cartoon Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.  Meanwhile, Josh Fruhlinger (the Comics Curmudgeon himself) joins the party to wax poetic about the surprisingly solid Garfield: His 9 Lives and the acidic comic strip legacy of the Lockhorns! 4:37 - Scalding Hot Takes: Ready Player One 27:25 - Control Nathan Rabin 4.0: Pass Thru 47:25 - Control Nathan and Clint: Garfield: His 9 Lives (w/Josh Fruhlinger) 1:16:47 - The Big Whoop: The Lockhorns (w/Josh Fruhlinger) 1:34:25 - Control Nathan and Clint: Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue 1:47:59 - Mailbag 1:54:16 - Happy Places Follow us on Twitter (Nathan: @nathanrabin, Clint: @alcohollywood)! Pledge to our Patreon, and subscribe to us on iTunes Ask us questions at asknathanrabinshappycast@gmail.com! Theme Song by Jon Biegen

Today's Guest: Ray Billingsley, syndicated daily cartoonist, creator, "Curtis" 'Curtis' by cartoonist Ray Billingsley When I was researching my biography, Will Eisner, A Spirited Life, one of the biggest surprises for me was learning that two extremely successful daily cartoonists, Ray Billingsley of “Curtis," and Patrick McDonnell of “Mutts,” were once students of Eisner’s at the New York School of Visual Arts. Eisner spoke highly of both men, and he developed an ongoing mentor-style relationship with Billingsley, who was a very young man, just about 16, when he first took Eisner’s class. Billingsley’s strip, “Curtis,” brings a black perspective to the daily comics pages of more than 250 newspapers. It’s a steady performer recognized by the American Cancer Society for Curtis’ efforts to get his father to stop smoking. And Billingsley takes the detour from the usual story lines every December for an original Kwanzaa tale. Ray Billingsley Website • Facebook UPDATE: May 23, 2007 Curtis by Ray Billingsley The most talked about "Mr. Media Interview" to date - by far - was the one above with "Curtis" cartoonist Ray Billingsley. He hit a nerve by taking issue with book publishers who have been unwilling to produce a collection of his strip in nearly two decades. The interview led to not one but two stories on EditorandPublisher.com - including a condemnation of his remarks by the current president of the National Cartoonists Society, Rick Stromoski ("Soup to Nutz") - and a lengthy discussion on the popular web site, The Comics Curmudgeon. Billingsley isn't letting the issue die down, either, with the NCS' annual Reuben Awards just around the corner. A recent Sunday strip has generated even more controversy, this time on The Comics Journal Message Board. Read the strip and what's been written here. Or feel free to click on "Comments" below and add your thoughts here. ] Cartoonist Ray Billingsley What I find interesting is that Billingsley hasn't directly mention the name of the publisher of the vast majority of comic strip compilations - even though it's pretty obvious with whom he's so frustrated. I also wonder why no Black-oriented book publisher has stepped forward - yet. If you'd like to hear more from Billingsley on this subject - live and in person, he'll be one of the guest speakers at the Festival of Cartoon Art, Oct. 25-27, 2007, sponsored by Ohio State University's Cartoon Research Library. Order Will Eisner: A Spirited Life (2nd Edition) by Bob Andelman, available from Amazon.com by clicking on the book cover above!     The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!

Scott Meyer is one of my favorite authors! He is the creator of the webcomic Basic Instructions, and the author of the Magic 2.0 book series, "Master of Formalities", and his newest book "The Authorities".There is a special promotion going on in August of 2016 for the Magic 2.0 book series on Amazon. You can get the Kindle versions of "Off to Be the Wizard", "Spell or High Water", and "An Unwelcome Quest" as a package deal for less than $6! Click here to check out the promotion!Websites recommended by Scott Meyer in this episode:Comics Curmudgeon and Scenes from a Multiverse.Also referenced is a NSFW YouTube video (for language) - Linden Trees Smell...

It's a Pluggerific episode of I Haven't Seen That as Whitney and Mark are joined by Josh Fruhlinger, the author of The Enthusiast and The Comics Curmudgeon! We finally get all of our newspaper comics discussion out of the way with in-depth examinations of Plugging, Lazy Asshole Spiderman, the age we were the worst, Ayn Rand and MUCH MUCH MORE! A THING JOSH HASN'T SEEN: A Marvel comic book. A THING WHITNEY HASN'T SEEN: A comedy open mic. A THING MARK HASN'T SEEN: Due South.

Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Riff Conner read your responses to No-man's Wharf. LINKS OF NOTE: Scorpions Comics Curmudgeon Oz Ambient Dark Souls Graveyard Shift The Black Couldron

It’s a show that’s as familiar as your Sunday Morning Newspaper Comics section, when Josh Fruhlinger of the Comics Curmudgeon chats with the crew.  Hear us talk about Funky Winkerbean, Apt. 3G, Beetle Bailey, and why they all suck while we continue to love them. Also, Chris takes on a slew of haters and we talk about Iron Man 2. It’s an Episode 30 blowout!