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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<\/a><\/i> is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out!<\/p>\n

Rex Morgan, M.D.,<\/i> 10\/7\/26<\/p>\n

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Back in the day, when he was first introduced into this comic strip, Mud Mountain Murphy used to be depicted as a giant of a man who loomed over everybody and spoke in boldface at all times<\/a>. He seems to have chilled out\/shrunk a bit since then, but as a tall guy I’m pretty sure that he may be talking<\/i> a good game about the structural changes to the film industry, where multiplexes with access to bulk concession purchases are simply more labor-efficient and profitable than traditional single-screen theaters, but he’s probably<\/i> thinking about the comfy recliners all the new movie theaters have as a matter of course.<\/p>\n

Dennis the Menace,<\/i> 10\/7\/26<\/p>\n

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Here’s a fun little game to play. It’s called “What’s Keeping Dennis Aloft?” Clearly his feet aren’t on the ground, but [audience shouts each word] WHAT’S! KEEPING! DENNIS! ALOFT! Is he standing on that chair, despite the fact that its shading matches the house and it seems like it’s supposed to be several feet behind him? Does he have superhuman wrist strength, so that the hand that seems so casually rested on Mr. Wilson’s stomach is actually bearing the child’s entire weight? Is he just kind of floating? Does Dennis have floating powers? It would be pretty menacing if he could just float in mid-air, right?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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! 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