Reviews, bad and good

by Jimmy Johnson

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I did not know Buzz Dixon last year, but I know him this year. Buzz is a writer and blogger who was kind enough to point me to his New Year’s Eve post, his nomination of the Top 10 funniest comic strips of 2011. There are some well-known cartoonists among his picks, but the one that caught my eye was No. 4, from a feature called Ollie & Quentin, by Piers Baker. I was not familiar with Ollie & Quentin, but it is, or was, a strip from the United Kingdom, distributed by King Features in the U.S. I say “was,” because apparently it only recently has ceased to be distributed in the Colonies. Bloody shame, I say.

…and we’re back!

After a brief break, I’m back behind the keyboard. I’ve already put in a few early-morning hours working on this site. Those are my ...

One Step Forward

There are two areas where I need to concentrate now, aside from the areas where I don’t yet know I need to concentrate. First, ...

The Only Constant

I cannot stress enough that what you’re seeing here is subject to change. When you come to this website these days, you are stepping ...

Hey there hi there…

ho there! We’re as happy as can be! I’m guessing an uncommonly large percentage of visitors to this website view it on a desktop ...

Dinner by Candlelight

It isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be. Well, I’ll be John Brown. This blog was revived just three days ago, and here ...

By Special Request

We don’t even have the mouse droppings swept out of the corners yet. The last thing I want to do is bring up politics, ...

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