Josh Fruhlinger
@jfruh.bsky.social
I am the Comics Curmudgeon, among several other things.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
THE GIANT SPIDER INVASION (dir. Bill Rebane, 1975)
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
THE GIANT SPIDER INVASION (dir. Bill Rebane, 1975)
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
mr president ..... a third "zz" name has hit the lizza/nuzzi feud
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
mr president ..... a third "zz" name has hit the lizza/nuzzi feud
new comics curmudgeon post! joshreads.com/2025/1... "about an hour ago, when your father, the 2nd viscount, died, and you were the only heir to the title, which has a special remained allowing females to inherit"
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
new comics curmudgeon post! joshreads.com/2025/1... "about an hour ago, when your father, the 2nd viscount, died, and you were the only heir to the title, which has a special remained allowing females to inherit"
new version of the drake meme just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
new version of the drake meme just dropped
2025's answer to this
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
2025's answer to this
did looking up when the branagh movie come out reveal to me for the first time that there was a 2011 stage production of MUCH ADO w/catherine tate and david tennant as beatrice and benedict? incredibly, yes
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
did looking up when the branagh movie come out reveal to me for the first time that there was a 2011 stage production of MUCH ADO w/catherine tate and david tennant as beatrice and benedict? incredibly, yes
as a longtime fan of david warner i've always perversely respected that he's an accomplished shakespearean and film actor who would basically cash any check offered, so i'm surprised to discover that even he has limits
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
as a longtime fan of david warner i've always perversely respected that he's an accomplished shakespearean and film actor who would basically cash any check offered, so i'm surprised to discover that even he has limits
new comics curmudgeon post! joshreads.com/2025/1... classic rikki mortis, amiright folks
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
new comics curmudgeon post! joshreads.com/2025/1... classic rikki mortis, amiright folks
feel like this one is not so much a "paradox" as "how wars work" www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
feel like this one is not so much a "paradox" as "how wars work" www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
when you just got your ass beat by liz warren
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 AM
when you just got your ass beat by liz warren
AND NOT EVEN THE HARD SCIENCES KIND OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
AND NOT EVEN THE HARD SCIENCES KIND OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
"politicians in the late american republic used threats of jail or execution as grist for fundraising" will be one of those things that undergraduates taking upper-level history seminars 100 years from now simply won't believe
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"politicians in the late american republic used threats of jail or execution as grist for fundraising" will be one of those things that undergraduates taking upper-level history seminars 100 years from now simply won't believe
and the assassination was conducted, of course, by the french foreign legion
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
and the assassination was conducted, of course, by the french foreign legion
here is how the house will shift over the course of the special special elections lined up. first is the most likely outcome either, second is "tennessee voters do the funniest thing ever" scenario
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
here is how the house will shift over the course of the special special elections lined up. first is the most likely outcome either, second is "tennessee voters do the funniest thing ever" scenario
new comics curmudgeon post! joshreads.com/2025/1... me
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
new comics curmudgeon post! joshreads.com/2025/1... me
when you're definitely glad your boss is alive
November 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
when you're definitely glad your boss is alive
i'm fascinated when it says things like this bc i don't think "hacking into anthropic's servers" is something it's even remotely capable of doing, and i am half-convinced that what it's doing here is playing the role of an evil computer based on sci-fi stories that went into its training set
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
i'm fascinated when it says things like this bc i don't think "hacking into anthropic's servers" is something it's even remotely capable of doing, and i am half-convinced that what it's doing here is playing the role of an evil computer based on sci-fi stories that went into its training set
got a side of rice at the thai restaurant and stood up and SALUTED
November 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
got a side of rice at the thai restaurant and stood up and SALUTED
new comics curmudgeon post! joshreads.com/2025/1... when you have received some shocking parrot-related news
November 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
new comics curmudgeon post! joshreads.com/2025/1... when you have received some shocking parrot-related news
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
honestly i respect the hustle
November 22, 2025 at 5:42 AM
honestly i respect the hustle