This week, War Rocket Ajax hits the comics page as Euge and I interview Josh Fruhlinger, the Internet’s own Comics Curmudgeon!
Josh is one of the most entertaining bloggers around, and on this week’s show, you’ll hear us talk to him about just why Funky Winkerbean is so damn depressing, the timeless allure of Margo, Bitch-Queen of Apartment 3G, and just how he spent the past 5 years building a devoted, polite audience, while I’ve somehow ended up with a mob of cretins who are constantly out for my blood. Not you guys, though. You guys are pretty cool.
Plus, Euge and I finally see Iron Man 2, I swoon over shirtless Batman, and I Big Up a record-breaking amount of haters! Head over to WarRocketAjax.com to stream it now, or catch the iTunes feed when it updates this afternoon! And hey, if you haven’t already, why not write us an iTunes review or leave a comment?
We just love us the gingers, Sims.
Shoulda asked him about his obviously biased COTW judging.
Polite? Eh. Comics Curmudgeon posters are nice-ish now, but there is a long history of cliquish bullying with a small group of regulars. That sounds like I’m joking, but I’m actually not. Josh very justifiably lost it and called one of them an asshole a while back. Tears were shed.
So wait. The secret to stopping haters is to snap and call people assholes?
Well hell, I can do that.
God, I hate Tom Batiuk SO MUCH.
Seeing as how both Funky Winkerbean and Shortpacked! were mentioned on this episode, I thought I might share the hilarious Funky Winkerbean parody strips from Shortpacked!:
http://shortpacked.com/comic/book-5/01-a-talking-car-joins-the-cast/cancer/
(this shows up weird, the strip is repeated twice)
http://shortpacked.com/comic/book-9/01-fired/funkycreepycreepy/