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GERTRUDE'S FOLLIES

Gertrude's Follies

Nibble at a new edition with Gert #112. And buy Gertrude et Alice.


FEGGORAMA

Feggorama

Mexico's master of the mirthful menagerie's new book! TrumpTruth


IGOR TRIPS

Igor Trips

Cinch up your helmet and fall in for another freaky foray in Igor Trips.


SPANKY

Kristy the Clown

Hijinks with the Ex-prez's Lil' Rascals Spanky and His Gang.


KRISTY

Kristy the Clown

Get your Jersey on with the beloved insult pol Kristy the Clown.


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FAVORITE SITES

Martin Kozlowski
The Baby Bloomer
Winard Editorial
Ant Farmers Almanac
Celebrity Death Haiku
PK in the Terrarium
Illustrated Courtroom


Critic's Corner by E. Basil St. Blaise
CINEMA

Spoof of the film Loves Lies Bleeding with bodybuilder Jackie (Katy O'Brian) trying to lift a bar with the flimsy paper script on either end instead of weights while gym owner Lou (Kristen Stewart) bends down behind her to give her a shot of steroids in the rump.Love Lies Bleeding –– Butch casualty.
One Life –– Refugee wiz.
Knox Goes Down –– Hard Knox.
Shirley –– Chisolm trails.
Arthur the King –– Clear as mutt.
The American Society of Magical Negroes –– Black in back.
Irish Wish –– Téigh trasna ort féin!
Snack Shack –– Snicker Snack.
The Prank –– Prank amateur.
French Girl –– Late fille.
Club Zero –– Jack of clubs.
Uproar –– Whimper take all.
The Animal Kingdom –– Animauxtronic.
Exhuma –– Ex-humor.
Much Ado About Dying –– Cryptic.
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World –– Or this film.
The Shadowless Tower –– Tower record.
Remembering Gene Wilder –– Wilder and woolly.
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus –– ‘Opeless.
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TELEVISION

Caricature of Clive Owen as detective Sam Spade in the AMC TV series Monsieur Spade by Martin Kozlowski.Monsieur Spade (AMC) –– Hammett up.
Expats (Amazon) –– Go home!
Genius: MLK/X (NatGeo) –– X spats.
God Save Texas (HBO) –– Austin powers.
In the Know (Peacock) –– Make that No.
Masters of the Air (Apple TV+) –– Flight dreck.
Griselda (Netflix) –– Dama shame.
The Woman in the Wall (SHO) –– She’s plastered.
Death and Other Details (Hulu) –– Deets repellent.
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THEATRE

Prayer for the French Republic –– Sacre blew.
Spamalot
–– Ni!-jerk.
Harmony
–– You phony-ass.
Merrily We Roll Along
–– Reverse jeers.
Gutenberg! The Musical!
–– Prints of the shitty.
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MUSIC

Eternal Sunshine / Ariana Grande –– Of the spotty mind.
Saviors /
Green Day –– No help.
Vultures 1
/ Ye & Ty Dolla $ign –– They carrion.
Coming Home / Usher –– Return male.
Pink Friday 2
/ Nicki Minaj –– Pussy scats.
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LITERATURE
Fiction

The Waters by Bonnie Jo Campbell –– Hydro foiled.
Prophet Song
by Paul Lynch –– Irish stakes.
Distant Sons
by Tim Johnson –– Like farther.
Let Us Descend
by Jesmyn Ward –– You just did.
Nineteen Steps
by Millie Bobbie Brown –– Baby ones.

Nonfiction

Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism by Stephen Breyer.
–– Breyer commitments.
One Way Back by Christine Blasey Ford –– Ford knocks.
3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and the Lost Empire of Cool
by James Kaplan –– Kind of blew.
Cocktails With George and Martha: Movies, Marriage and the Making of ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
’ / Philip Gefter –– Woolf trap.
Hits, Flops and Other Illusions
by Ed Zwick –– Zwick dry.

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