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GERTRUDE'S FOLLIES

Gertrude's Follies

Soak up the sin in the new Gert #114. And buy Gertrude et Alice.


FEGGORAMA

Feggorama

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


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.


Bad Adss


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

Karate Kid: Legends –– Choppy.
The Phoenician Scheme –– Anderson pooper.
Bring Her Back –– Stiff as a broad.
Tornado –– Illy.
The Wilde Girls –– Buck Wilde.
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox –– Traversty.
Ballerina Assassin –– Pas de duh!
Peppa Meets the Baby –– Peppa corn.
Lost in Starlight –– Flicker license.
Ghost Trail –– Tracking shot.
Ron Delsener Presents –– Acts grinding.
Television Event –– Musty TV.
It’s All Gonna Break –– It already did.
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TELEVISION

Caricature of Lou de Laâge as ballet dancer Cheyenne Toussaint in the Amazon TV drama Étoile.Étoile (Amazon) –– A toilettes.
Ransom Canyon (Netflix) –– Rancid canon.
#1 Happy Family USA (Amazon) –– Poor relations.
Sherlock & Daughter (CW) –– Sure schlock.
Towards Zero (Britbox) –– Gets there.
North of North (Netflix) –– Chill pill.
The Clubhouse: A Year With the Red Sox (Netflix) –– Beaned town.
Dying for Sex (FX) –– Cancer’s dick.
Pulse (Netflix) –– Flat lines.
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THEATRE

Stranger Things: The First Shadow –– Upside down caked.
Dead Outlaw
–– Wanted poser.
Just in Time –– Blobby Darin.
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
–– Gilbert gripe. Dead Sullivan.
Real Women Have Curves
–– Hip displacement.
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MUSIC

Iz It a Crime? / Snoop Dogg –– Show fizzle.
For Recreational Use Only
/ Blake Shelton –– No fun.
Flying With Angels
/ Suzanne Vega –– Vaguer.
Dream Into It
/ Billy Idol ––Billy idle.
What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow? /
Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson –– Are you ravin'?
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LITERATURE
Fiction

My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende –– Del Valle dog.
Funny Story
by Emily Henry –– But not really.
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One
by Kristen Arnott –– Stop crap measure.
Gabriel’s Moon
by William Boyd –– Null and Boyd.
Counting Miracles by Nicholas Sparks –– Sparks and wreck.

Nonfiction

Who Knew by Barry Diller –– Phallus Diller.
Warhol’s Muses
by Laurence Leamer –– Andy social behavior.
Mark Twain
by Ron Chernow –– Runaway Twain.
When the Going Was Good
by Graydon Carter with James Fox –– Vanity unfair.
I Regret Almost Everything
by Keith McNally –– Rant McNally.

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The Golem's VoiceNow What BooksGertrude et Alice


Book cover of The Bedeviled Dictionary: A Lexicon of Wicked Wordplay.NW Books: Bedeviled Dictionary

Have you ever noticed an unfamiliar word or expression suddenly popping up everywhere and wondered ‘What’s that supposed to mean?’ Or, conversely, encountered some new cultural phenonmenon and had no word to describe it? If so, the Bedeviled Dictionary is for you.

 


Photo-illustration of puppet character Mr. Bill as Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill.'Headbangers: Bill of Goods

House passes Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill after GOP leaders win over key holdouts
– Pig Pitiful Pill.
A giant Trump photo overlooks the National Mall.
–– Big Bugger is watching. 05/23/25

 


Caricature of President Trump wearing a stove pipe hat and a beard like Abraham Lincoln.Inxart: Equivocation Proclamation

Inxart.com is the place for editors and art directors to download the best in political illustration. This week:
Trump 'Frees' S. Africans, GOP Steals From Sick, Tariffs Stymie Trade, Trump Putin Ally, Vulgar White House, Funding Private Ed & North/South Rift at inxart 05/28/25.

 


Caricature of podcast host Joe Rogan with some scraggly hairs sticking out of his bakd skull.Bad Adss: Gone Rogan

We're not sure if we should label most of the blather on the Joe Rogan Experience bald-faced lies, but there is a lot a neo-nutsy MAGAfication and loony conspiracy theories that appeal primarily to young men whose brains are as smooth as a baby's bottom. Bad Adss

 


Cartoon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas  laughing as they look at Pablo Picasso's sketch pad.Gert's Follies: Sans Tropez

Gertrude & Alice snap up a naughty skin pic by Pabs Picasso en vacances à la mer. Pamper yourself with Tom Hachtman's sizzling Cult Comics Classic collection Gertrude et Alice. And stretch out and soak up the latest installment of Gertrude's Follies.

 


Caricature of Melania Trump on ice pulling her jacket tight around her.What Not: I's Capades

It's once again that special season of tinsel and fruitcake, of electric choo-choos and red-nosed ruminants amongst the wreathes and rushes. Let our critic E. Basil St. Blaise review the juiciest celebrity memoirs and Holiday albums for your super-special gift list. What Not

 


Creators David G Klein and L.K. Peterson at the Now What table at alt-comics convention MoCCA Fest 2025.What Now: MoCCA Fest 2025

Now What Media was at MoCCA Fest, the annual alt-comics convention run by the Society of Illustrators, on March 15 & 16. The gathering features the non-superhero, hipsterish approach to the form, with plenty of cute and snarky animal cartoons thrown in. What Now

 


Caricature of Trump campaign spokesman Steven Chung as Doctor Weird's faithful servant.Kozmic Pictures: Doctor Weird

Marvel as the Mystical Master of the White Arts, guarded by his faithful manservant, casts his Oval Office spells to ensorcell the mopish Red State minions. He'll have Agatha spinning on her broomstick and Harry wetting his Horcrux in Kozmic Pictures Proudly Presents.

 


Cartoon of Trump's hand writing with a Sharpie.Deadlines: Project 1325 BC

The controversy concerning the conservative political agenda Project 2025 has been overshadowed by the purported discovery of an ancient carved document claimed to be unearthed by the Kato Institute (named for the manservant of the Green Hornet.) Deadlines

 


E. Basil St. Blaise and Josef from the Critic's corner PodcastPodcast: Critic's Corner Ep. 13

In Unlucky Episode 13, E. Basil St. Blaise and Josef are stranded in Amnisia's backyard as they …sling the hash à la Animal House …find fault with Uncle Walt …spot 101 Dalmatians …melt down Frozen II …sharpen up Knives Out …suspend A Beautiful DayCritic's Corner Podcast

 


Stack of books on night tableNW Publishing: Travel Is Oxygen

We can help you turn your travel story or your favorite artwork into a published book from inital concept to finshed product on sale at Amazon.com. Let us guide you through all the steps in-between from editing to layout and printing. Now What Publishing