Christ, what an asshole
This has increased my tepid dislike of W. Smith to full on hatred.

Ditto on "Atomic Robo"; previous FCBD issues of this comic have been less than impressive. This one was filled with an understated sense of humor that I really enjoyed. Also liked the Mickey Mouse reprint. Thank goodness Fantagraphics is putting all the old strips out in hardback form.

Tyler? Perry!
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the best source?
Without a doubt, "Survivorman", with Les Stroud. That dude can build a fire with nothing but a wet sock and some kitty litter, and he can set up shelter anywhere from the Arctic tundra to the Georgia swamps. Plus, you can actually watch his show and see what works and what doesn't. Most of the…

Shame?
Beatty long ago moved past feeling the emotion you hu-mons call "shame", so your words will have no effect upon him. Perhaps we should all focus on helping the Tribune Media Service realize that nobody has given a shit about Dick Tracy since 1952.

Slander may be a bit strong, but you could have reached for a funnier joke rather than settling on that tired meme.

Repeating a lie
I can't believe you went for the cheap, lazy joke and just repeated the slander that Disney was anti-semitic. Do your homework:

I thought that, too, but it's not. The bear guy from "True Grit" was someone named Ed Corbin.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm…

Not very random
Simmons has a resume as long as my arm, yet most of the random roles mentioned here are variations on the same character. Where are the cartoon voice roles, "The Adventures of Pete and Pete", his 1 minute voice over in "True Grit", or even those goofy Farmers Insurance commercials?

The only way to fix award shows is..
..don't air them on TV at all. I mean seriously, does anybody really care that Joe or Jane Filmstar is thanking an endless list of people you've never heard of?

A more palatable "Lovely Bones"? Hmm, could be a new way for douchebag producers to sell crappy movie concepts.

So why are you still watching it? Shouldn't you have stopped after deciding you didn't like it, and moved on? Or are you just too cool to let everyone else enjoy something your hipster self disdains?

Speaking of prose
"The dialogue often reeks of the purple prose of dime-store novels"—that could also describe this review. Did you write this after washing down a fist full of No-Doz with a pot of coffee?

I threw up in my mouth a little too. Then I started projectile vomiting. Now I have a nosebleed.

My guesses for his role are either the Ten Eyed Man, Crazy Quilt, or Bat-Mite.

America's "Up"?
More like America's "THROW Up", amiright?

I'm feeling smugly satisfied that this show is taking a dive. I've always been irritated that people continuely feed into the myth of Trump, and this show is one of the worst offenders.

Why Bob is great
Interesting that you bring up Newheart. I just finished reading his slim memoir, "I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!", in which the awesome Mr. Newheart reveals how he writes his material. By seeing the amount of work he put in a classic routine (like, say "The Driving Instructor"), you can see he's…

Kasem's Lebansese; his real first name is Kamal. And now you know the rest of the story.

Pythonesque?