They will retain the overbearing mom and asshole dad who live across the street, but to make it more relevant to contemporary Russia, their house will constantly be on fire.

Attention to Detail
Sometime last year, the McNay — one of San Antonio's art museums — featured an exhibit of props, model, and sets from "The Nightmare Before Christmas". I had a typical knee-jerk reaction: really? That's what passes for an art exhibit in this town, a touring collection of movie props? But I…

It's still done in a limited way, though. I know someone who did Neilsen ratings using the old diary form, with no set-top box or equipment, as recently as a few months ago. Of course, he lives in a relatively small TV market.

I think it was Joe.

Another Jim costume we didn't mention: "Dave", where he just dresses like he normally does, but wears a nametag with "Dave" written on it.

Psssh, I ain't givin' it away for free. It's way too long for the comments section, anyway.

You're wrong, Deadpan. And I can prove it. You Gypsy-hater.

It's "Kool-Aid" and "Flavor-Aid". And both were used at the Jonestown massacre.

Sean is on assignment this afternoon, doing one of those things we high-paid media journalists do. I am the Scott Christian to his Kent Brockman.

Bill's gone to that well a time or two since '03. Blame him, not me.

THIS ART SUCKS

Thank you on behalf of Sean O'Neal, who did not write this Newswire.

You mean that wasn't a real kid playing AstroBoy? They all look alike to me.

Thank goodness no other musicians or artists have ever tried to make money.

The predictability of the noir tropes didn't bother me at all; I'm a huge noir fan, and I'm totally fine with seeing the same elements time and again — that's what makes it a distinctive genre — as long as they're artfully executed in some way. Which, here, I think they were. My beef with calling it a noir novel is…

And if YOU, anonymous troll, really knew YOUR webcomics, you would know that Kate herself calls it "Fat Pony":

Jorge - no regular coverage scheduled, but I'll be doing the finale this weekend.

Failed meta-firstie: we've actually talked about the wonderful work of Kate Beaton before. I reviewed her first book collection in the Comic Panel a while back.

Pssht. I go writin' this review for you and you callin' me Todd.

We won't be covering regularly, unfortunately, but enough of you love the shows that we thought we'd dip in.