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A Peek Into My Mind. Be Afraid.
This, in today's "Comics Curmudgeon," by Josh Fruhlinger, regarding today's (7/31/2024) episode of Dick Tracy:
"Hey, remember that guy who was being blackmailed over some salacious photos and was paying his mustachio’d blackmailer in cryptocurrency? Well, it turns out he owns a baseball team, or runs some other kind of “enterprise” for which he reports to the Commissioner of Baseball. Would that have made this storyline more interesting, if we had learned it earlier, before the MCU arrested all the bad guys? Maybe! But I guess we’ll never know, now."
Fruhlinger managed, in the course of this "analysis," to miss:
May 26, where the Knights baseball club is mentioned by one of Gabriel's minions, and there's a specific tie to the "Curse of Nuremoh" story arc from some months back;
June 8, where Miss Schott, the secretary to Joe Borden, makes a specific reference to the office being for the "Knights baseball club";
June 9, where you see baseball material in the drop panel and in panel 4 in the reception area to Borden's office;
Note also June 8 and June 9 tie Joe Borden directly to the Knights -- see his office door, for example;
June 16, where you see another reference to the Knights with the baseball bobblehead in panel 4;
June 22, where in panel 2 Joe Borden is called out as being "of the Knights," tying in with June 8 and June 9;
June 23, where in panel 4 Pravuil Gabriel threatens to reveal information to the Commissioner -- a direct reference to the Commissioner;
July 12, where you see the baseball bobblehead, again, and it's clear it's Phil Demain, the villain from "The Curse of Nuremoh"; and
July 16, where you see baseball memorabilia scattered on the floor of Borden's office after a fight.
I mean, okeh, I get it, "Comics Curmudgeon" is largely snark and comedy, but you'd think at least the snark would have some remote resemblance to accuracy. I pointed out all but the July 16 entry to Fruhlinger in a polite letter (more polite, I think, than he deserved), and we'll see if he has the balls to acknowledge it. Vegas line says he won't.
"Hey, remember that guy who was being blackmailed over some salacious photos and was paying his mustachio’d blackmailer in cryptocurrency? Well, it turns out he owns a baseball team, or runs some other kind of “enterprise” for which he reports to the Commissioner of Baseball. Would that have made this storyline more interesting, if we had learned it earlier, before the MCU arrested all the bad guys? Maybe! But I guess we’ll never know, now."
Fruhlinger managed, in the course of this "analysis," to miss:
May 26, where the Knights baseball club is mentioned by one of Gabriel's minions, and there's a specific tie to the "Curse of Nuremoh" story arc from some months back;
June 8, where Miss Schott, the secretary to Joe Borden, makes a specific reference to the office being for the "Knights baseball club";
June 9, where you see baseball material in the drop panel and in panel 4 in the reception area to Borden's office;
Note also June 8 and June 9 tie Joe Borden directly to the Knights -- see his office door, for example;
June 16, where you see another reference to the Knights with the baseball bobblehead in panel 4;
June 22, where in panel 2 Joe Borden is called out as being "of the Knights," tying in with June 8 and June 9;
June 23, where in panel 4 Pravuil Gabriel threatens to reveal information to the Commissioner -- a direct reference to the Commissioner;
July 12, where you see the baseball bobblehead, again, and it's clear it's Phil Demain, the villain from "The Curse of Nuremoh"; and
July 16, where you see baseball memorabilia scattered on the floor of Borden's office after a fight.
I mean, okeh, I get it, "Comics Curmudgeon" is largely snark and comedy, but you'd think at least the snark would have some remote resemblance to accuracy. I pointed out all but the July 16 entry to Fruhlinger in a polite letter (more polite, I think, than he deserved), and we'll see if he has the balls to acknowledge it. Vegas line says he won't.
I've got people who claim to be FANS of my comics, who can't keep track of story details. If you expect a professional douchebag/comedian who doesn't even really care about Dick Tracy to pay attention to all of this daily minutia, then you're going to spend a lot of time chewing your pillow.
Sending him a letter? Dude, don't do that. Just ignore him. Your heart will thank you.