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FEGGORAMA

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IGOR TRIPS

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SPANKY

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

Cartoon spoof of the Formula 1 race car film F1: The Movie showing the main characters Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) and Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), dressed in their racing suits covered in corporate logos, playing with toy cars at a McDonald's restaurant table and smashing them into each other.F1 The Movie –– Pitt, stop!
M3GAN 2.0 –– Toy died.
Sorry, Baby –– Indeed.
Hot Milk –– Sour.
The Sound –– Unsound.
The G –– The G shot.
Off the Grid –– A contact oy.
Ponyboi –– Queer ender.
In Vitro –– Stall born.
The Last Class –– The least class.
Afternoons of Solitude –– Goes it alone.
Nobu –– Sushi cue.
blur: To the End –– Hard to see.
Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue –– Not beyond the glaze.
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TELEVISION

Caricature of Meghann Fahy as Devon DeWitt in the Netflix TV series Sirens.Sirens (Netflix) –– On the rocks.
The Better Sister (Amazon) –– Relatively awful.
The Resident (Netflix) –– Bumble abode.
Overcompensating (Amazon) –– Underperforming.
Duster (Max) –– Skids out.
Bad Thoughts (Netflix) –– And jokes.
Murderbot (Apple TV+) –– Murders butt.
The Four Seasons (Netflix) –– Seasonal disaffective disorder.
Forever (Netflix) –– Sure feels like.
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THEATRE

Call Me Izzy –– Dizzy.
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.
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MUSIC

Virgin / Lorde –– On the ridiculous.
The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two / Barbra Streisand –– Babs and weaves.
Tracks II: the Lost Albums / Bruce Springsteen –– Lost for good.
Something Beautiful / Miley Cyrus –– Anything beautiful?
Iz It a Crime? / Snoop Dogg –– Show fizzle.
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LITERATURE
Fiction

FDR Drive by James Comey ––
East side, waste side.
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.

Nonfiction

Nothin’ Comes Easy: The Life of Rodney Dangerfield by Michael Seth Starr –– Deserves no respect.
Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines by Karine Jean-Pierre –– Joe blow.
The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich, by Evan Osnos –– Wretchy rich.
Who Knew by Barry Diller –– Phallus Diller.
Warhol’s Muses by Laurence Leamer –– Andy social behavior.
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Caricature of presidential advisor Stephen Miller in a spoof of West Side Story entitled Sanctuary City Story.Bad Adss: Sanctuary City Story

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Photo-illustration of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as Supreme Diana Ross.Headbangers: Supreme Sacrifice

SCOTUS limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear
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Caricature of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu as the second head along with Trump of a Godzilla-like monster attacking Iran.Inxart: Iran the Other Way

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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

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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

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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

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

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