History YMMV / TheComicsCurmudgeon

* AcceptableTargets: The long-runners which make up the bulk of the blog's grist, and for some reason, animals with any level of anthropomorphism (mostly due to the evident threat the overthrowing of humans by animals with sapience proves to Josh).

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* AcceptableTargets: Of course, the long-runners which make up the bulk of the blog's grist and for some reason animals with any level of anthropomorphism (mostly due to the evident threat the overthrowing of humans by animals with sapience proves to Josh).
* HilariousInHindsight: Josh said this about [[http://joshreads.com/?p=4753 Dagwood's suit]] "If you don't want to draw attention to your status as an ancient relic from another decade, it may be best not to build a strip around the fact that your main character usually struts about in an outfit that nobody in living memory has worn outside of the most formal situations" Cue a year or two later, this exact suit is worn by the [[Series/DoctorWho Eleventh Doctor]] who not only made it work, (While fighting monsters and running from explosions no less) but also made it fashionable amongst fans (Increasing bowtie sales by seventy percent)

* HilariousInHindsight: Josh said this about [[http://joshreads.com/?p=4753 Dagwood's suit]] "If you don’t want to draw attention to your status as an ancient relic from another decade, it may be best not to build a strip around the fact that your main character usually struts about in an outfit that nobody in living memory has worn outside of the most formal situations" Cue a year or two later, this exact suit is worn by the [[Series/DoctorWho Eleventh Doctor]] who not only made it work, (While fighting monsters and running from explosions no less) but also made it fashionable amongst fans (Increasing bowtie sales by seventy percent)

* FandomBerserkButton:
** Josh only ever discussed ''ComicStrip/MallardFillmore'' on the blog once, to note the irony of a comic discussing rum-free eggnog running right when the strip's author was arrested for his second DUI. The insane frenzy of political bickering in the comments section led to him vowing never to do it again. A few years later, he completely banned all discussion of that strip on the site due to the trend of every comment about ''ComicStrip/MallardFillmore'' spawning flame wars.
** Politics in general is very touchy and generally frowned upon, with warnings to take such things elsewhere. [[http://joshreads.com/?p=1772 This Family Circus]] comic from October 2008 touched off a major firestorm even though the comic itself wasn't about politics - it just happened to have Dolly dressed up as Sarah Palin for Halloween, and Josh made a remark about it since nothing else in Family Circus ever seems remotely topical. It's one of the few times that Josh has created a new topic thread to excoriate the offenders for their bad behavior.

* HilariousInHindsight: Josh said this about [[http://joshreads.com/?p=4753 Dagwood's suit]] "If you don’t want to draw attention to your status as an ancient relic from another decade, it may be best not to build a strip around the fact that your main character usually struts about in an outfit that nobody in living memory has worn outside of the most formal situations" Cue a year or two later, this exact suit is worn by the [[DoctorWho Eleventh Doctor]] who not only made it work, (While fighting monsters and running from explosions no less) but also made it fashionable amongst fans (Increasing bowtie sales by seventy percent)

* HilariousInHindsight: Josh said this about [[http://joshreads.com/?p=4753 Dagwood's suit]] "If you don’t want to draw attention to your status as an ancient relic from another decade, it may be best not to build a strip around the fact that your main character usually struts about in an outfit that nobody in living memory has worn outside of the most formal situations" Cue a year or two later, this exact suit is worn by the [[DoctorWho Eleventh Doctor]] who not only made it work, but made it fashionable amongst fans (Increasing bowtie sales by seventy percent)

* HilariousInHindsight: Josh said this about Dagwood's suit. "If you don’t want to draw attention to your status as an ancient relic from another decade, it may be best not to build a strip around the fact that your main character usually struts about in an outfit that nobody in living memory has worn outside of the most formal situations" Cue a year or two later, this exact suit is worn by the [[DoctorWho Eleventh Doctor]] who not only made it work, but made it fashionable amongst fans (Increasing bowtie sales by seventy percent)

* AcceptableTargets: Of course, the long-runners which make up the bulk of the blog's grist and for some reason PettingZooPeople (mostly due to the evident threat the overthrowing of humans by animals with sapience proves to Josh).

* AcceptableTargets: Of course, the long-runners which make up the bulk of the blog's grist and for some reason PettingZooPeople as a concept.

* IKnewIt: In ''Apartment 3G'', Josh correctly guessed that Ruby was Luann's biological mother over four years before TheReveal proved it.

* GannonBanned: Josh only ever discussed ''ComicStrip/MallardFillmore'' on the blog once, to note the irony of a comic discussing rum-free eggnog running right when the strip's author was arrested for his second DUI. The insane frenzy of political bickering in the comments section led to him vowing never to do it again. A few years later, he completely banned all discussion of that strip on the site due to the trend of every comment about ''ComicStrip/MallardFillmore'' spawning flame wars.

* ILikedItBetterWhenItSucked: His thoughts on ComicStrip/DickTracy.

* GannonBanned: Josh only ever discussed ''MallardFillmore'' on the blog once, to note the irony of a comic discussing rum-free eggnog running right when the strip's author was arrested for his second DUI. The insane frenzy of political bickering in the comments section led to him vowing never to do it again. A few years later, he completely banned all discussion of that strip on the site due to the trend of every comment about ''MallardFillmore'' spawning flame wars.

* MemeticMutation: "More zippers, mule!" a line from ''Apartment3G'', has spread to other blogs.

* IKnewIt: In ''Apartment 3G'', he correctly guessed that Ruby was Luann's biological mother over four years before TheReveal proved it.

* FridgeBrilliance: Josh has had some of this with a few comic strips.

* HoYay: Josh points this out about ''BeetleBailey'' and Sarge.
** As well as Rex Morgan and... [[ReallyGetsAround all other males]].
** And ''Herb and Jamaal''.

* [[MemeticSexGod Memetic Sex Goddess]] / MsFanservice: [[ComicStrip/SlylockFox Cassandra Cat]].
** [[MarkTrail Kelly Welly]] as well.
** A MemeticSexGod is Buford Bull, who's dating Cassandra Cat.

* UncannyValley: [[http://joshreads.com/?p=3871 Whatever on Earth Rusty is]].

* [[MemeticSexGod Memetic Sex Goddess]] / MsFanservice: [[SlylockFox Cassandra Cat]].

* TearJerker: His little story made for a simple [[http://joshreads.com/?p=1649 family circus comic]] is... poignantly sad.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Much of the blog is based on this. His application of plothole logic to ''Slylock Fox'' can easily make you unable to see it as anything other than a hell dimension populated by poor souls cursed to be animals for all eternity, constantly under surveillance and presumed to be guilty of all accused crimes.
* FetishRetardant: Josh has noted that he's never turned on by highly sexualized female characters such as June Morgan or Blondie, yet is [[PerverseSexualLust head-over-heels in love with]] Margo [=McGee=]. Part of it is his well documented love of strong, take-charge women.
* FetishFuel: The Cassandra Cat shirt that Bob Weber, Jr. made. It's for sale in Josh's [=CafePress=] store.

* MemeticBadass: Mark Trail, Margo Magee, and Mary Worth when a '''peon''' interferes with her meddling.
* MemeticMolester: Rex Morgan.