Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Comics Curmudgeon


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The result was   Withdrawn. Never mind. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 15:22, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

The Comics Curmudgeon

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A very funny blog, but I'm seeing almost nothing in the way of notability. A few comic artists have had contact with him, and a few other blogs have reviewed him, but almost everything here is a primary source, unreliable (Jeopardy! archives), dead, or not substantial. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 00:31, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
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 * Comment This blog has been explicitly mentioned in major comic strips, which suggests at least some level of recognition by those in that field. (Yes, it's a link to the blog, but I can't find a complete archive of Sally Forth anywhere. Still, I saw it in print, so it's not like a photoshopped hoax or anything.) I'll try to dig up some more sources. For starters, here's something from E! Online. Zagalejo^^^ 01:18, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Here's an article which I can't access, but is clearly about the blog itself. Fruhlinger also win a Blogger of the Year Award of some sort: . And when you add in all the brief mentions in the news, I think there's enough to make this article a Keeper. Zagalejo^^^ 01:29, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Fruhlinger did indeed appear on Jeopardy. There's some info about that here (which also contains some general info about the blog.) Zagalejo^^^ 01:32, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I knew that he was on Jeopardy!, but that doesn't really add too much. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 01:33, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * But there's still the other stuff I mentioned. (Now I'm having trouble with that E! link, but here's an Internet Archive link for it.) Zagalejo^^^ 01:38, 26 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep per WP:GNG based on the sources and mentions in the article. Stifle (talk) 11:21, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Enough stuff there. The cite list looks impressive, but lots of it goes back to the blog or livejournal or what have you.  But the Editor and Publisher one and a few others cross the GNG hurdle. Hobit (talk) 13:03, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - The Google News Search link provided by Zagalejo show that he's definitely passed any notability hurdles, in my opinion. (There's also this NewYorker.com interview from August.) Propaniac (talk) 13:30, 26 September 2008 (UTC)


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