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Cinema Bums is a gag-a-day webcomic by Matthew Domville. It updates on Mondays and Thursdays and can be found here. It features a comedic look at movies, classic and new, splitting strips evenly between those featuring a regular cast of characters and standalone gag-a-day style jokes.

Characters include:

Mindy: The most prominent character, an enthusiastic appreciator of many forms of genre entertainment. Typically aware of new films years before general release.

Doug: An guy who loves all movies equally. He's thrilled by the moviegoing experience, from the snacks to the previews, and rarely has a bad word to say about flicks he's seen.

Del: A film academic who loves to interpret and analyze features. Demonstrates complete ignorance of contemporary popular movies, but rarely comes off as snobbish.

Tropes used in Cinema Bums include:

Amulet of Dependency: An evil Halloween wig appears in these strips, which Doug continues to wear after the holiday is over. Fortunately, he's Genre Savvy enough to remove it before it completely takes over.
Caustic Critic: Features Statler and Waldorf in a meta-example, providing caustic criticism to caustic critics in this comic.
Easter Egg: Referenced in this strip, released on Easter Monday. The comic's title also serves as a reference to another story where Easter Eggs play an important role.
Garage Sale: Features one in this strip, where Mindy needs to raise funds for a walk-on role in Joss Whedon's latest film.
Male Gaze: Addressed in this strip in reference to the portrayal of Catwoman in Batman: Arkham City
Overshadowed by Awesome: Illustrates this for Hawkeye in the Avengers movie in this strip.
Paper-Thin Disguise: Mocked in this comic related to Robert Downey Jr.'s many disguises in Sherlock Holmes.
Revenge. Serves as the catalyst for a multi-strip series beginning here.
Schedule Slip: Averted. Usually updates at 12:01AM on Mondays and Thursdays, rarely later.
Tomboy and Girly Girl: Mindy and Del, it could be argued.

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 * [[Garage Sale]]: Features one in [https://web.archive.org/web/20111120070705/http://www.cinemabums.com/?p=167 this] strip, where Mindy needs to raise funds for a walk-on role in [[Joss Whedon]]'s latest film.
 * [[Male Gaze]]: Addressed in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131216111008/http://www.cinemabums.com/?p=157 this strip] in reference to the portrayal of Catwoman in ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
-* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]]: Illustrates this for Hawkeye in the [[The Avengers|Avengers]] movie in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120517034434/http://www.cinemabums.com/?p=152 this] strip.
+* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]]: Illustrates this for Hawkeye in the [[The Avengers (2012 film)|Avengers]] movie in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120517034434/http://www.cinemabums.com/?p=152 this] strip.
 * [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Mocked in [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305055951/http://www.cinemabums.com/?p=191 this] comic related to Robert Downey Jr.'s many disguises in ''[[Sherlock Holmes (film)|Sherlock Holmes]]''.
 * [[Revenge]]. Serves as the catalyst for a multi-strip series beginning [https://web.archive.org/web/20111003093721/http://www.cinemabums.com/?p=79 here].