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A blog started by Josh Fruhlinger in July 2004, under its original title, I Read The Comics So You Don't Have To (a Boston-area newspaper that featured a similarly-titled column forced the name change). In it, Josh selects several [[Newspaper Comics|newspaper comic strips]] every day and offers (usually sarcastic) commentary on them. Over time, the blog has developed a great deal of media attention as the authors of many comics have discovered it. Some comic artists or writers are even fans of the blog, including Chris Browne (''[[Hagar the Horrible]]''), Mark Tatulli (''Lio'', ''Heart of the City''), Francesco Marciuliano (''[[Sally Forth Howard
Josh has also developed a great deal of [[Running Gag|Running Gags]] within the blog, including Aldo Kelrast, a character in ''[[Mary Worth]]'', whose storyline became one of the strip's most popular after Josh began joking about it. ''[[Archie]]'' has even made reference to one of the blog's running gags.
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* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Josh has had some of this with a few comic strips.
* [[Furry Confusion]]: Josh notes that a dog plugger owning a pet dog is confusing. He says "Pluggers don't have health insurance, so they take their kids to the vet"
* [[Furry Fandom]]: Mocks this in ''[[
* [[Happily Married]]: Josh and his wife Amber make an incredibly cute couple. Seriously, whenever he mentions her in one of his Sunday metaposts it's always written with a tone of "Look how freaking awesome my wife is" glee. In his defense, Amber is pretty kickass.
* [[Ho Yay]]: Josh points this out about ''[[Beetle Bailey]]'' and Sarge.
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* [[Memetic Badass]]: In-universe, Mark Trail, Margo Magee, and Mary Worth when a '''peon''' interferes with her meddling.
* [[Memetic Molester]]: In-universe, Rex Morgan.
* [[Memetic Sex God|Memetic Sex Goddess]] / [[Ms. Fanservice]]: [[Slylock Fox
** [[Mark Trail|Kelly Welly]] as well.
** A [[Memetic Sex God]] is Buford Bull, who's dating Cassandra Cat.
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{{quote| '''[[Family Circus|Billy:]]''' Now that we're in bed, they won't have to watch their language on TV.<br />
'''Josh:''' You sure got that right, you little fucker. }}
* [[Promoted Fanboy]]: Josh's constant riffing on newspaper ''[[Spider
* [[Rule 34]]: He found one of Cassandra Cat on someone else's blog and posted it to his own. It later got taken down from both blogs, at Bob Weber, Jr.'s request<ref>though the pic is easy to find, if you know where to look</ref>.
* [[Running Gag]]: Beyond all the [[Memetic Mutation]], other recurring gags include:
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** The romance between Brad and Toni in ''[[Luann]]'' seems to make Josh physically ill. Also, TJ is probably gay.
** ''[[Crankshaft]]'' being a [[Jerkass]]
** Newspaper ''[[Spider
*** Along with jokes about everyone else in the strip being absolute morons.
** In Apartment 3-G, Luann is [[Dumb Blonde|vapid]], Tommie has the personality of cardboard, and Margo Magee is a memetic psychopath who would just as soon snap someone's neck as acknowledge they exist. Of course, no part of that diminishes Josh's [[Perverse Sexual Lust]] for her.
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** The characters of ''[[Judge Parker]]'' being smug dicks, who see no problem with using their money to get whatever they want.
* [[Scunthorpe Problem]]: At one point the comment system's spam filter kept catching posts containing "MILF" . . . and ''Gil Thorp'' takes place in ''Milford''.
* [[Shout
** ''The Jumble'' (whose artist is a regular commenter) has included Josh in a few puzzles, including one where he is put on trial and found guilty by the entire newspaper comics page.
** ''Archie'' occasionally drops references to the AJGLU 3000 into background detail.
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