Archives – 2014 – November  

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Going Back To My Routes: Hoenn
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— 21 Nov 2014 Tom 3 comments

This is part of a series of critical essays on the Pokémon games. This one is about Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, the third “main games” in the series, and unavoidably contains LOTS of spoilers for the remakes of those games released this […]

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The UPDATED Secret History Of Band Aid
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— 12 Nov 2014 Tom 16 comments

The Secret History Of Band Aid
Everybody remembers Band Aid. And – despite everything – most people remember Band Aid 2. And now we have Band Aid 20 30. Which rather begs the question – why does nobody ever talk about Band Aids 3 to[…]

Who-ular ’14
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— 10 Nov 2014 Tom 13 comments

I know that some of the visitors to this site ALSO watch Doctor Who. So as an experiment to see whether a) this is true and b) what sort of Doctor Who you lot like, here’s a poll on the season that finished on Saturday. I have set the bar prett[…]

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Ragnarok And Roll
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— 6 Nov 2014 Tom Comment

The Mighty Thor, by Walt Simonson
I got into comics in the 80s, a copy of Walt Simonson’s Thor was one of the first Marvel Comics I bought with my own pocket money. (#359, where Thor is ensnared by a LOVE POTION brewed by The Enchantress&#8217[…]

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  2. Firstly thank you for the work you do in starting this blog and keeping it going. I first discovered it…

  3. A good article, and all praise to your great endeavour over the last two decades. Though I should hope that…

  4. One of the best things I've read about art all year. Congrats on the first 1k and looking forward to…

  5. Well done for getting this far, and capping the first 1,000 with these essays. I discovered FreakyTrigger and Popular through…

  6. Astonishing read. I don't know if any of this is going to make sense, but thank you, Tom, for this…

  7. Thank you, Tom, for many years of enjoyable, insightful, reading. Really something that has endured and has proven its worth…

  8. Tom, thank you for such thoughtful reflections on Popular and the charts. I really enjoyed them, just as I’ve really…