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1. about 2 months ago on Endtown

   Love the room number — nice Douglas Adam’s shout-out!

2. 5 months ago on Lio

   Love the original Muppet Movie reference as well. (for those too young to remember — as Kermit and Fozzy are driving towards Hollywood, we see Big Bird hitchhiking in the opposite direction, with a sign saying “NYC or Bust! Looking to break into Children’s Television”

3. 8 months ago on Endtown

   Welcome back!

4. 9 months ago on Monty

   So is he dreaming the second glass of milk which appears in the last frame , or are we dreaming it? Perhaps we are butterflies dreaming we are the Olympic volleyball team…

5. over 2 years ago on Candorville

   Not sure I can post links, but here’s a good recent article on the Benin Bronzes: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2003/sep/11/2

6. over 2 years ago on Candorville

   Even if it was Atlantis, folks would still find a way to de-Africanize the news: When Europeans first ‘discovered’ the Benin bronzes (incredible metalwork of 12th century West Africa) in the 19th century a German anthropologist concluded that they were the work of ancient Greeks from the lost city of Atlantis, because he refused to believe that Africans could do such impressive metalwork without learning it from Europeans.

7. over 4 years ago on Ink Pen

   Coulda called him “Frere Shocker”?

8. over 5 years ago on Lio

   A little background on “Dead as a Doornail” http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/04/origin-phrase-dead-doornail/

9. over 6 years ago on Pooch Cafe

   http://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2014/11/17 and http://www.gocomics.com/pickles/2014/11/17

10. over 6 years ago on Pooch Cafe

    Today’s strip is a shout-out to the Wizard of Id, which turns 50 today (there was a Wizard of Id reference in Pickles today as well)