Fourteenth instalment! Finally a nice round number!1 That deserves something special, I’d say. Something very special indeed: I’m going to watch a movie. More specifically,…
CIPC #13: Tintin Vol.5: The broken ear
Obscure engravings, highly local comics series – the ‘popular’ in the name of this blog has become somewhat spurious lately. High time, I think, to…
CIPC #12: Kiekeboe Vol.14: Een zakje chips
Kiekeboe is a family adventure comic series which is hugely popular in Flanders and, to some extend, the Netherlands. The series has been running for…
CIPC #11: Checkmate the king
As you might already have deduced from this site and its title, I have a slight interest in history. Yet in this blog, I haven’t…
CIPC #10: X-men
The X-men, as most of you doubtlessly know, are an American team of superheroes. They get their name from their mentor, professor Xavier, and the…
CIPC #9: The Thing
After dealing with comic books, television series, a computer game, and a commercial I feel it’s high time I tackled a movie. And what better…
CIPC #8: GEICO commercial
Chess is just the most exciting thing ever. Just think about it: two men staring at some pieces of wood for five hours on end,…
Famous people playing chess
This time, our topic is only tangentially related to chess in popular culture: we will be talking about famous chess enthusiasts. A few lists like…
CIPC #7: Numb3rs, S1 E9: Sniper zero
Previously, I called The mentalist a mediocre mystery fiction show. By these standards, Numb3rs is dreadful. First of all, the show has given in to…
CIPC #6: Robbedoes 1980/33, Klont
Today we’re going to do something a bit more obscure. So obscure, in fact, that the moniker ‘popular culture’ can barely be justified. Yes, today…