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CIPC #60: Kiekeboe Vol.89, De s van pion

Posted on March 20, 2018March 21, 2018

Every now and then, some mainstream comic of tv-series features chess in one of its episodes; by now you might already be aware of that.…

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CIPC #59: Sargon series front covers

Posted on March 13, 2018April 22, 2018

Long time ago, in this very galaxy, I wrote a post showcasing some chess-themes book covers. At that time, I expected I might be able…

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CIPC #58: Existential comics No.215

Posted on March 6, 2018March 6, 2018

I think I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating: there’s some weird stuff on the internet. There’s a subreddit dedicated to unexpected factorials, there’s…

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CIPC #57: The big fat quiz of everything 2018

Posted on February 27, 2018

QI, Only Connect… the Brits have probably the greatest quiz programs in the world. It is not surprising, then, that every year there is an…

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CIPC #56: Batman Vol.1 No.23

Posted on February 20, 2018February 25, 2018

I have a confession to make: I know squat about American comics. Especially about superhero comics. Of course, there’s a lot of chess in them,…

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CIPC #55: Gargoyles S2 E9 City of stone

Posted on February 13, 2018

Gargoyles is an animated tv series from the nineties and I have a serious problem with it. The writing is quite interesting. It blends Shakespearean…

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CIPC #54: The black cat

Posted on February 6, 2018February 6, 2018

They know. They all know. I’m convinced of it. All these directors, painters, marketeers – they all knew that, one day, a supreme weirdo would…

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CIPC #53: Highland queen advertisement

Posted on January 30, 2018February 4, 2018

“The good old days.” What rot! Rarely has such a huge amount of bullshit been concentrated in one sentence.  In the old days, people died…

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CIPC #52: From Russia with love

Posted on January 23, 2018January 28, 2018

You know what? No. I’m fed up with it. Week after week I look at the infantile doodlings of some guy who has never seen…

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CIPC #51: Lucky Luke Vol.35, Jesse James

Posted on January 16, 2018January 28, 2018

Who’s the greatest cowboy in popular culture? John Wayne, maybe? Clint Eastwood? Jonah Hex? If you ask me, the correct answer is Lucky Luke. Introduced…

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With this blog, I will critique chess as it appears in all sorts of popular media. I will honour the good and, probably much more frequently, castigate the bad.

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