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I recently finished Dark Horse’s massive collection of horror-filled detective stories straight from Italy (though the stories take place in and around London) entitled “The Dylan Dog Case Files.” It’s definitely enjoyable stuff, so I highly recommend checking it out—especially if you like a little deduction with your scary stories. The case files are full of great quotes, but due to the book’s binding much of it is extremely difficult to scan. However, this gem in writer Tiziano Sclavi’s tale “Dawn of the Living Dead” (illustrated by Angelo Stano) fell on a page corner and I could schmoosh it down enough to scan it in.
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I’m sure I am not the first one to make this observation, but it is really bugging me that I am not reading it in more places: CBS’s new show “The Mentalist” is the exact same show as USA’s “Psych!”

“Psych” (2006) is about a guy who’s uncanny powers of perception allow him to solve crimes.

“The Mentalist” (2008) is ALSO about a guy who’s uncanny powers of perception allow him to solve crimes!

In “Psych,” the lead—a private investigator—pretends to be a psychic to justice his abilities of perception.

In “The Mentalist,” a former mentalist (From Wikipedia, and yes, that’s good enough for me for our purposes here: “The term mentalist refers to entertainers whose performance appears to be based on ‘psychic’ abilities, featuring the ability to read minds, project the mind to alter the state of matter, foretell the future, and see distant and hidden objects.”) uses his powers of perception as a private investigator.

The only real difference? “Psych” is a comedy and “The Mentalist” is a drama.

Now, I’m not a huge “Psych” fan or anything, but it just boggles the mind that repackaging the same show for a new network isn’t being openly laughed about more. There’s egg on your face, CBS. EGG!

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Great Comic Quotes: Dylan Dog

They’re the same thing!