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Web Comic: Cinema Bums

Cinema Bums is a gag-a-day webcomic by Matthew Domville. It updates on Mondays and Thursdays and can be found here

. It features a comedic look at movies, classic and new, splitting strips evenly between those featuring a regular cast of characters and standalone gag-a-day style jokes.

Characters include:

Mindy: The most prominent character, an enthusiastic appreciator of many forms of genre entertainment. Typically aware of new films years before general release.

Doug: An guy who loves all movies equally. He's thrilled by the moviegoing experience, from the snacks to the previews, and rarely has a bad word to say about flicks he's seen.

Del: A film academic who loves to interpret and analyze features. Demonstrates complete ignorance of contemporary popular movies, but rarely comes off as snobbish.

This webcomic features examples of:

Amulet of Dependency: An evil Halloween wig appears in these strips, which Doug continues to wear after the holiday is over. Fortunately, he's Genre Savvy enough to remove it before it completely takes over.
Art Shift: There's an homage to The Family Circus in this strip.
Awesomeness Is Volatile: Mindy suffers an awesomeness-induced coma in this strip.
Caustic Critic: Features Statler and Waldorf in a meta-example, providing caustic criticism to caustic critics in this comic.
Cosplay: Mindy seems to have access to a range of costumes, which she'll put on at the drop of a hat, usually celebrating an upcoming release.
Easter Egg: Referenced in this strip, released on Easter Monday. The comic's title also serves as a reference to another story where Easter Eggs play an important role.
Hulk Speak: Employed by the man himself in this strip.
Garage Sale: Features one in this strip, where Mindy needs to raise funds for a walk-on role in Joss Whedon's latest film.
Male Gaze: Addressed in this strip in reference to the portrayal of Catwoman in Batman Arkham City
Never Tell Me the Odds: Han Solo's use of the phrase is referenced in this strip.
Overshadowed by Awesome: Illustrates this for Hawkeye in the Avengers movie in this strip.
Paper-Thin Disguise: Mocked in this comic related to Robert Downey Jr.'s many disguises in Sherlock Holmes.
Revenge. Serves as the catalyst for a multi-strip series beginning here.
Schedule Slip: Averted. Usually updates at 12:01AM on Mondays and Thursdays, rarely later.
The Stinger: Speculates on one in this strip.
Tomboy and Girly Girl: Mindy and Del, it could be argued.