Ramsey Ess
@ramseyess.com
Writer and sandwich enthusiast.
http://www.ramseyess.com
http://www.ramseyess.com
Janus Films logo always shaking like it had too much coffee
November 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Janus Films logo always shaking like it had too much coffee
Stephen Sondheim is my favorite writer. The man also enjoyed a good puzzle. I was incredibly excited to read this new book about his world of puzzles, and it inspired Puzzle Seven of thepuzzleboy.net. Start puzzling now!
November 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Stephen Sondheim is my favorite writer. The man also enjoyed a good puzzle. I was incredibly excited to read this new book about his world of puzzles, and it inspired Puzzle Seven of thepuzzleboy.net. Start puzzling now!
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I'm on Podcast: The Ride today talking about going to Spooky World with Wendy the Snapple Lady! Listen where you get podcasts!
October 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I'm on Podcast: The Ride today talking about going to Spooky World with Wendy the Snapple Lady! Listen where you get podcasts!
CANDY PUZZLE!
The Internet is working better now! You have a mere five days left to name these off-brand candies and receive points for doing so! Go go go!
thepuzzleboy.beehiiv.com/p/puzzle-six
thepuzzleboy.beehiiv.com/p/puzzle-six
Puzzle Six: Accept Some Substitutes
It's the end of Series One with a candy-coated Halloween-themed word puzzle to trick your treats!
thepuzzleboy.beehiiv.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
CANDY PUZZLE!
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Disney has tried so hard to make Tron into a viable franchise, but they did zilch with The Rocketeer. For shame.
October 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Disney has tried so hard to make Tron into a viable franchise, but they did zilch with The Rocketeer. For shame.
NEW BIT I'M GOING TO DO: If anyone mentions a Shamrock Shake going forward I'm going to pretend I think they're referring to an Irish dance called "The Shamrock Shake."
October 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NEW BIT I'M GOING TO DO: If anyone mentions a Shamrock Shake going forward I'm going to pretend I think they're referring to an Irish dance called "The Shamrock Shake."
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Wes Anderson's New Nightmare
WES ANDERSON'S NEW NIGHTMARE is on 35mm next weekend at Nitehawk Williamsburg in our October series THE FINAL GIRL EXTRAVAGANA
September 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Wes Anderson's New Nightmare
I hate when I see a 30 second version of a commercial that was clearly designed to be 60 seconds. I’m not getting the full narrative around this Toyota.
September 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I hate when I see a 30 second version of a commercial that was clearly designed to be 60 seconds. I’m not getting the full narrative around this Toyota.
Hey-la, hey-la, The Hess truck’s here
It is Fat Bear Week in Alaska. The popular competition lets anyone vote on which of the animals is most prepared for winter. nyti.ms/3IBbucx
September 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hey-la, hey-la, The Hess truck’s here
@straczynski.bsky.social I just finished your Mole Man story in Fantastic Four Fanfare #4 and thought it was absolutely beautiful. Bravo.
September 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
@straczynski.bsky.social I just finished your Mole Man story in Fantastic Four Fanfare #4 and thought it was absolutely beautiful. Bravo.
To add on: NOOOOO
September 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
To add on: NOOOOO
I've been looking forward to this one for a while. This is a puzzle written for the Internet, so why not use the Internet as a playground? Explore the Letterboxd account and crack the code!
The September puzzle has arrived! It's a little bit of code, a little bit of mystery, and a little bit of movie trivia! See if you can crack it all! thepuzzleboy.beehiiv.com/p/puzzle-five
Puzzle Five: Closet Heist
A cinephile has robbed the Criterion Closet and Detective Sylvie Knox has only the perpetrator's Letterboxd account to solve the crime. Can you figure it out?
thepuzzleboy.beehiiv.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I've been looking forward to this one for a while. This is a puzzle written for the Internet, so why not use the Internet as a playground? Explore the Letterboxd account and crack the code!
Part one of the comic I wrote for Jonathan Hickman's @3w3m.bsky.social is out now! Valeria Burzo, the artist, absolutely killed it. So excited that it's out in the world!
Enjoy "THE MERGER pt. 1!" 3w3m.substack.com/p/the-compet...
Enjoy "THE MERGER pt. 1!" 3w3m.substack.com/p/the-compet...
[THE COMPETITION] MERGER - PART 1
You... become me. Then you escape it all.
3w3m.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Part one of the comic I wrote for Jonathan Hickman's @3w3m.bsky.social is out now! Valeria Burzo, the artist, absolutely killed it. So excited that it's out in the world!
Enjoy "THE MERGER pt. 1!" 3w3m.substack.com/p/the-compet...
Enjoy "THE MERGER pt. 1!" 3w3m.substack.com/p/the-compet...
Oceans are now, more than ever, battlefields.
August 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Oceans are now, more than ever, battlefields.
I'm very excited for this one because I got to draw a bunch of puzzles in the style of Kimble Mead’s classic rebus puzzles from Four Star Puzzler. These are gonna be fun! thepuzzleboy.net
PUZZLE FOUR is unleashed tomorrow! Featuring five original comic strips drawn by your very own PUZZLEBOY!
The only way to get this puzzle delivered directly to your inbox is to sign up now at www.thepuzzleboy.net!
The only way to get this puzzle delivered directly to your inbox is to sign up now at www.thepuzzleboy.net!
July 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I'm very excited for this one because I got to draw a bunch of puzzles in the style of Kimble Mead’s classic rebus puzzles from Four Star Puzzler. These are gonna be fun! thepuzzleboy.net
I love Tom Lehrer and I love this story. So long, Tom.
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I love Tom Lehrer and I love this story. So long, Tom.
Good job, everybody! We got more submissions on this one than the previous two puzzles. Keep 'em coming! (well, not on this puzzle. This puzzle is done.)
So, how did you do? The answer key for Puzzle Three is out now (plus a preview of Puzzle Four)!
thepuzzleboy.beehiiv.com/p/puzzle-thr...
thepuzzleboy.beehiiv.com/p/puzzle-thr...
Puzzle Three: The Results
Did you submit, or were you...chicken?
thepuzzleboy.beehiiv.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Good job, everybody! We got more submissions on this one than the previous two puzzles. Keep 'em coming! (well, not on this puzzle. This puzzle is done.)
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Fantastic Four: First Steps was everything I wanted as a lifelong FF fan. Loved every single second.
July 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Fantastic Four: First Steps was everything I wanted as a lifelong FF fan. Loved every single second.
I just need the record to officially state somewhere that I loved Fantastic Four: First Steps, so I’m putting that here.
July 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I just need the record to officially state somewhere that I loved Fantastic Four: First Steps, so I’m putting that here.
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With yesterday's disheartening Colbert news and today's deeply cruel gutting of our beloved PBS & NPR, maybe consider killing your Paramount+ subscription in favor of PBS Passport?
www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
PBS: Public Broadcasting Service
Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!
www.pbs.org
July 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
With yesterday's disheartening Colbert news and today's deeply cruel gutting of our beloved PBS & NPR, maybe consider killing your Paramount+ subscription in favor of PBS Passport?
www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
I have also looked at my phone outside of the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library! I am EXACTLY like Captain America!
July 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I have also looked at my phone outside of the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library! I am EXACTLY like Captain America!
The time is now! I ventured into the world of math and numbers for this one! If that sounds scary, you have 25 whole days to work on it!
Puzzle Three has hit 88mph and is now ready for your mental energy! Can you help this anonymous teen figure out what year he abandoned his neighbor/mad scientist friend? (I hope so, because this teen seems pretty stupid.)
July 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The time is now! I ventured into the world of math and numbers for this one! If that sounds scary, you have 25 whole days to work on it!
I am a die-hard, life-long Fantastic Four fan so it's not weird that I was on page 12 of Hot Topic's Fantastic Four shirts when I noticed this very strange typo. Did they type the text directly onto the women's shirt rather than reuse the graphic?
June 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I am a die-hard, life-long Fantastic Four fan so it's not weird that I was on page 12 of Hot Topic's Fantastic Four shirts when I noticed this very strange typo. Did they type the text directly onto the women's shirt rather than reuse the graphic?
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Decades after they first aired, 50 ‘new’ episodes of ‘The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson’ are headed to streaming for for the first time ever — along some of the original music performances.
50 ‘New’ Episodes of Johnny Carson Are Finally Headed to Streaming
Decades after they first aired, 50 ‘new’ episodes of ‘The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson’ are headed to streaming for for the first time ever — along some of the original music performances.
www.vulture.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Decades after they first aired, 50 ‘new’ episodes of ‘The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson’ are headed to streaming for for the first time ever — along some of the original music performances.