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vyelkin posted:MacKay is boldly tackling the big issues: I like this one, just from how ridiculous this driver must be to try driving while carving a pumpkin, as well as eating and consulting a map (which I thought was a copy of Mad magazine for a second).
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Obviously Ramirez is too much of a wussy librul to know how real military planes work  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LveSc8Lp0ZE
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vyelkin posted:MacKay is boldly tackling the big issues: These are like "climate change is the real threat  " level gags, except who the gently caress gets that up in arms about distracted driving?Who gets that up in arms about something provably dangerous, backed by a large body of research, whose threat is huge but largely unacknowledged and somewhat nebulous, and where mitigating that threat would require a change in the way a lot of people live their life? .... 
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 SKILL: it has electrolytes!    A Ted Rall Cartoon
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XavierGenisi posted:I like this one, just from how ridiculous this driver must be to try driving while carving a pumpkin, as well as eating and consulting a map (which I thought was a copy of Mad magazine for a second). I like it because it has Rick Santorum taking Elizabeth II for a drive for no reason.
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alnilam posted:These are like "climate change is the real threat The thing you have to remember about MacKay is that his political opinions are actually really hard to pin down a lot of the time. He's way more dedicated to making a joke or a funny drawing than he is to making some ice burn against some politician he dislikes. Also, he basically dislikes all our politicians, so there's very little cheerleading. He also actually works for a newspaper, so I expect at least some of his cartoons are commissioned by his editors to match specific articles.
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joethesurly posted:Obviously Ramirez is too much of a wussy librul to know how real military planes work Nah, that's exactly what he was getting at: The lifting body fuselages of modern jet fighters produce most of their lift, making them capable of flying with one wing: A Planefacts Cartoon
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I'd like this a lot better if 1) It wasn't written in Streeterese 2) It was more obvious he was standing to block a door 3) No use of Person Holding Newspaper With The Point Of The Cartoon On It
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vyelkin posted:MacKay is boldly tackling the big issues: That cop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bx5FIWIIZE
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Radish posted:Bloom County had censored words which fit since you knew the types of characters involved were saying some raw stuff but there's no way that would get past an editor. Additionally Berke Breathed would get meta about it a lot and use comic conventions like sound effects, sight gags, and censored curse words as 4th wall breaking jokes. Bloom County was absolutely fantastic, by the way. One of my favorite comics of all time.  That was from 1982, by the way. Ascribe your own relevance.
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colonel_korn posted:Easiest AGC ever? I don't believe you. We can't possibly be meant to look at this and sympathize with the literal killing machines.
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Amarkov posted:I don't believe you. We can't possibly be meant to look at this and sympathize with the literal killing machines. And yet you are. Funny how that works eh?
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gardenald posted:That was from 1982, by the way. Ascribe your own relevance. The entire hardbound collection is definitely worth checking out, but everyone here should look at Volume 1 in particular, just to see how not a single goddamned thing has changed in 30+ years.
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JT Jag posted:The two of them spout off about dumb poo poo sometimes, especially Gabe. I expect they will be kept on-topic in regards to their part in the movie though. As long as we're musing about conversations of Political Cartoons thread past-  This one was really weird, because the comic was posted twice, I don't remember how far apart, maybe a few days to a week. First time the thread was just really disgusted at how ham-handed and dumb it was. The second time, the reaction was begrudging admiration for making a good point. Just goes to show things here can change a lot depending on who's post ready at the time. Also their archive keywords are not at all intuitive. I had to just give up and find that with Google Image Search instead. Here, have another one that's kind of thread related. 
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Some Guy TT posted:As long as we're musing about conversations of Political Cartoons thread past- Wow, that's terrible. I agree with the argument, but reading it makes me agree with the argument less. It's like an anti-opinion cartoon. It's more  than JJ.
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Discendo Vox posted:Wow, that's terrible. I agree with the argument, but reading it makes me agree with the argument less. It's like an anti-opinion cartoon. It's more I don't know if I'd call it smug, necessarily- to me it's more like "Look at how thoughtful and sensitive and poetic I'm being, guys!" I mean, come on. "It is a very odd sort of Patriot..." 
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colonel_korn posted:Easiest AGC ever? As pointed out by the Daily Show last night, something like $100 million in food stamps are redeemed by military families. So, yes, some day, all of that may be piloted by people on food stamps.
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vyelkin posted:MacKay is boldly tackling the big issues: Just makes me think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txoCOebILZk
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Nikaer Drekin posted:I mean, come on. "It is a very odd sort of Patriot..." Despite the fact that Jerry is paid to write... he is not exactly super wonderful at it. Unless you love the overly verbose. On the movie front, despite how big it's gotten Penny-Arcade's success isn't exactly a super interesting story. "We got there first, got lucky, and hired someone who knew how to brand." That's literally it.
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inkblot posted:Despite the fact that Jerry is paid to write... he is not exactly super wonderful at it. Unless you love the overly verbose. There's a bit more to it than that, and to their immense credit, I can't think of any other webcomic that hasn't missed a single update, especially over the course of 16 years. Good god, how did me posting about Bill Watterson end up with a Penny Arcade derail?
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inkblot posted:Despite the fact that Jerry is paid to write... he is not exactly super wonderful at it. Unless you love the overly verbose. The guy recommended Gene Wolfe. Enough said there.  e: XyloJW posted:There's a bit more to it than that, and to their immense credit, I can't think of any other webcomic that hasn't missed a single update, especially over the course of 16 years. Gunnerkrigg Court 
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XyloJW posted:There's a bit more to it than that, and to their immense credit, I can't think of any other webcomic that hasn't missed a single update, especially over the course of 16 years. Goons like to talk about what they hate more than what they like.
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colonel_korn posted:Easiest AGC ever? Shouldn't it be Hagel saying that?
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The Iron Rose posted:Shouldn't it be Hagel saying that? I read it as Obama trying (and failing) to console Hagel.
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inkblot posted:To be fair that's literally any human being. All humans are goons.
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Rorus Raz posted:
This would be really strong imagery... if the "guns don't kill people" line hadn't been invented. As is, the whole thing feels like a visual translation of that talking point, a Reductio Ad Absurdum pro-gun cartoon.
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inkblot posted:On the movie front, despite how big it's gotten Penny-Arcade's success isn't exactly a super interesting story. "We got there first, got lucky, and hired someone who knew how to brand." That's literally it. That's literally it for most companies. Penny Arcade got there first, hit the market just right, hooked up with someone who knows how to run a business, and has steadily brought more talent under their umbrella. See also Coke, Nike, Budweiser, Lids, McDonalds, Yum Brands...
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Fried Chicken posted:That's literally it for most companies. Penny Arcade got there first, hit the market just right, hooked up with someone who knows how to run a business, and has steadily brought more talent under their umbrella. See also Coke, Nike, Budweiser, Lids, McDonalds, Yum Brands... There's a difference, in that the core product of the company is directly tethered to the lucky chuckleheads who started the enterprise, and who apparently still won't get muzzled by the smarter and saner talent in the boardroom. Imagine if McDonald's was run by Dennis Miller, and he had to personally make a speech at the opening of every franchise restaurant.
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colonel_korn posted:Easiest AGC ever? My favorite thing about all these people decrying cutting military spending yet bemoaning too much spending is that the Army has begged congress to stop giving out contracts to make tanks because they have so many they can't use there are tanks that are literally falling apart after having sat unused for years. But congress keeps hanging out contracts for more tanks! Clearly the military doesn't need its spending cut!
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XyloJW posted:Good god, how did me posting about Bill Watterson end up with a Penny Arcade derail? Bill Watterson did art for a movie poster, the Penny Arcade guys are in the movie. 
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:Bill Watterson did art for a movie poster, the Penny Arcade guys are in the movie. The first art by Watterson in almost two decades, but people wanna snark about two fools who occasionally say dumb things but still enjoy success. Idgi
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:Bill Watterson did art for a movie poster, the Penny Arcade guys are in the movie. YEAH I KNOW
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Discendo Vox posted:There's a difference, in that the core product of the company is directly tethered to the lucky chuckleheads who started the enterprise, and who apparently still won't get muzzled by the smarter and saner talent in the boardroom. Imagine if McDonald's was run by Dennis Miller, and he had to personally make a speech at the opening of every franchise restaurant. So like Uber, Path, Kleiner Perkins... You want to hate on Gabe for being a shithead, that's cool. I'm certainly not gonna gainsay you. But don't pretend there is any magical difference between them being successful and 99% of other successful companies out there. And that poster isn't the first public art Watterson has done in 18 years, he did this poster back in 2012.
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Fried Chicken posted:And that poster isn't the first public art Watterson has done in 18 years, he did this poster back in 2012. Are you suggesting Huffington Post was wrong?!...
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