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Vargo posted:What the gently caress is that Chickweed? I've said it before and I'll say it again: 9CL is, by the Supreme Court's definition, Pornography. quote:Wallace This, however, this is amazing.
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catlord posted:Good lord. And good lord to that Jump Start. That said though, I'm glad to see Fritzi Ritz show up again, even if it's a one-off. Lio's what raised my eyebrows. Is the author saying the NIH's recommendations are a trap to make Covid worse?
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Bruceski posted:Lio's what raised my eyebrows. Is the author saying the NIH's recommendations are a trap to make Covid worse? I think it's just presenting an amusing situation in which a comically oversized coronavirus has baited a trap with something desirable to potential victims.
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I don't want to out and out ban stuff on a whim because like, even Dilbert had it's defenders and people who missed it, but I would not shed any tears if 9CL just vanished. It's not breaking any rules though it's just extremely disgusting on an ontological level, so if someone wants to post it I guess they can keep posting it until they do, I don't know, a Holocaust denial arc or something.
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Bruceski posted:Lio's what raised my eyebrows. Is the author saying the NIH's recommendations are a trap to make Covid worse? IIRC Lio's sort of a professional terrible opinion haver, like the green monster from Gary.
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In this The Timid Soul, more attention to detail in terms of the reflections on the polished floor. This is the first I've ever seen the term "speculator" in a context where it would mean what we today describe as "ticket scalper". I'll admit I don't 100% get the joke here - is it "anyone who wasn't such a laughable coward would try to bullshit their way into the performance anyway" ? (and it bothers me that he's saying "here goes $22" instead of "there goes $22")
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Selachian posted:Brenda Starr 7/12/42  catlord posted:Didn't Brooke turn those off the moment GoComics let him? I thought he had his own forums where he could ban people for any criticism of the comic.
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ukonvasara posted:I think it's just presenting an amusing situation in which a comically oversized coronavirus has baited a trap with something desirable to potential victims. Yeah, probably. I read too many political cartoons. In this case, "any" is too many.
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Slammy posted:Trees died so it could show up right above "Blondie". In color. 9CL has always been nasty, but actually looking at it in the context of a newspaper makes it seem obscene in a way actual pornography isn't.
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EBB posted:Mämmilä has been wonderful this week I don't think I'm smart enough to enjoy that comeec. It looks really good but it sure does have a lot of details.
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Parahexavoctal posted:I'll admit I don't 100% get the joke here - is it "anyone who wasn't such a laughable coward would try to bullshit their way into the performance anyway" ? I think the joke is that Caspar bought his ticket from a scalper, but the sign scares him out of even trying to use it -- he just tears it up and throws it away, rather than risk having to present it to the ticket taker and maybe get caught. Alhazred posted:Zelda Walking through a NYC subway with open wounds on your bare feet is more horrifying than anything in this thread short of Chickweed.
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Medenmath posted:Yikes  How Wonderful! posted:I don't want to out and out ban stuff on a whim because like, even Dilbert had it's defenders and people who missed it, but I would not shed any tears if 9CL just vanished. It's not breaking any rules though it's just extremely disgusting on an ontological level, so if someone wants to post it I guess they can keep posting it until they do, I don't know, a Holocaust denial arc or something.
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How Wonderful! posted:Dykes to Watch Out For #93 (1990) There's a history point here. This comic came out near the nadir of liberal self-identification in the US. Self-identified liberals had outnumbered conservatives in the 60's but by 1992 conservatives outnumbered liberals by nearly 2 to 1. This was partly due to shifts in opinion when economic problems of the 70's were blamed on liberal policies, but also partly by a long-running and thorough opinion-shaping campaign by the Republicans and conservatives to demonize the term "liberal". The campaign really "took" after Dukakis' loss and by the time of the strip "liberal" was a dirty word and even liberals were looking for euphemistic ways to describe themselves. I find it amazing the opinion campaign worked so well because only 20 years before "liberal" had been a badge of honor, and it has retained its positive meaning when referring to those challenging authoritarian regimes. That opinion campaign was so successful that in 2018 Gallup found "conservatives" outnumbered "liberals" by 35% to 26% - even though the median public opinion on specific economic issues is roughly in line with the left wing of the Democratic party, which is generally considered left of "liberal" in current political-speak. There's been a big shift in the past 2 years, though, and now "conservatives" barely outnumber "liberals", 36% to 34%. OTOH I suspect actual policy preferences have shifted left too with the coronavirus and so opinion may still be very different from self-identification. I suspect Bechdel was aware of how "liberal" had been demonized and was doing her bit to mock the process, but I'm not sure. Schwarzwald posted:9CL has always been nasty, but actually looking at it in the context of a newspaper makes it seem obscene in a way actual pornography isn't. curtadams fucked around with this message at 09:08 on Aug 15, 2020 |
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How Wonderful! posted:Bechdel is the best.  Alhazred posted:Zelda running.jpg  No seriously running is a love/hate thing. You'll hate it, up until the moment you love it. And there will still be times when you'll hate it. This comic perfectly encapsulates that. Strontium posted:Dark Side of the Horse The answer is one, by the way. Classic Kevin and Kell (February 5-9, 1996)     
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Parahexavoctal posted:In this The Timid Soul, more attention to detail in terms of the reflections on the polished floor. This is the first I've ever seen the term "speculator" in a context where it would mean what we today describe as "ticket scalper". He purchased his ticket from a scalper.
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Zereth posted:there was a like, over-a-year-long arc about Edda's(?) grandma(?) romancing a literal nazi back in the day. yeah, i can't say i was paying close attention to that story because 9CL isn't my favourite avenue of self-harm, but if war crimes didn't come up much, the holocaust denial arc might have already happened without any of us noticing
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Vargo posted:What the gently caress is that Chickweed? The thing that really gets to me is that Chickweed could be a fun, sex-positive comic. Instead, because McEldowney is an inept creep it comes across as off-putting, creepy and offensive.
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Slammy posted:Trees died so it could show up right above "Blondie". In color. How much trouble was it for you to make this? Did you just take a picture with your phone and move it over to imgur? Because my immediate thought upon seeing this was that this was a crazy efficient way to post mid-tier comics most people wouldn't want to go to the trouble of hosting individually, and a surprisingly high number of them provoked in-thread discussion.
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Slammy posted:Wee Pals (June, 1972) This is a wonderfully incisive commentary on white allyship. Morrie was the best.
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Chickweed is gross but so is Mr Boop and y'all drool non-stop over that poo poo. Dykes is so good.
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While acknowledging that irony can be a shield for reprehensible behavior, do you really consider 9CWL and Mr. Boop to be comparable?
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They both consist almost entirely of sex jokes. They are admittedly very different kinds of sex jokes, and the art in Mr. Boop doesn't make me feel physically ill the way 9 Chickweed Lane does, but it's a reasonable comparison.
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Elysiume posted:While acknowledging that irony can be a shield for reprehensible behavior, do you really consider 9CWL and Mr. Boop to be comparable? This should be a survey of the ridiculous and the sublime. I enjoy the early 20th century postings, but terrible comics have a place here as an example of how bad it can be. I hate 9CW as much as Luann. I am confused, parties drop and not a stalk of celery in sight?
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Mr. Boop also isn't published in newspapers as if it's nominally geared towards general audiences. Edit: TampaTango posted:I am confused, parties drop and not a stalk of celery in sight? Its implied that Thorax used his celery to make her panties drop.
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Mr. Boop is also a case of an author starting with a ridiculous concept and seeing how far he can take it, while the Chickweed author thinks he's writing Literature.
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Chickweed is pornographic, pretentious, and often full of horrible political stances. Mr Boop is pornographic, tongue in cheek, and remarkably life affirming.
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Vargo posted:What the gently caress is that Chickweed? it is not the Foxy Grandpa content I come to this thread for
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Some Guy TT posted:How much trouble was it for you to make this? Did you just take a picture with your phone and move it over to imgur? Because my immediate thought upon seeing this was that this was a crazy efficient way to post mid-tier comics most people wouldn't want to go to the trouble of hosting individually, and a surprisingly high number of them provoked in-thread discussion. The LA Times puts up a PDF here. But after a certain number of page views they ask you to login with a subscription. Many papers have this option, so if anyone has a subscription to one it'd be relatively easy to pull the comics.
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