Twelve by Pies posted:

Why would a family take a ship from California to New York? Were there even passenger ships for that route?

PainterofCrap posted:

Absolutely.

No railroads
"civilization" ended in Buffalo
Too much crap to move by wagon...and would rather not have it & the family repurposed as prairie decorations when the locals don't take a shine to you.

Granted, they could have ended up as ocean bottomfeed around Tierra del Fuego, but it was a riskier time.

Slammy posted:

Those Were the Days (June 28, 1951)

Doomykins posted:

The black sheep herding black sheep.

Johnny Walker posted:

The Phantom

Kennel posted:

Dustin

Drimble Wedge posted:

Wonder if Kelly read this PopSugar article (headline: Duncan Hines Has a New Fruity Pebbles Cake Kit, So Don't Mind If I Yabba Dabba Do!). It was published January 4 which I assume is enough lead time:

catlord posted:

As for Axa, I gotta say, this is a very odd storyline. Weird ending too, but we'll get to that.

Tiggum posted:

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Is there more to this joke than one of the characters in The Flintstones being named Pebbles?

EasyEW posted:

Out Our Way (January 27-29, 1936)

Evil Mastermind posted:

Cul De Sac almost got away with it.

Parahexavoctal posted:

In this installment of The Timid Soul (February 20, 1933), it's interesting to realize that typewriters were once seen as decadent and modern.

John Allison posted:

I hope you enjoy the period-accurate flashback in today’s comic, roughly contemporary to The Case of The Good Boy, in which Mildred takes on the fairground-industrial complex. If you read it on GoComics it has a lot of bonus pages.

John Allison posted:

When I started Bad Machinery, my idea was that there would be 21 cases, one for every term of the seven years of British secondary education. In the end there were ten, but I think that was enough. I covered such a lot of ground. As time went on I began to feel melancholy at watching the carefree 11-year-olds of the first story vanish, swallowed up by the weird angst, confusion, and adventure of the tween and teen years. Things started so happy-go-lucky, but the more aware one becomes of the world, the more perilous that world becomes. I had to balance the ups and the downs. These were always meant to be fun, silly stories, but there was always a wolf at the door that I never imaged being there until I started writing them.

Throughout its run, Bad Machinery has been blessed with readers of all ages. I have had delightful notes over the years from people aged seven, and 70. The younger readers were part of the reason that I felt the series had to end. As the mystery kids end this book – aged sixteen or thereabouts – I couldn't tell their stories and be as truthful as I wanted to be, without excluding smaller fans. It was one of the hardest decision I've had to make, and I could tell I was going to have to make it around the time of the 8th book. I blame the teen hormones (and you should too). Maybe books 9 and 10 went a little further than they should into the world of Teen Feelings, but if you don't tell anyone, neither will I.

The most important question, now that the casebook is closed, is what will happen to the mystery kids? Is this really their last case? I think for most of them, it is. But then, they're pretty weird kids. Jack is going to spend a lot of time trying to play his guitar and worrying about his hair. Maybe he'll record some terrible raps and never play them to anyone. Sonny goes with the flow. He deserves a rest from danger. Shauna has a lot of interests and a huge brain, and it's time she got a chance to explore more than what local ne'er do wells are up to. Mildred is a barely-corked bottle of trouble and I think the next few years are going to be quite naughty for her. Let's hope she stays out of jail (she probably will – just). Linton's future is foggy to me. He believes in justice. He believes in truth. I feel like he will be interested in mystery . But he is a handsome lad and and I have the sense that he may soon be distracted by some beautiful eyes.

Hopefully the eyes will be in a face and not just floating around.

It seems to me, Lottie Grote will always have mystery in her heart. Nothing is going to stop her looking for it. And in Little Claire she has a friend who is not only loyal, but also somewhat of a mystery too. Does Lottie know Claire is a firestarter? My guess is she always has. She likes her anyway. And who wouldn't? Claire is a total sweetheart. That twosome is a friendship with legs.

Anyway here were are. The end of the series. Thank you for sharing these adventures with me. I hope to see you back in Tackleford one day.

goatface posted:

Hedgehogs barely self groom, never mind socially. She is just a pervert who wants to pick at other perverts.

I could do with a jumbo Nekonaughey today.

Tiggum posted:

Tiggum posted:

Strontium posted:

Intelligent Life

readingatwork posted:

Calvin and Hobbes (Dec 17-18, 1988)

PainterofCrap posted:

Homebodies - 1952

PainterofCrap posted:

Homebodies - 1952

Parahexavoctal posted:

In this installment of The Timid Soul (February 20, 1933), it's interesting to realize that typewriters were once seen as decadent and modern.

Look at the detail on that furniture - and the interplay between the shadows and the reflections.

FrumpleOrz posted:

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FrumpleOrz posted:

Kevin & Kell

readingatwork posted:

Calvin and Hobbes (Dec 19-20, 1988

EBB posted:

Why is this a thing. Spending a week on "Yep, this long established couple fucks".