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| I enjoy reading contemporary newspaper comics. |
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64 | 26.02% |
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| I enjoy reading historical newspaper comics. |
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88 | 35.77% |
| I enjoy reading newspaper comics from foreign countries. |
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52 | 21.14% |
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Bad Machinery John Allison posted:I drew today’s comic using a combination of Clip Studio on the Mac and Sidecar on the iPad, just to prove it could be done. And what I learned is this: you could do it if you needed to and no one would be able to tell the difference.
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Feb 13, 2022 20:53
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Haifisch posted:1979 comics If Ace had "launched" out the window, it wouldn't be closed.
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Feb 13, 2022 21:05
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Haifisch posted:
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Feb 13, 2022 21:16
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Thanks for the Little Lefty-era history lesson, everyone. It's real interesting to compare the comic strip with what other contemporaries were writing at the time, all with the benefit of hindsight. It paints a much more complete picture than a summary in a text book would, I think. I wonder if there are any Lefty strips that directly talk about, as you all mentioned, the impending Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact a few years down the line and the subsequent carving up of Poland.
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Feb 13, 2022 21:38
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Feb 13, 2022 22:14
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Uramachi Sakaba  ChaCha Chako   Night Visitors  Mid-August is the O-Bon holiday, when the spirits of the dead visit the land of the living. Cucumber horses (and eggplant cows) with chopstick legs are a traditional decoration, set out for the spirits to ride to ease their journey.
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Feb 13, 2022 22:47
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Modesty Blaise: La Machine 
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Feb 13, 2022 23:20
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Jesus, Willie!
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Feb 13, 2022 23:26
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Melon no!
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Feb 13, 2022 23:46
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Crabgrass is on break. Old School Peanuts (May 12, 1953)  Snoopy's association with birds continues to solidify. Calvin and Hobbes (Sep 18-19, 1990)  I'd switch it around. Start taking *his* coins away and then force him to ask me for the correct amount back if he doesn't want me to keep them.   Further evidence that Calvin can actually succeed if people bother to engage with him at his level. No Blind Alley today.
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Feb 14, 2022 00:52
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Murdstone posted:Melon no! He'll be fine! He's a melon! e: readingatwork posted:
it's always been very clear that Calvin is extremely intelligent, he just does not enjoy the forced structure of school. he probably would be diagnosed with something in the modern world and given ritalin or adderall or similar. counter to the "fan" comic, this would not destroy the deep imagination he has or turn Hobbes irrevocably back into an ordinary stuffed animal Shugojin fucked around with this message at 00:56 on Feb 14, 2022 |
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Feb 14, 2022 00:53
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Mutts Sally Forth  Pearls Before Swine  Peanuts (February 23, 1975)  Funky Winkerbean  Crankshaft  Mutt and Jeff  A Sketchy Life: Just for the variety of things, all of my snip-n-pastes this week tie in with the overarching theme of "working girls". (February 11, 1926) Our cover (and potential HR report) comes from Richard V. Cutler,.  Loren Stout (If you're curious, the only biographical thing I can come up with here is "1891-1942". Hope you have better luck than I did.):  Gluyas Williams:  Don Herold:  And the grand old man Charles Dana Gibson. 
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Feb 14, 2022 01:13
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Shugojin posted:it's always been very clear that Calvin is extremely intelligent, he just does not enjoy the forced structure of school. he probably would be diagnosed with something in the modern world and given ritalin or adderall or similar. counter to the "fan" comic, this would not destroy the deep imagination he has or turn Hobbes irrevocably back into an ordinary stuffed animal That's because Hobbes is actually Calvin's Stand [Tiger Eye] 
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Feb 14, 2022 01:18
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Loren Stout is the same person as Lauren Stout, according to this post anyway, Stout also spelled his first name Loren.
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Feb 14, 2022 01:24
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I haven't been reading Little Lefty because the first story was about racial integration and Ralph Ellison got to me first when it comes to Stalinists and that subject.
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Feb 14, 2022 01:52
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EasyEW posted:Funky Winkerbean
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Feb 14, 2022 01:52
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Elementals Force vs Strong Force I've seen better naming in City of Heroes jfc. The pose of Baryon seems really close to the Chad of Virgin vs Chad, too. Him and Dr. Atmos, who looks like he has one leg and one arm (Scorch does too the more I look at it), are just horribly posed. And then Atmos and the Subterranian both having their legs flee off the page makes the art look horribly off-center. Sentinels of the Multiverse, especially really on, had some really dodgy art. But you could tell that it was being done by someone who was legitimately a fan of the medium and the art style. Batiuk looks like he puts absolutely no thought or effort into this thing he's supposedly a fan of.
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Feb 14, 2022 02:07
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Professor Wayne posted:Did he put the villains on the left and heroes on the right? Shouldn't they be the other way around, or am I making up rules about comic book composition?
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Feb 14, 2022 02:08
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I don't know why Batiuk didn't just name them "The Elementals" or "Elemental Force", unless someone did a trademark search and found that both were already in active use by other companies. Also, am I looking at things wrong, or is the Oceanaire's neck weirdly long? Edit: Why would you put Doctor Atmos' arm in front of his face on the cover of the first issue of the team book? I suppose you might if there was some plot reason that the Atmos in the book is actually someone who isn't the Doctor Atmos in the self-titled book, intended as a plot surprise. maltesh fucked around with this message at 02:20 on Feb 14, 2022 |
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Feb 14, 2022 02:13
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Why the gently caress is Batiuk spending time on his cancer strip inventing superheros that would have been rejected by DC
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Feb 14, 2022 02:15
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Murdstone posted:Rex Morgan MD Is that a Ray J Johnson reference?
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Feb 14, 2022 02:33
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Shugojin posted:Why the gently caress is Batiuk spending time on his cancer strip inventing superheros that would have been rejected by DC remember when this storyline was about how women in comics get sidelined by men with connections and mediocre ideas
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Feb 14, 2022 02:40
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There's no "Quantum Force" but there is "Quantum and Woody" on Valiant comics. Quantum Force vs Elemental Force makes so much more sense, how did he not go that route?
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Feb 14, 2022 02:51
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You can't call them both Force, that is just confusing.
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Feb 14, 2022 02:58
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What kills me is "Elementals" vs "Elemental." If you can't have a good name at least say it out loud and immediately realize "The Elemental Force" works better.Archduke Frantz Fanon posted:remember when this storyline was about how women in comics get sidelined by men with connections and mediocre ideas It has been at least 3 "The World's Least Creative Hacks" strips since Ruby had dialogue, lol.
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Feb 14, 2022 02:59
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The Elementary Force would be even better. But this is Batiuk. He thinks Oceanaire, which should be a slightly-shabby motel in Florida, is a good name.
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Feb 14, 2022 03:07
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EasyEW posted:Pearls Before Swine This metaphor would work a lot better if the guy on the blue side of the boat was saying "I have to think carefully about if it's really the right thing to do to paddle this boat, actually it's probably best if I don't paddle it at all."
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Feb 14, 2022 03:53
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Who's Funky Winkerbean for? I cant think of any demographic that would fit what it's trying to do.
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Feb 14, 2022 04:16
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Synthbuttrange posted:Who's Funky Winkerbean for? Tom Batiuk
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Feb 14, 2022 04:16
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EasyEW posted:Pearls Before Swine Hey remember a couple of weeks ago when people in this thread said we were being nuts for being uncharitable towards "based Pastis" for his bullshit half-hearted call for class consciousness?
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Feb 14, 2022 04:31
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duz posted:Is that a Ray J Johnson reference? I certainly hope not - 'cause otherwise the Simpsons meme thread would be having problems Vargo posted:Hey remember a couple of weeks ago when people in this thread said we were being nuts for being uncharitable towards "based Pastis" for his bullshit half-hearted call for class consciousness? I certainly hadn't! But enough on me ranting on centrists - in today's Blueberry: Vigo brings Lopez up to speed, or Racism also existed in Mexico - alas, or McClure and Wooley enter the scene with the level of professionalism we've come to expect from them!   
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Feb 14, 2022 06:16
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I took a sneak peek on today’s Funky Winkerbean and you’d better believe we’re going back to Hollywood, it’s Oscars season!
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Feb 14, 2022 08:22
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Daddy Daze Take It From the Tinkersons  Macanudo  Dark Side of the Horse 
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Feb 14, 2022 11:13
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looks to me like he does have sculptor's block 
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Feb 14, 2022 11:29
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Feb 14, 2022 12:19
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Pastry of the Year posted:Arlo and Janis Arlo and Janis has always been about sex, but I feel this is much more openly about sex than he'd brave in previous years.
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Feb 14, 2022 12:24
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Classic Kevin & Kell in: Meet Mom (October 24-30, 2005)       Been a while. First appearance: Dorothy Kindle, a.k.a. Kevin's mom. So I can finally update this thing:  (Click for big.) Updates to this will be getting more and more far in-between, because the strip has started to focus on secondary characters more and more often, and frankly? Screw keeping track of all of those, y'all can do it if you want. I'm limiting myself to people who have a family or blood connection to the main cast. (To note: Frank Mangle, the lion in the second strip, will eventually be included in the relationship chart. But that's still several years in the future.) Modern Kevin & Kell   
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Feb 14, 2022 12:38
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Buni Girl Rhymes with Orange  Get Fuzzy 2/13/02  Brenda Starr 3/1-3/48    Smokey Stover 3/10/46  Everyday Movies 11/3/34  "It's outrageous! Here it is the fifth of November and you're still asking October first rental?"
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Feb 14, 2022 12:59
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Giant Ethicist posted:ChaCha Chako Mr. Melon Bread will be fine, modern medicine is amazing. They can even replace his liver if they have to. Vintage Valiant (Oct. 09, 1949)   
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