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readingatwork
Jan 8, 2009

Hello Fatty!


Fun Shoe
Old School Peanuts (Jul 15, 1951)




Calvin and Hobbes (Mar 10-11, 1987)






Robbie and Bobby (May 29-Jun 1, 2015)



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Vargo
Dec 27, 2008

'Cuz it's KILLIN' ME!
Oh crap, it's the baby raccoon saga, prepare to cry, everyone.

BCN


Phoebe


Wallace


Curtis

Professor Wayne
Aug 27, 2008

So, Harvey, what became of the giant penny?

They actually let him keep it.
The Far Side
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“Okay, let’s see … that’s a curse on you, a curse on you, and a curse on you.”

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“Bummer of a birthmark, Hal.”

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“Go back to sleep, Chuck. You’re just havin’ a nightmare—of course, we are still in hell.”

Pickles


Zits

Somebody fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Apr 27, 2022

Huxley
Oct 10, 2012



Grimey Drawer
If you had a step-dad in the 90s, there's a 100% chance they drank coffee every morning out of a Far Side mug.

My step-dad's was, "Bummer of a birthmark, Hal."

Yvonmukluk
Oct 10, 2012

Everything is Sinister


Bad Machinery

Transmodiar
Jul 9, 2005

You're a terrible person, Mildred.
I always love it when I precede or succeed Bad Machinery. Now, onto Modesty Blaise!



Darthemed
Oct 28, 2007

"A data unit?
For me?
"


College Slice
Docks




Retail




Zip


Rip


Dick


Duck

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

Yvonmukluk posted:

Bad Machinery


Miflin isn't very good at this hostage-taking business, is he?

Chef Bourgeoisie
Oct 8, 2016

by Reene

Powered Descent posted:

Historical context on this storyline: the very first Space Shuttle mission, STS-1, would launch only a few days after these strips ran, on April 12. I think Breathed probably hoped for it to line up exactly, but due to publication delays and such, he had to guess at the exact timing and hope for the best. He still got pretty dang close.

Huh, neat. I learned something.

Bloom County
April 11th & 13th, 1981

CommaToes
Dec 15, 2006

Ecce Buffo

EBB posted:

Miflin isn't very good at this hostage-taking business, is he?

To be fair, he has to out-think both Shauna and Lottie.

Medenmath
Jan 18, 2003
Vintage Valiant (Jan. 08, 1938)

Angular Cyrus
May 29, 2007

everything is so much harder than it looks
Mark Trail '46 11/7–9




Mark Trail '94 3/14–16


Selachian
Oct 9, 2012

Bunavirus



Rhymes with Orange



Get Fuzzy 3/1/00

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer

I've had that dream.

The Bloop
Jul 5, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Bun Qing-Jao, honored among the Godspoken

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

I get the feeling Val is about to stab two fools.

EasyEW
Mar 8, 2006

I've got my father's great big six-shooter with me 'n' if anybody in this woods wants to start somethin' just let 'em--but they DASSN'T.
Sally Forth





Skippy (October 8, 1932)



Peanuts (March 4-5, 1973)





Funky Winkerbean





Crankshaft





9 "WILL YOU PLEASE PUT A SOCK IN IT" Lane





Rip Haywire



Thimble Theater (October 1, 1936)



Out Our Way (March 8-10, 1934)





Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

EasyEW posted:

Sally Forth

9 "WILL YOU PLEASE PUT A SOCK IN IT" Lane






I... I don't think you can reject anesthesia for a caesarean.

Gloomy Rube
Mar 4, 2008



EasyEW posted:


Funky Winkerbean



WHY ARE THE MAGIC PLAYERS USING D20s? :psyduck:

I mean, life counters, sure, but there's -3-, and the one person seems to be marking their life with a notepad.

And the D&D group only had d6s, what the heck. Edit: And a deck of cards too.

I am overly upset about this!

Gloomy Rube fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Mar 3, 2020

Kavak
Aug 23, 2009


Gloomy Rube posted:

WHY ARE THE MAGIC PLAYERS USING D20s? :psyduck:

I mean, life counters, sure, but there's -3-, and the one person seems to be marking their life with a notepad.

And the D&D group only had d6s, what the heck. Edit: And a deck of cards too.

I am overly upset about this!

The boomer owner thinks all RPGs are D&D and all CCGs are Magic.

Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



Classic Cat 11-7-17



Bogor 1975


The Bloop
Jul 5, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Gloomy Rube posted:

WHY ARE THE MAGIC PLAYERS USING D20s? :psyduck:

I mean, life counters, sure, but there's -3-, and the one person seems to be marking their life with a notepad.

And the D&D group only had d6s, what the heck. Edit: And a deck of cards too.

I am overly upset about this!

D20s could be life, poison counters, or any number of things

We can't see every part of the DnD table, so there could be other dice. The DM is teasing his party with a Deck of Many Things.

StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

https://twitter.com/nellucnhoj/status/1180150591353491457?s=19

catlord
Mar 22, 2009

What's on your mind, Axa?

Gloomy Rube posted:

And the D&D group only had d6s, what the heck. Edit: And a deck of cards too.

All rogues, all the time, plus their DM likes to draw from the Deck of Many Things. Now that'd be a campaign.

Edit: gently caress, someone had the same thought I did.

Evil Mastermind
Apr 28, 2008

The Dinette Set ruins the curve.


Working Daze goes into repeats just as I get back.


Super-Fun-Pak Comix makes an airtight case.


Cul De Sac knows that art is in the eye of the beholder.

Tiggum
Oct 23, 2007

Your life and your quest end here.


Gloomy Rube posted:

WHY ARE THE MAGIC PLAYERS USING D20s? :psyduck:

I mean, life counters, sure, but there's -3-, and the one person seems to be marking their life with a notepad.

And the D&D group only had d6s, what the heck. Edit: And a deck of cards too.

I am overly upset about this!
The two dice next to each other on the MtG table look like d10s to me.

I'm more bothered by the lack of space. The D&D game is incredibly cramped, the MtG table is already full and the game's just started, and even the chess players don't have anywhere to put captured pieces.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

I don't want to make a habit of defending Funky Winkerbean but I'm just imagining what that same setup would look like if Working Daze tried to draw it, and at least Batuik put in an effort.

Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



Evil Mastermind posted:

Super-Fun-Pak Comix makes an airtight case.

As a cute historical note, this is not exactly a real song but refers to a series of songs all built on the same foundation -
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/06/sex_and_pop_the_forgotten_1909_hit_that_introduced_adultery_to_american.html

Julet Esqu
May 6, 2007




Time for a little unsubtle character assassination!



To be fair, Bernice has never been a fan of anyone or anything except the sound of Bernice's voice.


Edit: Almost forgot!



I kinda like this one

Julet Esqu fucked around with this message at 04:05 on Mar 3, 2020

FrumpleOrz
Feb 12, 2014

Perhaps you have not been to the *Playground*.
The *Playground* is for Taalo and for Orz, but *Campers* can go.
It more fun than several.
You can go there for too much fun.
The Lockhorns


Brewster Rockit Space Guy I've got a whole closet like this in my game room. 3rd-party 3DO controllers tangled up with AV cables that I don't even know what they're from


On The Fastack


Safe Havens


Kevin & Kell


Mother Goose & Grimm


Hagar The Horrible


Sherman's Lagoon

Bingo Bango
Jan 7, 2020

Professor Wayne posted:


“Bummer of a birthmark, Hal.”

My father has the unfortunate habit of quoting things he finds funny with absolutely zero context. For a lot of my youth it was him misquoting Mike Meyers movies and also just this Farside punchline. I had repressed this memory until now.

e: Apparently this is a comic universally beloved by dads and stepdads

Somebody fucked around with this message at 23:52 on Jul 24, 2022

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
So the water is dna magic blood but they haven't drunk it for reasons?

Angular Cyrus
May 29, 2007

everything is so much harder than it looks
King Aroo 10/12/53


They'll Do It Every Time 9/27/46


Mopsy 10/7/42

Drimble Wedge
Mar 10, 2008

Self-contained

Scary Gary



Haifisch
Nov 12, 2010

Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!



Taco Defender
2017 Spiderman


1978 Comics




Dick Tracy


Major Crime Squad


Locher Tracy


Origins of the Sunday Comics


Footrot Flats

Tiggum
Oct 23, 2007

Your life and your quest end here.


Mary Worth

Strontium
Aug 28, 2009

Dexter didn't much care for the party.
Daddy Daze


Take It From the Tinkersons


Dark Side of the Horse


Fort Knox

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

FrumpleOrz posted:

Safe Havens


Samovar
Jun 4, 2011

When I want to relax, I read an essay by Engels. When I want something more serious, I read Corto Maltese.


Ghostlight posted:

As a cute historical note, this is not exactly a real song but refers to a series of songs all built on the same foundation -
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/06/sex_and_pop_the_forgotten_1909_hit_that_introduced_adultery_to_american.html

That's a real interesting link, everyone should click it.

On that, our last update for the Fable of Venice in today's Corto Maltese! Where: Corto really ought to lay off the peyote, or Bravo, Bravo! Encore!, or And with the fourth wall thoroughly in pieces, Corto ends this fable once and for all





And so ends our wee trip to North Italy. Join us tomorrow, won't you, for a real good story, but where the art starts going downhill, unfortunately, in The Golden House of Samarkand!

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amigolupus
Aug 25, 2017


He's only 45? With the way the characters are drawn, I thought the grown-ups are in their 60s.


It's nitpicky, but it bugs me how Batiuk used the word gamers rather than players, or how he spelled out Dungeons and Dragons rather than sticking to abbreviations like D&D and MtG. It's like Batiuk wants people to think he's a huge fan of nerd hobbies and comic book shops, but the little details he missed makes his effort ring rather hollow.

Julet Esqu posted:

Time for a little unsubtle character assassination!



To be fair, Bernice has never been a fan of anyone or anything except the sound of Bernice's voice.

I'm baffled as to why Team Evans has been trying to character assassinate Bets for so long. Is it because of racism? Or do they hate Bets for being female and assertive? If they didn't even care about Bets at all, then they could have just made her turn down Gunther after their first date. She even had the perfect excuse of thinking Gunther and Luann were a thing, because Luann kept sticking her nose in their date.


Jesus loving christ, Holbrook! :psyboom:

Shapeshifters in fiction usually have some rules to them, like how they can't transform into a functioning complex machinery, or how they can't exceed the capabilities of the thing they're copying. Holbrook just broke both of those rules, and just removed any possible tension to be had with stories involving these stupid dodos.

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