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Arlo and Janis![]() I had thought that yesterday's strip was setting up a story arc, but now, I have no idea. Tina's Groove Classic (August 2, 2008) ![]() Arlo and Janis Classic (August 2, 1998) ![]() Garfield Classic (August 2, 1988) ![]() Ah, I should have known: the depression storyline began in yesterday's A&J would be continued in the Garfield from almost 32 years ago.
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Holbrook’s a big Turbo Teen fan I see ![]()
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amigolupus posted:I'm baffled as to why Team Evans has been trying to character assassinate Bets for so long. Is it because of racism? Not just racism. Also misogyny! ![]()
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The way some of you people talk about certain strips is a but worryng. Character assassination because Team Evans had something against Bets for being a Strong Woman.... You know she's a fake shallow character that they literally invented from nothing fairly recently, right? She's literally whatever they want her to be. There's no one there to defend. It's not even like she's an established beloved character like Picard I mean say Luann sucks, sure, but I don't get the form the criticism is taking. This is in no way a defense of Luann.
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You don't get rid of a character you want to spit on. Why, that'd be like Batiuk killing off Wally Winkerbean. Anyway, here's some Juliet Jones, in which the nasty threat of embezzlement rears its head. ![]() And, as a curiosity, Beetle Bailey for August 16, 1963. How close is Camp Swampy to Dallas? ![]()
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amigolupus posted: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. Hey now, we RPG geeks were calling ourselves "gamers" long before video game fandom swiped the word.
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The Bloop posted:The way some of you people talk about certain strips is a but worryng. Character assassination because Team Evans had something against Bets for being a Strong Woman.... You know she's a fake shallow character that they literally invented from nothing fairly recently, right? She's literally whatever they want her to be. There's no one there to defend. It's not even like she's an established beloved character like Picard
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amigolupus posted: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. I feel like he really ramped up the comic book stuff after Harvey Pekar died. Now Tom can be the king of slice of life comics about the Greater Cleveland area!
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FrumpleOrz posted:Sherman's Lagoon oh hey those are real things. what a cutie patootie ![]()
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The Bloop posted:The way some of you people talk about certain strips is a but worryng. Character assassination because Team Evans had something against Bets for being a Strong Woman.... You know she's a fake shallow character that they literally invented from nothing fairly recently, right? She's literally whatever they want her to be. There's no one there to defend. It's not even like she's an established beloved character like Picard She was introduced as a perfectly nice, creative, “normal” woman who shared Gunther’s interests. She put up with Gunther repeatedly interrupting dates with texts/calls from Luann. Then suddenly she is being painted as greedy (wanted to take a cut of Tiffany’s clothing sales, even though Gunther wanted to also) and self absorbed (we have never seen her be obsessed with social media before, even though it’s apparently her entire lifestyle now). The Evanses really don’t know how to write coherent characters. Also god help me, I’m writing Luann analysis posts.
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Weird, you didn't know all of someone's character traits upon first meeting them? Some people reveal their weird quirks over time to new folks. This honestly seems perfectly normal to me. Maybe one of the most normal things in Luann in a long time.
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Crabgrass![]() Support Tauhid's Patreon here. Old School Peanuts (Jul 16, 1951) ![]() Calvin and Hobbes (Mar 12-13, 1987) ![]() ![]() Robbie and Bobby (Jun 2-3, 2015) ![]() ![]()
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Wait is that egg selling thing real? drat. Family Circus ![]() Rose is Rose ![]() One Big Happy ![]() Foob ![]() Compu-Toon ![]() Bizarro ![]()
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Pastry of the Year posted:Arlo and Janis Classic (August 2, 1998) ![]()
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Docks![]() ![]() Retail ![]() ![]() Zip ![]() Rip ![]() Dick ![]() Duck ![]()
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Manuel Calavera posted:Wait is that egg selling thing real? drat. Egg donation is very real and donors might receive 10 times that depending on things like education level, etc.
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The Far Side PGDtcsV.jpg Know your barbarians. Tw8F5l7.jpg “Remember me, Mr. Schneider? Kenya. 1947. If you’re going to shoot at an elephant, Mr. Schneider, you better be prepared to finish the job.” 4tS7bml.jpg In a tunnel under the Chicago River, a descendant of Mrs. O’Leary’s cow follows her calling. Pickles ![]() Zits ![]() Somebody fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Apr 27, 2022 |
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https://twitter.com/luanndegroot/status/1234875271926439938?s=21
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Stultus Maximus posted:I... I don't think you can reject anesthesia for a caesarean. You can reject being put under, but not an epidural, pain blockers, etc.
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Garfield![]() ![]() Heathcliff ![]() ![]() Overboard ![]() ![]() Monty ![]() ![]() thought i posted yesterday ![]()
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Manuel Calavera posted:Bizarro F Minus ![]() Mark Trail ![]() Mary Worth unfiltered ![]() Let's just pretend I photoshopped Wilbur and Estelle into that one corn porn thing and move on. The Phantom ![]() Pooch Cafe ![]() Rex Morgan MD ![]() Andertoons ![]() Apartment 3-G ![]()
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Is everybody in The Phantom just not noticing that The Commander and The Phantom have the same voice? I recall a storyline where he was the Commander for a long time with ![]() ![]()
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Johnny Walker posted:Mark Trail "The guy who takes kids camping" is not a good reputation to cultivate
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2017 Spiderman![]() 1978 Comics ![]() ![]() ![]() Dick Tracy ![]() Major Crime Squad ![]() Locher Tracy ![]() Origins of the Sunday Comics ![]() Footrot Flats ![]()
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These two get married. Michael marries the first person he ever had a crush on. Elizabeth does the same. It's even hinted that April, who wasn't even born when this strip first ran, will hook up with Gerald, a kid she met when she was a baby. Lynn has a raging hard-on for the childhood sweetheart, and it's worth sharing this takedown of love in FOOB again to show just how ridiculous things get: https://shaenon.livejournal.com/29475.html And now, as a palette cleanser, Modesty Blaise: ![]() ![]()
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Every time Newspaper Spiderman has characters with a "?" speech balloon, there really needs to be another tail to it that just extends out to the reader.
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EBB posted:Is everybody in The Phantom just not noticing that The Commander and The Phantom have the same voice? I recall a storyline where he was the Commander for a long time with This is just Batman / Superman all over again!
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EBB posted:Is everybody in The Phantom just not noticing that The Commander and The Phantom have the same voice? I recall a storyline where he was the Commander for a long time with Whenever the Phantom goes out in plain clothes, he always makes sure to speak in falsetto.
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Surgeon's Tales![]() ![]() Bunch of name-droppings there, but none of them seem to be particularly important. Nancy ![]() ![]() Dustin ![]() Mandrake Thursday: ![]() Saturday: ![]() Monday: ![]() And now... ... THE PAY-OFF! ... ![]() ![]() The one person you were looking for!
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Kennel posted:
Haha. gently caress you.
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Haifisch posted:2017 Spiderman Do you suppose God cries when he makes something this beautiful?
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Mark Trail '46 11/11–13![]() ![]() ![]() Mark Trail '94 3/17–19 ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Haifisch posted:stuff
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Kennel posted:Dustin Dustin is really showing that my experience with state employment offices is not at all dissimilar from this private temp agency. Also, ikanreed posted:Haha. gently caress you.
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coronatae posted:Egg donation is very real and donors might receive 10 times that depending on things like education level, etc. drat, testosterone is a ripoff to me then. Thanks biology ![]()
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amigolupus posted:He's only 45? With the way the characters are drawn, I thought the grown-ups are in their 60s. Limekiller's 45, but I think most of the residents of the boarding house are in their 60s. Bloom County April 14th & 15th, 1981 ![]() ![]()
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No one's mentioned it in awhile, but man, Zippy sucks, huh?Hwurmp posted:Whenever the Phantom goes out in plain clothes, he always makes sure to speak in falsetto. Why don't superheroes do accent work in their secret identities? Maybe The Commander is from Boston.
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