New around here? Register your SA Forums Account here!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
 
  • Post
  • Reply
Evil Mastermind
Apr 28, 2008

FrumpleOrz posted:

Kevin & Kell


I hate every aspect and implication of this.

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Julet Esqu
May 6, 2007









Jesus

Professor Wayne
Aug 27, 2008

So, Harvey, what became of the giant penny?

They actually let him keep it.


Pickles


Zits

Somebody fucked around with this message at 00:55 on Jul 25, 2022

rannum
Nov 3, 2012

I loving love Holbrooke because he has a vague understanding of things that are bad and generally

generally

seems in favor of that bad stuff being bad but also puts absolutely zero thought into anything he does. It's amazing. Like I genuinely believe he knows and believes CA to be bad, and that it would be weird for his fox character to go as a rabbit for this scenario, but he wants the trio to go out and about so he writes it in and does it in the most clunky dumb way possible and sees no issues with any of those OR HOW these rabbit hormones alone have been used as:
-trans metaphor
-cultural appropriation metaphor
-not a metaphor at all! Just a literal thing that is happening that has no additional meaning.

0 thought put into how he uses any part of his setting for anything and how it might cause other parts of the comic to fall apart

i read all his comics with bated breath waiting to see what absolute insane "please i beg you think about this for even one more second" nonsense he throws out next. Safe Havens brought out the mermaids and its been nonstop "gently caress racists" done in the most hamhanded poorly thought out manners possible alongside general Ha Ha, Mermaids Are Real Now! jokes

rannum
Nov 3, 2012

Or like let's look at his most "grounded" comic, On the Fast Track. People here have routinely brought up how Deathany rolls over for her boss and yadda yadda yadda and that stems to me as something Holbrook didn't intend but just happens because he didn't think about hwo any of the behavior comes across. He routinely points out how the boss is lovely, overly demanding, steps into all their lives constantly (multiple strips have had the joke of Deathany enjoying coming home only to be pulled in by her boss and the gag is usually a bad pun as she puts on a : ( face) but also no one really leaves (except the security guard?) and Deathany is also shown as doing her job with a smile & trying to reign Trells in and loving it as much as she hates it because it just depends on what Holbrook decides the "gag" should be without thinking how any of it could actually be read as.

Everyone in Safe Havens rolls their eyes & sighs at how Fastrack is still around and funding this mission and putting in various capitalist tendencies all the way through but also everyone still goes with it and and she continues to be doing these things because Holbrook just wants bad boss jokes with a dash yof greedy corporation jokes.

It's a unique flavor of bad to me, amplified by the fact Holbrook has been doing 3 strips every day (except sundays with Safe Havens) for like 40 years

Mercedes Colomar
Nov 1, 2008

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Family Circus


Rose is Rose


One Big Happy


Foob


Compu-Toon


Bizarro

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005


Cyberbullying getting way out of hand

Kennel
May 1, 2008

BAWWW-UNH!
Surgeon's Tales



Nancy



Dustin


Mandrake

Pru's fighter pilot wife?

Redneck

(Lucky Luke sings that in the last panel of every story)

Kennel fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Apr 2, 2020

amigolupus
Aug 25, 2017


Ah yes, because that's how you want to be immortalized in the newspapers: "The Pissman".


Luann isn't even giving a good reason why she wants to get married so soon. She just sees it as a requirement for her FOREVER bullshit.

And I know Team Evans thinks Luann saying "Your Mr. Forev- Oh, I mean MISS Forever" is a joke, but Luann is such a lovely friend that I can totally buy that she forgets that Pru's a lesbian.


Those people came to your house to help you give birth/get your husband home safely/get you to the hospital. Maybe try to sound a little grateful that they were there for you and your family, Lynn.

Murdstone
Jun 14, 2005



Comic Strip Thread 2020: Blame us for th' human condition, will ya!
I stand by it being stupid in the context of 9cl and rhyming twin names in general. :colbert:

F Minus



Mark Trail



Great?

Mary Worth



That...that's actually a good question, Mary.

The Phantom



Pooch Cafe



Rex Morgan MD



Andertoons



Apartment 3-G

Kennel
May 1, 2008

BAWWW-UNH!

Johnny Walker posted:

Mark Trail



Great?

sweeperbravo
May 18, 2012

AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)
Mark Trail storylines often read like a dream or stream of consciousness, where we just bip from one action to another with no flow permeating or pushing anything, no consequences, things get brought up and we just move on by like looking out the window of a bus.

Calaveron
Aug 7, 2006
:negative:
Why...why did he bring an old timey alarm clock to a camping trip? Did he also bring a hat rack and polio?

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country

Johnny Walker posted:

Mark Trail



Great?

Pretty sure alarm clocks haven't looked like that since LBJ was president, guess they're still reusing old clip art.

Nenonen
Oct 22, 2009

Calaveron posted:

Why...why did he bring an old timey alarm clock to a camping trip? Did he also bring a hat rack and polio?

To build a bomb. Mark Trail lives in the Lost Forest because he and his family belong to FBI Most Wanted list's domestic terrorist group The Shining Trail.

Gnoman
Feb 11, 2014

Come, all you fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your pri-ime
Beware, take care, keep your garden fair
Let Gnoman steal your thy-y-me
Le-et Gnoman steal your thyme




BigDave posted:

Pretty sure alarm clocks haven't looked like that since LBJ was president, guess they're still reusing old clip art.

My middle school issued me one just like that in 1996.

Kennel
May 1, 2008

BAWWW-UNH!

BigDave posted:

Pretty sure alarm clocks haven't looked like that since LBJ was president, guess they're still reusing old clip art.

I own one like that. Bought it ~3 years ago.

Parahexavoctal
Oct 10, 2004

I AM NOT BEING PAID TO CORRECT OTHER PEOPLE'S POSTS! DONKEY!!

amigolupus posted:

Ah yes, because that's how you want to be immortalized in the newspapers: "The Pissman".

If you don't want people to know that you drink your own piss on a daily basis, maybe you shouldn't self-publish a book and do a podcast about it.

Johnny Walker posted:


Apartment 3-G



Is it just me, or does he look really happy to be getting punched in the face?

F_Shit_Fitzgerald
Feb 2, 2017



Johnny Walker posted:

Rex Morgan MD




A Very Special series about coronavirus, or do these strips operate on a two week (or more) delay like political cartoons?

Pigsfeet on Rye
Oct 22, 2008

No thanks to Lizzo..

Parahexavoctal posted:

If you don't want people to know that you drink your own piss on a daily basis, maybe you shouldn't self-publish a book and do a podcast about it.


Is it just me, or does he look really happy to be getting punched in the face?

He's really liking that left hook

Powered Descent
Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.


Just the thing for a backpacking expedition: a bulky, heavy, single-use item that potentially makes a maddening little "ding" with every step you take (but not loud enough to function as a bear bell). Great planning. This is certainly a kid who's familiar with outdoorsmanship.

The other possibility, depending on your reading of "Hey! My alarm clock!", is that he didn't know it was in his bag. Which is somehow even worse.

CzarChasm
Mar 14, 2009

I don't like it when you're watching me eat.

F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:

A Very Special series about coronavirus, or do these strips operate on a two week (or more) delay like political cartoons?

A two week lead up time would be enough to crank out a corona virus plot. Hell, Curtis is doing one right now, just started a day or two ago.

amigolupus
Aug 25, 2017


So Rusty's great idea of telling Mark is to set up an alarm that will wake the others up? But that only makes them realize they're gone, that doesn't really tell Mark where they're going to go or which direction they're headed. Jams can't even set up a basic storytelling beat.

Johnny Walker posted:



That...that's actually a good question, Mary.

Considering how Dawn told Wilbur about how Hugo planned to visit her while never showing interest in visiting Hugo herself, I have to wonder how intentional her liking Jared because he's conveniently nearby is.

sweeperbravo posted:

Mark Trail storylines often read like a dream or stream of consciousness, where we just bip from one action to another with no flow permeating or pushing anything, no consequences, things get brought up and we just move on by like looking out the window of a bus.

The thing that trips me is that Jams' slapdash storytelling is making Rusty into a terrible enabler. Any decent writer would've had Rusty comfort the kid, or tell him people do want him and invite him to sleep in his tent instead. You know, do anything to stop a little kid from stomping off into a forest alone without any goddamn adult supervision.

Transmodiar
Jul 9, 2005

You're a terrible person, Mildred.
Scary Go Round: WEN-TACK







Modesty Blaise



EBB
Feb 15, 2005

so uh

are we gonna talk about the pee weirdo in ripleys or what

Zanzibar Ham
Mar 17, 2009

You giving me the cold shoulder? How cruel.


Grimey Drawer

EBB posted:

so uh

are we gonna talk about the pee weirdo in ripleys or what

which one

riderchop
Aug 10, 2010

av by @daikonquest!
Dilbert is still banned, EBB

Parahexavoctal
Oct 10, 2004

I AM NOT BEING PAID TO CORRECT OTHER PEOPLE'S POSTS! DONKEY!!

EBB posted:

so uh

are we gonna talk about the pee weirdo in ripleys or what

sounds like more of an A/T thread.

howe_sam
Mar 7, 2013

Creepy little garbage eaters

Transmodiar posted:

Scary Go Round: WEN-TACK



I love both these strips so very much.

Chef Bourgeoisie
Oct 8, 2016

by Reene
Bloom County
June 14th & 15th, 1981



And Mike Wallace for reference (clickable for more info)

Evil Mastermind
Apr 28, 2008

Transmodiar posted:

Scary Go Round: WEN-TACK







Of course Linton has an unboxing channel.

I need to know how many subscribers he has.

ukonvasara
Aug 16, 2012

a mixture of gravity and waggery

Can't wait until we get to the classic Dick Tracy villains, like "Murder" Walker and "Crime-Doer" Jenkins and "Antagonist" Rafferty.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

Live, laugh, kupo!


Is this the comic equivalent of "no infringement intended I do not claim this all rights to original owners" on a Youtube video?

Sailor Cat
Aug 28, 2019

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

And into my reading list you go

Poil
Mar 17, 2007

Transmodiar posted:

Scary Go Round: WEN-TACK
She is not wrong. :v:

How Wonderful!
Jul 18, 2006


I only have excellent ideas

Sailor Cat posted:

And into my reading list you go

It's so loving good. If you like it she has another novel that just got reprinted, The Corner That Held Them. which is perfect quarantine reading because it's about a bunch of medieval nuns getting bored and irritated stuck inside during the Black Death.

Green Intern
Dec 29, 2008

Loon, Crazy and Laughable


Harry Matadeen is a big grosso! Believe it or Not!

Safety Dance
Sep 10, 2007

Five degrees to starboard!

Quick, let's all write in to Ripley's about our weird fetishes!

Medenmath
Jan 18, 2003
Vintage Valiant (Jul. 24, 1938)


Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Tuxedo Ted
Apr 23, 2007

Medenmath posted:

Vintage Valiant (Jul. 24, 1938)




Next week The Great Outdoor Sea Fight

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Post
  • Reply