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EBB
Feb 15, 2005

Parahexavoctal posted:

I'll admit to being surprised that Larson expected his readers to be aware of the 1979 essay collection Broca's Brain, by Carl Sagan, which includes Sagan reminiscing about the time he found Paul Broca's preserved brain in a jar.

It's my favorite out of his series. Sagan's humility shows in describing what it felt like to hold this particular organ. The rest of the text is really a very approachable primer on the evolutionary development and function of the brain.

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Murdstone
Jun 14, 2005



I don't know if anyone here is interested but there's a photoshop thread in GBS for Quarantine Comics. I'm trying to come up with some stuff, but thought it might be up some of your respective alleys.

Darthemed
Oct 28, 2007

"A data unit?
For me?
"


College Slice
Docks




Retail




Rip


Zip


Dick




Duck

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 17-8-4



Bogor 1975


Vargo
Dec 27, 2008

'Cuz it's KILLIN' ME!

Does Cesar stay in Boondocks for a while, because I don't remember him and he loving sucks.

I'm actually shocked-but-not-really at how poorly Boondocks has aged for me. The good stuff is still good but it misses a lot more than it hits.

Adam


BCN


Phoebe


Wallace


Curtis

Chef Bourgeoisie
Oct 8, 2016

by Reene
Bloom County
June 26th & 27th, 1981
Y'ALL READY FOR SOME OPUS?!


Also, unbanning my account means new avatar! :D
Though I miss my tag... would it be possible to get it back?

Vox Valentine
May 30, 2013

Solving all of life's problems through enhanced casting of Occam's Razor. Reward yourself with an imaginary chalice.

Oh god, Opus learns how to speak from Mr. Rogers? That's pretty dope actually.

Parahexavoctal
Oct 10, 2004

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

In this installment of Keeping Up with the Joneses, Clarice wants to look as fancy as one of "the 400".

From what I can tell, the whole notion of the 400 being important and influential may have been decades on the wane by the time this strip was originally published, in which case it would have been a second joke: not only is Clarice's outfit so expensive-looking that Aloysius fears his boss will suspect him of embezzling, but Clarice wants to look like part of a group that nobody cares about any more.

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Medenmath
Jan 18, 2003
Vintage Valiant (Aug. 28, 1938)


Johnny Joestar
Oct 21, 2010

Don't shoot him?

...
...




i'm glad opus is being introduced in bloom county. now we just need bill the cat and it'll be (mostly) on par with the later runs. oliver's been shown a time or two earlier on already.

bill will be a funny addition given the thread since he's about as literal of a garfield parody as you can get.

Pastry of the Year
Apr 12, 2013

Ghostlight posted:

Classic Cat 17-8-4



oh my tiny heart :h:

Gatto Grigio
Feb 9, 2020

quote:

Does Cesar stay in Boondocks for a while, because I don't remember him and he loving sucks.

I know that in the show he’s completely gone except for a cameo episode where we learn that he and Huey had a falling out and it ends with Huey getting headbutted.

The writers knew Cesar was a poor fit for the more brash tone of the cartoon.

Johnny Joestar
Oct 21, 2010

Don't shoot him?

...
...




Gatto Grigio posted:

I know that in the show he’s completely gone except for a cameo episode where we learn that he and Huey had a falling out and it ends with Huey getting headbutted.

The writers knew Cesar was a poor fit for the more brash tone of the cartoon.

are you sure that was caesar? i feel pretty confident that was someone else, if you're talking about the episode where huey visits his old home after a friend died.

but yeah, even beyond that, caesar is more optimistic in general which can kind of clash a bit given some of the subjects. definitely wouldn't have really fit in with the show, and only manages to 'work' in the comic due to relatively gag-a-day comics usually trying to be at least somewhat. uh. positive, usually?

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

Medenmath posted:

Vintage Valiant (Aug. 28, 1938)


Thank you so much for posting old Valiant. I had no idea how much Hal Foster had influenced media I've been consuming my entire life.

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011


My lack of retail experience is showing since it's not really clear to me why Coop would prefer to use the customer parking lot rather than the employee parking lot.

quote:

Dick


Unsubtle as the pro-cop propaganda may be here I gotta appreciate how classic Dick Tracy goes all out when it comes to making antagonists a credible threat. Whereas in the modern one the latest anatagonist is foiled because he...uh...decided to help his sister out with her low level con when he was supposed to be laying low and she specifically asked him not to?

quote:

Duck


In general I've liked Howard the Duck but wow. This storyline featuring an art critic of all people as the villain did not even age slightly well.

Cheer Up Boss Dharma






I frequently have to change the titles of these once I finally see the word used in context. Originally I was going to call this one "The Method", for example.

Safety Dance
Sep 10, 2007

Five degrees to starboard!

Some Guy TT posted:

My lack of retail experience is showing since it's not really clear to me why Coop would prefer to use the customer parking lot rather than the employee parking lot.

In a big shopping mall, the employee parking lot is guaranteed to be the farthest possible parking area away from the mall's entrance.

Back when I worked at Fry's electronics, the employee parking was around the side of the building, and our Loss Prevention person said it had the most cameras watching it so our cars were safer. It was still a little bit of a hike in the summer heat, but nowhere near as bad as a huge mall parking lot.

Johnny Joestar
Oct 21, 2010

Don't shoot him?

...
...




Some Guy TT posted:

My lack of retail experience is showing since it's not really clear to me why Coop would prefer to use the customer parking lot rather than the employee parking lot.

a lot of the time, the place where employees have to park is more of a pain in the rear end to have to walk from to get into the store, and depending on what shopping center/whatever it's in, the space designated for employees of a certain business might be in a really pain in the rear end place or all the way across a gigantic parking lot on the opposite end so that customers get all the ones right up front, even if it's mostly empty at the time.

this all can also be an issue if someone is coming/going really late at night or early in the morning, because the threat of getting mugged or something is most likely a bit higher in some of these employee parking spots because the chances of them being as well-lit or covered by security cameras is usually a fair bit lower than the customer parking areas being 'safe'

not that the second thing is part of the joke here, but, still

StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

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

Retail has done at least one joke where Cooper drives to work, parks, and pulls out a bike so he can actually get to the mall.

riderchop
Aug 10, 2010

av by @daikonquest!
i forgot entirely about the mall security guard character in Retail

Chef Bourgeoisie
Oct 8, 2016

by Reene

Hostile V posted:

Oh god, Opus learns how to speak from Mr. Rogers? That's pretty dope actually.

It's the best :allears:

Johnny Joestar posted:

i'm glad opus is being introduced in bloom county. now we just need bill the cat and it'll be (mostly) on par with the later runs. oliver's been shown a time or two earlier on already.

bill will be a funny addition given the thread since he's about as literal of a garfield parody as you can get.

On one hand, it'll be funny, but Bill also leads into the Trump stuff eventually
I'm most excited for Cutter John joining in

Angular Cyrus
May 29, 2007

everything is so much harder than it looks
King Aroo 11/18/53


They'll Do It Every Time 11/9/46


Mopsy 11/19/42

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.

Chef Bourgeoisie posted:

On one hand, it'll be funny, but Bill also leads into the Trump stuff eventually
I'm most excited for Cutter John joining in

Yeah, that Trump stuff at the end of Bloom County can't have aged well. I think that was my introduction to both Trump and Bill The Cat as a child, for better or worse.

The Lockhorns


Brewster Rockit Space Guy


On The Fastrack


Safe Havens


Kevin & Kell


Mother Goose & Grimm


Hagar The Horrible


Sherman's Lagoon

amigolupus
Aug 25, 2017

Johnny Walker posted:



It's impossible to enjoy sandwiches together on video chat.

So what I'm getting here is that Dawn is so oblivious that she chats with Hugo all the time but somehow still manages to fall for Jared.


Goddamn, Arn, that's some wicked :iceburn:.


Christ, this is so loving stupid. There's so much stupid poo poo in here that I don't even know where to begin. :psyduck:

DNA Wizard and her crew just told Earth about one of their discoveries, and it's already loving everyone up so bad.

Julet Esqu
May 6, 2007




amigolupus posted:

So what I'm getting here is that Dawn is so oblivious that she chats with Hugo all the time but somehow still manages to fall for Jared.

Yeah, she's doing a lot of those mental gymnastics that cheaters do to convince herself and everyone else that she is not at fault, the affair just happened without any encouragement from her, she was just living her blameless life in a virtuous way and then the sun got in her eyes and just tripped onto that dude's dick, but actually she's just an ordinary everyday cheater and this is your typical run-of-the-mill affair. Acting like she needs to meet Hugo in person to decide which of her two cocurrent boyfriends is her destiny is just further attempting to remove blame from herself. And when Hugo arrives and announces that he, too, has been cheating the moral justification will be complete and she will not only have fully absolved herself of all guilt, but will be able to tell herself that her affair was a good thing that she didunexpectedly happened to her for all the right reasons.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

amigolupus posted:

So what I'm getting here is that Dawn is so oblivious that she chats with Hugo all the time but somehow still manages to fall for Jared.


Goddamn, Arn, that's some wicked :iceburn:.


Christ, this is so loving stupid. There's so much stupid poo poo in here that I don't even know where to begin. :psyduck:

DNA Wizard and her crew just told Earth about one of their discoveries, and it's already loving everyone up so bad.

It's like a story told by an alien.

DC Money
Feb 24, 2007
I'm a fancy lad.

LazyQ posted:

Mämmilä



as a native minnesotan, who can't escape his background no matter what, "His fate was set, to slip into the icy waves with his moped on an ice fishing trip" is pretty much what i fear will be my eulogy

davidspackage
May 16, 2007

Nap Ghost

Angular Cyrus posted:

Mopsy 11/19/42


I'm choosing not to read the text on this one

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.


Some Guy TT posted:

Cheer Up Boss Dharma


I like the joke of the doctor licking his finger to turn the page. Oh wait, I despair of this joke because of how often it's happened in real life!!!

Anyway, onto today's Corto Maltese: Corto to the resc-! Oh. Nevermind, or Venexiana to the resc-! Oh. Nevermind again, or Deus ex Marianne



My Lovely Horse
Aug 21, 2010

yeah sure Val wields Excalibur or whatever and kills five men before as well as for breakfast but can he OK Boomer a tyrant king into immediate submission? YEAH DIDN'T THINK SO

Hel
Oct 9, 2012

Jokatgulm is tedium.
Jokatgulm is pain.
Jokatgulm is suffering.


Are we finally getting the weed growing hedgehogs you promised us?

Alhazred
Feb 16, 2011




Zelda


(Uncensored: https://imgur.com/Qv3jNsG)

Tiggum
Oct 23, 2007

Your life and your quest end here.


She's studying art, right? I'm sure that high-paying job is just around the corner.

Is Caesar's comeback supposed to make sense or did he "win" by being confusing?

FrumpleOrz posted:

Safe Havens
If they don't have any income or property, what taxes would they even have to pay?

Also, can a state governor even grant residency? Wouldn't that have to be a federal thing?

amigolupus
Aug 25, 2017

Julet Esqu posted:

Yeah, she's doing a lot of those mental gymnastics that cheaters do to convince herself and everyone else that she is not at fault, the affair just happened without any encouragement from her, she was just living her blameless life in a virtuous way and then the sun got in her eyes and just tripped onto that dude's dick, but actually she's just an ordinary everyday cheater and this is your typical run-of-the-mill affair. Acting like she needs to meet Hugo in person to decide which of her two cocurrent boyfriends is her destiny is just further attempting to remove blame from herself. And when Hugo arrives and announces that he, too, has been cheating the moral justification will be complete and she will not only have fully absolved herself of all guilt, but will be able to tell herself that her affair was a good thing that she didunexpectedly happened to her for all the right reasons.

If this is what's going to happen, I'm going to be so pissed.

I've seen a link in Comics Curmudgeon that there's this Mary Worth storyline where Dawn almost got into an affair with a married man, so you'd think she'd know full well what she's doing.

Tiggum posted:

If they don't have any income or property, what taxes would they even have to pay?

Also, can a state governor even grant residency? Wouldn't that have to be a federal thing?

Holbrook putting "you'll be entitled to our benefits" and "as long as you pay your taxes" in the same sentence makes it sound like a ploy to get the merfolks' treasures.

And even if this governor could somehow grant residency, they only serve for four years. Wouldn't it be possible for a racist governor to get elected down the line and overturn this decision?

Pastry of the Year
Apr 12, 2013

Arlo and Janis



Tina's Groove Classic (September 6, 2008)



Arlo and Janis Classic (September 6, 1998)



Garfield Classic (September 6, 1988)

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



Hel posted:

Are we finally getting the weed growing hedgehogs you promised us?
there are only a few pages left of the first collection and half of them are weed.

Kennel
May 1, 2008

BAWWW-UNH!
Surgeon's Tales Oh boy!



I hope using the term "Moor" is acceptable here. The book uses "Morian" [Swedish] / "Murjaani" [Finnish]. AFAIK, The Moors were North African/Iberian Muslims, but the term was/is also often used to refer dark skinned Africans.

Please let me know, if it's horribly racist or something.

Nancy



Dustin


Mandrake


Redneck

Kennel fucked around with this message at 12:30 on Apr 9, 2020

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

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

Kennel posted:

I hope using the term "Moor" is acceptable here. The book uses "Morian" [Swedish] / "Murjaani" [Finnish]. AFAIK, The Moors were North African/Iberian Muslims, but the term was/is also often used to refer dark skinned Africans.

Please let me know, if it's horribly racist or something.

It's fine.

gleebster
Dec 16, 2006

Only a howler
Pillbug

FrumpleOrz posted:

Hagar The Horrible


How old is Count Weirdly, anyway?

Well, in Juliet Jones, a new story starts with the introduction of brush-cut flyer Ace Jackson and his necktie scorning pal, Kiwi.

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Kennel
May 1, 2008

BAWWW-UNH!

gleebster posted:

How old is Count Weirdly, anyway?

Well he has a time machine.

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