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Apr 18, 2020 15:36
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Garfield Heathcliff  same Overboard  Monty 
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Apr 18, 2020 16:15
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Docks  Retail   Zip  Rip  Dick  Duck 
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Apr 18, 2020 16:19
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Family Circus Rose is Rose  One Big Happy  Foob  Compu-Toon  Bizarro 
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Apr 18, 2020 17:13
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Vargo posted:Wallace lmao this rules Wallace is so good, folks.
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Apr 18, 2020 17:23
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Apr 18, 2020 17:40
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Wallace is real good.Manuel Calavera posted:One Big Happy A+ creativity kid, but a straight fail on sticking to the instructions.
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Apr 18, 2020 17:40
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All you have to do is turn the period into a comma. "..., so the paramedics had to carry him out." becomes a subordinate clause, and everything works. I wouldn't mark off for that.
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Apr 18, 2020 18:36
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amigolupus posted:Even if the art for Mark Trail got any better, it still doesn't change the fact that Jams can't write a coherent story even if his life depended on it. I think he's close to killing Mark Trail as a syndicated daily strip (the Sundays might stick around longer), and that takes some doing, and is almost entirely because of dumb meandering stories that even MT fans won't defend. This may be worse than yesterday's. F Minus  Mark Trail  Mary Worth  "OK...Oh! What do you think of this? It's called the Washington Square Arch!" "I think that it is no Arc de Triomphe! That is in Paris, you know! Paris, France!" The Phantom  Pooch Cafe  Rex Morgan MD  Did he time travel to the early 60s? Andertoons  That's cute. Apartment 3-G 
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Apr 18, 2020 18:38
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Johnny Walker posted:
They do make good WiFi
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Apr 18, 2020 18:55
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Vargo posted:I have a conspiracy theory that James isn't drawing or writing the strip anymore. It's hard to put my finger on it, but I don't feel like this type of bad storytelling is James' type of bad storytelling. Is it because the story seems to be going at a steady clip so far? The trip to the campsite itself only took a week or two instead of meandering for a couple of months, so this story has been pretty fast-paced in comparison. Johnny Walker posted:I think he's close to killing Mark Trail as a syndicated daily strip (the Sundays might stick around longer), and that takes some doing, and is almost entirely because of dumb meandering stories that even MT fans won't defend. I remember someone posted a link to a newspaper comic editor's blog or something, and how they said they used to like Jams' MT stories but now they've started to give up on it. Vargo posted:
 Even the seagull is shocked by this turn of events.Oh, NOW you mention your wife has no work experience as a bartender or event planner. And "cuddle time", really? Arlo and Janis would be shaking their heads at this weak-rear end poo poo. Johnny Walker posted:
So Dawn not noticing how much Hugo sucked when they first started dating was intentional to set up how Dawn will dump Hugo in this current storyline. It'd be almost impressive if it wasn't just an excuse for Dawn to tell herself that she's blameless for cheating on Hugo.
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Apr 18, 2020 19:05
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Johnny Walker posted:Mary Worth I don't remember Hugo being this insufferable the last time we'd seen him. Am I misremembering? Or is it the author making him out to be a turbojerk to give her a reason to break up with him without remorse?
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Apr 18, 2020 19:05
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I don't care about the morality of cheating anymore I'd cheer if Dawn shoved Hugo into traffic right now with a cheerful thought bubble of "That was easy!"
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Apr 18, 2020 19:15
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Mikl posted:Or is it the author making him out to be a turbojerk to give her a reason to break up with him without remorse? ding ding ding
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Apr 18, 2020 19:17
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kidcoelacanth posted:ding ding ding And if this was actually well written what’s his face would tell her to go screw since she was trying to have her cake and eat it too with the whole trying to pick the best option
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Apr 18, 2020 19:22
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Mikl posted:I don't remember Hugo being this insufferable the last time we'd seen him. Am I misremembering? This is exactly how he has always behaved, "[blank] is always better in France," etc. amigolupus posted:So Dawn not noticing how much Hugo sucked when they first started dating was intentional to set up how Dawn will dump Hugo in this current storyline. It'd be almost impressive if it wasn't just an excuse for Dawn to tell herself that she's blameless for cheating on Hugo. Hey, we saw him running around Paris with another woman. Neither is blameless.
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Apr 18, 2020 19:33
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Mikl posted:I don't remember Hugo being this insufferable the last time we'd seen him. Am I misremembering?
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Apr 18, 2020 19:35
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curtadams posted:I've got most of the Firebrand Books. I didn't get Dykes and Sundry Carbon-Based Lifeforms to Look Out For and I can't find my copy of Dykes to Watch Out For: The Sequel The rest are scattered around my room as your posts have inspired me to re-read them. I could scan some - what would be a good format? That would be incredible, and I could start off by narrowing my own collection to the two missing volumes you mentioned. Any old format would be fine and I'd be happy to hook you up with platinum or an av change or something in return. I know a few people in my field who've done or wanted to do work on Bechdel and the spottiness of full continuous runs of DtWOF is such a pain in the rear end. Anyway, Dykes to Watch Out For #28 (1988)  One of my favorite timeless touches in this comic overall is that when they're in their 20s almost everyone in the cast is vegan, but by the time they hit their mid-30s its just Mo. Do you want to make creamed burdock & turnip loaf at home? Well unfortunately it appears that nobody has ever creamed burdock except to make beauty products which you very much should not eat, and Lois' trusty The Politically Correct Palate is not real. What you could do is whip up a nice kinpira gobo and this actually really tasty looking turnip bread. Serve with dandelion greens and angry thoughts about Reagan. How Wonderful! fucked around with this message at 19:47 on Apr 18, 2020 |
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Apr 18, 2020 19:38
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LazyQ posted:Mämmilä Now that's what I call math!
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Apr 18, 2020 19:39
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Vargo posted:I honestly feel a kinship with Mark Trail now and I love these 40s strips, is there a source where I can get more? Hell, I would buy a giant coffee table book, but it seems like there are no collections anywhere. newspapers.com Mark Trail '47 1/6–8    Mark Trail '94 5/12–14   
Angular Cyrus fucked around with this message at 23:38 on Apr 20, 2020 |
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Apr 18, 2020 19:52
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I like how there's literally nothing in the art that tells you how old Luann's mother is. The dad is clearly middle aged, and within context you can understand that she'd be too, but remove him from the picture, and it could just as well be a classmate to Luann.
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Apr 18, 2020 19:54
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Johnny Walker posted:This may be worse than yesterday's. I think the worst is the combination of the two strips. Taken as one continuous conversation (which it is) rather than two conversation fragments separated by 24 hours, it becomes  I would like to have a job! Women belong in the kitchen! But I want a job! You are not qualified to hold any job! Oooh, yeah gently caress me daddy!Like... no, she's not qualified to hold this specific job at the club, but her getting all juiced up by the end of this particular conversation is...uh.... Julet Esqu fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Apr 18, 2020 |
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Apr 18, 2020 20:01
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Johnny Walker posted:The Phantom There really is an old jungle saying for everything the Phantom does.
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Apr 18, 2020 20:19
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Vargo posted:Wallace 
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Apr 18, 2020 20:52
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Angular Cyrus posted:Mark Trail '47 1/6–8 I like Bob. He's a good guy. Julet Esqu posted:I think the worst is the combination of the two strips. Taken as one continuous conversation (which it is) rather than two conversation fragments separated by 24 hours, it becomes This entire storyline so far has been baffling. Unusually so for Luann, I mean.
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Apr 18, 2020 21:00
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Alhazred posted:There really is an old jungle saying for everything the Phantom does. "Old jungle saying" has no timestamp. It counts even if they say it while laughing around the campfire tonight.
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Apr 18, 2020 21:15
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Vintage Valiant (Oct. 30, 1938) 
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Apr 18, 2020 21:20
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when the governor tells me not to go to the beach during pandemic
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Apr 18, 2020 22:48
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you broke my grill posted:when the governor tells me not to go to the beach during pandemic My mayor just declared going to the beach essential, so it's ok now.
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Apr 18, 2020 22:54
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I'll admit it: I laughed
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Apr 18, 2020 22:55
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Sailor Cat posted:I'll admit it: I laughed I can't laugh at anything in the presence of that genetic trapeze claptrap, which is pure distilled anti-humor
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Apr 18, 2020 22:59
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Vargo posted:I have a conspiracy theory that James isn't drawing or writing the strip anymore. It's hard to put my finger on it, but I don't feel like this type of bad storytelling is James' type of bad storytelling. I remember that Brice Vorderbrug, Jam's collaborator on the late unlamented Edge of Adventure, claimed that he was ghostwriting Mark Trail too. But that was a while ago, so maybe Jam has found a different, but still bad, ghostwriter. ... it's been how many days since I posted my comics? Oh well. Buni  Rhymes with Orange      Get Fuzzy 4/13 -17/00      Stephen Collins 
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Apr 18, 2020 23:14
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How Wonderful! posted:Dykes to Watch Out For #28 (1988) This debate is super interesting. It feels like the stigma surrounding therapy has lessened somewhat since this strip came out, but I still sometimes worry that people will think less of me (either politically or just personally) if I tell them I see a therapist every week. It's an interesting perspective to see that vegan cuisine was common enough in her community for Bechdel to feel like making jokes about it as far back as when I was a baby. Growing up in the Midwest, I didn't even know that eating vegan was a thing until high school.
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Apr 19, 2020 00:51
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Therapy is medicine, medicine is political.
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Apr 19, 2020 00:54
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Sally Forth    Skippy (November 15-17, 1932)    Peanuts (April 18-21, 1973)     The Breathtaking Splendor of Newspaper Cartoonists (otherwise known as "Funky WInkerbean")     Crankshaft, Man Out Of TIme     9 Back-To-Excruciating-Horniness Lane     Rip Haywire Jr.     Thimble Theater (November 14, 16-18, 1936)     Out Our Way (May 7-9, 1934)   
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Apr 19, 2020 01:03
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Just Dan Again posted:This debate is super interesting. It feels like the stigma surrounding therapy has lessened somewhat since this strip came out, but I still sometimes worry that people will think less of me (either politically or just personally) if I tell them I see a therapist every week. Vegan cooking was much different 30-40 years ago and going back to a lot of the acknowledged classic cookbooks of that period can be a shock, in particular it had much more overlap with "natural foods" types-- think Pat from Achewood. For me the archetypal text of that period is 1974's Moosewood Cookbook which is absolutely a classic but which hues much more towards root veggies and brown goops than something more recent by Rich Landau or Isa Moskowitz or Bryant Terry. It also had very immediate ties with certain currents in second wave feminism-- see Connecticut's Bloodroot. Lots of co-ops, lots of very spotty faux cheeses and meats (from what I've read and heard). I started a vegan diet in 2007 at college and even from then to now it's been wild to see it enter mainstream dining so completely-- when I got lunch downtown during the week pre-quarantine I'd have like four or five relatively fancy and bougie vegan places to choose from without even making a detour (I'm not vegan now but I prefer it when I'm eating out by myself). Anyway-- I know intellectually that vegetarianism has had organized proponents in North America all the way back to the mid 19th century and probably before (I dunno) but I still feel a little shocked when I see jokes about it or nods to it before a certain arbitrary date. Here's a little schtick from the 1955 Marilyn Monroe movie The Seven Year Itch that caught me off-guard when I first saw it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv323rDw618
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Apr 19, 2020 01:16
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Medenmath posted:Vintage Valiant (Oct. 30, 1938) Did Val ever tell his dad that he was just going off for two years? EasyEW posted:
Oh those youths of today, unable to stay off their phones when their teacher leaves them unattended for some indeterminate period of time (and then put them politely away when the guest starts talking)
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Apr 19, 2020 01:18
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For those curious, this is the portrait mentioned in 9CL
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Apr 19, 2020 01:18
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coronatae posted:For those curious, this is the portrait mentioned in 9CL So the similarities are a) it's black and b) it's kind of low cut. 
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Apr 19, 2020 01:22
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Yeah, but the real question is has it made you horny yet?
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