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I just want to say, DTWoF is interesting but those context snippets are what make it really, really shine. They are great to read even if you are far removed from both the theme, time and place. Great job!
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Evil Mastermind posted:Of course not. Batiuk doesn't know about anything about comics past the Golden Age, and even then it's a total surface level "appreciation". What annoys me is that making fun of the CCA is such a low-hanging fruit. Batiuk thinks it's stupid because mocking it is what everyone does. If Batiuk was actually half the fan of Golden Age comics he claims he is, he would have some appreciation for the CCA because of how it got comic book writers to be creative in dealing with the limitations, and how it got us all those Superdickery comics.
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That’s a pretty good joke from Luann’s dad, I gotta say. But goddamn is this giving off some misogynistic vibes. Wouldn’t be surprised if it ends with the mom coming back to be home because that’s where she belongs after all, and the family wouldn’t function with a working mother.
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Cooking for people you love is one of the best things in the world and feels better than almost anything else, I never get this trope where cooking dinner is a huge hassle. Like for god's sake Mr. Luann if you're not a great chef just make some spaghetti, or fancy up a grilled cheese, I don't know, if you're really taking baby-steps just chop up some extra stuff to make a packet of ramen a little more pretty and hearty, just give your loving daughter some spaghetti you rear end in a top hat. I'm also excited about the Heart of the City hand-off because it's not a very good comic but I do like reading a comic set in Philly that actually has some recognizable signs of taking place here. I hope that element sticks around. And of course thank you for the kind words about DtWOF. I see it as a strip that's interesting largely because it shows the same characters responding to almost 30 years worth of change, sometimes tumultuous change, in the US and in queer culture, and changing themselves along with it. I'm always worried I'll gently caress up some factoid but I try to get the basic context in order. How Wonderful! fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Apr 22, 2020 |
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Cooking for others is the only time I actually care for cooking, I’m sad to say.
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BigglesSWE posted:Cooking for others is the only time I actually care for cooking, I’m sad to say. Me too, when I lived alone right after college it was steamed broccoli over brown rice with tofu and soy sauce every single night for dinner and vegetable quesadillas every single lunch, dumb expensive oats every breakfast, no snacks, tons of wine, really depressing stuff. I love love love cooking when I've got other people to feed though.
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In this installment of Keeping Up With the Joneses, another Prohibition joke: Aloysius broke his hip flask.
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BigglesSWE posted:Cooking for others is the only time I actually care for cooking, Im sad to say. I do it for a living and mood. Cooking for myself, I'm lazy and just make chilis and stews because it makes like, 6 meals. I do bulk things.
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How Wonderful! posted:Cooking for people you love is one of the best things in the world and feels better than almost anything else, I never get this trope where cooking dinner is a huge hassle. Like for god's sake Mr. Luann if you're not a great chef just make some spaghetti, or fancy up a grilled cheese, I don't know, if you're really taking baby-steps just chop up some extra stuff to make a packet of ramen a little more pretty and hearty, just give your loving daughter some spaghetti you rear end in a top hat. A bit of pesto, some mozzarella, boom, done. Tastes great, feels slightly fancy. I don't cook for other people often but it's not, as you said, terribly hard. Anyway, I don't comment on it much, but I really like DtWOF and your historical commentary is super neat. And in general, I really appreciate the classic strips, and the people who effortpost about them as well.
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How Wonderful! posted:Cooking for people you love is one of the best things in the world and feels better than almost anything else, I never get this trope where cooking dinner is a huge hassle. Like for god's sake Mr. Luann if you're not a great chef just make some spaghetti, or fancy up a grilled cheese, I don't know, if you're really taking baby-steps just chop up some extra stuff to make a packet of ramen a little more pretty and hearty, just give your loving daughter some spaghetti you rear end in a top hat. I blame the whole COOKING IS IMPOSSIBLE HOW DO THE WIVES DO IT AAACK!! trope from lazy 50s sitcom writers, speaking of Ozzie and Harriet. I like DtWOF and your footnotes because it lets you look into a culture that you don't necessarily know a lot about and get all this great historical context you wouldn't normally have. And the new Heart in the City looks good, I'm getting strong Stephen Universe vibes from the art. BigDave fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Apr 22, 2020 |
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How Wonderful! posted:Another missing DtWOF from curtadams! But I agree it's a good strip and provides valuable development on Mo, Harriet, and their relationship. Sorry to hear Bechdel edited out Harriet's commune backstory because I liked that too. So kind of iffy on leaving this one out.
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How Wonderful! posted:Dykes to Watch Out For #35 (1988)
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Darthemed posted:Docks Go home Cooper, you're drunk
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Angular Cyrus posted:Mark Trail Stuff
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Johnny Walker posted:I know you went to find the Andy on Trial story (which I thank you for), but is it just a coincidence both of these stories are about Andy being accused of killing or did you select that on purpose too? It's entirely a coincidence, I've just been posting '40s Trail chronologically from the start.
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fondue posted:B Kliban Bogor 1976 ![]() ![]()
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How Wonderful! posted:Another missing DtWOF from curtadams! Is it the lady who gets cancer? Not Lisa Moore, with Mo. Sydney. Mo was funny in her irritating way but loving hell Sydney had no redeeming qualities I can remember.
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Yeah, and she got tenure while Ginger languishes in the dust forever! I think it makes sense for Mo, an rear end, to wind up with a much different kind of rear end, but by the time Sydney comes around I think one feels attached enough to Mo that it sucks to see her get mistreated so casually.
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IIRC, Sydney also sells their love texts/stories to a magazine and is surprised Mo get pissed, and also runs up a ton of credit cards, all the while insisting people can't get mad at her because she has cancer.
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She's really bad and to me it never really makes up for the stuff about her dumping Thea for having MS.
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Ghostlight posted:Bogor 1976
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these originally appeared weekly so it's closer to two month's worth.
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I've been reading and mostly lurking these threads consistently for like 10 years but fell off last year, caught up, fell off when this one started but caught back up again. I really appreciate everyone who takes the time to post the comics, no matter their quality or if I even read them. I also want to call out that I really like the commentary DtWOF. I'm newly out as trans so the queer history is super interesting. This thread is a real great thing, especially now.
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How Wonderful! posted:I'm also excited about the Heart of the City hand-off because it's not a very good comic but I do like reading a comic set in Philly that actually has some recognizable signs of taking place here. I hope that element sticks around. *waving to a fellow Philly goon* Ghostlight posted:Bogor 1976 Y'know, one strip featuring the slur-most-people-don't-know-is-a-slur was one thing, but seeing it go over and over and over again is really rough. BigglesSWE posted:Cooking for others is the only time I actually care for cooking, Im sad to say. I absolutely love cooking but if my girlfriend is out of town and I don't have anyone to cook for, I eat like loving garbage. I just don't care about myself enough to put all that effort in, but I'll put it in for someone else.
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The Dinette Set can use the servant's entrance.![]() Working Daze is probably how you're all finding out. ![]() Super-Fun-Pak Comix is an infinite loop. ![]() Cul De Sac is not OSHA approved. ![]()
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You can NOT tie down a banjo man
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Endless Mike posted:You can NOT tie down a banjo man Though it sounds like you can pin one down with a heavy enough object.
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catlord posted:Though it sounds like you can pin one down with a heavy enough object. That's just the ne'er-do-well brother
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Cowslips Warren posted:Is it the lady who gets cancer? Not Lisa Moore, with Mo. Sydney. Mo was funny in her irritating way but loving hell Sydney had no redeeming qualities I can remember.
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Safety Dance posted:That's just the ne'er-do-well brother Logically it has to be.
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The Lockhorns![]() Brewster Rockit Space Guy ![]() On The Fastrack What an abusive monster. ![]() Safe Havens ![]() Kevin & Kell ![]() Mother Goose & Grimm ![]() Hagar The Horrible ![]() Sherman's Lagoon ![]()
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Christ, she keeps finding ways to amuse herself by looking down on her employees. How the hell does Holbrook think this is supposed to be funny and not evil? I still can't believe Holbrook wrote this dodo having absolutely no idea that he just laid an egg. You'd think he would have felt that or something.
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curtadams posted:C'mon y'all know what Sidney is there for. She's a comic villain. She's comic because she has the soul of a Reagan conservative; selfish, obsessed with money and status, and horny; but she's a dyke who can spout pseudo-leftist/feminist/deconstructivist rhetoric better than anybody else in the strip. She's inherently ironic and Bechdel milks at least one gag out of her in almost every appearance. Plus, a villain gives a good kick for a soap strip and Sydney provides plenty of that too. I think it's a love to hate thing at best, kind of a register of where these characters have gone in their lives and how far they've drifted from their original characterizations, just like the little recurring bit about everyone gradually dropping vegetarianism except Mo. As far as foils go I kind of like the College Republican kid who shows up eventually better.
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Do you reckon Tombat will give himself an Oscar?
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