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Darthemed posted:I thought this was set in the '80s. My Lovely Horse posted:I've been watching like a hawk for it to slip up. I could be wrong, but I don't think Tauhid ever gave a specific timeframe, just said it was "sorta based on his childhood" and goons just kinda extrapolated from there. I don't even think he's that old. Adam ![]() BCN ![]() Phoebe ![]() Wallace ![]() This... this is a perfect strip. Curtis ![]()
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Vargo posted:I could be wrong, but I don't think Tauhid ever gave a specific timeframe, just said it was "sorta based on his childhood" and goons just kinda extrapolated from there. I don't even think he's that old. The undershirt as a shirt and his brother's mullet and heavy metal t shirts definitely have an "internet k hole" vibe to them.
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Vargo posted:I could be wrong, but I don't think Tauhid ever gave a specific timeframe, just said it was "sorta based on his childhood" and goons just kinda extrapolated from there. I don't even think he's that old. I clocked it at the mid to late 90s, in that sweet spot between hair metal and grunge.
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Savidudeosoo posted:Is On the Fastrack getting MORE abusive lately, or is it just me? I noticed it too. The way Holbrook combines the topic of COVID-19 and working from home with his usual lovely fare makes everything so much worse, especially since Holbrook seems to just see the topic as another source of (badly conveyed) jokes. Vargo posted:
Spud's usually a big bundle of nerves or a huge nerd, so it's funny to see him so worked up here.
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I can't believe they killed Spud. Family Circus ![]() Rose is Rose ![]() One Big Happy ![]() Foob ![]() Compu-Toon ![]() Bizarro ![]()
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The Far Side ZVIkZNLl.jpg While vacationing in Africa, Pinocchio had his longtime wish to be a real boy suddenly and unexpectedly granted. RA0zIE5l.jpg “Sure, I like her … but she doesn’t even know I exist.” Q3h2pjul.jpg HetkOmAl.jpg “Who are we kidding, Luke? We know this is going to be just another standoff.” fTOf24Ll.jpg “Now, moving on from the so-called funny bone, we come to this little guy—and you tickle him at your own peril.” Pickles ![]() Zits ![]() Somebody fucked around with this message at 03:51 on Jul 25, 2022 |
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amigolupus posted:I noticed it too. The way Holbrook combines the topic of COVID-19 and working from home with his usual lovely fare makes everything so much worse, especially since Holbrook seems to just see the topic as another source of (badly conveyed) jokes.
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Sailor Cat posted:The Mystery Teens aren't going to attend their school after this year, because the tunnel's opening has changed, among other things, the two school districts and which students will go where. Thus the school won't have enough students in the higher grades to justify having those classes. The kids are going to be split up thanks to Mildred's meddling. Some Guy TT posted:I understand this reasoning in the abstract but in practice I can't quite figure out why opening the tunnel would change any of this when presumably there are the exact same number of students living in the same place they were before the tunnel was opened. Like, do British schools have some kind of weird formula that takes travel routing into account when assigning children to districts? Spoilers, people - there was literally only one day left! Scary Go Round: The Great Unboxing ![]() ![]() ![]() -- fin -- NOW you can argue about the British public (or is it private?) school system. Modesty Blaise ![]() ![]()
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gleebster posted:Murder will out, also illicit berry-picking. It's actually completely legal to pick berries in someone elses lands in Finland, the stuff that grows wild in forests is public property so to speak. Part of the righ to roam freedoms.
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Some Guy TT posted:I understand this reasoning in the abstract but in practice I can't quite figure out why opening the tunnel would change any of this when presumably there are the exact same number of students living in the same place they were before the tunnel was opened. Like, do British schools have some kind of weird formula that takes travel routing into account when assigning children to districts? If Tackleford and Wendlefield are small and remote enough, it would possibly be more practical to combine them into one school district now that the tunnel is opened. Several towns forming one school district isn't unheard-of, especially in rural areas. Remember that people live on/near borders; there are bound to be Tackleford kids who live closer to Wendlefield than Griswald's, and vice-versa. Only in this case there wasn't enough of the vice-versa to justify keeping the two highest grades at the school. Residency is the biggest consideration when it comes to school districts, but it's not the only one. I know a couple people who attended school in different districts for that exact reason: they lived like two miles from the next town's high school and thirty miles from theirs. (That school district covers over 80 square miles, and it starts about two miles from one of the high schools in my hometown.) Plus districts retool themselves all the time; I went to a different high school than my older brothers, even though we didn't move, because the school board did some voodoo and recalculating. Plus stuff like switching districts to avail of special education programs. Tl; dr: school districting is a land of contrasts
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gleebster posted:Murder will out, also illicit berry-picking. This guy sucks so incredibly much.
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Vargo posted:Wallace F Minus ![]() Mark Trail ![]() Mary Worth ![]() The Phantom ![]() Pooch Cafe ![]() Rex Morgan MD ![]() Andertoons ![]() Apartment 3-G ![]()
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Evil Mastermind posted:It's like old Dilbert written by someone who's never actually had a job of any kind. I still don't understand why they're working at their boss's house! They're administration! They can work from their own homes! It's pretty explicit that they're doing it because the boss enjoys having them under her thumb and for no other reason.
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“Haha bosses sure are overbearing haha!” Is the joke. That’s as far as Holbrook thought about it. Let alone that he also has Dethany telling people that multiple check-ins every day is correct and healthy for a work at home situation (those YouTube videos are abysmal).
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Johnny Walker posted:Pooch Cafe The Murders in the Rue Morgue was a C. Auguste Dupin story, not a Sherlock Holmes story! ![]() (Also Baskerville was a family name, not a town, but that battle was lost long ago.)
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Transmodiar posted:NOW you can argue about the British public (or is it private?) school system. In Britain public schools are private schools. It is a bit confusing. The implication seems to be that Griswalds is a state-funded school, as presumably is Wendlefield's college, but that St. Ginnifer's is a public school -- that is to say, a private school. Honestly I kind of like this ending. Unlike the Case of the Severed Alliance it does provide some neat closure to the series, but it's so ludicrously rushed; even just a half dozen more strips could have made it really poignant. I do wonder what made him turn around and pack the series in so suddenly and thoroughly, but I guess we'll never know.
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Comic Strip Thread: Heh heh. Peckers.
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His Divine Shadow posted:It's actually completely legal to pick berries in someone elses lands in Finland, the stuff that grows wild in forests is public property so to speak. Part of the righ to roam freedoms. So she just doesn't want the neighbor to know about these particularly tasty berries? Makes it more of an earned comeuppance, if you ask me.
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Kennel posted:Nancy and this is why the words "tall" and "high" don't mean the same thing. ![]()
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Transmodiar posted:Scary Go Round: The Great Unboxing Green Intern posted:“Haha bosses sure are overbearing haha!” Is the joke. That’s as far as Holbrook thought about it. Let alone that he also has Dethany telling people that multiple check-ins every day is correct and healthy for a work at home situation (those YouTube videos are abysmal).
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Vargo posted:I could be wrong, but I don't think Tauhid ever gave a specific timeframe, just said it was "sorta based on his childhood" and goons just kinda extrapolated from there. I don't even think he's that old. Stultus Maximus posted:The undershirt as a shirt and his brother's mullet and heavy metal t shirts definitely have an "internet k hole" vibe to them. Plus, you gotta factor in how , in rural areas, they are behind like a decade in terms of culture trends. Sailor Cat posted:If Tackleford and Wendlefield are small and remote enough, it would possibly be more practical to combine them into one school district now that the tunnel is opened. Several towns forming one school district isn't unheard-of, especially in rural areas. Remember that people live on/near borders; there are bound to be Tackleford kids who live closer to Wendlefield than Griswald's, and vice-versa. Only in this case there wasn't enough of the vice-versa to justify keeping the two highest grades at the school. Yes, there were two small towns , separated by a short distance, that were one school district. Both towns had their own elementary, but only one had a Jr. High, and only one had a High school.
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Garfield![]() Heathcliff ![]() oh yeah its star wars day Overboard ![]() Monty ![]()
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Transmodiar posted:
quoting Plan 9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb6H14gVWjM
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Curtis has a new hat.![]() ![]() ![]() I have been wondering my entire life "what is that ridiculous hat, and where do I get one." just bob fucked around with this message at 21:05 on May 4, 2020 |
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In this installment of Keeping Up With the Joneses, holy poo poo that third panel. Also, despite this article, the concept of "Meatless Tuesdays" clearly predates the 1940s.
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just bob posted:Curtis has a new hat. Yeah, Michelle gave it to him for taking a photo that got her a lot of likes on Notstagram. His old one was his dad's hat from his childhood. It was just a green trucker hat.
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Endless Mike posted:Yeah, Michelle gave it to him for taking a photo that got her a lot of likes on Notstagram. His old one was his dad's hat from his childhood. It was just a green trucker hat. Thats beautiful Chalez Shultz really did teach a lot. :') Edit; It's because he wears it backwards all the time so I never considered it netting. :facepalm:
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Green Intern posted:“Haha bosses sure are overbearing haha!” Is the joke. That’s as far as Holbrook thought about it. Let alone that he also has Dethany telling people that multiple check-ins every day is correct and healthy for a work at home situation (those YouTube videos are abysmal). I actually e-mailed Holbrook about this a week or two ago just curious to see what he'd say (I figured if he puts his e-mail address in every comic, he welcomes communication) and he just brushed it off as "Dethany is learning what not to do when she becomes a boss!" completely ignoring that he's showing this relationship as is in a normal light and how it's something that just happens, instead of realizing how just god drat abusive it is. I really don't think he knows what he's writing and has never dealt with any kind of office situation. I do not think he is a curious man. The Lockhorns ![]() Brewster Rockit Space Guy ![]() On The Fastrack ![]() Safe Havens ![]() Kevin & Kell ![]() Mother Goose & Grimm ![]() Hagar The Horrible ![]() Sherman's Lagoon ![]()
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FrumpleOrz posted:"Dethany is learning what not to do when she becomes a boss!"
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Angular Cyrus posted:King Aroo 12/12/53 This was an absolutely outstanding punchline and I thank you for bringing it into my life. I’ve been absolutely charmed by King Aroo and I have no idea why I’d never heard of it before when somehow much more mediocre strips like Blondie and Dennis the Menace were cultural phenomena.
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Transmodiar posted:Scary Go Round: The Great Unboxing I think my main criticism with this story is how the Mystery Teens and Mystery Tweens felt a bit underused in how the plot resolves itself. Mildred and Linton bow out of the Wen-Tack Action Group really early, when they could have stayed on as mentor figures for the Tweens. As much as I love all of Mildred's lines, she's really just a bystander in the end so it makes everyone blaming and tossing her in the pool feel a little shallow to me. Linton gets it worse. For the past few stories, he's been nothing more than the "horny one" of the group, so I thought maybe he'd get some character development this story as Grendel's friend, or owning that Wen-Tack unboxing video he did rather than delete his whole account. The Tweens were wonderful throughout the story, but you could tell Allison was running out of steam in the end since they were spectators rather than helping out with some final hitch in the event. I'm really sad how Grendel got sick and passed out that he missed out on the end. Poor kid was the one who worked so hard and wanted this to happen. ![]() FrumpleOrz posted:I actually e-mailed Holbrook about this a week or two ago just curious to see what he'd say (I figured if he puts his e-mail address in every comic, he welcomes communication) and he just brushed it off as "Dethany is learning what not to do when she becomes a boss!" completely ignoring that he's showing this relationship as is in a normal light and how it's something that just happens, instead of realizing how just god drat abusive it is. I really don't think he knows what he's writing and has never dealt with any kind of office situation. I do not think he is a curious man. ![]() One thing I remember from Retail was how Marla worked under Stuart for many years. And despite all the times she recognized Stuart was a lovely boss, there were times Marla also treated the people under her like poo poo. And unlike Marla, Dethany is a complete bootlicker, so I really can't believe that she'd learn not to emulate her abusive boss. Hell, she's already really lovely towards Fi all the time. Not to mention she abused her power as the party planner during the Christmas party to force the people who hate each other to exchange gifts with one another. That isn't what clickbait means at all. ![]()
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Majinaughey![]() Bogor 1976 ![]() ![]() (the New Zealand Listener began as a radio then tv guide)
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Vintage Valiant (Jan. 22, 1939)![]() ![]() Click here to see that second image unspoilered. I have no idea why Foster decided to be so blunt.
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skeleton warrior posted:This was an absolutely outstanding punchline and I thank you for bringing it into my life. My guess is that Jack Kent decided he couldn't keep going and maintain quality, so he shut it down rather than churn out crap or pass it on to a successor.
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