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Kennel
May 1, 2008

BAWWW-UNH!

Yvonmukluk posted:

I've decided to start posting this on the weekends. Here's the character list, since there's a few characters non-Bobbinsologists won't recognise (as well as recapping where the characters are in their pre-Bad Machinery, pre-Scary Go Round lives).


Huh, I didn't know that Erin was so much younger than Shelley.

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Selachian
Oct 9, 2012

Rhymes with Orange



Get Fuzzy 5/8/00



Sourdough Collins



Brenda Starr 8/25/40





Smokey Stover 3/31/35



Celluloid (light plastic) collars were a cheap alternative to cloth collars, although from what I understand, detachable collars were going out of style at this point anyway. Celluloid was also very flammable, hence the joke here.

Selachian fucked around with this message at 16:50 on May 9, 2020

Doomykins
Jun 28, 2008

Didn't you mean to ask about flowers?
I dunno about the rest of you but I'm really looking forward to the conclusion of this Funky Winkerbean arc. Les Moore talks to one of his depression siphons(friends?) and laments that maybe the world just isn't ready for Lisa's Story. Despite living off the best selling book, apparently. It's a shame everybody else is such a materialistic rube! Please cut me a movie deal!

Lodin
Jul 31, 2003

by Fluffdaddy

This might have been talked about, but at what point did they decide to give The Phantom the slightly less gay purple colour-scheme? They've made him way more bluish like in most of Europe.

StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

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

Doomykins posted:

I dunno about the rest of you but I'm really looking forward to the conclusion of this Funky Winkerbean arc. Les Moore talks to one of his depression siphons(friends?) and laments that maybe the world just isn't ready for Lisa's Story. Despite living off the best selling book, apparently. It's a shame everybody else is such a materialistic rube! Please cut me a movie deal!

I want it to go forever so I can keep being mad at it, it's the fun kind of mad as opposed to the JESUS CHRIST NO mad at Chickweed Lane

Kennel
May 1, 2008

BAWWW-UNH!

Lodin posted:

This might have been talked about, but at what point did they decide to give The Phantom the slightly less gay purple colour-scheme? They've made him way more bluish like in most of Europe.



These are from 2005. Regular strips were blue while Sundays were purple.

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country

Calaveron posted:

I mean that's not true because a lot of movies have been made in the past couple of years about quirky people dying slowly and painfully of cancer
The problem is that Batiuk thinks this is a rare high concept that NO ONE has ever attempted but those durn movie film cinema executives just want some 'Vengers and the Chinese market

"Hi, I'm Les Moore. I married a woman named Lisa who I seduced by being the nicest guy in the world. After we married she slowly died over a 5 year period from breast cancer."

That's literally the entire plot of Lisa's Story, how the hell do you make that into a movie? There's no 'good-bad-good-bad' W plot, it's just 'slow painful death that has no meaning'

It's like if they remade Love Story but they cut 2/3rds of the script and just left the death.

Kavak
Aug 23, 2009


Isn't some of Batiuk's Hollywood hateboner because he tried to option Funky Winkerbean as a cartoon ala For Better For Worse and failed?

Vox Valentine
May 30, 2013

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

Doomykins posted:

I dunno about the rest of you but I'm really looking forward to the conclusion of Funky Winkerbean.

Murdstone
Jun 14, 2005



Maigius posted:

Comics from Grandma's Scrapbook, circa 1939
These are great. Thanks for putting the effort into posting them!

Nestorix posted:

Oh no, she is flying the infamous de Havilland Comet!!
Well that's an interesting thing I learned today!

F Minus



Mark Trail



"It's much better than being burned horribly!"

Mary Worth



The Phantom


Kennel posted:

These are from 2005. Regular strips were blue while Sundays were purple.


Checking my collection, Sundays still seem to be more purple.

Edit: Maybe it's the same shade but on Sundays they don't use the halftone/screentone on him?

Pooch Cafe



Rex Morgan MD



I think it's pretty clear he doesn't, Buck.

Andertoons



Apartment 3-G

Murdstone fucked around with this message at 17:38 on May 9, 2020

How Wonderful!
Jul 18, 2006


I only have excellent ideas

BigDave posted:

Jesus h christ NOBODY WANTS A MOVIE ABOUT A SLOW PAINFUL CANCER DEATH!!!

This is not a good storyline but this line of critique in general is kind of bewildering to me:





Kavak
Aug 23, 2009


Is there anything filmable about Lisa's Story, though? That episode of ATHF where Frylock got Melanoma and Andrew WK showed up was more suitable.

Medenmath
Jan 18, 2003

Kennel posted:

These are from 2005. Regular strips were blue while Sundays were purple.



Maybe it's a black and white versus color thing. In this daily his suit has a pattern applied to fill it in, whereas the Sunday example doesn't.

How Wonderful!
Jul 18, 2006


I only have excellent ideas

Kavak posted:

Is there anything filmable about Lisa's Story, though? That episode of ATHF where Frylock got Melanoma and Andrew WK showed up was more suitable.

I mean there's various mix-ups, stuff with Holly Budd, she testifies to Congress, you could frame it between her first cancer scare and then her death and the activist work she did in between (the plot about the lady getting fired for being disabled, etc.). I don't know if it sounds like a great movie but certainly stuff happens in the comics collected and published as Lisa's Story that aren't Les Moore just staring at the wall.

I hate to say it but maybe somebody should post Lisa's Story.

How Wonderful! fucked around with this message at 17:56 on May 9, 2020

Julet Esqu
May 6, 2007




BigDave posted:

"Hi, I'm Les Moore. I married a woman named Lisa who I seduced by being the nicest guy in the world. After we married she slowly died over a 5 year period from breast cancer."

That's literally the entire plot of Lisa's Story, how the hell do you make that into a movie? There's no 'good-bad-good-bad' W plot, it's just 'slow painful death that has no meaning'

It's like if they remade Love Story but they cut 2/3rds of the script and just left the death.

I guess at some point Lisa went and talked to congress?? About how cancer blows, I assume?? Thanks for the tip, Lisa??

Kavak
Aug 23, 2009


How Wonderful! posted:

I mean there's various mix-ups, stuff with Holly Budd, she testifies to Congress, you could frame it between her first cancer scare and then her death and the activist work she did in between (the plot about the lady getting fired for being disabled, etc.). I don't know if it sounds like a great movie but certainly stuff happens in the comics collected and published as Lisa's Story that aren't Les Moore just staring at the wall.

I hate to say it but maybe somebody should post Lisa's Story.

See I never knew about any of that because all Batiuk ever does is build bigger and bigger crosses for Les.

Alhazred
Feb 16, 2011





:ohdear:The Phantom has the strengt of ten tigers, not lions!

curtadams
Mar 24, 2019

Kennel posted:

Surgeon's Tales
The final part of this summary!

Book 2, Part 3, Chapter 8 - Unfaithful servant

Bertelsköld now explains that anyone who shows lavish lifestyle gets the attention of the reduction officials. He has already lost all of his other properties, but has so far managed to please the king enough to keep Mainiemi. Now he had heard that the king was considering to take it as well. He says that once the news about the party reach the crown, he is guaranteed to lose it. He is also sure that some of his servants are traitors who have been bought by his rivals.

The count also tells that he himself had heard about the party a week ago and that's why he rushed to Finland. The countess says that it is impossible, since she hadn't even started the preparations a week ago. She then remembers that she had discussed about it with the house-master Janssen and that he had supported the idea. Bertelsköld then says that the house-master had promised him to make sure that nobody would live lavishly while they were in Finland and it's now clear who is the traitor.

The count hides and they summon Janssen. The countess asks how much she owes and after she doesn't get a straight answer she starts angrily throwing her jewelry at him. Janssen takes just one ring and the countess asks to get the debt vouchers she has signed. She then starts speaking more sweetly and the house-master thinks that she's flirting with him, loses his cool and starts declaring his love.

Bertelsköld steps out of his hiding place and starts mocking and humiliating Larssen. He asks him to give back the ring he got from the countess, because he doesn't deserve anything that belonged to her and will get something else for a payment. The house-master first gives a wrong ring and quickly hides it (later Bertelsköld realizes that it is the magic ring that his father lost).

After more humiliating orders Janssen recovers from the shock and stops obeying. He says that he is now a free man and then retells how Bertelsköld's father stole him from his mother and how he still remembers the mother's wailing. He says that he had vowed to destroy Bertelsköld's family and while unfortunately wasn't able to steal his wife, he has still more surprises coming. After this he escapes.
That's quite a lot of story to omit from the comic! I'm also guessing that the ring is important - that Larssen having it is why he has been super-capable, and maybe it's going to bail Bertelsköld out of his predicament.

Sailor Cat
Aug 28, 2019

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Samovar posted:

Oh geez. Times have changed, and for the better.

People touching your hair/make-up is a timeless nuisance

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

Live, laugh, kupo!

Tiggum posted:

Interesting choice to spend an entire page recapping a Roadrunner cartoon.

This sounds snarky but I'm actually curious, was the RR ever openly antagonistic to the Coyote like this in actual cartoons? I just remember a lot of self-inflicted hubris.

riderchop
Aug 10, 2010

av by @daikonquest!
Garfield




Heathcliff




Overboard



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Monty


Chef Bourgeoisie
Oct 8, 2016

by Reene
Bloom County
August 27th & 28th, 1981

Murdstone
Jun 14, 2005



Bruceski posted:

This sounds snarky but I'm actually curious, was the RR ever openly antagonistic to the Coyote like this in actual cartoons? I just remember a lot of self-inflicted hubris.
Chuck Jones had a rule for the characters that the RR could never do anything to the Coyote other than go "Beep-Beep." The Coyote was only hurt by his own actions or the failure of ACME products.

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country

Johnny Walker posted:

Chuck Jones had a rule for the characters that the RR could never do anything to the Coyote other than go "Beep-Beep." The Coyote was only hurt by his own actions or the failure of ACME products.

Probably why ACME got sued: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1990/02/26/coyote-v-acme

StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

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

me: oh huh what is the lisa's story thing about anyways, when did it start, maybe I'll post it because it has a finite end and could make the thread upset

google:



i just

i don't like any of this??? at all????

StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

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

Okay gently caress it, let's rock and roll.

Funky Winkerbean - January 29-Feb 3, 2007








As I have no intention of actually reading this goddamn stupid comic (HE LITERALLY ENDS THE WEEK BY MAKING IT ABOUT THE HUSBAND AND NOT LISA) I will attempt to post cancerwife related comics until she dies. I will be skipping all other storylines because I cannot be bothered.

How Wonderful!
Jul 18, 2006


I only have excellent ideas
Thanks for taking it upon yourself to post it, I'm not like, relishing this but I think it'll be interesting to read. So much of Funky Winkerbean now is building off of this but Batiuk really touches on it for the most party very very broadly.

Murdstone
Jun 14, 2005



If you have a Comics Kingdom account you can go all the way to the first cancer bout in January 1999.

Edit:

Murdstone fucked around with this message at 21:42 on May 9, 2020

Darthemed
Oct 28, 2007

"A data unit?
For me?
"


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Retail




Zip


Rip


Dick


Duck

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

Johnny Walker posted:

If you have a Comics Kingdom account you can go all the way to the first cancer bout in January 1999

Batiuk has been milking this poo poo for more than two decades

StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

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

Johnny Walker posted:

If you have a Comics Kingdom account you can go all the way to the first cancer bout in January 1999.

Edit:


That will have to be someone else's burden.

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

Business is slow

How Wonderful! posted:

This is not a good storyline but this line of critique in general is kind of bewildering to me:



Ikiru is a really beautiful film. Saw it in college and haven't forgotten it

Zanzibar Ham
Mar 17, 2009

You giving me the cold shoulder? How cruel.


Grimey Drawer
How successful was Lisa's Story (the book) in the Winkerverse?

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

Johann Gutenberg came back from the dead and reinvented the printing press just to help distribute it

Bingo Bango
Jan 7, 2020


All I can see is this

Weembles
Apr 19, 2004


That's interesting - the writer has switched from spelling it "klew" to "clue".

I was wondering when that would happen, but I assumed it would take a lot longer.

EasyEW
Mar 8, 2006

I've got my father's great big six-shooter with me 'n' if anybody in this woods wants to start somethin' just let 'em--but they DASSN'T.

BigDave posted:

"Hi, I'm Les Moore. I married a woman named Lisa who I seduced by being the nicest guy in the world. After we married she slowly died over a 5 year period from breast cancer."

That's literally the entire plot of Lisa's Story, how the hell do you make that into a movie? There's no 'good-bad-good-bad' W plot, it's just 'slow painful death that has no meaning'

It's like if they remade Love Story but they cut 2/3rds of the script and just left the death.

I think I mentioned this before, but the cumulative effect of the Les strips is like if Erich Segal made the original Love Story the size of Game of Thrones, with the first 130 pages being the original book and then he compulsively never stopped writing about Oliver after Jenny died.

Also, I salute your bravery, StrixNebulosa. We will remember your sacrifice to your next of kin. :patriot:

Sally Forth



Peanuts (May 12, 1973)



Chapter 975 of Les Moore's Version of "Love Story"



Crankshaft



9 "Thank God We're Back On The Cat" Lane



Rip Haywire



Thimble Theater (December 9, 1936)



Out Our Way (June 14-16, 1934)





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



we are reaching critical levels of winkerbean

Transmodiar
Jul 9, 2005

You're a terrible person, Mildred.

This art style is so offputting - what's with the chipmunk overbite?

Modesty Blaise



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Safety Dance
Sep 10, 2007

Five degrees to starboard!

Transmodiar posted:

This art style is so offputting - what's with the chipmunk overbite?


I like the new art style. It's not cloying like the old style.

I do kind of miss the periodic reminders to "stay tooned" though.

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