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Nenonen
Oct 22, 2009

Kennel posted:

Man in Black

Those are personal ads and I had forgotten that they had those in non-tabloids. I checked that weekend's (May 1989) paper and it had about 50 of them. Mostly awkward lonely middle-aged people, few that are probably prostitutes, also a group of witches looking for recruits.


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amigolupus
Aug 25, 2017


Oh my god, A + J. :allears:

readingatwork
Jan 8, 2009

Hello Fatty!


Fun Shoe
Old School Peanuts (Oct 5, 1951)




Calvin and Hobbes (Jul 30-31, 1987)






Robbie and Bobby (Dec 23-24, 2015)



My Lovely Horse
Aug 21, 2010

American Beauty the Comic Strip

JethroMcB
Jan 23, 2004

We're normal now.
We love your family.

readingatwork posted:

Old School Peanuts (Oct 5, 1951)



50 years later, Charlie Brown & Co. are taking up room in the aisles at Barnes & Noble reading Naruto

LazyQ
Feb 22, 2011

Mämmilä

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country

I'm usually good at picking up on the A+J subtext, but this one I just don't get. :confused:

Professor Wayne
Aug 27, 2008

So, Harvey, what became of the giant penny?

They actually let him keep it.
The Far Side
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“Thaaaaaar she—mmph!”

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“Mr. Bailey? There’s a gentleman here who claims an ancestor of yours once defiled his crypt, and now you’re the last remaining Bailey and … oh, something about a curse. Should I send him in?”

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“We've done it! They've linked up! … Man, Feldman must be freaking out—he even hates spiders.”

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“What’s this? Your house? … Yes! Your house is on fire! … Fly away, dearie! Fly away home!”

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“Maybe it’s not me, y’know? … Maybe it’s the rest of the herd that’s gone insane.”

Pickles


Zits

Somebody fucked around with this message at 16:53 on Jul 25, 2022

computer angel
Sep 8, 2008

Make it a double.

BigDave posted:

I'm usually good at picking up on the A+J subtext, but this one I just don't get. :confused:

I think it's just a cute married thing where he's happy her good knee isn't her new bad knee.

JethroMcB
Jan 23, 2004

We're normal now.
We love your family.

BigDave posted:

I'm usually good at picking up on the A+J subtext, but this one I just don't get. :confused:

Arlo did not listen when Janis previously mentioned having a sore knee, he's fumbling through asking questions to cover

The Bloop
Jul 5, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Vargo posted:


Wallace



Now I genuinely want a fluffernutter

readingatwork
Jan 8, 2009

Hello Fatty!


Fun Shoe

BigDave posted:

I'm usually good at picking up on the A+J subtext, but this one I just don't get. :confused:

Arlo had no idea she ever had a sore knee and is bullshitting.

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

The Ogre!

Pigsfeet on Rye
Oct 22, 2008

No thanks to Lizzo..

LazyQ posted:

Mämmilä



This is so good, what a nice way to have a negotiating hold over the banker.
Also, kicksleds seem pretty cool.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kicksled

fondue
Jul 14, 2002

B Kliban



Kennel
May 1, 2008

BAWWW-UNH!

Pigsfeet on Rye posted:

This is so good, what a nice way to have a negotiating hold over the banker.
Also, kicksleds seem pretty cool.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kicksled

They were featured in Surgeon's Tales as well (although those might have been anachronistic)

Nenonen
Oct 22, 2009

Pigsfeet on Rye posted:

This is so good, what a nice way to have a negotiating hold over the banker.
Also, kicksleds seem pretty cool.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kicksled

I want to also emphasize the original pun(ch)line here: "to get on someone's sled" means the same as getting on the :bandwagon: in English

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country

JethroMcB posted:

Arlo did not listen when Janis previously mentioned having a sore knee, he's fumbling through asking questions to cover

readingatwork posted:

Arlo had no idea she ever had a sore knee and is bullshitting.

OK, that makes sense. I automatically assumed it was some sex thing I wasn't getting.

Doomykins
Jun 28, 2008

Didn't you mean to ask about flowers?
Not so fast. The strip reads the same if you interpret it as Arlo being thankful they didn't romance so hard that Janis was left sore, his last panel smile indicating that oh yeah, he's in the mood again tonight.

:twisted:

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.


EBB posted:

The Ogre!

The Ogre!

Mercedes Colomar
Nov 1, 2008

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Family Circus


Rose is Rose


One Big Happy


Foob


Compu-Toon


Bizarro

Transmodiar
Jul 9, 2005

You're a terrible person, Mildred.
Modesty Blaise



Murdstone
Jun 14, 2005



Pastry of the Year posted:

Garfield Classic (October 7, 1988)


Front facing Jon is a little disturbing here.



F Minus



Mark Trail



...for the rest of the weekend!

Mary Worth



The Phantom



Pooch Cafe



Rex Morgan MD



Andertoons



Apartment 3-G



Geez even the men you're supposed to like are jackasses in 3-G.

His Divine Shadow
Aug 7, 2000

I'm not a fascist. I'm a priest. Fascists dress up in black and tell people what to do.

readingatwork posted:

Arlo had no idea she ever had a sore knee and is bullshitting.

And here I was conditioned into thinking it probably had to do with blow jobs or something.

Mikl
Nov 8, 2009

Vote shit sandwich or the shit sandwich gets it!

Transmodiar posted:

Modesty Blaise





Hold up, Modesty is 26??

I know she's young, but I had her pegged for mid-thirties at the youngest.

Pancho Jueves
Aug 20, 2007

BEST FRIENDS!!

Johnny Walker posted:

Front facing Jon is a little disturbing here.




Sailor Cat
Aug 28, 2019

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

BigDave posted:

I'm usually good at picking up on the A+J subtext, but this one I just don't get. :confused:

He doesn't always pay attention to things she says, and is trying to cover up that he forgot that she even has a bad knee

coronatae
Oct 14, 2012

His Divine Shadow posted:

And here I was conditioned into thinking it probably had to do with blow jobs or something.

Same :negative:

Front-facing Jon gives me Animal Crossing vibes but in like the most unsettling way possible

Shugojin
Sep 6, 2007

THE TAIL THAT BURNS TWICE AS BRIGHT...


Johnny Walker posted:

Front facing Jon is a little disturbing here.



It's very Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff

Julet Esqu
May 6, 2007




Did the unicorn children rehearse for that disaster even one time?


"Cheating on my partner and then leaving him for my side piece was the right thing to do!"

Jared better look out. Like all Westons, Dawn is incapable of reflecting on the effects her actions might have on others and will drop him in a hot second if she sees a guy who is cuter and shows the slightest interest.

Mikl posted:

Hold up, Modesty is 26??

I know she's young, but I had her pegged for mid-thirties at the youngest.

Same. And I would think the deep relationship that she and Willie have would have taken way more than six years to develop.


Oh. These People.


Looks like we get to spend the next two weeks calling a neglected child a spoiled selfish shithead!

PetraCore
Jul 20, 2017

👁️🔥👁️👁️👁️BE NOT👄AFRAID👁️👁️👁️🔥👁️

Julet Esqu posted:

Same. And I would think the deep relationship that she and Willie have would have taken way more than six years to develop.
It's my favorite part of Modesty Blaise lore that she started the Network when she was like, 17, then retired less than a decade later, because god forbid we have a sexy protagonist that's in her 30s. You wouldn't even have to change her design at all!

Selachian
Oct 9, 2012

PetraCore posted:

It's my favorite part of Modesty Blaise lore that she started the Network when she was like, 17, then retired less than a decade later, because god forbid we have a sexy protagonist that's in her 30s. You wouldn't even have to change her design at all!

Yeah, it's mentioned back at the start of this story, where she meets Tarrant and Fraser for the first time.

Yvonmukluk
Oct 10, 2012

Everything is Sinister


Bad Machinery

Evil Mastermind
Apr 28, 2008

The Dinette Set is just gherkin' this guy around.


Working Daze is not good.


Super-Fun-Pak Comix iterates.


Cul De Sac has seen things no man should see.




fake edit: "hands me a laugh"?

Darthemed
Oct 28, 2007

"A data unit?
For me?
"


College Slice
Docks




Retail




Zip


Rip


Dick


Duck


Darthemed fucked around with this message at 19:42 on May 18, 2020

F_Shit_Fitzgerald
Feb 2, 2017




Twenty years, and absolutely zero has changed when it comes to electoral politics. This could have been written yesterday.

Julet Esqu
May 6, 2007





Do they do the Daylight Savings thing in England? I would have thought that was a specifically American piece of madness.

riderchop
Aug 10, 2010

av by @daikonquest!
Garfield



Heathcliff



Overboard



Monty

Nenonen
Oct 22, 2009

Julet Esqu posted:

Do they do the Daylight Savings thing in England? I would have thought that was a specifically American piece of madness.

Yes. EU is actually just transitioning out of it in 2021 (each country can decide which time to follow), it's one of those things where it helps that everyone makes the switch in cooperation to not gently caress international timetables. Britain is currently not planning on following this, because who cares about Northern Ireland or anything for that matter.

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SubNat
Nov 27, 2008

LazyQ posted:

Mämmilä



Pigsfeet on Rye posted:

This is so good, what a nice way to have a negotiating hold over the banker.
Also, kicksleds seem pretty cool.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kicksled

Yeah, they're pretty great, though rare to see nowadays. Back on the west-coast(Nor) where I grew up, the people growing up during WW2 were pretty much the last generation to use them.
Though I suspect they're still a fairly common sight in the inland regions that have way longer winter seasons.
I still rememeber going on trips with my grandparents' one, they're pretty stable and nice, compared to most forms of transportation during the winter.

They are very much for riding on compacted snow or ice over surfaces/roads though, they're no good in deep or loose snow, as they don't spread the weight out much at all.
(And as ol' gran shows in the comic, hitting an unexpected patch of sand or gravel is never a particularly pleasant experience, though you just slow down as opposed to fall over, due to it's long design.)

Hella nostalgic though, I genuinely haven't thought about one for years.

e: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmpxegQSN8E
For anyone curious to see them in action. At around 0:32 the mayor of Tynset shows how elegant it is to brake.

SubNat fucked around with this message at 19:52 on May 18, 2020

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