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In today's Corto Maltese: Klingsor, you should at least wait til the second date before getting so serious, or 'Get thee behind me, Satan' - Corto, or Corto cares not for this ![]() ![]() ![]()
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btw, did you notice?
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The most jarring thing about new Heart, to me, is how much like a standard-issue webcomic it looks. Other newer comics, even ones whose creators emerged from the deep morass of the internet, definitely look like they're more of the page than the post. Regardless of anything else that just makes it feel WEIRD. The future creeps up on us all.
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Discendo Vox posted:btw, did you notice? Hah, that's very clever.
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Bloom County September 28th & 29th, 1981 ![]() ![]()
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Bad Machinery![]() It's interesting to see the subtle differences between the first half of the strip and the second half that Allison created for publication.
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Surgeon's Tales![]() ![]() Nancy ![]() Dustin ![]() Mandrake ![]() Man in Black ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Buni![]() Rhymes with Orange ![]() Get Fuzzy 5/26/00 ![]() Brenda Starr 12/29/40 ![]() ![]() I'll have to remember that pickup technique. "Hi, I'm lonely, can I kiss you?" The ski resort at Sun Valley was brand new in 1940, having opened at the end of 1936, and was already famous as a destination for celebrities, rich folks, and movie stars to meet and ski. No doubt that's what inspired Messick to send Brenda out there. Smokey Stover 8/4/35 ![]()
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Selachian posted:Brenda Starr 12/29/40
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LazyQ posted:Mämmilä I love the subtle slams that get put on people, like this guy caught by the father, or the banker needing help from the old woman.
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Discendo Vox posted:btw, did you notice? ... notice what, specifically? That he's part of the pre-existing art, or...?
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The Far Side Pickles ![]() Zits ![]() Somebody fucked around with this message at 17:25 on Jul 25, 2022 |
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Professor Wayne posted:The Far Side That's a good gag. Somebody fucked around with this message at 17:25 on Jul 25, 2022 |
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Old School Peanuts (Oct 15, 1951)![]() Calvin and Hobbes (Aug 15-16, 1987) ![]() ![]() Robbie and Bobby (Jan 26-27, 2016) ![]() ![]()
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At first I was going to ask if Dustin was doing a paid advertisement for Peloton, then I was reflecting that if I were working as a marketing manager I'd be more likely to pay Dustin not to mention my product, but then I realized that there's probably a strong overlap between bougie people who would drop money on a Peloton bike and people who think that Dustin is funny. Given the number of people who regularly read the comic, buddy probably made a solid twelve bucks from that product placement.
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Mamilla is great, thanks for posting it.Pigsfeet on Rye posted:I love the subtle slams that get put on people, like this guy caught by the father, or the banker needing help from the old woman. I love the subtle suggestion the father makes with the story about him and the boy's father courting the same girl, prompting him to propose.
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Family Circus![]() Rose is Rose ![]() One Big Happy ![]() Foob ![]() Compu-TOon ![]() Bizarro ![]()
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Discendo Vox posted:btw, did you notice? So Klingsor....oh drat...
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readingatwork posted:Calvin and Hobbes (Aug 15-16, 1987) Fun fact: over here the strip is called Tommy & Tigern (The Tiger) because the original names don't make much sense in our language. In Sweden the strip is called Kalle & Hobbe.
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Docks![]() ![]() Retail ![]() ![]() Zip ![]() Dick ![]() ![]() Duck ![]() ![]()
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Jim's Journal![]() ![]() Heart Of The City ![]() Citizen Dog ![]() ![]() Thought I'd bring back this old favorite. ![]()
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Lodin posted:There's a fantastic parody of this story line in Pyton, the Norwegian version of MAD. Calvin and Hobbes steal the keys to the car and then paddle the kayak back to shore. Then they somehow manage to drive home with the parents stuck on the island. They also manage to buy plenty of beer on the way home and get piss drunk. IIRC the parents die of starvation. It's Calvin & Hobbes in Germany by the way, and now that I think about it that's kind of weird, because German publishers have a long-standing tradition of making up names wholesale. (Or indeed changing the entire idea of a comic; the first official translation of Asterix in the 60s infamously retooled it into a right-wing narrative where brave Germans fought the nominally Roman, but overtly American-coded, occupation forces. As you Americans have taken to saying, yikes.)
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LazyQ posted:Mämmilä One thing the art style is bad at is getting ages across. These two are supposed to be teenagers, but they look like they're in their mid-30s instead. gently caress off with this passive-aggressive bullshit.
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Calvin getting drunk, a staple of trashy T-shirts you could buy on boardwalks at towns up and down the east coast in the early 90's
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amigolupus posted:These two are supposed to be teenagers, but they look like they're in their mid-30s instead.
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Cheer Up Boss Dharma![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Darthemed posted:Docks This one didn't age great.
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Adam![]() ![]() ![]() BC----OUR IX LIVES ![]() ![]() ![]() Phoebe ![]() ![]() ![]() Wallace ![]() ![]() ![]() Curtis ![]() ![]() ![]()
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I think the reason I consider Jim's Journal and Cul de Sac as my personal favorites is that they take supremely mundane things/topics, and manage to make it humorous (at least to me) without wacky embellishment for the most part.
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i’m ridiculously happy to see jim’s journal back again. it’s so chill
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BigDave posted:Jim's Journal Dang, Jim's Mom, isn't Jim still in high school? (I feel like I've seen lockers in the background.) I like Jim's Journal, by the way, and I'm glad you're posting it. Professor Wayne posted:Executioner understudies The Far Side in general is good, but this one in particular tickles me today. ![]() Somebody fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Jul 25, 2022 |
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"Jim's Journal" is one of the signs of the apocalypse. Modesty Blaise ![]() ![]()
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You barely have time to have sex. One of you would have to quit your job. Toni would have to be off duty for a significant amount of time. You hate the only kid you know. You pawn her off on everyone possible. You live with a dude who committed insurance fraud. That same dude enjoys torturing children and coworkers. You don't have a room for a baby (they'll probably throw the baby in Shannon's illegal room, where it can also get carbon monoxide poisoning).
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Julet Esqu posted:Dang, Jim's Mom, isn't Jim still in high school? (I feel like I've seen lockers in the background.) Thanks! And yes, the first anthology is Jim finishing high school / going to college.
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Garfield![]() Heathcliff ![]() Overboard ![]() Monty ![]() me too monty
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F Minus![]() Wah-wahhhhh Mark Trail ![]() Mary Worth ![]() Julet Esqu posted:I personally will not hear this talk of shortening the Mary Worth Victory Lap. It's an institution! The Phantom ![]() Pooch Cafe ![]() Old Dude and Fat Dude on the Phone ![]() Andertoons ![]() Apartment 3-G ![]()
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Johnny Walker posted:Mark Trail All I can see in the last panel is that dog having a propeller.
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Der Shovel posted:All I can see in the last panel is that dog having a propeller. Same https://i.imgur.com/lnxajXa.mp4
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