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amigolupus
Aug 25, 2017

Zanzibar Ham posted:

I think I somehow didn't realize that the mermaid kept in contact with some university and became a professor or something of Mermaid Studies... while in space??

She got offered a job in a university because she's the face of the news that DNA Wizard released to the public. The university doesn't even know that she studied in a Mermaid University, so she's pretty much being hired as the token mermaid teacher.

Zanzibar Ham posted:

There's an Holbrookian amount of mermaids on Earth, can't they hire any of them?

Naw, all the other mermaids are too busy using Mermaid-Grindr, because DNA Wizard's plan to erase mermaid-racism is to tell humans that it's totally possible to gently caress mermaids.

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RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
I'm surprised Holbrook hasn't had someone be born a cyborg yet.

Mikl
Nov 8, 2009

Vote shit sandwich or the shit sandwich gets it!

RandomPauI posted:

I'm surprised Holbrook hasn't had someone be born a cyborg yet.

A finger on the monkey paw curls...

Selachian
Oct 9, 2012

Rhymes with Orange



Well, at least Hilary and Rina were able to incorporate the symbols without having to be hugely obvious about it.

Get Fuzzy 6/6/00



Brenda Starr 3/30/41





We will have no "the agony of defeat" puns here, thank you. This is a serious moment.

Smokey Stover 10/20/35

Pastry of the Year
Apr 12, 2013

Arlo and Janis



Tina's Groove Classic (October 25, 2008)



Arlo and Janis Classic (October 25, 1998)



Garfield Classic (October 25, 1988)

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer

Mikl posted:

A finger on the monkey paw curls...

Monkeys paw nothing, the only thing that will stop Holbrook from new combinations is death. He's like a one-man version of 1000 monkeys at 1000 typewriters.

Professor Wayne
Aug 27, 2008

So, Harvey, what became of the giant penny?

They actually let him keep it.
The Far Side

Pickles


Zits

Somebody fucked around with this message at 18:35 on Jul 25, 2022

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Mr. Boop



Technowolf
Nov 4, 2009





Now this is how you do that gimmick.

Darthemed
Oct 28, 2007

"A data unit?
For me?
"


College Slice
Docks




Retail




Zip


Dick


Duck

curtadams
Mar 24, 2019

Dustin is frequently an obnoxious comic, but this is by far the best COVID action recognition comic I've seen today. It's actually *about* COVID, not just an easter egg hunt, it's integrated into the comic, and it's cute.

Really nails that aspect of getting old. Although not *quite* back to 1998 for me. I had that reaction to a movie from 2006 recently, though.

Winklebottom
Dec 19, 2007

Professor Wayne posted:

The Far Side
In what was destined to be a short-lived spectacle, a chicken, suspended by a balloon, floated through the samurai bar’s doorway.

God, I love that chicken

Somebody fucked around with this message at 18:35 on Jul 25, 2022

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

curtadams posted:

Dustin is frequently an obnoxious comic, but this is by far the best COVID action recognition comic I've seen today. It's actually *about* COVID, not just an easter egg hunt, it's integrated into the comic, and it's cute.

Kelley has cheerfully shat on every one of those groups his whole life and will continue to do so

Kennel
May 1, 2008

BAWWW-UNH!
The most famous Marvel heroine: a nurse... with a cape.

How Wonderful!
Jul 18, 2006


I only have excellent ideas
Dykes to Watch Out #71 (1989)



Reading Curtadams' posts have helped me figure out a number of Bechdel's formal tricks, and have been really illuminating in general, so I felt proud to recognize a strategy he points out quite a bit-- the best punchline here imo is Sparrow and the bit about Harriet having an affair with her therapist, with a bunch of extra character stuff and plot sandwiched in between there and the after-dinner punchline in the final panel.

The Ten Percent Tribune is a paper that shows up here and there throughout the strip and is, as far as I can tell, fictional. Later on Mo will begin to write book reviews for it-- I think it's meant to be specifically a queer-issues weekly, along the lines of LA's Ten Percent which published its first issue in 1979. The 10 Percent thing was pretty widespread and popped up here and there as kind of coded way of indicating in-group affinity as well as a way of signaling, I suppose, numerical solidarity. "10 Percent Is Not Enough-- Recruit! Recruit! Recruit!" was a popular chant among lesbian protesters and activists, playing off the broad received wisdom that about 10% of people were queer in some way, although numbers among millennials and Gen Z'ers suggest that this number was a serious low-ball!

readingatwork
Jan 8, 2009

Hello Fatty!


Fun Shoe
Old School Peanuts (Oct 26, 1951)




Calvin and Hobbes (Sept 4-5, 1987)






Robbie and Bobby

(Feb 23, 2016)


(May 20, 2020)

Mister Kingdom
Dec 14, 2005

And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Whenever I see "area rug" I think of Taylor Negron.

Medenmath
Jan 18, 2003
Prince Valiant

Mikl
Nov 8, 2009

Vote shit sandwich or the shit sandwich gets it!

Medenmath posted:

Prince Valiant


A mob of untrained villagers versus a really angry woman, a knight of the Round Table, and a literal warrior queen.


Oh, those poor bastards.

Powered Descent
Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.


"The Keypad Kid Project: Helping to educate the public about the new waves of technology from cell phones to sophisticated computer systems to portal developments."

Portal developments? Like Harry101UK's latest video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0xh4qopQpk

Murdstone
Jun 14, 2005





Mister Kingdom posted:

It's an edit.
Wow well it fooled me.

F Minus



Mark Trail



Mary Worth



"Darn. Now I'll have to buy a whole new set of bowties."

The Phantom



Pooch Cafe



Hidden items alert!

Popeye's Cartoon Club



It's like they don't want you to read it.

Can you guess what year Rex Morgan MD started?



Andertoons



Flash Gordon

riderchop
Aug 10, 2010

av by @daikonquest!
wow I really expected Garfield to do the hidden items bit



Heathcliff



lol ok, Overboard had mere minutes to edit the strip I guess



Monty

Chef Bourgeoisie
Oct 8, 2016

by Reene
Bloom County
October 20th & 21st, 1981

My Lovely Horse
Aug 21, 2010

Johnny Walker posted:

It's like they don't want you to read it.
Well I'm way ahead of them on that.

curtadams
Mar 24, 2019

How Wonderful! posted:

Dykes to Watch Out #71 (1989)



The Ten Percent Tribune is a paper that shows up here and there throughout the strip and is, as far as I can tell, fictional. Later on Mo will begin to write book reviews for it-- I think it's meant to be specifically a queer-issues weekly, along the lines of LA's Ten Percent which published its first issue in 1979. The 10 Percent thing was pretty widespread and popped up here and there as kind of coded way of indicating in-group affinity as well as a way of signaling, I suppose, numerical solidarity. "10 Percent Is Not Enough-- Recruit! Recruit! Recruit!" was a popular chant among lesbian protesters and activists, playing off the broad received wisdom that about 10% of people were queer in some way, although numbers among millennials and Gen Z'ers suggest that this number was a serious low-ball!
I've always assumed the point was to *not* mention an actual paper (which would place them in a specific city) but to use a name that was clearly a lesbian and gay paper, so the location would remain non-specific. And, yeah, the 10% figure was EVERYWHERE in the 80's, although it was being misused, because that figure includes people with generally heterosexual preferences who still sometimes have strong attractions to the same gender. Even in the Kinsey report, the estimate for mostly homosexual preferences was 5%, and most subsequent research has come in a little below that. There was one in the mid-80's (sorry, can't remember the name) which estimated it was 4%, and only 1% were actually living in or looking for same-sex relationships. Naturally the press on that was mostly "KINSEY OVERESTIMATED PERCENTAGE OF GAYS" (although the actually difference was very slight), rather than a more relevant point of "MOST GAYS AND LESBIANS FORCED BY SOCIETAL PRESSURE INTO STRAIGHT RELATIONSHIPS THEY DON'T REALLY WANT". But, hey, it's all about the point the owners of the press want to push.

It is interesting that Bechdel was trying - and often succeeding at - a number of innovative techniques, including emotional expression though physical means without dialogue or narration, non-terminal punchlines, the dramedy combination, and more nuanced personalities, even pretty early in her career. She was very ambitious artistically. I'm not sure why, but maybe it's because she had a lot of training in literature and literary criticism (judging by Fun Home). She often disparages her college learning in autobiographical work, but she actually seems to have learned a lot in college.

curtadams fucked around with this message at 19:20 on Jun 7, 2020

riderchop
Aug 10, 2010

av by @daikonquest!
Milholland's Popeye has been cute, funny, and nice :)

Evil Mastermind
Apr 28, 2008

Johnny Walker posted:

Popeye's Cartoon Club



It's like they don't want you to read it.
I did manage to read it, and got a chuckle out of it. So that's nice.


The Dinette Set knows there are things you can't unsee.


Working Daze didn't update Friday, which is also nice.

Super-Fun-Pak Comix is no substitute for hard work.


Cul De Sac knows that knowledge is power.

computer angel
Sep 8, 2008

Make it a double.

Kennel posted:

The most famous Marvel heroine: a nurse... with a cape.

I get it and I love it

Julet Esqu
May 6, 2007




One fewer Junk Drawer than usual this week since there is nothing up for Wednesday. I don't know why. Let's assume Ellis got screwed by the lead time and something innocuous a few weeks ago is now of questionable taste. Or maybe he missed a deadline. Or the Go Comics site did something dumb. I don't know.




catlord
Mar 22, 2009

What's on your mind, Axa?
I love everything about that "Harriet's having an affair with my therapist?" panel.

Conan the Barbarian Mar. 19th- Mar. 25th, 1979







fondue
Jul 14, 2002

B Kliban

Another one that became a poster


Doomykins
Jun 28, 2008

Didn't you mean to ask about flowers?


Lodin
Jul 31, 2003

by Fluffdaddy
Is it normal in The US to smother your kid with a blanket while breast feeding it in your own home? Like I get that you can't get away with showing part of a titty in a comic like this but there are ways to draw it without it being visible.

Safety Dance
Sep 10, 2007

Five degrees to starboard!

Bear in mind FOOB was originally drawn 30 years ago, and in Canada. My breastfeeding friends are much more open about it in their homes or even in, like, apartment building public spaces.

nishi koichi
Feb 16, 2007

everyone feels that way and gives up.
that's how they get away with it.

riderchop posted:

Milholland's Popeye has been cute, funny, and nice :)

agreed. i just wish it wasn’t so blurry. i was on board since the first one with the flowers in popeye’s hair :kimchi:

Vox Valentine
May 30, 2013

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

I think they're blurry because they're reposts. He made a bunch of them for fun after he did the family reunion one and the trawler putting them on the official feeds is probably just taking low-res copies off his Twitter or something.

Evil Mastermind
Apr 28, 2008

The Dinette Set lives the high life.


Working Daze is still doing this "our comic's been around for generations" non-joke.


Super-Fun-Pak Comix has a traditional structure.


Cul De Sac is something to look forward to.

Gnoman
Feb 11, 2014

Come, all you fair and tender maids
Who flourish in your pri-ime
Beware, take care, keep your garden fair
Let Gnoman steal your thy-y-me
Le-et Gnoman steal your thyme




Hostile V posted:

I think they're blurry because they're reposts. He made a bunch of them for fun after he did the family reunion one and the trawler putting them on the official feeds is probably just taking low-res copies off his Twitter or something.

The fact that each panel is about the size of a Something Positive word balloon probably doesn't help.

coronatae
Oct 14, 2012

Cul De Sac knocking it out of the park :allears:

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Haifisch
Nov 12, 2010

Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!



Taco Defender
2017 Spiderman


1978 Comics












Dick Tracy



Such bold gay/bi representation.


Locher Tracy





Origins of the Sunday Comics


Footrot Flats

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