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Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

Aleph Null posted:

This one I get. Should I be glad that I'm now being exploited to make money just like straight people?
Should I be excited that Cyberpunk 2077 includes transwoman models with visible crotch bulges in their hyper-capitalistic future advertising?
Is it sad that I am actually happy about it?

That's up to you. It's not up to me or Zelda or Ted Rall to tell you the right way to be queer.

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Medenmath
Jan 18, 2003

readingatwork posted:

Calvin and Hobbes (Sept 13, 1987)


I have always loved the line "Don't sell the bike shop, Orville."

Vintage Valiant (Sep. 10, 1939)

Alhazred
Feb 16, 2011




How Wonderful! posted:

I forget if Zelda is supposed to be bi, or if she's just being a mega rear end in a top hat?

Mega rear end in a top hat in this instance.

PetraCore
Jul 20, 2017

👁️🔥👁️👁️👁️BE NOT👄AFRAID👁️👁️👁️🔥👁️

It's also a p lovely timing to have that discussion right when Tove is happy about it, even if Zelda was the right person to make those points (as a straight gal, she ain't).

She strikes me as the kind of person who read a bunch of queer theory when Tove came out and then decided now she's the expert on lesbianism and queer representation, what do you mean it's not her place?

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.


How Wonderful! posted:

I forget if Zelda is supposed to be bi, or if she's just being a mega rear end in a top hat?

Por que no los dos?

Sailor Cat
Aug 28, 2019

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

How Wonderful! posted:

Yeah, it's funny to me because there are numerous DtWOF strips where Mo is making the exact same argument, and I think it lands better because for one thing Mo as a lesbian has stakes in this issue, and for another there are usually a few other characters on hand to functionally say "shut the gently caress up Mo," which allows Bechdel to make the useful point without committing to didacticism.

If a straight person pulled that poo poo on me I'd be like don't you have 80,000 NBC sitcoms you could be relating to right now, get out of my face. Don't get me wrong, I like Zelda most of the time and I think Zelda is absolutely supposed to be that gal but sheesh. Sheesh.

As a straight woman, I side with Zelda because there's this weird zeitgeist that pushes women towards performative lesbianism, regardless of their actual orientation, and it feels exploitative to me. I'm grossed out by the fact that the only consistent queer representation in media is (attractive) queer women, because straight guys get off on it. Where are the gay and bi men in media? There aren't any, because it's not sexy to ad/tv execs. It's not an issue of representation as much as exploitation masquerading as queer representation

Murdstone
Jun 14, 2005



Selachian posted:

Yes, it is. THE Christopher Trauerts comes with a dramatic backstory:
Oh I thought I had missed something somehow.

Now for my question for today:

LazyQ posted:

Mämmilä


Was that kid driving a car?

F Minus



Mark Trail



Mary Worth



Personally, I'm looking forward to meeting Madi.

The Phantom



"But...Heloise is so much better at kicking rear end!"

Pooch Cafe



Popeye's Cartoon Club



Rex Morgan MD



Andertoons



Pretty sure I've seen this gag before (maybe a Far Side even) but still :lol:

Apartment 3-G

Shugojin
Sep 6, 2007

THE TAIL THAT BURNS TWICE AS BRIGHT...


Johnny Walker posted:


The Phantom



"But...Heloise is so much better at kicking rear end!"

"What the gently caress does that have do do with it anyway? If I bite it they can just go let him know!"

Zereth
Jul 8, 2003



a foreign land where multiple previous Phantoms have trained before? That foreign land?

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
He was supposed to send Heloise wasn't he?

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

In a twist his son went through a growth spurt, stole a costume, and is super dunking on his father right now.

YeahTubaMike
Mar 24, 2005

*hic* Gotta finish thish . . .
Doctor Rope

Johnny Walker posted:

Rex Morgan MD


Kind of a weird time to be meta, if you ask me.

quote:

Apartment 3-G



Go get 'em, cougar :q:

riderchop
Aug 10, 2010

av by @daikonquest!
Garfield



Heathcliff



Overboard



Mont-:yikes:



Rae the Doe



:)

you broke my grill
Jul 11, 2019

antlers mean you're a cuckold https://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2017/02/a-history-of-cuckolds-horns.html

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer

Johnny Walker posted:

Was that kid driving a car?

They were sitting in the car. The car may or may not have been powered at the time.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

riderchop posted:

Rae the Doe



I read through the entire webcomic yesterday and I felt like an idiot when I finally picked up on this about halfway through

Chef Bourgeoisie
Oct 8, 2016

by Reene
Bloom County
October 28th & 29th, 1981

sweeperbravo
May 18, 2012

AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)

manero posted:

You know, the original Phil doesn't look all that much unlike Ernie Bushmiller:



i know this was hte point of you rpost but he seroiusly looks like he walked out of his own comic, he's got the tiny little eys and everything

catlord
Mar 22, 2009

What's on your mind, Axa?
Conan the Barbarian Apr. 16th- Apr. 22nd, 1979









Man, Epimus is a dumbass.

manero
Jan 30, 2006

sweeperbravo posted:

i know this was hte point of you rpost but he seroiusly looks like he walked out of his own comic, he's got the tiny little eys and everything



Uncanny

Bobulus
Jan 28, 2007

Good Listener posted:

Man with Safe Havens or whichever comic it is, it's like they sent along maybe 2 qualified people and the rest are literally just her friends who didn't have anything else to do. I mean I knew that already but it's like..your job is to...be the agent for everyone's deals you presume they're going to get? That's presumptuous and asinine. Why did you bring along the mermaid and the trapeze guy again?

DNA-wizard was in charge of writing the job requirements for the ship's crew, and deliberately wrote them to best fit her friend group because she didn't want to be apart from them for the years the trip would take. The mermaid is in charge of maintaining the algae farm that is used to make all their food. I don't remember what the trapeze guy's job is.

...I just remembered that 'the guy who wears a smartphone costume everywhere' is their main computer and has been on this entire trip, and I don't think we've seen him in months and months.

Serious Cephalopod
Jul 1, 2007

This is a Serious post for a Serious thread.

Bloop Bloop Bloop
Pillbug

The Fritzi Ritz comic was the real Mr Boop all along

Yvonmukluk
Oct 10, 2012

Everything is Sinister


Bad Machinery

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.


Oh, Linton's Dad. You must experience the feeling my own Grandpa felt when he took me and my brother to a game one day and I was utterly uninterested.

Anyways, on an early edition of Corto Maltese: Behold everyone! A time when housing in San Francisco was affordable!, or Jenny likes Corto's odds, or You know, Jack, I'm pretty surethe U.S. Postal Service could have done this as well...



fondue
Jul 14, 2002

B Kliban




The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

Business is slow

From what I've heard Bushmiller basically modeled Fritzi after his wife, and the character of Phil Fumble was a self-deprecating joke about how he was a dumpy awkward potato person married to a pretty lady.

The fact that he lets his self-insert be the butt of the joke is one of many reasons Bushmiller is better than Gilchrist.

Evil Mastermind
Apr 28, 2008

The Dinette Set gets more for its money.


Working Daze why do I bother.


Super-Fun-Pak Comix is the oldest one in the book.


Cul De Sac is the thought that counts.

FrumpleOrz
Feb 12, 2014

Perhaps you have not been to the *Playground*.
The *Playground* is for Taalo and for Orz, but *Campers* can go.
It more fun than several.
You can go there for too much fun.
The Lockhorns


Brewster Rockit Space Guy


On The Fastrack


Safe Havens


Kevin & Kell


Mother Goose & Grimm


Hagar The Horrible


Sherman's Lagoon


Ella Cinders

StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

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

fastrack: it feels like they're on zoom calls literally all the time. why. how is that productive.

Safety Dance
Sep 10, 2007

Five degrees to starboard!

Bobulus posted:

I don't remember what the trapeze guy's job is.

I think he drives the bus?

The Bloop
Jul 5, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Lmao she's a predator! DUN DUN DUUUN

the bat and baby bat hybrid eat hundreds of sentient insect people per day though

Evil Mastermind
Apr 28, 2008

StrixNebulosa posted:

fastrack: it feels like they're on zoom calls literally all the time. why. how is that productive.

Because that's how businesses hold meetings now. And as we all know "businesses have a lot of meetings" is the easiest business "joke" to make.

Cowslips Warren
Oct 29, 2005

What use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy's warren and paying his price?

Grimey Drawer
I don't get the deer joke with the antlers unless it's that she's transgender?

As for Zelda, yes, you dummy, most lesbian ads feature super femme women, you'll about as common see a more butch lesbian as you will two burly gay guys kissing in an ad that isn't in a gay magazine. Yes, it's annoying. That said, shut the gently caress up.

Shugojin
Sep 6, 2007

THE TAIL THAT BURNS TWICE AS BRIGHT...


Cowslips Warren posted:

I don't get the deer joke with the antlers unless it's that she's transgender?

As for Zelda, yes, you dummy, most lesbian ads feature super femme women, you'll about as common see a more butch lesbian as you will two burly gay guys kissing in an ad that isn't in a gay magazine. Yes, it's annoying. That said, shut the gently caress up.

a doe is a female deer and they do not grow antlers so yes Rae the doe is trans

I didn't put this together until the comic today I am very smart

Safety Dance
Sep 10, 2007

Five degrees to starboard!

That's why there's a transgender pride flag behind the last panel, yes.

Vargo
Dec 27, 2008

'Cuz it's KILLIN' ME!
Adam


BCN


Phoebe


Wallace


Curtis


"Oh no, I might have to use some gizmo to do the thing I like."

Haifisch
Nov 12, 2010

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



Taco Defender

Shugojin posted:

a doe is a female deer and they do not grow antlers so yes Rae the doe is trans

I didn't put this together until the comic today I am very smart
Another extremely subtle hint is the trans flag in the final panel of today's comic.


2017 Spiderman


1978 Comics








Dick Tracy





Locher Tracy





Origins of the Sunday Comics


Footrot Flats

curtadams
Mar 24, 2019

riderchop posted:

Rae the Doe


What's with Rae's eyes, tho? Sometimes she closes them from the bottom and sometimes from the top. Is it some aspect of deer biology, or an anime emotion signaling convention, or what?

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

I have to admit, if I saw antlers on a doe in most newspaper comics, I'd never guess it was intentional

curtadams posted:

What's with Rae's eyes, tho? Sometimes she closes them from the bottom and sometimes from the top. Is it some aspect of deer biology, or an anime emotion signaling convention, or what?

it is The Anime

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Schwarzwald
Jul 27, 2004

Don't Blink
sometimes you're u_u and other times you're more n_n and that's just life

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