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Comic Strip Megathread 2020: Goddamnit! Wish I could throw knives...
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Medenmath posted:Vintage Valiant (Oct. 29, 1939) Diggin' the hairstyle on the old man behind Val in panel 4, like a tonsure / mohawk combo. "My hair is my life, please respect that" he shouts as the soldiers move his way.
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Conan the- Oh, oh, this might be a little rough Jun. 11th- Jun. 17th, 1979![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So, starting to read this, I was thinking I'd get to talk about Bêlit and the story Queen of the Black Coast, which despite often being considered one of the best Conan stories I can barely remember and should definitely re-read, and how Bêlit was combined with Valeria from the excellent Red Nails, the last of the Howard Conan stories, for the 1982 movie... but then I saw that this was going to be... a bit rough. Seeing as it's late '70s Marvel rather than early '30s pulp, and looking ahead at next week, I imagine it's going to basically have its heart in the right place but still be... not super great as far as its depictions of black people go. Unfortunately, reading old pulp you'll often have some racism. Considering how wildly racist the past was, it's tragically unavoidable and as I mentioned before, RE Howard was no exception. Rusty Burke in his introduction to The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard discusses this, and discusses the fact that in many ways Howard seems often quite sympathetic towards African-Americans depicted in several of his horror works and with the down-trodden and oppressed in general. That said however, surprisingly sympathetic and progressive for the '20s and '30s looks really loving rough nowadays. I love pulp, Howard and Lovecraft are two of my favourite authors, but there is absolutely no denying that there is a lot of problematic poo poo in there. Anyways, I've tentatively timg'd this batch, and I might again if there's something that strikes me as rather egregious though, as I said, it's late '70s Marvel so I expect it to be more "I see what you're going for, but that didn't age well in the slightest" rather than "basically any depiction of a minority from the early comics."
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Medenmath posted:I really love Val's facial expression here: Prince Valliant is about to be recruited into the Assassin Brotherhood!
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Shugojin posted:
I wondered why Val seemed vaguely familiar, Do you remember a guy that's been In such an early song? I've heard a rumor from Ground Control Oh no, don't say it's true They got a message from the Action Man "I'm happy, hope you're happy too I've loved all I've needed, love Sordid details following" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HyMm4rJemtI
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Cheer Up Boss Dharma![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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The Lockhorns![]() Brewster Rockit Space Guy ![]() On The Fastrack ![]() Safe Havens ![]() Kevin & Kell ![]() Mother Goose & Grimm ![]() Hagar The Horrible ![]() Sherman's Lagoon ![]() Ella Cinders ![]()
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FrumpleOrz posted:Kevin & Kell Okay, who wants to guess? Will she: - Disappear off-screen, never to be seen again and/or be the villain in a future arc - Run directly to George, to apologize to him, and then they fall madly in love
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Kennel posted:Well, it's not impossible that he reads the thread. ![]()
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Bobulus posted:Okay, who wants to guess? Will she: Wildcard option C - Runs to cry somewhere because there's Shugojin posted:a law against eating the people you know and she loves eating gophers. Just imagine, knowing there's a gopher just there, but you aren't allowed to eat it. The true horror of the K&K-verse.
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Darthemed posted:He can barely operate Twitter, doesn’t understand something as simple as the ‘Today’ links on his own comics syndicate’s webpage, and struggles with the idea that comments he leaves online function as a (semi-)permanent record. I think it’s safe to assume he hasn’t managed to penetrate the SA Forums, if for no other additional reason than that he’s too cheap to cough up the Jam if you're reading this just come out and post. Do what feels right. Do what you know must be done. Jam, please. Come on. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Bobulus posted:Okay, who wants to guess? Will she: Porcupine woman also doesn't even give her 5 seconds to process this new information before shilling George as a romantic partner and judging her for not going for it.
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Manuel Calavera posted:Bizarro ![]()
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Tiggum posted:I don't get it. They're both after the brain. Scarecrow feels crowded by Igor.
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Tiggum posted:I don't get it. The igor also wants a brain. 2017 Spiderman ![]() 1978 Comics ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Dick Tracy ![]() ![]() Locher Tracy ![]() ![]() Origins of the Sunday Comics ![]() Footrot Flats ![]() ![]()
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Bloom County November 13th - 16th, 1981 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Sweaty IT Nerd posted:They're both after the brain. Scarecrow feels crowded by Igor. Oh, that's Igor! ![]() I was wondering why the hunchback of Notre Dame had a jar of water.
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In today's Corto Maltese: Watch the birdie!, or Pameolik is nervous and rightfully so, or Bonjour, la monte-à-regret![]() ![]() ![]()
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Family Circus![]() Rose is Rose ![]() One Big Happy ![]() Foob ![]() Compu-Toon ![]() Bizarro ![]()
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Daddy Daze![]() Take It From the Tinkersons ![]() Dark Side of the Horse ![]() Fort Knox ![]()
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Alhazred posted:Zelda Uhhh did we skip a bunch or something because Tove being heavily pregnant and whatshername having a totally new job seem like pretty sudden changes.
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Some Guy TT posted:Uhhh did we skip a bunch or something because Tove being heavily pregnant and whatshername having a totally new job seem like pretty sudden changes. There's some gaps in my archive.
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Nancy![]() Dustin ![]() Mandrake ![]() Man in Black ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Kennel posted:Dustin I'm not an expert on the subject but the attic seems like the least convenient possible place to put your sewing machine unless you're ignoring it for years at a time and don't even remember how to use it anymore.
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Kennel posted:
Seems like a lot of trouble to go through in order to score some motor oil.
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Kennel posted:Man in Black I take it gears/gearwheels are called 'toothwheels' in finnish as well?
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Bobbins![]() This marks the end of the first Bobbins.Horse plotline. The next story shifts page format notably.
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Arlo and Janis![]() Tina's Groove Classic (November 7, 2008) ![]() Arlo and Janis Classic (November 7, 1998) ![]() Garfield Classic (November 7, 1988) ![]() The complete run of Garfield got moved to GoComics, which sucks, since the strips on garfield.com were really nice, vivid, and high-quality, and, well, then there's this.
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Julet Esqu posted:Les flirts with Tiff whenever Team Evans wants to show what a scumbag he is (that vile villain even kept flirting with her AFTER she got fat!!!) What actually is the story behind her gaining weight? I thought I was just imagining it.
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YeahTubaMike posted:What actually is the story behind her gaining weight? I thought I was just imagining it. There is no story. It's just a thing that happened. Bernice tried to use it as an excuse to run her life for her, but that didn't go anywhere either. Now she's drawn slightly differently than she used to be. ![]()
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I vaguely remember that the reason ultimately given for the weight gain was that Tiffany was depressed because she was feeling increasingly isolated from her father and far away from home. I don't remember if we were actually told this at the time, but that's been the implication ever since then at least with all of Tiffany's personal problems directly relating to a strained family relationship.
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Some Guy TT posted:I vaguely remember that the reason ultimately given for the weight gain was that Tiffany was depressed because she was feeling increasingly isolated from her father and far away from home. I don't remember if we were actually told this at the time, but that's been the implication ever since then at least with all of Tiffany's personal problems directly relating to a strained family relationship. That's what I think too but I can't tell if it's just applying basic empathy to figure out that she has some sort of a stress related eating disorder
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She was sad and lonely at college because daddy's new girlfriend was stealing him away from her and she wasn't the popular one any more now they were out of highschool. It's a classic combination of transition to adulthood problems that she tried to solve with cake. It could have been the basis for a good characterising arc but instead the psychology demon started armchair psychoanalysis and the idiot decided the best thing to do would be to constantly point out that she was fatter than she used to be.
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It still had potential to be good once the fat-shaming got out of the way but then we found out that Ann Eiffel was the girlfriend and welp, so much for any nuance about the relationship between Tiff and her dad now that she was all grown up.
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SubNat posted:I take it gears/gearwheels are called 'toothwheels' in finnish as well? Yeah. I was a bit unsure, but it seems that cogs <=> teeth is common enough that it's understandable in English without explanation. Kennel fucked around with this message at 14:39 on Jun 20, 2020 |
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Crabgrass![]() Support Tauhid's Patreon here. Old School Peanuts (Nov 10, 1951) ![]() Calvin and Hobbes (Sept 30 - Oct 1, 1987) ![]() ![]() Robbie and Bobby (Mar 11, 2016) ![]() (Jun 3, 2020) ![]() ![]()
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Kennel posted:Yeah. I was a bit unsure, but it seems that cogs <=> teeth is common enough that it's understandable in English without explanation. I thought it was a circular saw blade. If so, they're called teeth in English. On second thought, gears have teeth too. Safety Dance fucked around with this message at 15:03 on Jun 20, 2020 |
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