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StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

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

Parahexavoctal posted:

worse than Ed Kudlick?

Ed Kudlick can at least speak without resorting to deranged baby talk

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Schwarzwald
Jul 27, 2004

Don't Blink
An unaging baby character hits different in a comic that so heavily idolizes childhood.

Medenmath
Jan 18, 2003

Green Intern posted:

You can't just have another guy named Cesario. We already have one!

readingatwork
Jan 8, 2009

Hello Fatty!


Fun Shoe

LMAO

Drimble Wedge
Mar 10, 2008

Self-contained

Julet Esqu posted:

When I say that Team Evans may be trying to portray making nice with her abuser as the "right" thing for Tiff to do, I am not saying that I think the power of Tiff's kindness will make Anne come around, or that her dad will suddenly realize that Tiff is nice and Anne is mean and dump Anne, or that Team Evans will make it come out well for Tiff at all. Team Evans HATE giving Tiff nice things.

What I think is more likely is that Tiff will become that person who exists in far too many families in real life. Constantly shat upon. Constantly the scapegoat. Grimly continuing to put up with abuse and never ever cutting the person off. Not because they are unable to get away, but because they are trying to be the grown-up and do the right thing and because saying they will no longer put up with the abuse would hurt the FAAAAAAAAMMILY. And what I fear is that we, the readers, are supposed to look at this and think, "Wow, that Tiff. It's so sad what she goes through to keep her FAAAAAAMMILY intact. She's so brave. Wow, she's grown up so much." When actually it's bullshit and she should head for the hills. (And again, no shade whatsoever to people who find themselves in this very real situation IRL. My objection is if Team Evans are trying to say that voluntarily subjecting yourself to abuse so your dad doesn't feel bad is a good and proper thing for an adult young lady to do.)


I suspect this is one of those toxic "everything is JUST FINE" families where the person speaking up about being treated badly is a worse offender than the one doing the treatment; my parents were kind of like that. (If I complained about being physically hurt by my older and much larger brother, I was "hateful" for trying to get him in trouble.) It's the same logic followed by boomers and CHUDs who claim that pointing out instances of racism is just "being divisive" and "bringing race into everything".

Anyway, here some characters who are SUPPOSED to be monsters: Scary Gary



Pigsfeet on Rye
Oct 22, 2008

No thanks to Lizzo..

Sweaty IT Nerd posted:

It feels weird to say this but I hate that baby.

I hate everything about Rose is Rose. :argh:

Murdstone
Jun 14, 2005



:lol:

F Minus



Great. Just when you really need a lawyer.

Mark Trail



Mary Worth



The Phantom



Pooch Cafe



Popeye's Cartoon Club



Rex Morgan MD



Andertoons



Apartment 3-G

Zereth
Jul 8, 2003



readingatwork posted:

Old School Peanuts (Nov 19, 1951)


:ohdear: It's happening. Snoopy is transforming into a Weird Kid instead of a dog.

fondue
Jul 14, 2002

Haifisch posted:

1978 Comics to make up for yesterday.


I remember when we got our first microwave oven - we weren't the first on our block so it was just a big deal to us. It was gigantic and we spent the day microwaving everything in it; eggs were the biggest surprise, you had to heat it some, then stir, then heat more. In the end they were super fluffy. After the first day the novelty quickly wore off and it became almost exclusively the thing used to heat water, soup, or leftovers.


B Kliban




Sweaty IT Nerd
Jul 13, 2007

Pigsfeet on Rye posted:

I hate everything about Rose is Rose. :argh:

Don't get me wrong. I hate Clem and Pasquale and the fat grandma and Rose and Jimbo too. But that baby is worse than all of them.

ikanreed
Sep 25, 2009

I honestly I have no idea who cannibal[SIC] is and I do not know why I should know.

syq dude, just syq!

Sweaty IT Nerd posted:

Don't get me wrong. I hate Clem and Pasquale and the fat grandma and Rose and Jimbo too. But that baby is worse than all of them.

A-ha! You admit to liking the dumbass angel character

Medenmath
Jan 18, 2003
Prince Valiant

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.


In today's Corto Maltese: Germany showing the same ineptitude for spying that will continue into WW2, or Dr. 'Clark' does not take criticism well, or Corto likes leaving things as they lie



Alhazred
Feb 16, 2011




Zelda

Yvonmukluk
Oct 10, 2012

Everything is Sinister


Bobbins

Tiggum
Oct 23, 2007

Your life and your quest end here.


Selachian posted:

Brenda Starr 8/17/41
I'm certain that at least one of them is being incredibly stupid, but I can't tell which one.

FrumpleOrz posted:

On The Fastrack
I mentioned the other day how much it annoys me that Dethany's piercings and tattoos are never actually drawn, but I'd managed to forget how Fast Rack actually has a whole lot of employees who just never appear in the comic. You get the impression that maybe a dozen people work there, but then you get a comic like this where you go "wait a minute, she's not away from her employees, there're right there with her" and suddenly remember that there's normally dozens of people just off-screen. :argh:

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

Drimble Wedge posted:

I suspect this is one of those toxic "everything is JUST FINE" families where the person speaking up about being treated badly is a worse offender than the one doing the treatment; my parents were kind of like that. (If I complained about being physically hurt by my older and much larger brother, I was "hateful" for trying to get him in trouble.) It's the same logic followed by boomers and CHUDs who claim that pointing out instances of racism is just "being divisive" and "bringing race into everything".

On one end Ann Eiffel has always been presented as unsubtly monstrous and unsympathetic but on the other end what other resolutions are there? Miscarriage? Short sighted fake pregnancy? She gets outed as a cheater? None of these would be satisfying.

Shugojin
Sep 6, 2007

THE TAIL THAT BURNS TWICE AS BRIGHT...


Some Guy TT posted:

On one end Ann Eiffel has always been presented as unsubtly monstrous and unsympathetic but on the other end what other resolutions are there? Miscarriage? Short sighted fake pregnancy? She gets outed as a cheater? None of these would be satisfying.

The writers not spending years being really mean to someone based on the concept of bullying the one character who is based on the daughter

the whole thing is weird as hell

also when is the last time luann was even in luann

Alterian
Jan 28, 2003


Pregnant people shouldn't be taking aspirin. Someone who's already had a kid would know that.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

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

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
She's not even pregnant and that is actually a scan of an unrelated child that she bought off eBay.

LazyQ
Feb 22, 2011

Mämmilä

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

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

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
A traditional plan from the property developer playbook.

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011

I'm assuming that silly-looking New York Bowling Team coat was also in the original? Just something the whippersnappers thought was cool because it was printed in English?

edit: and while I'm at it...


The Heisenberg reference seems deliberate and believable in the original Swedish but Parks and Rec? Comedies don't travel well in general internationally and that one in particular would seem like a hard sell in a foreign market considering how wrapped up it is in the idea of small town America.

Some Guy TT fucked around with this message at 12:38 on Jun 28, 2020

Selachian
Oct 9, 2012

Rhymes with Orange



Get Fuzzy 6/27/00



Brenda Starr 8/24/41



"P.S. Isn't that just like a woman?"



Smokey Stover 3/29/36



Not every day you see a reference to Tu Fu on the comics page (on the side of the wacky car in panel 4).

I also like the skyline in panel 7 -- it's Seuss-ish.

Selachian fucked around with this message at 13:14 on Jun 28, 2020

Alhazred
Feb 16, 2011




Some Guy TT posted:

The Heisenberg reference seems deliberate and believable in the original Swedish but Parks and Rec? Comedies don't travel well in general internationally and that one in particular would seem like a hard sell in a foreign market considering how wrapped up it is in the idea of small town America.

I would say that Parks and Rec is popular enough in Scandinavia that people would get the reference.

Pastry of the Year
Apr 12, 2013

Arlo and Janis





Tina's Groove Classic (November 14, 2008)



Arlo and Janis Classic (November 14, 1998)



Garfield Classic (November 14, 1988)

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Mr. Boop





Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

:ohdear:

Angular Cyrus
May 29, 2007

everything is so much harder than it looks
You can't solve all your problems with three-ways.

Alhazred
Feb 16, 2011




Angular Cyrus posted:

You can't solve all your problems with three-ways.

They could've had solved that problem with a three-way:colbert:

Sweaty IT Nerd
Jul 13, 2007

It used to be kind of an informal rule that if people had the means to look ahead they would keep that poo poo to themselves. I liked that rule.

Zereth
Jul 8, 2003



Look, the last time somebody wanted to kill Mr. Boop they solved it with a three-way, why wouldn't this have worked?

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 20:21 on Jul 25, 2022

StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

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

why am i invested in Mr Boop enough to worry over this cliffhanger!!!!

ikanreed
Sep 25, 2009

I honestly I have no idea who cannibal[SIC] is and I do not know why I should know.

syq dude, just syq!

StrixNebulosa posted:

why am i invested in Mr Boop enough to worry over this cliffhanger!!!!

How else are you going to get that threesome with Betty boop

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


No Safe Havens on Sundays!

Stone Soup


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

i hate fastrack so much! aaaa!

Mercedes Colomar
Nov 1, 2008

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

StrixNebulosa posted:

That is really the absolute worst Rose is Rose comic.

Oh my dear Strix, they're all the worst. Haven't we learned? We all float down here. Or something.

Family Circus


Rose is Rose


One Big Happy


Foob


Compu-Toon


Bizarro


Foxtrot

Mercedes Colomar fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Jun 28, 2020

StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

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

Pinch me, I'm looking at an actually nice FOOB.

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Caphi
Jan 6, 2012

INCREDIBLE
It's less nice when you think about how blatantly she later portrays it as good for Michael and Elizabeth to grow up into her again while judging every adventurous decision Elizabeth and April make (not to mention the whole Michael and Lynn's real son thing).

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