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sweeperbravo
May 18, 2012

AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)

I think this is the first time I laughed at this comic

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The Bloop
Jul 5, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

sweeperbravo posted:

I think this is the first time I laughed at this comic

same and i dont even bother to read it anymore. I only did because you quoted it so thanks for that

curtadams
Mar 24, 2019

Vargo posted:

lol, there's absolutely no way JamesAllen can pretend this was a mutual departure if they're ending his run right at the beginning of a storyline just to go to Jackelrod reruns.
I'm wondering why he had to leave so abruptly. Crashing out of a story like that into reruns will damage what's left of the brand, and I don't think wobbly art or trolling internet commenters is enough. I'm thinking they got a cease-and-desist letter from somebody whose art he lightboxed.

Technowolf
Nov 4, 2009




Mark Trail has a "brand"?

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

Technowolf posted:

Mark Trail has a "brand"?

Oh yes, his endorsement is very sought after.

My Lovely Horse
Aug 21, 2010

https://mobile.twitter.com/SchneidRemarks/status/1271870197880819712

Parahexavoctal
Oct 10, 2004

I AM NOT BEING PAID TO CORRECT OTHER PEOPLE'S POSTS! DONKEY!!

Discendo Vox posted:

I'd love to see more from H T Webster.

Here you go, then. As I understand it, "tree law" is a big thing for homeowners?

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Murdstone
Jun 14, 2005



curtadams posted:

I'm wondering why he had to leave so abruptly. Crashing out of a story like that into reruns will damage what's left of the brand, and I don't think wobbly art or trolling internet commenters is enough. I'm thinking they got a cease-and-desist letter from somebody whose art he lightboxed.
It was this. Note his username was "TheMarkTrail" at the time, and he also interacted with fans through this account. The syndicate cannot ignore that. Also it should be noted that rather than apologizing and removing this and other offensive tweets, he doubled down with "Not my fault if you can't take a joke."

Also James Allen was ruining the Mark Trail brand for years. There was even an editorial from a newspaperman/longtime Trail fan (believe it or not) saying the James Allen stories are so bad he won't try to save that strip from cancelation in his paper anymore.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

Live, laugh, kupo!

Parahexavoctal posted:

As I understand it, "tree law" is a big thing for homeowners?

Yeah, it can be a big ol' mess. My parents had to deal with that a few years back when the neighbor's tree fell over and broke a fence and some plants, and that was with both parties cooperating and just trying to figure out the insurance forms and reimbursement. "When you hire guys to clean up the part on your side, can they take care of the part on our side too or do we need to hire them separately and you pay us back" sort of thing. Then there are issues with a healthy tree such as branches/fruit overhanging a property line, blocked views in places where people pay way too much money without thinking about how things will grow in ten years, general cleanup from fall leaves, plenty of fodder for folks who already don't get along to explode into a legal brawl.

Hobnob
Feb 23, 2006

Ursa Adorandum

Bruceski posted:

Yeah, it can be a big ol' mess. My parents had to deal with that a few years back when the neighbor's tree fell over and broke a fence and some plants, and that was with both parties cooperating and just trying to figure out the insurance forms and reimbursement. "When you hire guys to clean up the part on your side, can they take care of the part on our side too or do we need to hire them separately and you pay us back" sort of thing. Then there are issues with a healthy tree such as branches/fruit overhanging a property line, blocked views in places where people pay way too much money without thinking about how things will grow in ten years, general cleanup from fall leaves, plenty of fodder for folks who already don't get along to explode into a legal brawl.

There's even a cartoon for it:

riderchop
Aug 10, 2010

av by @daikonquest!
Garfield



Heathcliff



Overboard



Monty



Rae the Doe



:v:

Rae the Doe's web archives

The Superb Owl


starting tomorrow, we enter a new storyline, which I've just now decided to post serially instead of all at once. here is the cover:

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 22:50 on Jul 25, 2022

Parahexavoctal
Oct 10, 2004

I AM NOT BEING PAID TO CORRECT OTHER PEOPLE'S POSTS! DONKEY!!

Bruceski posted:

Yeah, it can be a big ol' mess. My parents had to deal with that a few years back when the neighbor's tree fell over and broke a fence and some plants, and that was with both parties cooperating and just trying to figure out the insurance forms and reimbursement. "When you hire guys to clean up the part on your side, can they take care of the part on our side too or do we need to hire them separately and you pay us back" sort of thing. Then there are issues with a healthy tree such as branches/fruit overhanging a property line, blocked views in places where people pay way too much money without thinking about how things will grow in ten years, general cleanup from fall leaves, plenty of fodder for folks who already don't get along to explode into a legal brawl.


Oh dear, that sounds like too much for Mr. Milquetoast to handle. He'll just pay for the whole thing.

Selachian
Oct 9, 2012

Parahexavoctal posted:

Here you go, then. As I understand it, "tree law" is a big thing for homeowners?



Unless I miss my guess, those Webster pages are scanned from this book, but I'm too lazy to dig out my copy to check.

catlord
Mar 22, 2009

What's on your mind, Axa?

Johnny Walker posted:

Your posts are making me want to check out the books. Got a recommendation for a good starter?

Del Rey put out a series of Robert E Howard collections with Conan in three volumes ("The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian", "The Bloody Crown of Conan", and "The Conquering Sword of Conan"). They arranged the stories by order written, as written without later editorial changes, to show the evolution of the writing and character as Howard became more comfortable writing them, have some excellent essays and introductions to give more background, and a variety of extra stuff, from copies of the general maps Howard made to synopses and unfinished drafts of stories he never finished. I personally started from the beginning, reading them in order, then moving onto, in order, Del Rey's Kull, Bran Mak Morn, and Solomon Kane collections. That said, it might be worth it to pick up the second volume first, it has Hour of the Dragon which was originally written to be a novel published in Britain (suggested by a publisher after turning down a collection of short stories), and is generally considered one of the best, so it might be a good place to start. If you're in the UK, I guess they were released there as "Conan of Cimmeria": volumes 1 through 3.

There are several other collections out there, Gollancz had a two volume collection under their Fantasy Masterworks line ("The Conan Chronicles" volumes 1 and 2), and later collected those into an omnibus titled "The Complete Chronicles of Conan". Not sure how those are, but the Fantasy Masterworks line was/is pretty good and I've got several of their collections, so I figure it'd be hard to go wrong with that.

Maybe skip The Vale of Lost Women no matter which way you go, it is bad. The worst of the Howard Conan tales.

Conan the Barbarian Mar. 3rd- Mar. 9th, 1980







Medenmath
Jan 18, 2003

catlord posted:

Del Rey put out a series of Robert E Howard collections with Conan in three volumes ("The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian", "The Bloody Crown of Conan", and "The Conquering Sword of Conan"). (etc)

I have the first of these volumes and had completely forgotten about getting the others, so thanks for the reminder. :)

I've really enjoyed this most recent Conan story. It's been a lot of fun and this version of Thulsa Doom reminds me of a more menacing Skeletor, much to my nostalgic delight.

ZeeToo
Feb 20, 2008

I'm a kitty!

Discendo Vox posted:

Would be improved if the last panel was just her standing alone forever.

Haifisch
Nov 12, 2010

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



Taco Defender
2017 Spiderman


1978 Comics




Dick Tracy


Locher Tracy


Origins of the Sunday Comics


Footrot Flats

Evil Mastermind
Apr 28, 2008

The Dinette Set knows how to save a few bucks.


Working Daze oh lord they're doing this again.


Super-Fun-Pak Comix will be right back after these commercial messages.


Cul De Sac is close enough.

Drakyn
Dec 26, 2012

Haifisch posted:

2017 Spiderman

I'd say this perfectly sums up newspaper spider-man but honestly pretty much every strip does that. The lack of an exclamation mark in the third panel really sells it - nobody is surprised by these events. Everyone expected this.

EasyEW
Mar 8, 2006

I've got my father's great big six-shooter with me 'n' if anybody in this woods wants to start somethin' just let 'em--but they DASSN'T.
Looking forward to more Timid Soul.

Anyway, I done goof'd, time is tight, here's the short version of the usual.

Sally Forth takes a new point of view.



Skippy (February 8, 1933)



Peanuts (July 30, 1973)



Oh Crap, We Lost Track Of Les Moore, So Here's A Round Of Golf With Some Randos Instead.



Crankshaft



9 "You Got One Panel Of Babies, Have Six More Weeks Of Horniness" Lane



Rip Haywire



Thimble Theater (February 26, 1937)

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PainterofCrap
Oct 17, 2002

hey bebe



Darthemed posted:

Given how frazzled Calvin's mom is, it's more likely that the kids were doing stuff like running all through the aisles and throwing popcorn at each other.

As an ancient child of the sixties, I can tell you that:

Matinees were the poo poo.

Usually two or more movies with cartoons in between, for a quarter to fifty cents (depending on the theater & films).

We had a theater close enough to walk to (the Hiway in Jenkintown, outside of Phila). Usually the oldest sibling led the others, had all of the money, and was the cop/crowd control. No parents. We'd hit Walker's candy store on the way up and buy a metric assload of loose candy for a quarter. Since almost every kid did this... then yes, it could devolve into a popcorn & jujubee-flavored riot as all that sugar hit.

The main purpose was to keep the kids occupied & out of their parent's hair for a few hours on the weekend.

***

I remember winning the bet to take my son to see the Barney movie (or some such horror) around 1997. When my wife got home, she had the thousand-yard stare and swore to never do it again.

BigDave
Jul 14, 2009

Taste the High Country

Huh, I wonder if the neighbors were named after the speedboat manufacture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Aronow#Murder

Kavak
Aug 23, 2009


I had to go see the Barney movie with my little sister when I was 7. She wandered the aisles with the other preschoolers while I buried my face in my hands the entire time in rage and shame.

Julet Esqu
May 6, 2007




sweeperbravo posted:

That latest Luann is such a great example of the need to immediatley deflate any tension. Like literally within the last panel teh conflict is introduced and IMMEDIATELY resolved.
To be fair, I don't know how they would have actually wrung any length of suspense out of this scenario, but

Oh, I don't know, have her look for a job? (Team Evans can't possibly think she'd still be getting paid to RA if she doesn't even live in the dorm anymore, right? Right?) Couch surf? Meet up with Piro again and he teaches her the way of the technically homeless? They could have done something. Anything. But instead they went with nothing. Absolutely nothing.

And yes. It's infuriating. We had to spend months and months (years?) watching Tiff be financially and emotionally abused and beaten down by a monster, but that was cool and funny because Tiff is a "bad" character. Bernice, however, is a "good" character, so she cannot sit in her discomfort for more than five minutes without being rescued. the only conflict or tension we will get with this plotline will be wacky roommate drama as Luann and Bernice learn to live together. See below:



Oh, hey, by the way! Don't you guys think that this comic was getting a bit too in-your-face with the diversity, what with having two whole POC taking turns showing up to say a line or two every few months? Well, one of them was Dez, Bernice's roommate! And now Bernice doesn't live in the dorms anymore! Bye bye Dez! Phew, back down to one! What a relief!

curtadams
Mar 24, 2019

riderchop posted:


Rae the Doe



Time travel and altering history in a reality show? Much more realistic than Trump in The Apprentice, that's for sure.

ukonvasara
Aug 16, 2012

a mixture of gravity and waggery

You already owned the cafe! You're paying yourself to work! Did the Evanses just, like, forget this?

Johnny Aztec
Jan 29, 2005

by Hand Knit

ukonvasara posted:

You already owned the cafe! You're paying yourself to work! Did the Evanses just, like, forget this?

I wonder if theres some creative tax related stuff there, that'd end up saving them alot of money in the end?
I mean, obviously it's just poor writing, but I am curious now.

Discendo Vox
Mar 21, 2013
Probation
Can't post for 4 hours!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPRonG87eKw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iWTzqlBM2Y


<3

Evil Mastermind posted:

Working Daze oh lord they're doing this again.


I hate how much better the art is.

Somebody fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Jul 25, 2022

Parahexavoctal
Oct 10, 2004

I AM NOT BEING PAID TO CORRECT OTHER PEOPLE'S POSTS! DONKEY!!

EasyEW posted:

Looking forward to more Timid Soul.

Archive.org provides the scans in several different resolutions; do you prefer the medium (which I can post directly as attachments) or super-high (which I have to put on imgur)?

In this strip, Caspar is too embarrassed to look at a statue that isn't wearing any clothes... even though it's nonrepresentational and is only called "Venus".

large:




medium:

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Just Dan Again
Dec 16, 2012

Adventure!

Stultus Maximus posted:

Oh yes, his endorsement is very sought after.



I, for one, trust Locher Hands Mark Trail with my family's weather safety.

Discendo Vox
Mar 21, 2013
Probation
Can't post for 4 hours!
I think the medium is fine. Thank you so much!

Just Dan Again posted:

I, for one, trust Locher Hands Mark Trail with my family's weather safety.

I'm actually going to look into getting one of those radios.

Discendo Vox fucked around with this message at 05:36 on Jul 28, 2020

My Lovely Horse
Aug 21, 2010

Johnny Walker posted:

It was this. Note his username was "TheMarkTrail" at the time, and he also interacted with fans through this account. The syndicate cannot ignore that. Also it should be noted that rather than apologizing and removing this and other offensive tweets, he doubled down with "Not my fault if you can't take a joke."

Also James Allen was ruining the Mark Trail brand for years. There was even an editorial from a newspaperman/longtime Trail fan (believe it or not) saying the James Allen stories are so bad he won't try to save that strip from cancelation in his paper anymore.
Although the whole thing does painfully highlight how there are basically no editorial standards, and you can turn in incoherent traced clipart for years without anyone batting an eye.

Strontium
Aug 28, 2009

Dexter didn't much care for the party.
Daddy Daze


Take It From the Tinkersons


Dark Side of the Horse


Fort Knox

Discendo Vox
Mar 21, 2013
Probation
Can't post for 4 hours!

Strontium posted:

Take It From the Tinkersons


why are you smiling


why are you okay with this

Yvonmukluk
Oct 10, 2012

Everything is Sinister


Bad Machinery

Ryan's not being rude, there's actually an in-universe reason why he's having trouble keeping Erin's name straight. But I don't think it ever actually comes up in Bad Machinery.

Mercedes Colomar
Nov 1, 2008

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Discendo Vox posted:

why are you smiling


why are you okay with this


She;s into it.

Family Circus


Rose is Rose


One Big Happy


Foob


Compu-Toon


Bizarro

Mikl
Nov 8, 2009

Vote shit sandwich or the shit sandwich gets it!
Classic Kevin and Kell (November 13-16, 1995)





First on-panel death of a named character! Last appearance: L.D.


Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

Yvonmukluk posted:

Bad Machinery

Ryan's not being rude, there's actually an in-universe reason why he's having trouble keeping Erin's name straight. But I don't think it ever actually comes up in Bad Machinery.

The little "Hop Hop"s are wonderful

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My Lovely Horse
Aug 21, 2010

Maxwell Lord posted:

The little "Hop Hop"s are wonderful
They have names you know

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