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Pastry of the Year posted:Arlo and Janis
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Mikl posted:Classic Kevin and Kell (August 18-22, 1997) Every time I think their hellworld couldn't get worse, there you go.
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Strontium posted:Take It From the Tinkersons Tinkersons got a genuine smile out of me today, and I really appreciate that.
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Pastry of the Year posted:Arlo and Janis That was Edward R. Murrow's sign-off.
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Vintage Valiant (Jan. 25, 1942)![]() ![]() Pastry of the Year posted:Arlo and Janis Oof. Medenmath fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Nov 3, 2020 |
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Garfield![]() Heathcliff ![]() Overboard ![]() Monty ![]() Rae the Doe ![]() Rae the Doe's web archives Spoiler ![]() Thrones ![]()
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StrixNebulosa posted:I'm late because I've been busy but this is a good post. I really enjoy Kevin and Kell, almost as much as I enjoy hating on it. I don't have anything to add except that you're a good poster and post good comics, thank you. Aw thanks! You too! Anyway, a little stroke of fortune. On this stressful day we're up to one of my all-time favorite DtWOF strips. Dykes to Watch Out For #114 (1991) ![]() Most of this is self-explanatory. Somewhat surprisingly, Bechdel stuck with actual movies for the marquee here, perhaps to drive home her point about dude-centric blockbusters. Kindergarten Cop was a 1990 Schwarzenegger movie about uh, a cop who has to teach kindergarten to catch a drug-lord. It's goofy. What About Bob? is a 1991 Frank Oz movie starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss. Dreyfuss is a psychiatrist, Murray is Bob, an annoying patient. Thelma and Louise was a 1991 Ridley Scott movie in which Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon go wild on a road trip together, a very formative movie for the 90s "girl power" aesthetic. In it, a guy who's harassing and assaulting them gets shot to death in what was then an extremely cathartic scene for many women. Pursued by the cops for this, they go on a spree before eventually deciding to drive off the edge of a cliff together, which is where the movie ends. So-- on the one hand, two cool ladies not giving a poo poo, telling annoying men to eat poo poo and blowing up their trucks. On the other hand, they end up dead, suicide being preferable to capture and reassimilation back into the patriarchy. Andrew Dice Clay was a comedian who was popular for being kind of a loud-mouthed idiot. He said all kinds of dumbshit racist and misogynist things as part of his "anti-PC" persona so his appearance here is appropriate. I just really like the way the catcalling guy gets shut down here. Like I said, one of my favorite strips. Sam's Strip (3/8/1962) ![]() Jackie Kennedy was famous for her couture and especially her Oleg Cassini and Chanel suits. Her little pillbox hat and pink Chanel suit were a signature look, that, kind of grimly for this strip, because most famous from the day of JFK's assassination in 1963.
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LazyQ posted:Mämmilä ![]() Is that Ronka, the old turbo-miser, screaming about socialized healthcare?
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The Far Side Pickles ![]() Zits ![]() Professor Wayne fucked around with this message at 15:07 on Jul 25, 2022 |
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Andrew Dice Clay was also famous for ruining his own career by being a loudmouth sexist dumbass on SNL in the 90s, which is really saying something, and is also responsible for the indulgent vanity film project The Adventure of Ford Fairlane which is a better Yello soundtrack than a movie.
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"What About Bob?" is one of those movies we had recorded off cable when I was a kid and I've probably seen it a hundred times. I bet I could quote it word for word alongside the commercials that came in the breaks. It's weird to me that my kids won't really have that same experience as streaming takes fully over. We had Ghostbusters 2 recorded, as well, and I watched it a hundred times before I ever saw the first Ghostbusters. I'm not so silly as to think that my childhood was better than theirs because of how media consumption has evolved. It's just one of those common threads that connects a generation and divides us from others in subtle (and honestly, meaningless) ways.
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LazyQ posted:Mämmilä Rest in peace old man, you earned it ![]()
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Bruceski posted:I actually just saw a tweet about this, hold on... Kennel posted:Nancy Kennel posted:Dustin F Minus ![]() Same Mark Trail ![]() Kelly Welly! Mary Worth ![]() The Phantom ![]() Pooch Cafe ![]() Rex Morgan MD ![]() Apartment 3-G ![]() Andertoons remains unchanged.
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riderchop posted:Monty kudos for looking up what was actually on a $5 greenback but the joke falls a little flat since lincoln was on the $10
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Johnny Walker posted:Mary Worth ![]()
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Lottie continues to be The Best
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Best Boondocks ever.
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Johnny Walker posted:
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Darthemed posted:Docks ![]()
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Ghostlight posted:Bogor Last time: Next time: the END of Helmot!! Helmot: Endgame ![]() Drakyn fucked around with this message at 20:57 on Nov 3, 2020 |
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Drakyn posted:Last time: Next time: the END of Helmot!! art
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Darthemed posted:Retail Selachian posted:Edge of Geuhh B Kliban ![]() ![]()
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fondue posted:Isn't that exactly what Circuit City did? This comic is probably a direct response to that, yeah. First it was a bunch of layoffs and paycuts for the people they kept when they got rid of commission bonuses in 2003, and then they did exactly this in 2007 while lowering the starting pay by $1.35 an hour. Both times it backfired horribly for the company and by 2009 the company was defunct.
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Sally Forth![]() Pearls Before Swine ![]() Skippy (May 2, 1933) ![]() Peanuts (November 6, 1973) ![]() Funky Winkerbean ![]() Crankshaft ![]() 9 Chickweed Lane ![]() Thimble Theater (June 4, 1937) ![]() Out Our Way (July 1-3, 1935) ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Goddammit now I want Bill and Ted Happy Meal toys
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EasyEW posted:Funky Winkerbean
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Zerilan posted:This comic is probably a direct response to that, yeah. First it was a bunch of layoffs and paycuts for the people they kept when they got rid of commission bonuses in 2003, and then they did exactly this in 2007 while lowering the starting pay by $1.35 an hour. Both times it backfired horribly for the company and by 2009 the company was defunct. Yeah it turns out making your service worse was a terrible way to respond to rising e-commerce but it sure did squeeze a little bit of extra blood from the stone for shareholders
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I'm guessing this is about changing fashion, but I don't quite get it. Pants weren't the thing for women in 35 yet.
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Gnoman posted:I'm guessing this is about changing fashion, but I don't quite get it. Pants weren't the thing for women in 35 yet. Being pushed on the swing makes her skirt fly up and you can see her ankles and everything, hence the shocked grannies at left.
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Zerilan posted:This comic is probably a direct response to that, yeah. First it was a bunch of layoffs and paycuts for the people they kept when they got rid of commission bonuses in 2003, and then they did exactly this in 2007 while lowering the starting pay by $1.35 an hour. Both times it backfired horribly for the company and by 2009 the company was defunct. Yeah this was part of a series of impressively stupid decisions--before the layoffs and the pay cuts, they decided to stop selling large appliances in 2000 despite being the second-largest such retailer, causing them to immediately miss out on all the appliance revenue generated during the housing bubble.
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# ? Feb 8, 2025 23:44 |
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The Great Rope-Swing Fetish of 1908 got a lot of people hot under the collar.
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