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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 12/14/00  Brenda Starr 11/26/44  Wait a second. Doctor Pierre has a hidden trapdoor in his office, and it just dumps unwanted guests into ... the laundry room? Not a holding cell or a pit of spikes or a furnace or anything? Lame. Smokey Stover 1/29/39  Richard's Poor Almanac  Feels a bit like Thompson doing Far Side here.
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Arlo and Janis Tina's Groove Classic (April 20, 2009)  Arlo and Janis Classic (April 20, 1999)  Garfield Classic (April 20, 1989) 
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Manuel Calavera posted:Compu-Toon X-ING Cross-ing Get this man an editor.
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TampaTango posted:Z-ING? Is that a Deer energy drink? Counterpoint: don't
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Vargo posted:Wallace
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TampaTango posted:Z-ING? Is that a Deer energy drink? I think it would be an impossible job anyways. Every cartoon the editor looked at would just be "Wait...what? An app store? Like a physical place to go get apps? How...?" F Minus  Mark Trail  Mary Worth  The Phantom  Looks dangerous. Good thing that rhino joined them. Pooch Cafe  Rex Morgan MD  Andertoons  Apartment 3-G 
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Drakyn posted:Precision calculation on that poster. Omg, I didnt even notice that poster! Is Spud his real name,or just a nickname?
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Johnny Walker posted:F Minus Anatiadaephobia: the fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you. (that may be a goose)
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Johnny Walker posted:F Minus 
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I got stared at by some geese today. That's it. No moral.
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Professor Wayne posted:The Far Side These Kevin and Kell/ Far Side edits are getting out of hand Somebody fucked around with this message at 15:28 on Jul 25, 2022 |
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Moominposting Is it really Hattifatteners in english? I'm used to Hattifnatt.
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Resident Idiot posted:
holy poo poo were I a stronger person, I would add this to the strips i post. ..........maybe after we get through the Rae the Doe Archives
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SubNat posted:Is it really Hattifatteners in english? I'm used to Hattifnatt. That's what they use in the Moomin text adaptations I have.
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The Green Hornet '41 #16 of 24 Axa   I think the bees are better characters than Matt. And I agree, Modesty and Willie's relationship is one of the best parts of the comic, and honestly something I wish more stories would emulate.
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Johnny Walker posted:
One time I was riding in a car while my friend was driving us down a winding country road. We crested a hill and saw a peacock in the middle of the lane. We were going to fast to avoid it on such short notice. The peacock was facing straight at us and fully deployed his tail feathers, just before we hit him. I still laugh when I think about how that was completely the wrong evolutionary response to the situation.
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Selachian posted:That's what they use in the Moomin text adaptations I have. It still feels....wrong.
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Sally Forth Pearls Before Swine  Skippy (June 6, 1933)  Peanuts (December 18, 1973)  Funky Winkerbean  Crankshaft  9 Chickweed Lane  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (July 16, 1937)  Out Our Way (October 14-16, 1935)   (Spoilered for Ick being the butt of a joke again.)  Toonerville Folks (November 20, 23-24, 1916)    Lilly (July 5-7, 1923)    My duck source is kinda busted at the moment, which is a perfect excuse to start the second annual presentation of Out Our Way At Christmas. (December 20, 23, 25-26, 1922)    
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Lowen SoDium posted:One time I was riding in a car while my friend was driving us down a winding country road. We crested a hill and saw a peacock in the middle of the lane. We were going to fast to avoid it on such short notice. The peacock was facing straight at us and fully deployed his tail feathers, just before we hit him. Much like how a Deer will stand Stock still if you are coming at it, but will also run right into your path, or even avoid you, and TURN AROUND and smash into the side of the vehicle. Their whole response is based around predators that would be confused with the erratic movements. They have nothing in their playbook for " thing that travels in straight line". Edit: Jesus christ, that Crankshaft. loving Boomers! Johnny Aztec fucked around with this message at 21:57 on Dec 15, 2020 |
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SubNat posted:Moominposting What are they? Aren't these the Moomins' "relations" that abused their hospitality in another story?
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Yvonmukluk posted:Bad Machinery
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I choose to believe the Powerful Katrinka is simply immune to anything as trivial as barbed wire! And Popeye is always fantastic and I appreciate the order of the strips because pee-yew, Rip Haywire finally lost my goodwill by repeating the exact same plotline three times in a row.
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Johnny Aztec posted:Much like how a Deer will stand Stock still if you are coming at it, but will also run right into your path, or even avoid you, and TURN AROUND and smash into the side of the vehicle. I finally understood why squirrels keep getting hit by cars when I saw one do the pause, double back, then suddenly change direction again thing to successfully evade a hawk.
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EasyEW posted:Toonerville Folks (November 20, 23-24, 1916) A) Tomboy Taylor is a great addition to the cast, 2) I can only see Katrinka about to toss her over the fence like it's shot put. I'm pretty sure she could break 22.63 m.
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Medenmath posted:Vintage Valiant (Oct. 04, 1942) *For the Deathless Who's One. nishi koichi posted:
Change the site's name to Sumpin' Arful, Jeffrey!
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Lowen SoDium posted:One time I was riding in a car while my friend was driving us down a winding country road. We crested a hill and saw a peacock in the middle of the lane. We were going to fast to avoid it on such short notice. The peacock was facing straight at us and fully deployed his tail feathers, just before we hit him. In that situation, what else is it supposed to do except scream "gently caress ME" in peacock language?
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Bell_ posted:I was terrified the first time I saw that last panel. I seem to recall it was the end of part one of the story in the original run. It's a pretty good cliffhanger.
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Powered Descent posted:It seems like mega-hit comic strips -- let's use a definition of "pretty much everyone would recognize the main character" -- used to come around at the rate of several per decade. But not anymore. The last strip I can think of that became that kind of sensation was Dilbert, and that happened over 25 years ago. I do think Pearls reached the Cathy/Beetle Bailey level. But that was started effectively 2002 (technically Dec 31, 2001). Which, by the 10 year rule, means the strip that has a running gag about legacy strips is now a - legacy strip. There's a lot of webcomics I love but they just don't get an audience like the newspapers could. Biggest hit I can think of is Andrew Hussie's Homestuck but that was really sui generis and pretty niche. It seems off that they don't get going - comics were originally a big draw to get people to read newspapers, and now people can follow them for free. But they don't. Edit: xkcd has gotten some traction in popular culture. curtadams fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Dec 15, 2020 |
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The Bloop posted:What are they? Aren't these the Moomins' "relations" that abused their hospitality in another story? They also grew from seeds in the first story as well. As for what they are? Beats me. All I know is they like a good lightning-rave. Otherwise they seem like harmless pests that just scare people a bit. (It's probably best to just dismiss how they acted in the first story, where they were another round of poor relations, as I don't think they ever get treated the same way in subsequent ones. Moomin and the Brigands very much feels like a pilot story to introduce the setting, which then got retconned once it went 'on the air' so to speak with story 2.)
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curtadams posted:I do think Pearls reached the Cathy/Beetle Bailey level. But that was started effectively 2002 (technically Dec 31, 2001). Which, by the 10 year rule, means the strip that has a running gag about legacy strips is now a - legacy strip.  Wouldn't a strip need to change hands to become a legacy strip?
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curtadams posted:There's a lot of webcomics I love but they just don't get an audience like the newspapers could. Biggest hit I can think of is Andrew Hussie's Homestuck but that was really sui generis and pretty niche. It seems off that they don't get going - comics were originally a big draw to get people to read newspapers, and now people can follow them for free. But they don't.
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In this installment of The Timid Soul (July 26, 1937), HT Webster loved to draw. Look at Caspar's shadow on the pool edge. Look at how his reflection in the water properly represents the bend of his knees. Look at how the pole's reflection (like the pool ladder's reflection) has two parts: one on the part of the water that's shaded, and one on the part that isn't. Notice how both the pole and the ladder are the center of ripples. You see that little blob at the end of the pole's reflection? That's the reflection of Caspar's hands: notice how if it weren't for the caption box, it would connect with the reflection of Caspar's arms. 
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