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Vargo
Dec 27, 2008

'Cuz it's KILLIN' ME!

YggiDee posted:

Wait, okay, I haven't been reading every comic that gets posted, but is the Mark Trail guy using his comic as ammunition for a Twitter fight? A Twitter fight with someone in this thread?? How long has this been happening, there's eighteen threads and they're all five hundred pages.

Slightly longer version:

WAY back in August, James ran an entire week of strips where Mark complains about losers on the internet who criticize his articles.

James found me on Twitter making fun of him for it and proceeded to get into a slap fight with me over it. It went on for days, including him deciding I must be unemployed and making fun of me for that. I even (teasingly) asked if I could be a Mark Trail bad guy. A few other thread people got into it too.

I accused him of using clip art and that REALLY set him off. And we ended this fight with him saying something like "You'll see what happens to social media fools in this storyline, STAY TUNED"

Two weeks later, Dr Camel appears. And he looks... A little like me. Not a huge amount but enough to make me go "hah, that's funny". And then Dr Camel is a sad little loser and a jerk the whole time. And then stuff from our Twitter feud starts leaking into the strip. Including me getting mauled by a bear, which I think someone actually suggested to him.

And now I am friend-zoned and dead. RIP ME.

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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




Safe Havens




Kevin & Kell




Mother Goose & Grimm




Hagar The Horrible




Sherman's Lagoon


Vargo
Dec 27, 2008

'Cuz it's KILLIN' ME!

amigolupus posted:


I can't help but wonder if the reason for the inconsistency is because Jams already wrote the first part of this story before he got mad at your posts and decided to change things up midway.

This seems like the most likely explanation, yeah. I could also say this is why there are three weeks between Dr. Camel being mentioned and Dr Camel actually being seen, but that's just how time works in this strip.

Also, as a result of this feud, the guy who does Over The Hedge is a fan of my podcast and the president of Andrews McMeel syndicate got in my DMs and took my resume.

It was a weird time.

readingatwork
Jan 8, 2009

Hello Fatty!


Fun Shoe

Green Intern posted:

I want a rocket hug.

We all want a rocket hug.

amigolupus
Aug 25, 2017

I laughed at the part where someone made a sarcastic tweet about Mark Trail and Jams thought they were being sincere, and then Vargo had to point out that they were making fun of him.


I'm not sure what's more stupid, hiding the fact that the program they made is a buggy mess, or trusting Dethany not to snitch to her corporate overlords.


Oh what the fresh hell is this bullshit? gently caress you, Holbrook!

Professor Wayne
Aug 27, 2008

So, Harvey, what became of the giant penny?

They actually let him keep it.
My Dad is Dracula


Pickles


Zits

Sweaty IT Nerd
Jul 13, 2007

Professor Wayne posted:

My Dad is Dracula


Man, that ufdrac would make a fine avatar.

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

FrumpleOrz posted:

Safe Havens




I can't take it. This is too stupid.

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: Guess this is the end for Corto and Ras, or Or is it?!??!, or Oh, no, it definitely isn't



MariusLecter
Sep 5, 2009

NI MUERTE NI MIEDO
https://twitter.com/NoobtheLoser/status/1227335578947084288?s=20

https://twitter.com/NoobtheLoser/status/1227662621719093251?s=20

His Divine Shadow
Aug 7, 2000

I'm not a fascist. I'm a priest. Fascists dress up in black and tell people what to do.

SubNat posted:

Huh! Do you not have any kind of stinging jellyfish over in Finland?

Just blue green algae blooms.

His Divine Shadow
Aug 7, 2000

I'm not a fascist. I'm a priest. Fascists dress up in black and tell people what to do.

Haifisch posted:

Dick Tracy




Poor kid never got a fair shake.

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

Pastry of the Year
Apr 12, 2013

Arlo and Janis



Tina's Groove Classic (July 15, 2008)



Arlo and Janis Classic (July 15, 1998)



Garfield Classic (July 15, 1988)

Zereth
Jul 8, 2003



Haifisch posted:

Dick Tracy



Major Crime Squad


Staton/Curtis' Tracy fanfic continues to be more action-packed than their actual Tracy run.
Good to see "Shaky Trembly" (:rolleyes:) isn't letting a neurological disorder actually impair him in any way, i guess.

Also even the early actual tracy run was more action packed than the current stuff.

Vargo posted:

And now I am friend-zoned and dead. RIP ME.
If you were hiking in the Himalayas with an artificial leg with no problems like that I'm sure you can survive the avalanche.

Shaman Tank Spec
Dec 26, 2003

*blep*



FrumpleOrz posted:

Safe Havens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlW8KamiXAU

Chef Bourgeoisie
Oct 8, 2016

by Reene
Bloom County
February 28th & March 2nd, 1981

:911:

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.


Pastry of the Year posted:


Arlo and Janis Classic (July 15, 1998)




When you raise your son too well.

The Bloop
Jul 5, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Samovar posted:

When you raise your son too well.

If it's true, he could have given him all twenty and been out nothing

There's still learning to do here

Mercedes Colomar
Nov 1, 2008

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Family Circus


Rose is Rose


One Big Happy


Foob


Compu-Toon


Bizarro

How Wonderful!
Jul 18, 2006


I only have excellent ideas

I want Boyce to be my Valentine

Murdstone
Jun 14, 2005



F Minus



Mark Trail



Harvey began going to exotic and interesting places and sharing those experiences over social media, leading to him getting paid to do those things. So sad that he was forced to go to such lengths.

Mary Worth



Another night in, doing nothing with Wilbur. That Estelle is a lucky, lucky woman.

The Phantom



Pooch Cafe



Rex Morgan MD



Beatty was feeling a little lazy today.

Andertoons



Apartment 3-G

Not a Duck
Mar 17, 2009

I'm not a duck.

riderchop posted:


Heathcliff




An actual joke in Heathcliff. What a time to be alive. :cheers:

Or, at least, one that works and doesn't require some disjointed logic to follow.

Vargo
Dec 27, 2008

'Cuz it's KILLIN' ME!

Johnny Walker posted:


Mark Trail



Harvey began going to exotic and interesting places and sharing those experiences over social media, leading to him getting paid to do those things. So sad that he was forced to go to such lengths.

Yes, and this is... bad... somehow... because of his leg... I guess.

Cowslips Warren
Oct 29, 2005

What use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy's warren and paying his price?

Grimey Drawer
Is Holbrook even in newspapers? I could see the fastrack poo poo but nothing else.

Although his furry poo poo reminds me of an old webcomic I read waaaaay back in high school called Tiffany Tiger or some bullshit. I'm sure it was horrible so I read it mostly for the disbelief furries were real (I think I thought it was someone originally trying to make a future-modern day Robin Hood), but I do remember how they handled the poo poo better than Holbrook: predation wasn't allowed in certain areas but the comic mostly focused on relationship poo poo. So if you were a tiger, like the main character, you didn't form up a monogamous relationship; most were single moms, etc. Lions had harems/multiple wives. So not quite like Lackadaisy cats but more to the point Animal Has TRAIT didn't make up every comic. Of course if I went back now to find it, maybe the creator just borrowed everything from Holbrook minus the DNA wizardry poo poo.


In Mary Worth, has Wilbur been de-aging somehow? He looks like he lost some years after Estelle was mind-controlled to stay with him.

Darthemed
Oct 28, 2007

"A data unit?
For me?
"


College Slice
Docks




Zip


Rip


Dick


Duck

kazz
Feb 27, 2007

Black Bean has a tendency to stare and likes to hide.

Johnny Walker posted:

Mark Trail



Harvey began going to exotic and interesting places and sharing those experiences over social media, leading to him getting paid to do those things. So sad that he was forced to go to such lengths.

I’m not concerned with all that. I just want to know why they’re still having this conversation outside, at night, in a blizzard, wearing thin layers but not actively searching for Vargo.

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



Vargo posted:

Yes, and this is... bad... somehow... because of his leg... I guess.

drat, you're getting owned hardcore here

Selachian
Oct 9, 2012

Cowslips Warren posted:

Is Holbrook even in newspapers? I could see the fastrack poo poo but nothing else.

I've seen On the Fastrack and Safe Havens in newspapers. Kevin and Kell was originally web only, but it did run in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for a while.

Vargo
Dec 27, 2008

'Cuz it's KILLIN' ME!
BCN


Phoebe


Wallace


Curtis

readingatwork
Jan 8, 2009

Hello Fatty!


Fun Shoe
Old School Peanuts (Jun 25, 1951)




Calvin and Hobbes (Feb 4-5, 1987)






Robbie and Bobby (Apr 9-10, 2015)



RoboRodent
Sep 19, 2012

Man, Calvin sure has a lot of homework for a six year old.

The Bloop
Jul 5, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

RoboRodent posted:

Man, Calvin sure has a lot of homework for a six year old.

I think that he actually doesn't and it's like 4 math problems like 3+6 and writing four sentences and he just makes it out to be some impossible task

SubNat
Nov 27, 2008

Moomin on the Riviera

Schwarzwald
Jul 27, 2004

Don't Blink

Vargo posted:

Also, as a result of this feud, the guy who does Over The Hedge is a fan of my podcast and the president of Andrews McMeel syndicate got in my DMs and took my resume.

The lesson I'm taking from this is that if you can build connections through making the right enemies.

Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

The Bloop posted:

I think that he actually doesn't and it's like 4 math problems like 3+6 and writing four sentences and he just makes it out to be some impossible task

it’s amazing how many teeth have to be pulled to get kids to write a paragraph

it’s 3-5 sentences, it should take 5 minutes!!

Green Intern
Dec 29, 2008

Loon, Crazy and Laughable

Vargo posted:

This seems like the most likely explanation, yeah. I could also say this is why there are three weeks between Dr. Camel being mentioned and Dr Camel actually being seen, but that's just how time works in this strip.

Also, as a result of this feud, the guy who does Over The Hedge is a fan of my podcast and the president of Andrews McMeel syndicate got in my DMs and took my resume.

It was a weird time.

Is there any way that you can become James Allen’s boss and then fire him?

riderchop
Aug 10, 2010

av by @daikonquest!
Garfield



Heathcliff



Overboard



Monty

amigolupus
Aug 25, 2017

Johnny Walker posted:



Another night in, doing nothing with Wilbur. That Estelle is a lucky, lucky woman.

Wilbur tries to make it sound like his problems are all related to issues that come with long-distance relationships, when all of it was caused by Wilbur being Wilbur. Between this and the part where he blames the double date fiasco on his drinking problem, it feels like Moy is trying to trick us into thinking Wilbur himself is blameless, and it's not working at all.

Vargo posted:

Yes, and this is... bad... somehow... because of his leg... I guess.

Yeah, it's a disjointed narrative. Jams wants to tell a story of a guy who fell to the evils of social media, but it just sounds like a success story of someone who found support online and got himself a good job from it. Add in the part about the leg and how Jams is spinning this into a huge tragedy, and it feels like his message is that you can't be successful if you have a disability.

kazz posted:

I’m not concerned with all that. I just want to know why they’re still having this conversation outside, at night, in a blizzard, wearing thin layers but not actively searching for Vargo.

Because Jams can't say this was a tragic ending if they found Doc Vargo still alive. The more likely solution is that he doesn't have clipart of characters digging through dirt with their hands that he could reuse for this scene.

Cowslips Warren posted:

Is Holbrook even in newspapers? I could see the fastrack poo poo but nothing else.

Selachian posted:

I've seen On the Fastrack and Safe Havens in newspapers. Kevin and Kell was originally web only, but it did run in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for a while.

Imagine picking up a newspaper after a long while, going to the comics section thinking it might be nice for a laugh or two, and then stumbling onto talking dodos jumping into water and spouting a mermaid's tail or a wolf going back into prison and murdering and eating his body double so no one will notice him being missing.

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Doomykins
Jun 28, 2008

Didn't you mean to ask about flowers?
LMAO at Mark Trail. "Through social media he became a global adventurer." Isn't he right there with you in the flesh? Dude seems to be quite the outdoorsman with or without social media. Camping out in mountain regions with snow is a few tiers above a hiking trail.

The Bloop posted:

If it's true, he could have given him all twenty and been out nothing

There's still learning to do here

Might injure Tim's pride. The chore outsource is a pretty clean shenanigan. Arlo and Janis best strip in thread.

Doomykins fucked around with this message at 19:04 on Feb 13, 2020

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