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Calaveron posted:Also that Arlo and Janis doesn’t read like Arlo doubling down, but him trying to explain and justify him being so hard on Gene because raising a kid is probably difficult and you constantly have to adapt as the little terrors develop and there isn’t a universal guide to educating one Yeah I also read it as Arlo being refreshingly candid about how complicated parenting can be.
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EasyEW posted:Crankshaft
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Evil Mastermind posted:You just know Batiuk's been itching to kill off another character. Comics Curmudgeon posted:We’ve already seen the 10-years-ahead version of Max in Funky Winkerbean, still running the barely solvent Valentine, so I guess, despite the heavy air of foreboding looming over the final panel of this strip, that he isn’t going to die in a ditch on this dangerous night ride. I can’t remember if we saw Hannah and/or their future child during that sequence, though. Maybe she’s going to die in childbirth? Right there, in the theater? Because Crankshaft doesn’t care about his own safety or the safety of others? It would sure make the failure of the Valentine, his last connection to his dead beloved, all the more poignant!
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Haifisch posted:Considering dropping Rex Morgan from these unless it stops being terminally boring.
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Daddy Daze![]() Take It From the Tinkersons ![]() Dark Side of the Horse ![]() Fort Knox ![]()
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FrumpleOrz posted:
"Trappings" has nothing to do with literal traps, you loving hack. ![]()
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Medenmath posted:Prince Valiant The art is so, so good in this series.
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Drimble Wedge posted:"Trappings" has nothing to do with literal traps, you loving hack. At least the boss didn't turn out to be a horse.
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EasyEW posted:
When was there a curfew declared and for what reason in whatever city this sis supposed to be set in? Anyway, onto Corto Maltese! Where: We start in a mercurial mood or, 'Could you please stop hitting that gavel while talking, I can't hear what you're saying!', or I'd hate to see the minutes record of THIS meeting ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Calaveron posted:Also that Arlo and Janis doesn’t read like Arlo doubling down, but him trying to explain and justify him being so hard on Gene because raising a kid is probably difficult and you constantly have to adapt as the little terrors develop and there isn’t a universal guide to educating one computer angel posted:Yeah I also read it as Arlo being refreshingly candid about how complicated parenting can be. I get what you're saying. I guess I understand Gene's frustration more since I used to get into similar fights with my dad over how to do chores. I really like how Arlo and Janis tackles topics like this with such grace. You definitely won't find such good parenting in Foob or Dustin, that's for sure. ![]() So not only did DNA Wizard gently caress over Mars, she also found a way to gently caress up the mermaids as well. There better be cops ready to arrest the entire crew when they get back to Earth for their crimes against science. Sure, just make your herbivore teammates think that they're in danger of being hunted and killed. That's definitely not a dick move.
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Am I reading this wrong or does that card basically imply "you're not a 'ten' as far as looks go, but at least you have other good qualities"?Haifisch posted:Considering dropping Rex Morgan from these unless it stops being terminally boring.
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Tiggum posted:Am I reading this wrong or does that card basically imply "you're not a 'ten' as far as looks go, but at least you have other good qualities"? I think it's just clumsy.
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it's also a card that specifically says "to my wife" while having a teddy bear in bowler and bowtie on it like you'd buy for a child's tenth birthday.
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Thank You For Knowing Your Place, Female
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amigolupus posted:So not only did DNA Wizard gently caress over Mars, she also found a way to gently caress up the mermaids as well. There better be cops ready to arrest the entire crew when they get back to Earth for their crimes against science. They should get shot out of the sky before entering the atmosphere to avoid any possible contamination of the environment with obviously dangerous alien life. But I'm sure they'll be welcomed as heroic corporate assets and allowed to return to their previous jobs at their previous wages.
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amigolupus posted:
No, the Venus DNA was already on Mars. DNA wizard had nothing to do with this turn of events.
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Hoover Dam posted:Korean's an alphabet with separate letters just like the Latin alphabet, so if you figure no spaces and ' as its own character, English only needs four more for "semiconductorfactory" than "what'swithpeggy" That's a reasonable approximation but part of the reason why I use gee is that it's also nonsense in Korean, referring to a kind of slang speech that no one uses anymore, and never at all in the real world as opposed to cyberspace. And yes, the original is actually even simpler than that. It's just conductor factory (well, making conductors, no reference to a factory) and I added semi because that word alone has multiple interpretations in English. These kinds of factories for major corporations are a cultural touchstone for South Korean culture because they're high class manufacturing jobs. We don't really make conductors in the United States, at least not on as wide a scale, so there was no real American equivalent I could use that would involve someone wearing elaborate equipment. Sorry for people who miss my blog post style explanations for these weirder tics. Lately I just have trouble...um...remembering which things would seem weird to someone not familiar with South Korean culture.
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Garfield![]() Heathcliff ![]() Overboard ![]() Monty ![]()
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Manuel Calavera posted:Family Circus It's the middle of February, vacuum your loving floor. BCN ![]() Phoebe ![]() Wallace ![]() Curtis ![]()
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Vargo posted:Phoebe Unicornado - next on SyFy.
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My Dad is Dracula ![]() Pickles ![]() Zits ![]()
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Some Guy TT posted:That's a reasonable approximation but part of the reason why I use gee is that it's also nonsense in Korean, referring to a kind of slang speech that no one uses anymore, and never at all in the real world as opposed to cyberspace. And yes, the original is actually even simpler than that. It's just conductor factory (well, making conductors, no reference to a factory) and I added semi because that word alone has multiple interpretations in English. These kinds of factories for major corporations are a cultural touchstone for South Korean culture because they're high class manufacturing jobs. We don't really make conductors in the United States, at least not on as wide a scale, so there was no real American equivalent I could use that would involve someone wearing elaborate equipment. Oh, cool, thanks! I [do not speak Korean] assumed "semiconductor factory" was used to imply "somewhere sterile that isn't medical." Looking forward to strips about Parasite's Oscar sweep.
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riderchop posted:Garfield
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Arlo and Janis![]() Tina's Groove Classic (July 18, 2008) ![]() Arlo and Janis Classic (July 18, 1998) ![]() Garfield Classic (July 18, 1988) ![]()
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So Ed, what you're saying with that rather strained comparison is you hosed up parenting your children out of your own lack of commitment? Cause hey, sure, checks out.
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Tiggum posted:Am I reading this wrong or does that card basically imply "you're not a 'ten' as far as looks go, but at least you have other good qualities"? Exactly! And the specific qualities he likes are not her intelligence or her personality or her character or anything that is actually specific to her or who she is, but rather the traditional "women's work" that she does in the home. In other words, Hwurmp posted:Thank You For Knowing Your Place, Female
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"Cover those filthy biscuits!" is a pretty good line.
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Samovar posted:When was there a curfew declared and for what reason in whatever city this sis supposed to be set in? I'm not seeing anything in particular, but something else that caught my attention is that 1913 was the first time that Washington state adopted a juvenile justice code, which (for a few generations, at least) took juvie justice in a paternalistic, non-confrontational direction. Instead of treating a youthful offender like a shrunken adult, the new system focused on reform instead of punishment. Unfortunately, they had to make it weird, because the push for "non-adversarial" proceedings were implemented with indeterminate sentencing, squishy guidelines on detention and leaving juries, lawyers, and even witnesses (you know, due process) out of the equation, which eventually forced the Supreme Court to pump the brakes and call for a reevaluation of the prevalent system of the previous half-century. In reaction, Washington's 1977 juvenile code was a fundamental rewrite which, while guaranteeing certain rights that adult offenders would've taken for granted, turned hard in the direction of punishment over reform, and that's pretty much the direction the country's been heading in ever since. EasyEW fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Feb 16, 2020 |
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Darthemed posted:More than half of these panels could be cut without impacting the joke at all. That's most moderns Garfs, though
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goatface posted:"Cover those filthy biscuits!" is a pretty good line. It sounds exactly like Adventure Time Aesthetic. I mean, the boy is Finn and the robot is Jake.
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Some Guy TT posted:Sorry for people who miss my blog post style explanations for these weirder tics. Lately I just have trouble...um...remembering which things would seem weird to someone not familiar with South Korean culture. F Minus ![]() Mark Trail ![]() These are NOT traced images they are from references. I actually think they're pretty good regardless. Mary Worth ![]() The Phantom ![]() Pooch Cafe ![]() Rex Morgan MD ![]() Andertoons ![]() Seems that way a lot of the time. Flash Gordon ![]()
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