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Ghostlight posted:you can criticise the underlying logic of the situation but i think the author does a wonderful job of conveying this century's terrible and pervading sense of impermanence, of disposability, that is not just the things we eat, the things we produce, our jobs themselves, our money, us, but extends even down to things we might not think of as missing until they're past, such as major televised sporting events. gone are the days where there would be repeated broadcasts of even a single five second clip of a notable sportsman doing sports thing on the news, gone are the hour-long chat shows of just sports clips - "where are they now?" we ask as we look out to the dustbowl that once held the superbowl of espn and espn2 and espnews and even espnclassic. like the ending of a twilight zone episode, we spent all our energies of the past few decades building an entire network of machines that spans the globe delivering information and news to the people yet now here we are, in our friend's living room, staring deep into the erased dvr. we quietly mumble to ourselves "but there was sport now", even as we process that there is no longer sport here and there will be no sport again. this was the last sport and we didn't see it until it was gone, like cricket in the rain. F Minus ![]() Mark Trail ![]() NEXT: SABRETOOTH Mary Worth ![]() The Phantom ![]() Pooch Cafe ![]() Rex Morgan MD ![]() "On an unrelated note, do you happen to have any of that money still?" Andertoons ![]() Flash Gordon ![]()
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Bloom County April 9th & 10th, 1981 ![]() ![]()
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2017 Spiderman![]() ![]() 1978 Comics ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Dick Tracy ![]() ![]() Major Crime Squad ![]() ![]() Locher Tracy ![]() ![]() Origins of the Sunday Comics ![]() Footrot Flats ![]()
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Ghostlight posted:you can criticise the underlying logic of the situation but i think the author does a wonderful job of conveying this century's terrible and pervading sense of impermanence, of disposability, that is not just the things we eat, the things we produce, our jobs themselves, our money, us, but extends even down to things we might not think of as missing until they're past, such as major televised sporting events. gone are the days where there would be repeated broadcasts of even a single five second clip of a notable sportsman doing sports thing on the news, gone are the hour-long chat shows of just sports clips - "where are they now?" we ask as we look out to the dustbowl that once held the superbowl of espn and espn2 and espnews and even espnclassic. like the ending of a twilight zone episode, we spent all our energies of the past few decades building an entire network of machines that spans the globe delivering information and news to the people yet now here we are, in our friend's living room, staring deep into the erased dvr. we quietly mumble to ourselves "but there was sport now", even as we process that there is no longer sport here and there will be no sport again. this was the last sport and we didn't see it until it was gone, like cricket in the rain. make this the thread title Mark Trail '46 11/4–11/6 ![]() ![]() ![]() Mark Trail '94 3/10–3/12 ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Endless Mike posted:Hah, no I'm good. Just annoyed that these VERY LEGAL files I downloaded are missing entire storylines, as well as occasional strips here and there. Are these actually available in legitimate form? Were they ever published outside of newspapers?
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Chef Bourgeoisie posted:Bloom County Historical context on this storyline: the very first Space Shuttle mission, STS-1, would launch only a few days after these strips ran, on April 12. I think Breathed probably hoped for it to line up exactly, but due to publication delays and such, he had to guess at the exact timing and hope for the best. He still got pretty dang close.
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The Far Side Ib9iTXe.jpg[ “Sorry … we’re dead.” 93puxxm.jpg “I’m afraid you’ve got cows, Mr. Farnsworth.” Pickles ![]() Zits ![]() Somebody fucked around with this message at 02:37 on Apr 27, 2022 |
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Some Guy TT posted:Are these actually available in legitimate form? Were they ever published outside of newspapers? As far as I know they haven't been reprinted in their original format, however Dark Horse took them and rearranged them into comic book format (which Marvel has since reprinted).
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extremely surprised Zits is talking about underage drinking so casually
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Professor Wayne posted:The Far Side Cow (pus)tools. Somebody fucked around with this message at 23:51 on Jul 24, 2022 |
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RoboRodent posted:Oh no, the raccoon story. Oh whoops, a page in the collection book is missing, guess the raccoon was just fine. JUST FINE AND NOTHING ELSE.
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Haifisch posted:Footrot Flats Damnit dog! Wal works hard, you stop cock-blocking and let him have some fun ![]()
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Johnny Walker posted:
Y'know what, I'll just say it, I straight-up unironically like this.
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At the very least it looks like he actually drew it.
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Saber-toothed fish? Mark Trail actually taught me something!
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Rhymes with Orange![]() Get Fuzzy 2/29/00 ![]()
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fondue posted:That was abrupt. I was hoping to find out what happens with Lunker. He'll find something.
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Vargo posted:Y'know what, I'll just say it, I straight-up unironically like this. Some Guy TT posted:At the very least it looks like he actually drew it. Never underestimate the power of spite as a self-improvement motivator.
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Wow, scrolling past it the first time I didn't recognize it as Mark Trail.
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King Aroo 10/11/53![]() They'll Do It Every Time 9/26/46 ![]() Mopsy 10/6/42 ![]()
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Angular Cyrus posted:They'll Do It Every Time 9/26/46 Such a pain in the rear end when your wife keeps catching you cheating on her, right, fellas?
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The Lockhorns![]() ![]() Brewster Rockit Space Guy ![]() ![]() On The Fastrack ![]() ![]() Safe Havens ![]() Doesn't run on Sundyays! Stone Soup ![]() Kevin & Kell ![]() ![]() Mother Goose & Grimm ![]() ![]() Hagar The Horrible ![]() ![]() Sherman's Lagoon ![]() ![]()
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Angular Cyrus posted:Mopsy 10/6/42 Either that is some experimental WW2 woodland camo or Mopsy is cosplaying a dryad.
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Wait a minute... Hundreds of organisms swimming through long tubes, who are all carrying little pieces to give to what appears to be a gigantic sphere hidden inside a vast chamber... Oh my satan, we're already at the Mars pregnancy plot, aren't we? ![]()
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FrumpleOrz posted:On The Fastrack ![]()
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here we see fistula, the perennially wrong character, ask of the holy saint dethany why the company for which they work does not expand into the market of information sales given that they already control the means by which the information is recorded. data collection, dethany reminds her, while not honest work is productive work, and productive work is to be left to the petty interests of the bourgeois. for while those common beasts formulate their (ultimately futile) schemes to lift themselves out of class mediocrity, crawling like crabs from the bucket that is fastrack incorporated, the company gorges itself on their wealth for free as it rents them their destinies. as the old saying goes, the only person getting rich in a gold rush is the shovel salesman, and so too here does fastrack sell these tech platforms their shovels, carefree of if they even find dirt to plant them in. like the manorlady of old, rose trellis ceo sits in her fineness built by the parasitisation of the lesser classes, producing nothing while taking all that she can in the belief that she deserves it. for such is the landlord; a parasite; a tick, that believes its ownership of essential property, of the blood of the system, grants it license to the dog. comics will resume tomorrow.
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Julet Esqu posted:Such a pain in the rear end when your wife keeps catching you cheating on her, right, fellas? I guess that one parody (by Tom the Dancing Bug?) was even more spot on than I thought.
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In today's Corto Maltese: Now, remember everyone, if you are in a house fire, keep low to lessen smoke inhalation - this could save your lungs considerable damage!, or Normally, I would have recommended a sanitarium for Hipazia, but then I remembered what time period it was and I can understand Teone's reasoning a bit better, or The 24th of April means it is the eve of the Feast of St. Mark, the patron saint of Venice - that's the only reason why I could imagine Corto thinking it notable. Funny thing, it's very likely the locals of Venice managed to lose his corpse after it was smuggled in from Alexandria. That was a bit foolish of them.![]() ![]() ![]()
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Arlo and Janis![]() Tina's Groove Classic (August 1, 2008) ![]() Arlo and Janis Classic (August 1, 1998) ![]() Garfield Classic (August 1, 1988) ![]()
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Time again for Juliet Jones, in which Karen has begun to tell her husband lies.![]()
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Surgeon's Tales![]() ![]() Nancy ![]() ![]() https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/star-search/ Dustin ![]() Mandrake ![]() Kennel fucked around with this message at 12:27 on Mar 2, 2020 |
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Kennel posted:Mandrake
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![]() F Minus ![]() Mark Trail ![]() This guy will look like a honest, hard-working, middle-aged conservative man who enjoys cigars and the beach. Mary Worth ![]() I enjoy parody films! The Phantom ![]() That's an actual brand of French cigarettes. Pooch Cafe ![]() Rex Morgan MD ![]() Andertoons ![]() Apartment 3-G ![]() Uh, did you go to college?
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Family Circus![]() Rose is Rose ![]() One Big Happy ![]() Foob ![]() Compu-TOon ![]() Bizarro ![]()
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Samovar posted:Oh no, Arlo... Yep, that's a depression.
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I've fallen behind once again (at least this time I have the excuse of being out at PAX all weekend instead of just being lazy) so once again I'm just going to do a Cul De Sac catchup.![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Nenonen posted:Either that is some experimental WW2 woodland camo or Mopsy is cosplaying a dryad. ? ![]() + ![]()
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