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Snapchat A Titty posted:For the uninitiated, what stereotype are those guys in the penultimate panel? It's a group of morris dancers. They are the embodiment of Englishness.
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happyhippy posted:Thank you for that, here is the funniest one imo I'm guessing its a cultural thing, but I don't get any of these comics you guys are linking from the UK. I wouldn't think that something commonly funny in a country could be niche humor but I think it qualifies. Kinda like the Dutch or what ever those comics were back on page 6 or 7 that required a translation from the poster.
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Kasan posted:I'm guessing its a cultural thing, but I don't get any of these comics you guys are linking from the UK. I wouldn't think that something commonly funny in a country could be niche humor but I think it qualifies. That one in particular is poking fun at readers of the Daily Mail. The equivalent here in the States is Fox News watchers. Replace all the various Eastern European ethnicities with Mexicans, Muslims, and African Americans and you'd be spot on, pretty much.
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As Pilchenstein said, Viz is very up and down. Their quality control department must look like the Drunken Bakers shop. Most of the crap jokes are just silly puns, though. I have a soft spot for them, and own the original for 'Would you like to see the specials?' (Sorry for the crap photo. Of a crap joke. It's all I have on this computer.) 
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Kasan posted:I'm guessing its a cultural thing, but I don't get any of these comics you guys are linking from the UK. I wouldn't think that something commonly funny in a country could be niche humor but I think it qualifies. Did you seriously not understand the drunk bakers strips?
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Kasan posted:I'm guessing its a cultural thing, but I don't get any of these comics you guys are linking from the UK. I wouldn't think that something commonly funny in a country could be niche humor but I think it qualifies. The last one wasn't very funny, just mildly humorous.  : Man is hell of racist, thinks everyone he meets is a monstrous minority even though they're not ( ), the most unmistakably British ones (in British folk dress) mug him but he still blames it on dirty foreigners ()
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Heresiarch posted:Did you seriously not understand the drunk bakers strips? To be fair, the humor is extraordinarily dark. Good god.
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Kasan posted:I'm guessing its a cultural thing, but I don't get any of these comics you guys are linking from the UK.  Full Battle Rattle posted:To be fair, the humor is extraordinarily dark. Good god. 
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Jerry Cotton posted:The last one wasn't very funny, just mildly humorous. Huh, I thought the joke was that he'd actually been attacked by Albanians in traditional garb but because he was a racist shithead no one believed him. I guess I don't know what the gently caress traditional British folk dress looks like, I also didn't find any of the drunken bear strips funny though, so I guess I'm just a humorless prick. I'm okay with this.
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whoda thunkit posted:Huh, I thought the joke was that he'd actually been attacked by Albanians in traditional garb but because he was a racist shithead no one believed him. I guess I don't know what the gently caress traditional British folk dress looks like, I also didn't find any of the drunken bear strips funny though, so I guess I'm just a humorless prick. I'm okay with this. Albanians called Fred and Bert.
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This is like... actual comedy. Are you sure it's from Viz?
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I'd never heard of Viz until I went to a UK-cuisine restaurant/pub in NYC called the Chip Shop whose bathroom walls are plastered with covers from it. Glad to see it has its moments; those covers looked pretty godawful.
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I've read viz when I visited the uk. I also find the idea of a man with a hitler stache getting attacked by people in traditional Albanian dress really, really funny, so that is a good alternate ending.
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EXTREME INSERTION posted:I've read viz when I visited the uk. I also find the idea of a man with a hitler stache getting attacked by people in traditional Albanian dress really, really funny, so that is a good alternate ending. Oh come on don't  this up that's clearly not a Hitler moustache.
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Viz is very much supposed to be awful, and it is very very British. If the humour isn't gallows-black it's a simple cock and balls/poo poo/fat slags joke. That's who we are as a people. The drunken baker strips are phenomenal, keep posting!
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lenoon posted:Viz is very much supposed to be awful, and it is very very British. If the humour isn't gallows-black it's a simple cock and balls/poo poo/fat slags joke. That's who we are as a people. Yes but it's also mostly incredibly tedious.
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Jerry Cotton posted:Yes but it's also mostly incredibly tedious. That's who we are as people!
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lenoon posted:Viz is very much supposed to be awful, and it is very very British. If the humour isn't gallows-black it's a simple cock and balls/poo poo/fat slags joke. That's who we are as a people. I love two fat slags. I'm not supposed to, but I do
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lenoon posted:Viz is very much supposed to be awful, and it is very very British. If the humour isn't gallows-black it's a simple cock and balls/poo poo/fat slags joke. That's who we are as a people. It;s also a pardoy of both a) very British things and b) classic British comics - so if you aren't familar with them, you aren't going to pick up a lot of a humour.
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EXTREME INSERTION posted:I love two fat slags. I'm not supposed to, but I do You'll love this then, they made a movie! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382028  Content: Kate Beaton! 
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spog posted:It;s also a pardoy of both a) very British things and b) classic British comics - so if you aren't familar with them, you aren't going to pick up a lot of a humour. Classic British comics are usually also very very bad.
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Jerry Cotton posted:Classic British comics are usually also very very bad. Well, they're no confession bear, I'll give you that. I love all the Viz comics that's been posted (except the pun ones). Keep them coming.
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I've always been partial to this one. Not technically a comic strip but might as well be.
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 Anyone who doesn't like Viz is a oval office.
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It does help that a lot of Classic British humour is poo poo, with occasional wonderful moments. The goons, python, Moore*, the two ronnies, carry on**, a real mixed bag of crap and genius. *except all the Arthur streeb-greebling sketches they're all quality ** nearly all poo poo but I will fight to the death to defend the hilarity of "infamy infamy, they've all got it in for me!" And Barbara windsors bra flying off, these things are comedy gold
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lenoon posted:** nearly all poo poo but I will fight to the death to defend the hilarity of "infamy infamy, they've all got it in for me!" And Barbara windsors bra flying off, these things are comedy gold You forgot Carry On Screaming. (complete agreement otherwise!)
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There's also the fact that in some cases Viz goes for the parody over comedy thing with all the British comics is satirizes. In some cases you could take out the swearing and it'd be impossible to tell whether it was parody or genuine.
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Whatever terrible comics the British have to admit to, at least they don't have to try and account for The Family Circus.
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See? Even third party edits can't make them funny.
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Theglavwen posted:See? Even third party edits can't make them funny. It's not an edit  http://www.toplessrobot.com/2012/11/what_in_gods_name_just_happened_on_family_circus.php Tracula has a new favorite as of 21:18 on Jun 12, 2014 |
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 Well poo poo. There's my surprise for the year.
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Theglavwen posted:See? Even third party edits can't make them funny. That's not an edit. But for funny 3rd party edits try Scott meets the Family Circus 
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Indolent Bastard posted:That's not an edit.  One man's humor is another man's toilet bowl.
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Flemish comedian Jeroom started translating his comics into English. Gallery: http://imgur.com/gallery/yWPTy edit: never mind, just look at post above particle409 has a new favorite as of 05:47 on Jun 14, 2014 |
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What a lame comic, he's clearly a Bing, not a Frank.
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Love this one
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This comic is basically perfect.
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