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Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Jeremiah Smith posted:

Definitely not roadside.

Maybe, but I'll bet she's been there.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2007 18:50

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# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 11:05

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Mr. Highway posted:

It is always better to take the high road.

Or the high roadside. :v:

# ¿ Apr 4, 2007 01:23

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

ImANarc posted:

I can't see the date, what is it?

9/10

# ¿ Apr 6, 2007 03:18

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Alan Smithee posted:

Can someone explain how she goes from carrying two bags (hmm, two....sacks?) to one bag and a bunch kumquats?

Did they change artists in mid-comic?

# ¿ Apr 7, 2007 20:15

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Ever read Pardon My Planet? It's a single frame comic and is usually pretty bland (but still way better than Marmaduke).

Sometimes they get a bit weird. Like today.

# ¿ Apr 14, 2007 13:21

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Crumbunist posted:

I still think this is the funniest Tract.

IT'S FULL OF SNAKES!

Snakes. It had to be snakes.

# ¿ Apr 23, 2007 03:47

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Hey, Lynn, I fixed today's strip for you:

# ¿ May 5, 2007 14:00

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Today's FBOFW.

Lynn could at least finish the week with a joke or a moral lesson or something. What do we get? "Coffee is good".

Is Iris the spectre of death in the third panel? Maybe a black hole?

# ¿ May 12, 2007 18:25

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Woz posted:

What are the odds when she comes back Jim'll be dead?

One can hope.

Better yet, maybe Christine's roadside and she'll "go there" with Jim.

# ¿ May 12, 2007 18:29

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

A little Sally Forth:

Ole' Ted got laid off and he's turned thief. I'll bet they'll wish they let Kitty die now that they need the money.

# ¿ May 17, 2007 00:52

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Finally, Hillary speaks what we've all been saying for years:

What the gently caress does/did Ted do?

# ¿ May 18, 2007 15:52

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Radish posted:

What does it say about me that I read enough Sally Forth to know that he used this joke already

I read this stupid strip everyday (no, I don't know why) and don't remember seeing this joke, but I'm sure I have.

Now they need to bring in Sally's oval office of a mother to insult Ted some more.

# ¿ May 18, 2007 16:13

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Sidhedevil posted:

I may be starting a new self-help group called FBoFWA. The first step is to admit that we had no power over FBoFW...

Hi, I'm Mister Kingdom and I'm addicted to For Better or For Worse.

See:

# ¿ May 19, 2007 15:17

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Okay, the Pattersons are going to move down the street. Of course, April is going to be a bitch:

Think about it April, you can hide your boyfriends down there and you can go roadside all you want, you loving whiner.

# ¿ May 21, 2007 13:53

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Y-Hat posted:

Don't you just want to kill that little poo poo Max?

Yes, sweet Jesus, yes.

Okay, we get it. Little boys are destructive little devils. gently caress, you don't have to shove it up our asses.

# ¿ May 24, 2007 04:21

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Today's FBOFW:

Thanks for the sound effects, Lynn. Otherwise, I would never have figured out what was going on. Looks like Elly is headed into Factoryville for the day. Do Canadians drive on the left side of the road?

# ¿ May 27, 2007 17:54

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

queenpopsicle posted:

How come replacing the light bulb doesn't make a "screw screw screw" noise?

Why did she go into the bathroom at all? Just to adjust the poster about the water?

When she's taking the recyclables to the curb, shouldn't it say "carry, carry, carry"?

# ¿ May 27, 2007 18:07

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

csammis posted:

How come her elbow swelled up like a water balloon when she's changing the light bulb?

The hydraulic fluid feeding her robotic joints sprung a leak and it's pooling up.

# ¿ May 27, 2007 18:08

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Wollawolla posted:

I'd love to see a strip where Michael smears feces all over the walls.

Hey Michael? Decorating is the modern equivalent of marking one's territory.

# ¿ May 30, 2007 23:17

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Y-Hat posted:

Oh God, she had another one? I stopped reading a year after she had Wren, the third one.

No. They still have just the three kids.

# ¿ Jun 11, 2007 03:47

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Crumbunist posted:

Liz is doing a in the last panel.

It looks like she's going to transform into a werewolf like David Naughton.

# ¿ Jun 11, 2007 17:29

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Dr. M. posted:

Sorry, in order for it to earn that title, you'll have to convince us that it's worse than "Marmaduke".

"Born Loser" is pretty damned bad.

# ¿ Jun 11, 2007 23:08

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Crumbunist posted:

Mutts is a surprisingly decent comic.

Yeah, until they spend a full week with the "little pink sock". You'll pray for a quick death.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2007 03:03

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

What the gently caress has been up with 9 Chickweed Lane for the last month or so?

# ¿ Jun 14, 2007 00:24

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

X JAKK posted:

gently caress YOU

What the gently caress is that?

FBOFW is funnier that on a bad day.

# ¿ Jun 20, 2007 02:11

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

bgaesop posted:

Rose is Rose sucks rear end and has never been funny.

Is Rose supposed to be a human being? What the hell are those things coming out of her face right under her eyes?

# ¿ Jul 1, 2007 19:34

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Stupor Duck posted:

Those are glasses!

Man, that's some hosed up artwork. I always thought they were whiskers and Rose was supposed to be a humanoid cat person.

# ¿ Jul 1, 2007 20:37

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

IcePotato posted:

so basically you want to go back in time and write Checkerboard Nightmare?

The main character looks like Slapstick.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2007 04:21

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

While unpacking books in my new apartment, I found a copy of Lynn's FBOFW 10th anniversary collection.

Here's the very first strip from 9/9/79:

Not sure of the date, but here's some good Photoshop material:

Link to larger version

# ¿ Jul 6, 2007 00:55

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Women's Rights? posted:

Is she carrying the sundaes backwards? Or did they decide that they didn't want them in the last panel? I don't get it.

She may be walking around the table with them.

# ¿ Jul 6, 2007 01:11

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Magic Hate Ball posted:

Who says Lynn can't do faces?

Also, "Facial Exercises"? This must have been the 80's. After she put the book down she probably went out to snort coke and try to cut her thighs off in a hallicinogenic frenzy.

I think that's what she's done in the last frame.

# ¿ Jul 6, 2007 01:16

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Deep Hurting posted:

Lynn's drawing has lost SO much of its stylistic edge since then. And those are some terrific facial expressions. I wonder if this strip predates her having anyone else help her with the drawing�if so it would explain the radical difference.

She talks about doing the strip in her basement office, so I guess she was still doing all the artwork herself.

# ¿ Jul 6, 2007 01:34

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

CaptainViolence posted:

Yeah, but you're forgetting that Lynn's a cranky old bitch.

Can you imagine the horror when the strip goes into "Remember that time we ......." mode this fall?

# ¿ Jul 10, 2007 02:22

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Moe_Rahn posted:

This Chick tract has the best pimp suit in history.

"BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA"?

Is Lobo doing drive-bys now?

# ¿ Jul 25, 2007 00:36

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Careering Suit posted:

Has anybody read the Zits from yesterday? Normally I hate the strip, but I did get a chuckle out of this:

Sure, it's the ol' "Our kids use technology all the time" stuff, but I laughed anyway.

I see your Zits and raise you one Sally Forth:

# ¿ Jul 25, 2007 01:10

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Arkannoyed posted:

Please start writing for Zits. I'd pay to see this happen for real.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2007 03:04

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Ah, sweet, naive Hilary. There'll come a day when you'd sell your soul to have the ending of Harry Potter be the worse thing in your life.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2007 23:03

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Why is Wonder Woman in the last frame of today's FBOFW?

# ¿ Jul 27, 2007 17:34

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Gryfft posted:

ADULTS SAY AN' NOW

Also what the hell is he holding in his left hand in the bottom left panel?

It's an ancient phone directory.

Edit:

A "modern" example

Mister Kingdom fucked around with this message at 13:35 on Jul 29, 2007

# ¿ Jul 29, 2007 13:19

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# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 11:05

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Gryfft posted:

I never knew those existed. What, people were too lazy to flip through tabs on an address book?

I guarantee Lynn owns one and swears by it.

It was probably considered "high tech" at the time.

# ¿ Jul 29, 2007 17:39

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