Comic Strip Megathread XVII: I have a special recipe (cackle-cackle)

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sweeperbravo: May 18, 2012; AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)

Odonata posted:

Gotta say, I'm worried about Gilchrist. I don't think he's handling the recent election well.

Is that really what that's referring to? I had the Gilch down as a trumpster for sure.

# ¿ Jan 3, 2017 02:45

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 05:59

sweeperbravo: May 18, 2012; AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)

One Big Happy is consistently good. I like the cast a lot, especially the old people (like that scary lady or the mean grandma Ruthie was talking to last week)

# ¿ Jan 4, 2017 00:22

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Mister Kingdom posted:

Ruthie and Hilary Forth are the best comic strip children. Now-defunct Stone Soup's Holly is probably the worst.

It's been a long, long time since I read Stone Soup, but I feel like retrospectively it embodied a lot of what people dislike about newspaper strips. Am I painting it wrong?

# ¿ Jan 4, 2017 02:16

sweeperbravo: May 18, 2012; AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)

Today's Dogg ^TM and other non-Nancy drawings by gilchrist make me think of the Foglios a little bit

# ¿ Jan 5, 2017 17:36

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I need to shop this guy's face onto the panther in my av

# ¿ Jan 5, 2017 22:47

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Aardmania posted:

Piranha Club

My reaction to this was "what the gently caress" until I realized I guess the guy was saying that TO the old lady rather than vice versa? Still what the gently caress

# ¿ Jan 8, 2017 16:51

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RandomPauI posted:

I liked that family circus.

Same

# ¿ Jan 8, 2017 16:52

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Transmodiar posted:

I think I've mentioned it before, but their schedules aren't even possible. In general, a firefighter has a "one day on, two day off" schedule. That means they're at the fire station for a full 24 hours, then off for 48. This three day cycle is repeated nine times, and then during the tenth cycle their on day is off.

Firefighters have a ton of downtime. There's no way anyone would be on for four days straight - that's insanity. The only way that would happen is if they swapped shifts with someone else to build up a larger consecutive day time off/vacation. But they would never be on for 96 hours. Greg Evans is an idiot.

Evans is really scraping to milk some drama out of this situation but wrote himself into a corner months ago. He thinks he's in the clear because TJ is in the storyline so therefore the strip is funny, right (since the strip has to either be funny or dramatic), but TJ actually serves no purpose here because you know this plot isn't going to go anywhere (other than "TJ eventually overstays his 'welcome' and is Evicted by Brad and Toni and gets mad b/c he helped htem SOOO MUCH). Man, Luann was my favorite strip when I was like, eleven years old and she really resonated with me and my stupid crushes on boys.

What do the gocomics commenters have to say about TJ lately

# ¿ Jan 8, 2017 21:56

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SomeMathGuy posted:

Is it just me or does that second panel scan as incredibly sarcastic?

Not just you. The bolding definitely adds to the effect.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2017 21:55

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fondue posted:

Every time I see one of these past marriage jokes I can't help but think of her marriage.

Same. Makes you wonder a bit whether on some level she knew (depending on when the problems started)

# ¿ Jan 10, 2017 02:42

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EasyEW posted:

This is adorable

# ¿ Jan 12, 2017 13:36

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Safety Dance posted:

This reasoning is actually backwards. Email scammers use the same old hackneyed scheme again and again because it weeds out people smart enough not to fall for the scam. If 99.9% of people can quickly identify an nigerian prince scam, well, your 1000 emails sent have quickly found the 1 person dumb enough to send you money.

Re the Morgan daughter, my understanding is that memory loss like that is usually temporary. I imagine there will be a heartwarming moment when she starts to remember some things (but maybe being a prodigy artist gets retconned).

So what you're saying is Ces decided to turn Rex Morgan into the last episode of Full House?

# ¿ Jan 12, 2017 20:59

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Selachian posted:

Pros and Cons

I love this comic

# ¿ Jan 14, 2017 17:04

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Selachian posted:

Because all gay men have innate wedding dress design skills.

will Brooke let us design the dress

# ¿ Jan 14, 2017 21:11

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Julet Esqu posted:

Luann

ffffffffffffffuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Slammy posted:

Outbursts of Everett True (April, 1916)

"I'll change your shape!!" is such a great, understated threat

# ¿ Jan 15, 2017 01:51

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EasyEW posted:

Funky They'reJustFuckingWithUsNowbean

I'm confused, the driveway and sidewalk are clearly illustrated to show they are frozen and slippery, how didn't he get ice cancer? :confused:

# ¿ Jan 16, 2017 03:34

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...and the pitch! posted:

Nice job Gilchrist!

Dude could easily have mentioned MLK somewhere in there and it would have been less cringeworthy. Or at least not mention Elvis by name.... :psyduck:

GILCHY??:????

# ¿ Jan 16, 2017 17:15

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TofuDiva posted:

I truly don't want to be the one to defend Gilchrist on much of anything, but... that particular song was written in response to King's (and Bobby Kennedy's) assassination.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Can_Dream

Still, I don't know how many readers would know that if they weren't there at the time.

Honestly, I figured as much (edit: that there was significance to his choice), because if that weren't the case, I'd say it was too dumb even for Gilchrist. It's still awkward IMO to honor King (with no shortage of great quotes to choose from) by quoting a white guy. And by not even mentioning King's name somewhere in there.

# ¿ Jan 16, 2017 19:27

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Aardmania posted:

Piranha Club

ceci n'est pas un joke

# ¿ Jan 16, 2017 22:09

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Zanzibar Ham posted:

Coloring is hard

# ¿ Jan 17, 2017 17:07

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Johnny Walker posted:

Rex Morgan MD

Did you ever experience deja vu?

Wtf???????

Gorilla Salad posted:

I didn't even notice that.

I was concentrating on the genuinely, totally realistic depiction of two siblings being given a doll which shoots balls out of its mouth.

Of course they're shooting it at each other

Oh yeah for sure.

I really like this comic.

# ¿ Jan 17, 2017 19:06

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Selachian posted:

Rhymes with Orange

Ohmygod ohmygod look how cute that elephant is :3:

# ¿ Jan 17, 2017 20:51

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Darthemed posted:

Ripley's

Holy poo poo that is so cool. Terrifying but like the ratio of cool to terrifying is like 80:20

ed: The eye thing

# ¿ Jan 19, 2017 00:23

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A HUNGRY MOUTH posted:

I get that Batiuk wants to relate to the "I never exercise, because it's so hard! _{(because I never exercise)}" crowd, but Funky's been running regularly for years; he shouldn't still be going "wow is that what exertion feels like?? I want to die" every single time.

He hasn't realized he has a terminal exercisoma

# ¿ Jan 19, 2017 01:05

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I remember Wren being born and my opinion still hasn't changed that that's the dumbest name for a baby

# ¿ Jan 20, 2017 01:17

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Darthemed posted:

Ripley's

"Pigs?"

Safety Dance posted:

Had they not invented "catch a tiger by the toe" in 1971?

It didn't used to say "tiger"

I'm not sure when "tiger" became the most widely used version.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2017 22:16

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Aardmania posted:

Piranha Club

Hey, that's actually a reasonable end to this week long joke. I sure hope it doesn't get beaten into the ground now

# ¿ Jan 21, 2017 14:22

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Mister Mind posted:

This makes no loving sense, and it is beautiful. I love modern-day Heathcliff.

The inking on the women makes them look like they're turning into genies, which adds to the confusion and appeal

# ¿ Jan 22, 2017 18:13

sweeperbravo: May 18, 2012; AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)

I wonder if TDIET ever did one where on one side you have somebody bashing the president, and the next panel is "But as soon as their guy is in office-" and he's all "Respect the position if not the man!"

# ¿ Jan 23, 2017 01:56

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everett true would have trounced both candidates and won the elction himself

# ¿ Jan 23, 2017 02:34

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Aardmania posted:

Dick Tracy

"Has this person suffered severe burns?" is a question I ask about too many Dick Ttracy character designs

# ¿ Jan 24, 2017 22:11

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Mister Kingdom posted:

I have inherited the "use the gently caress out of it" method of things from her.

My nana and pop pop had some rug for the porch that got torn and my pop pop stitched it together with wire (for stability) and it looked like a Frankenstein and my nana made him keep it downstairs because it looked so horrible BUT IT STILL HAD USE

he also had a work table that was an old counter top (like someone was remodeling their ktichen and he probably took it from the roadside) on top of, iirc, a metal canister and a stool

I do this with so much small stuff I can't even think of specific examples because i just naturally will do it

# ¿ Jan 25, 2017 01:32

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Darthemed posted:

Oh poo poo, an E. True origin story.

"And you'd better be careful, or you'll catch my fist to your face!!" (while bludgeoning the larger child w/his umbrella)

# ¿ Jan 28, 2017 20:31

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Wiz has been pretty decent lately :unsmith:

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 23:21

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I like how authentic that particular Gil sounds. Feuti :3:

# ¿ Jan 30, 2017 01:20

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SomeMathGuy posted:

Oh dear god. I just realized he's also a hipster.

I guess when you're poor it's just easier to be a hipster

# ¿ Jan 30, 2017 20:30

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Slammy posted:

The Gay Thirties (May, 1935, click for big))

I can't tell if this is supposed to show children playing doctor or an actual doctor

I'm glad you post this comic, because it's arguably the worst of the vintage comics you post, reminding us that not everything comic from that era was great