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PuddingKnight posted:I think the Tinkersons is leagues above Fort Knox writing-wise It is now. About a year or so ago, Bettwy learned how to write jokes. Before that, it was total garbage.
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I’ve honestly always had a soft spot for the Tinkersons, even when the rest of the thread thought it was awful. Even when the writing was bad they’d still knock it out of the park every now and then. It would occasionally dip into really dark humor about how the whole family couldn’t stand each other and I kind of miss that even though it’s all around better now. I remember one of the strips had the mom threaten to kill Tillman and the last panel was just a wordless panel of Tillman staring in wide-eyed horror that made me laugh pretty hard.
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Tinkersons goes in cycles. It'll be really bad for a while, get good, then get bad again. Even when it's bad it's better than Fort Knox though.
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King Aroo 8/9/53 They'll Do It Every Time 7/15/46  Mopsy 7/24/42 
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Half circle hair is just too big a barrier for me, plus the few times I did read it it was "COME TO OUR LOCAL THEME PARK, THIS IS A WEEKS LONG AD" and they did that twice. 
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  Peanuts (December 31, 1972)  Funky Winkerbean  Crankshaft  9 "I BEG YOUR loving PARDON, Weren't You Intensely, Dangerously Pregnant Just A Few Days Ago?" Lane  Alias: Buster Brown hops ahead a bit to show you the rare day where Buster decides to be a really, really good kid for once. (March 8, 1908)  And finally, the last week of Life (Before Skippy) as we know it, because "Life (With Skippy)" comes back next week when we finally get to dive into 1924. (July 21, 27 and August 10, 1922)    Elsewhere In The Magazine: Another "mascots before they got work done", as we meet the Michelin Man...um, Men.  See, these dudes seem friendly, even if they don't have eyes, but every once in awhile, you get some hard characters hawking those tires.  "I suffer my fate stoically, as would you in my place." EasyEW fucked around with this message at 02:43 on Dec 30, 2019 |
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Zereth posted:the phantoms are graverobbers now?
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Chuck Buried Treasure posted:I’ve honestly always had a soft spot for the Tinkersons, even when the rest of the thread thought it was awful. Even when the writing was bad they’d still knock it out of the park every now and then. It would occasionally dip into really dark humor about how the whole family couldn’t stand each other and I kind of miss that even though it’s all around better now. Like a month ago we had the story arc of the father & mother get into an argument that didn't even resolve, it just ended with them passive aggressively apologizing to the other (even though they were definitely right). So it's not all gone.
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Ghostlight posted:Graverobberrobbers still kinda weird that the phantom didn't just return the remains here
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EasyEW posted:Alias: Buster Brown hops ahead a bit to show you the rare day where Buster decides to be a really, really good kid for once. (March 8, 1908)
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StrixNebulosa posted:As I read through the Garfield archives I think I can safely say that the quality begins to decline in '97-'98 - the sunday strips are still decent, but overall the daily strips seem to be running out of steam - we're getting more and more of the classic Jon standing at the table talking to Garfield who is on the table, with no details or running storylines or anything. But there are now a billion spider gags. Heck, '19 Garf this Sunday had a decent visual gag at the end. EasyEW posted:Elsewhere In The Magazine: Another "mascots before they got work done", as we meet the Michelin Man...um, Men. CannonFodder fucked around with this message at 02:29 on Dec 30, 2019 |
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PetraCore posted:Comic Strip Thread: WHEN MAN'S CONSCIENCE IS GONE HIS SOUL IS DEAD
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CannonFodder posted:Can you pinpoint when the art style changed from mostly circular eyes to really tall oval eyes? That's one of the really obvious things to notice when putting '88 Garfield up against '19 Garfield. I'm looking I'm looking. It's somewhere in '94 that Garfield's design because "standardized" for lack of a better term - looking between it and '19 the design is basically the same. But in '93 you can see the slow progression towards that. Flipping through - it's a really gradual change over the 80s into the 90s as the eyes slowly get more oval --- oh, oh man. Went from '86 to '85 and the change is real pronounced. And of course flipping around the early 80s is just wild, it's primitive garfield. Which makes sense given that it was created in '78. god at this point just sign me up as a comics scholar, will read entertaining gag strips through their archives for free
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Gloomy Rube posted:Half circle hair is just too big a barrier for me, plus the few times I did read it it was "COME TO OUR LOCAL THEME PARK, THIS IS A WEEKS LONG AD" and they did that twice. something broke inside me a while ago and now i think those storylines are endearing
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PuddingKnight posted:I think the Tinkersons is leagues above Fort Knox writing-wise You're right. Those Janis and Arlo bookends were also extremely dope.
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PetraCore posted:Comic Strip Thread: WHEN MAN'S CONSCIENCE IS GONE HIS SOUL IS DEAD A good title to wrap up the year.
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Haifisch posted:2017 Spiderman Didn't know Xenu was a Kree https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo97LdIHj74 My Dad is Dracula  I meal prepped a spinach, beet, and goat cheese salad this week. I feel extremely called out. But my poop is purple now, which is neat. Pickles  Zits 
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Johnny Walker posted:Popeye's Cartoon Club has gone viral!  root posted:Locher-era Tracy may have been a barely coherent mess but at least it was interesting and STUFF HAPPENED.
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The Lockhorns  Brewster Rockit Space Guy   On The Fastrack   Safe Havens  No Safe Havens on Sundays! Stone Soup  Kevin & Kell   Mother Goose & Grimm   Hagar The Horrible   Sherman's Lagoon   Frazz  
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FrumpleOrz posted:On The Fastrack 1. Considering she has no visible piercings, that's a lot of info to give a coworker at 8am. It's probably something like 6am, because I think she comes to work early to work with Fi and I hate that both I know that fact and that working 2-3 extra hours a day is cool with her. 2. Imagine how lovely you would feel if a kid was born 30 feet away from you and everyone forgot you existed until she was able to speak.
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FrumpleOrz posted:Kevin & Kell
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Professor Wayne posted:1. Considering she has no visible piercings, that's a lot of info to give a coworker at 8am. Also, does anyone else in the entire world call them "piercing ornaments"? I have literally never heard that term outside of this comic.
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Daddy Daze Take It From the Tinkersons  Dark Side of the Horse  Fort Knox 
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Excellent Family Circus  Rose is Rose  One Big Happy  Foob  Compu-Toon  Bizarro 
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Arlo and Janis Tina's Groove Classic (June 6, 2008)  Arlo and Janis Classic (June 6, 1998)  Garfield Classic (June 6, 1988) 
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I'm pretty sure they still live in a sentient tree, so there's something kind of hosed up about installing a chimney in it that they seem to use a lot. I really enjoy moments like this that show Hagar and Helga have a pretty loving relationship, and that Hagar does try to care for Helga when she's not feeling well. Ahhhh yes, Frazz 'used to' feel jealous that people were rich enough to travel around, but now he's not because he's a successful musician-turned-producer-turned-still rich janitor.
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do dead batteries really weigh the same as live batteries or is the family circus kid just incapable of feeling the difference? don't they lose some electrons or something when they're dead?
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FrumpleOrz posted:Kevin & Kell Haha, they're both about to get murdered and the meme words are there also.
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The electrons aren't lost. The chemical reaction that moves electrons from one end to the other get spent, but all the elements are still in the battery.
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And even if they were lost, the electrons are almost weightless compared to to the protons and neutrons.
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it doesn't matter how insignificant it is the comic would still be technically incorrect!
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Garfield there's zero way this isn't a reused joke Heathcliff  Overboard  Monty  
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Pastry of the Year posted:Arlo and Janis Classic (June 6, 1998) It might just be a hunch, but I think this one’s about loving.
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Green Intern posted:It might just be a hunch, but I think this one’s about loving. Specifically, tangible boners.
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Green Intern posted:It might just be a hunch, but I think this one’s about loving. Well, Arlo could suffer from hypertension! Did you ever think of THAT?!
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Manuel Calavera posted:Excellent Actual and nearly as stupid answer: By dropping it on a table. If it bounces, then it's at least partially discharged.
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PuddingKnight posted:Garfield idk but that December calendar only has thirty days 
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FrumpleOrz posted:Stone Soup 
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Hwurmp posted:idk but that December calendar only has thirty days I think you need to recount, 4*7 +3 = 31 days. 
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