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Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:

I think that the boss's teeth are amazing, and I really like the doubled stuff like screwdrivers, tobacco pipes, etc. All kinds of cool sight tags in here.

A vase with a faucet on it to drain excess water. Now I wonder if they actually make those.

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Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Kennel posted:

The world's tallest toddler? (who can read somehow)

Some folks just have a round head. He looks like my friend's dad back when we were kids; wasn't full-on Charlie Brown or anything but it looked out of place until you got used to it.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Discendo Vox posted:

I was going to post more wikipedia pages but it turns out this is major historical spoilertown! Very Cool Things ahead!

It's really a shame that she tends to just show up in articles as "this movie starlet did some science on the side" because that's way underselling her.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Savidudeosoo posted:

I'm torn between really dig Ye Olde Phantom costume and puzzling over the idea of not mixing the sauce in the pan.

Do you have like, a sauce bowl? That you spoon out?

Yes. My family would cook the pasta and the sauce separately, then everyone could help themselves to however much sauce they wanted.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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FrumpleOrz posted:

Safe Havens


Holbrok has gotten his strips mixed up and things sentient creatures eat each other here. Or it's a sex joke.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Evil Mastermind posted:

The Dinette Set is just a feeling it gets.


This brings back memories. During monsoon season growing up I used to go out back and watch the stormwall roll up the canyon. Life was pretty boring back before internet, but it was still cool.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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In the rare times it's gotten away from a "record on the head" angle I love how they look in that hat.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Tendales posted:

I think he needs a co-writer. Randy's got great jokes and an encyclopedic knowledge of POPEYE LORE, but the voices are just off. They talk like S*P characters, not Thimble Theater characters.

Thinking about it more, he's writing them with a lot more ironic awareness than TT characters generally show. Most of the Popeye cast should be mumbling their way through a confused daze.

e: case in point,

There's a sincerity in how the TT characters just keep rolling with whatever insanity comes their way, where Randy's writing them as knowing and detached. It works great for a couple gag strips, but wouldn't stand on its own, I think.

Randy's stuff doesn't feel like a Popeye strip to me, it feels like a loving parody done by a fan. Which is how it started, so yeah. Enjoying it though.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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A Real Horse posted:

I usually gloss over a lot of the classic strips, they tend to not really grab me. This got me to go back read it.

I will not be skipping Prince Valiant anymore.

PS: Save this stamp

Valiant's an odd one, even reading it as a kid I'd usually skip all of the text, occasionally read a bit and go "wow this is actually cool" and then skip it again because it's difficult to read.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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FrumpleOrz posted:

Ella Cinders Spoilered for a small but noticeable racist caricature in the second panel.


Do they use ice in California? Let's see, the strip's in 1921... Air Conditioning had been around for about 20 years, the New England ice trade was just fading out in favor of artificial production ("just" on a global timescale, I think that was 1890s), so I'd say yes but new enough that a yokel could be expected not to know for the sake of a joke at his dimness.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Some Guy TT posted:

I wonder why it's always the Beatles. I vaguely remember Hot Tub Time Machine 2 having a plot point about a character getting rich by stealing Motley Crue songs but eh...the main problem with any plots along these lines is that the people involved obviously have no idea how music works. Just writing a good song isn't enough to be famous and music always takes place in context. Music today in general would probably be very different without the Beatles and anyone trying to sing in their style would probably come off as hopelessly quaint, the same way we might see someone who was trying to make big band music or bop.

Agents of Shield had one person steal various songs from the 80s last week. A few years before they'd be released, so you avoid the "playing the music outside the moment that helped it be a hit" thing but there's still the marketing/band factor just getting glossed over. One nice touch is that the lyrics aren't exact, he's going off memory.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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FrumpleOrz posted:

On The Fastrack


Oh come on! At least keep them both to single digits to use that joke.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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FrumpleOrz posted:

On The Fastrack Here he is!


The guy looks like a bodybuilder aging into the "just fat" age bracket. The comic's about carictures and pronounced features, give some attention to the square face and protruding jaw instead of burying it in his whole body frame.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Kennel posted:

I roll my eyes whenever people say that classic Garfield is good, but this one I like.

:rolleyes:

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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It still has the "(animal) has (trait)" issue but I actually like the dynamics of the early strips. Relationship dynamics of a new step-family is a very grounded thing compared to later soap opera plots. The modern stuff with the cat/rat raising his nephew hits the same notes, and can rest on that dynamic instead of drama around characters' exceptional skills and fantastical enemies.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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I think what I like most about Modesty Blaise is that while she and Willie are truly exceptional the folks they help are presented more as out of their element than stupid. There's a kindness and respect in how they interact with people, from what I've seen it only turns bitter when their skills are directly challenged. Similar stories I've read tend to have an almost-cruel (or sometimes actually cruel) vanity to the hero's skills, though for Sherlock Holmes that depends on who's interpreting the character, even the original stuff can be a bit all over the place.

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Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Parahexavoctal posted:

As I understand it, "tree law" is a big thing for homeowners?

Yeah, it can be a big ol' mess. My parents had to deal with that a few years back when the neighbor's tree fell over and broke a fence and some plants, and that was with both parties cooperating and just trying to figure out the insurance forms and reimbursement. "When you hire guys to clean up the part on your side, can they take care of the part on our side too or do we need to hire them separately and you pay us back" sort of thing. Then there are issues with a healthy tree such as branches/fruit overhanging a property line, blocked views in places where people pay way too much money without thinking about how things will grow in ten years, general cleanup from fall leaves, plenty of fodder for folks who already don't get along to explode into a legal brawl.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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riderchop posted:

Rae the Doe



Okay Rae, ya got me.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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I need to re-watch Chak De. Sports movie where the big team bonding moment is basically this but in a McDonald's.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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MariusLecter posted:

So the crooked real estate guy, who sold the warehouse by mistake, was supposed to keep the warehouse in limbo while Coney looked for hidden stash of money?

Also, "too many" mob guys also knew about the hidden money in the meantime but sure it's still definitely hidden somewhere and there isnt some unknown goon out in the Bahamas laughing their rear end off.

My hunch is that he put his money "into" the warehouse and it was an investment.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Powered Descent posted:

Um... wow. Okay, it seems I may have done some misinterpreting of my own here, and ascribed a noble motive (to the complainers) where it wasn't warranted. If the papers that pulled the strip actually did so for being offensive to the shitheads, then I retract everything I've said, apologize to the author and throw my support behind her.

Unfortunately, nobody has ever lost money betting against basic human decency.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Julet Esqu posted:



Okay, I'm well aware that the entire point of the joke is that Bernice is a ridiculous nerd, but shut up, Bernice, you ridiculous nerd.

She's a ridiculous nerd, but I can sympathize. When I've been a guest at other folks' homes (a less permanent situation but this is Bernice's first night) it feels so weird to try and anticipate their routine. Particularly when something unusual happens like a cat vomiting on you.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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My Lovely Horse posted:

When I was a kid and Burton's Batman came out, I'd never heard of Batman, and this is exactly how I saw the ubiquitious symbol. Just wandering around town all the time wondering what the weird symbol with the oddly spaced round teeth was about.

Back in the day there was a t-shirt design with the Bat-Signal as the Joker's mouth laughing. Couldn't find it in a quick Google search, too many other Jokers and different logo designs since then.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Ghostlight posted:

キューライス


This hole was made for me-oww!

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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bad posts ahead!!! posted:

someone change my name to “hunk of quiet”

Not "same hunk but growing"?

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Kavak posted:

Change the orange one to "The world sucks" and you have me.

I used to name them. Helped me cope and recognize where they came from.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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FrumpleOrz posted:

Kevin & Kell


Okay what the heck?
Anthropomorphic animals, perfectly fine.
Still making constant carnivore jokes, a bit off-kilter if you think about it too hard, but I guess.
Grabbing folks off the street for the fur trade? Very macabre but an opportunistic extension of the predator dynamic.
Specifically targeting this one stoat such that you're publically putting a hit out on her and yet she's no different from any other you could harvest? WTF mate? Why do they care so much?

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Kennel posted:


And that's it.

It's taken me a moment to get some of these but this one's a puzzler. I'm sure I'll spot it!

Thanks for sharing, those were wonderful.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Julet Esqu posted:

Unfortunately I couldn't find the video I really wanted to post, but this will have to do. It was taken during the Delta Fire in northern California a couple of years back. It occurred on a stretch of I-5 that I have to drive through on my commute to work and I can tell you that the area still looks like poo poo even now, two years later. It's not the northern California fire that was the closest or the scariest to me personally, nor was it the one that hurt or killed the most people, but it's the one whose destruction I still look at multiple days a week, so I'm going with it.

Be aware that the cinematography was done by two frightened truckers, so it's not the best. About four and a half minutes in is where you see the best example of how quickly a fire like this can go from no fire to oh, there's some fire over there, to OH HOLY loving poo poo WE MIGHT DIE. And I think the video as a whole shows the fear and the hopelessness that comes with being stuck on a road needing to evacuate RIGHT NOW and not being able to because everybody else is trying to get out, too. And this fire isn't even in a big city, it occurred out in the middle of the woods on a relatively quiet stretch of I-5.

All of this is to say that the notion of driving into a fire like this to go rescue somebody is asinine. Don't loving do it. DON'T. Because look at the mess those roads are. Stay the gently caress out of there. People are trying to get OUT so they don't DIE. Stay out of their way. Firefighters and other trained emergency services are trying to get in so they can help rescue people or fight the fire. Don't barge in and get under their feet or make yourself another victim that they then have to spend more time rescuing.

Wildfires are terrifying. And they are fast. So so fast. gently caress you, Batiuk, for just seeing it as a flashy way to build up some drama for your lovely strip. Real people die in these things. And you're acting like it's heroic to run in and become a liability. Just get hosed. And I hope you never experience the fear of a wilfire threatening you or your loved ones or your home town, or the grief that comes when the fire wins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNrs262SUGQ

Back in 2000 my hometown burned from a "controlled" burn when the wind shifted (we're one of the reasons they're called prescribed burns now). My part of the county wasn't actually hit by the fire so we had homes to come back to but we were part of the evacuation and of course all the rebuilding/recovery. The evacuation is interesting because in the moment it felt very calm; two roads out of town, one was on fire, and when the other side of the county had evacuated half of them had come to us as a chance to regroup (we thought it'd be another day or so before it was called for our side) so we had a lot of people to get out through one road and everyone knew that. So it was very calm and caring and feels like it shouldn't be that big a deal, but 20 years later I'm still finding scars I didn't know were there and I wasn't even one of the folks who lost their house. It is an incredible amount of stress.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Julet Esqu posted:

Imagime seeing a fire that big and that close and thinking, "It is reasonable to assume that my girlfriend and my other girlfriend are both in there partying, blissfully unaware. Women just don't know how to behave in an emergency, right?" No. No. With a fire that big, you notice.

Batiuk, you lovely, lovely cartoonist.

It appears that fire was just a few inches wide across the road, while a completely different part of the fire is creeping up to the house like some B-movie burglar.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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That last panel brings back some unpleasant memories of when I started doing exercise again after a long period of... not. Got a bad blister day 1, tried to just "walk it off" day 2.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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catlord posted:

Good lord. And good lord to that Jump Start. That said though, I'm glad to see Fritzi Ritz show up again, even if it's a one-off.

Lio's what raised my eyebrows. Is the author saying the NIH's recommendations are a trap to make Covid worse?

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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ukonvasara posted:

I think it's just presenting an amusing situation in which a comically oversized coronavirus has baited a trap with something desirable to potential victims.

Yeah, probably. I read too many political cartoons.

In this case, "any" is too many.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Sweaty IT Nerd posted:

I don't think I'm smart enough to enjoy that comeec. It looks really good but it sure does have a lot of details.

This latest one sets everything up relatively clearly, though I agree it can get chaotic and it took this one for me to pull it together:
--wealthy Saudi expresses interest in juniper balls.
--everything in town is upended to deliver, profiteering and graft off every side
--this is all sold on the idea that it's a profitable new industry instead of a one-off job, and for that matter I'm not sure if the Saudi job is an actual contract or "once we have them the guy will totally remember he wanted them and be happy to pay us"
--A bunch of folks have drastic life changes as a result through cronyism, being scapegoated/ousted for trying to stop it, or as a result of other folks buying into the dream and making promises they think they'll be able to keep.
--Chickens are about to come home to roost.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Thinking about it, I think what makes Mammila difficult to track for me is that there are enough jumps that it's easy to get confused whether things just weren't shown on-camera or aren't actually there. Until the freakout in this strip about the "next job" I thought that had all been done off-screen because clearly someone wouldn't build a new industrial direction without lining up clients, right?

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Green Intern posted:

I mean yeah that’s kinda what Isopaljo and his cronies are doing. They care more about the land ownership and Business For Business’ Sake, because both of those equal money, power, and influence.

That last sentence was intended to be sarcasm-slash-naivete.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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ikanreed posted:

Does literally anyone know what happened in that goddamn experiment?

"Evidence that lightning and electricity were the same thing" is the main one I recall. I'm not sure if the electricity they collected and did tests with was also new exploration or proof that it reacted the same as electricity from other means.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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ikanreed posted:

So no.

The kite didn't get hit by lightening. The key got an electric charge just by being in the cloud. And he already owned batteries to determine the charge with

Yeah, that would've killed him, but it was a thunderstorm. Didn't similar tests in just rain not do anything? Hence the lightning extrapolation.

Man, now I wanna go dig up the actual paper and see what conclusions were drawn at the time. Slow day, should be fun.

Edit:

http://www.benjamin-franklin-history.org/kite-experiment/ posted:

Sir,

As frequent Mention is made in the News Papers from Europe, of the Success of the Philadelphia Experiment for drawing the Electric Fire from Clouds by Means of pointed Rods of Iron erected on high Buildings, &c. it may be agreeable to the Curious to be inform’d, that the same Experiment has succeeded in Philadelphia, tho’ made in a different and more easy Manner, which any one may try, as follows.

Make a small Cross of two light Strips of Cedar, the Arms so long as to reach to the four Corners of a large thin Silk Handkerchief when extended; tie the Corners of the Handkerchief to the Extremities of the Cross, so you have the Body of a Kite; which being properly accommodated with a Tail, Loop and String, will rise in the Air, like those made of Paper; but this being of Silk is fitter to bear the Wet and Wind of a Thunder Gust without tearing. To the Top of the upright Stick of the Cross is to be fixed a very sharp pointed Wire, rising a Foot or more above the Wood. To the End of the Twine, next the Hand, is to be tied a silk Ribbon, and where the Twine and the silk join, a Key may be fastened. This Kite is to be raised when a Thunder Gust appears to be coming on, and the Person who holds the String must stand within a Door, or Window, or under some Cover, so that the Silk Ribbon may not be wet; and Care must be taken that the Twine does not touch the Frame of the Door or Window. As soon as any of the Thunder Clouds come over the Kite, the pointed Wire will draw the Electric Fire from them, and the Kite, with all the Twine, will be electrified, and the loose Filaments of the Twine will stand out every Way, and be attracted by an approaching Finger. And when the Rain has wet the Kite and Twine, so that it can conduct the Electric Fire freely, you will find it stream out plentifully from the Key on the Approach of your Knuckle. At this Key the Phial may be charg’d; and from Electric Fire thus obtain’d, Spirits may be kindled, and all the other Electric Experiments be perform’d, which are usually done by the Help of a rubbed Glass Globe or Tube; and thereby the Sameness of the Electric Matter with that of Lightning compleatly demonstrated.

That was easier than I expected, but I guess it's Franklin so I shouldn't have been surprised. Some organizations really dedicated to archiving his stuff.

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Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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Well, now I know what I'm doing tonight. :smith:

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Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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amigolupus posted:

Like gently caress you didn't plan to eject your potions laboratory! :argh: The guy wearing a phone suit literally asked you to wait until the shapeshifter went to a different room but you insisted anyway.

When she gave herself a permanent potion she didn't expect it. Circumstances changed.


EasyEW posted:

Funky Winkerbean



There is a massive fire in LA, where the air currents create a stagnant cloud of pollution anyway. There is no way it's so clear.

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