Comic Strips 2020: Sumpin Arful

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Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Bonus pissed off doge avatars:
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That's a drat fine dog!

Also: excellent thread title to start out the new year
And "Thanks" to everybody that posts strips :kimchi:

ed: And, of course,

Pigsfeet on Rye fucked around with this message at 14:54 on Jan 1, 2020

# ¿ Jan 1, 2020 14:45

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# ¿ Jan 24, 2025 16:39

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Haifisch posted:

Fun fact: I was real close to having Katrinka referenced in the thread title before THE BLOOD stole the crown in the last moment.

You must admit that THE BLOOD is creepy, and the story is getting really interesting.

# ¿ Jan 2, 2020 00:05

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Kennel posted:

Surgeon's Tales

For about 11 months I've been translating and posting Surgeon's Tales. It's a comic based on Finnish author Zachris Topelius' historical novel that was published originally between 1853 and 1867 (original Swedish language title: F�ltsk�rns ber�ttelser) and not particularly well known outside Finland. The comic itself was published in the 1950s and follows the original text very closely.

Recap:

The story began in 1631 and so far we have followed mostly Kustaa Bertelsk�ld, a Finnish soldier who turned out to be a bastard son of Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus/Gustav II Adolf. He and his descendants were cursed by his grandfather and blessed by his mother and there is also a magical ring that is said to bring a great fortune for anyone who holds it. It's somewhat ambiguous if magic is real or if it's just God's will, but Bertelsk�ld becomes a count and a general before he gives an false oath and drowns. The ring is lost, but I'm presuming it appears again soon enough.

The year is now 1671 (I think) and while I haven't read ahead, we will probably start following Kustaa's son Bernhard Bertelsk�ld who is shown to be a tender-hearted unlike his ambitious father. While the Swedish conquest in Poland didn't work out, they managed to took large regions from Denmark and control most of the Baltic Sea.

Swedish empire in the 1660s (yellow):

And here we go, with even more

I'm sure we will learn more about the Battle of Poltava (1709) before next Christmas, but let's not get ahead of our story.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_X_Gustav_of_Sweden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_XI_of_Sweden

I'm glad you take the time to do the translation and introduce this to us, it's really interesting.

# ¿ Jan 2, 2020 22:07

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Vargo posted:

Curt- ahahahahaha what the gently caress is this, billingsley you suck so hard, lol

What the gently caress? This ending was lamer than a three-legged llama.

# ¿ Jan 3, 2020 21:07

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Green Intern posted:

Bobbie and Robbie really hits the sweet spot for me. I love that golem.

The idea of the little girl (does she have a name?) getting the golem to braid her hair is charming, as is using a golem as a clothes stand. B&R is really growing on me.

# ¿ Jan 10, 2020 15:29

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

root posted:

Look at the miserable expression on her face. Do you think Les ever asks her about how things are at work, what she did, how, she's feeling, what her name is? Nope. The sole purpose of her existence is to endure Les' endless whining ("Hollywood wants to make Lisa's Story into a movie again!? waaaah...") and be constantly reminded of how St Lisa was the greatest and best there ever was and she won't loving go away because that giant library of vhs tapes are her phylactery.

She also has to wear a bald wig when she pegs Les during their Deliverance cosplay sessions.

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# ¿ Jan 12, 2020 16:01

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

FrumpleOrz posted:

The Lockhorns

Hagar The Horrible

Sherman's Lagoon

drat, some underrated comics were slammin' today.

# ¿ Jan 13, 2020 02:22

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Vargo posted:

Apologies to Johnny Walker, but I absolutely had to post today's Mark Trail.

He is absolutely making it a point to not use clip art in this. Look at that "I'm a very serious artist" cross-hatching. At that Picasso-rear end face. At the hosed proportions of the man landing in the third panel.

When James Allen is trying, he draws like a 14-year old. This is him really showing me what's what.

This Causes Me Keen Disappointment And I Cry Bitterly

# ¿ Jan 15, 2020 18:16

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Jam Esallen is working out a way to show his wool fetish

# ¿ Jan 15, 2020 18:40

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Poil posted:

I'm going to guess that Stuart just went on vacation without bothering to tell anyone. And then he berates them for not following the instructions he never sent.

Either that, or he had a stroke on the shitter, and that's where they'll find his corpse in a week or two.

# ¿ Jan 18, 2020 12:51

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

drat, that's some grimness.

https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/to-build-a-fire.pdf

# ¿ Jan 18, 2020 14:13

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Evil Mastermind posted:

Cul De Sac puts a spell on you.

Cul de Sac is sooo good. :kimchi:

# ¿ Jan 21, 2020 19:08

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Darthemed posted:

Dick

Many years from now, Steve's grandson will be known as Scumbag Steve

# ¿ Jan 23, 2020 19:52

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

readingatwork posted:

Old School Peanuts (Jun 6, 1951)

Calvin and Hobbes (Jan 3-4, 1987)

Robbie and Bobby (Feb 20-23, 2015)

I love all three of these sets of comics; Robbie and Bobby has rreally grown on me.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2020 14:57

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

I just wanted to point out the cool-sounding, old-time measurements from Prince Valiant: "The virgate, yardland, or yard of land (Latin: virgāta [terrae]) was an English unit of land. Primarily a measure of tax assessment rather than area, the virgate was usually (but not always) reckoned as 1⁄4 hide and notionally (but seldom exactly) equal to 30 acres. It was equivalent to two of the Danelaw's oxgangs."

# ¿ Feb 3, 2020 01:49

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

TofuDiva posted:

"Mad as a lorry"

"Mad as a pair of bright pink tractors"

# ¿ Feb 7, 2020 23:54

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Johnny Walker posted:

Rex Morgan MD

Andrzej and Tildy are going to meet, declare their undying love for each other, then simultaneously die in a pile of ancient, commingled flesh.

# ¿ Feb 9, 2020 19:47

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

readingatwork posted:

Robbie and Bobby (Mar 26-31, 2015)

I'm really liking Robbie and Bobbie

# ¿ Feb 9, 2020 21:31

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Mer-dodo mpreg comix? WTF, Holbrook?

# ¿ Feb 14, 2020 12:31

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

readingatwork posted:

Robbie and Bobby (Apr 13-14, 2015)

Ffffuuuuuuccccckkk :kimchi:

# ¿ Feb 14, 2020 19:12

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Medenmath posted:

Vintage Valiant (Oct. 23, 1937)

I like Sir Gawain's 'light-hearted' signals :kimchi:

# ¿ Feb 18, 2020 22:50

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Apt. 3G is like a 1950s advertisement poster for the rejuvenating powers of VODKA

# ¿ Feb 24, 2020 23:00

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Cowslips Warren posted:

Ooooh poo poo Val is gonna shiv loving Shrek, isn't he.

The ogre is actually two midgets in an overcoat

# ¿ Feb 27, 2020 03:33

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Hwurmp posted:

what the gently caress is Prince Valiant doing to that goose

He needs a goose neck to wipe his rear end

# ¿ Feb 28, 2020 02:58

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

EBB posted:

Prince Val is proto-Batman

-NEXT WEEK-
"PANIC! AT THE OGRE'S DISCO"

# ¿ Mar 1, 2020 01:54

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Green Intern posted:

I was waiting for Junior Tracy�s bio-dad to get killed off, and here we are finally.

The old dude's life was like a country & western ballad.

# ¿ Mar 1, 2020 02:47

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Kennel posted:

Surgeon's Tales

Pretty amazing that Jaana could foresee Finnish national football team qualifying to UEFA Euro 2020 final tournament.

Either that or the Eurovision Song Contest

# ¿ Mar 14, 2020 13:21

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

I went for the unexpected.

# ¿ Mar 15, 2020 23:30

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Evil Mastermind posted:

Cul De Sac didn't think this through.

The dialog in this is so wonderful...

# ¿ Mar 16, 2020 01:34

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

EBB posted:

I forsee Bernice living with ten cats in the future

She'll describe herself as a femcel

# ¿ Mar 17, 2020 11:12

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Ghostlight posted:

Classic Cat 17-7-23

I laughed at this, it was very unexpected. Rabbit knows what's worthwhile.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2020 02:12

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Yvonmukluk posted:

Bad Machinery

Yeah, thanks for posting this and introducing me to it, it turned out to be a really good comic.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2020 14:24

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Transmodiar posted:

Scary Go Round: WEN-TACK

One Fit Mum, coming up!

# ¿ Mar 24, 2020 19:03

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

CommonShore posted:

Augh dangit this one makes me sad and it's one of the ones that I remember best

Yeah, that sort of thing is pretty hosed up.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/why-a-scientist-cut-down-the-oldest-living-tree

# ¿ Mar 25, 2020 14:32

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

JethroMcB posted:

FIT MUM HAS ARRIVED

Truly, the greatest loss of WEN-TAK/The Great Unboxing being retconned

Fit Mum gone :smith:

# ¿ Mar 25, 2020 17:23

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Alhazred posted:

Zelda

Out of curiosity, what country does this originally come from?

# ¿ Mar 25, 2020 22:30

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

Alhazred posted:

Zelda

Fierce burn in Zelda.

Pigsfeet on Rye fucked around with this message at 12:52 on Mar 26, 2020

# ¿ Mar 26, 2020 12:48

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; No thanks to Lizzo..

amigolupus posted:

I'm still curious why John Allison struck this story from canon. I'm looking forward to the rest to hopefully figure out if there's something in it that made him think the story was bad or something.

If I recall, I definitely didn't like the ending.

# ¿ Mar 27, 2020 12:56