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The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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I don't think Allen understands Mark constantly whining during this expedition he agreed to come on just makes him seem like a weird killjoy

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The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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Okay I laughed at a Compu-Toon

I'm pretty sure it's not SUPPOSED to be a meta-joke about Boyce copy pasting things, and is actually just the standard Compu-Toon nonsense but I choose to take it as the former because it made me laugh.

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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It's a funny gag but Calvin's head is exorcisting in that last panel.

Usually the art on Calvin and Hobbes ranges from fine, to good, to amazing(in the sunday strips) so this kind of error sticks out

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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Groening was one of many people who flew on noted sex monster Jeffrey Epstein's private jet, which has been dubbed "The Lolita Express" by tabloids after the full details of how bad Epstein was came out.

One of the girls Epstein abused mentions giving Groening a foot rub but doesn't say anything further happened, and given that she said she was made to have sex with Prince Andrew, she probably would have said if it did.

Said Groening was nice, aside from having super gross feet.

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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Tiggum posted:

I don't get it either. But also, you're a grown adult, Dustin. You can eat popcorn any time you like.

One of the hardest realizations of my early adult life was that I can now buy and eat massive amounts of candy, but I no longer want to buy and eat massive amounts of candy.

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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EasyEW posted:

9 "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Lane



Sometimes you wonder why we even bother having a social contract if a nationally syndicated comic strip is just gonna let a woman in a sexy red dress flash her tits to entice her husband, who is holding her two infant daughters.

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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How Wonderful! posted:

This is not a good storyline but this line of critique in general is kind of bewildering to me:



Ikiru is a really beautiful film. Saw it in college and haven't forgotten it

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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Hot take: The Mr. Boop comics especially later on are a good use of a Fleischer Bros character because they are weird and gonzo in a way a lot of Fleischer Bros cartoons were

Not sure the guy who made this actually knows this because you could just as easily have done this comic with Jessica Rabbit but.

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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From what I've heard Bushmiller basically modeled Fritzi after his wife, and the character of Phil Fumble was a self-deprecating joke about how he was a dumpy awkward potato person married to a pretty lady.

The fact that he lets his self-insert be the butt of the joke is one of many reasons Bushmiller is better than Gilchrist.

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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readingatwork posted:


Calvin and Hobbes (Sept 16-17, 1987)






I have a friend who has a funny story about this arc, so I asked her to type it out so I could share it with people.

My Friend Alice posted:

When I was, oh, 6 or so years old, my mom had enough of my obnoxiousness and she gave me one of Dad's Calvin and Hobbes books and told me to go read comics quietly in my room.

It was the book that contained this arc.

Somehow, even though it didn't work out for Calvin, I was convinced that this was the greatest idea in the world, and I decided to try it for myself. I packed up my Crayola-branded suitcase with everything I thought I'd need to live on my own (basically just my Rand McNally road atlas and some toys) then wandered out the front door.

I got as far as the courtyard of the apartment complex we lived in before my mother realized what I was doing and dragged me back inside.

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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Big comic strip news https://deadline.com/2020/06/nickelodeon-phoebe-and-her-unicorn-options-franchise-1202963565/

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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I would definitely like for there to be a forum thread somewhere else or a discord to replace it. Checking this thread once a day is one of my favorite things, and I don't wanna lose it because Lowtax sucks.

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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I just hope whoever replaces James Allen, if they replace James Allen and they don't just retire Mark Trail, still draws random close ups of woodland animals over panels.

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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EasyEW posted:

Peanuts (July 4, 1973)



iirc the strip directly after this is the greatest Peanuts strip of all time

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:

"My gram loved colors"

:lol:

Speaking of "in the hands of a better artist". This could be a nice story about an older lady becoming a surrogate grandmother to a traumatized teen. Instead, we're treated to MST3K-level dialogue like that.

Mary Worth is better if you assume every character is an alien infiltrator from a different species who thinks they're the only alien in a human suit and is desperately trying to convince the other hu-mans they are also a normal hu-man.

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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It says something about how loving boring Mary Worth has been for a while now that nobody even noticed a dude proposing with an onion ring in this thread.

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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This is quietly unnerving and I'm not sure why

Somebody fucked around with this message at 16:29 on Jul 25, 2022

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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We didn't deserve the Far Side but I'm glad we had it anyway

Somebody fucked around with this message at 16:06 on Jul 25, 2022

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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Mister Kingdom posted:

In case you wanted to know:

hooverize

MEANING:
verb tr., intr.: To be sparing in the use of something, especially food.

ETYMOLOGY:
After Herbert C. Hoover (1874-1964), who as the head of the US Food Administration during the WWI, encouraged citizens to eat less and save food for soldiers. Earliest documented use: 1917.

He was of course, later associated with scarcity and paucity for a different reason.

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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The dad in Crabgrass is low-key one of my favorite comic strip dads since Calvin's dad. He's just so good

The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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:iceburn:

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The Vosgian Beast
Aug 13, 2011

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FrumpleOrz posted:

The Lockhorns


I refuse to believe Leroy has that big of a following.


Pastry of the Year posted:



It really was a perfect piece of casting.

Lorenzo Music volunteered at a suicide hotline, and he said there were multiple times when people were pouring out their troubles to him and suddenly went "Wait why do you sound like Garfield"

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