Comic Strips 2020: Sumpin Arful

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Hel: Oct 9, 2012; Jokatgulm is tedium.
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Kennel posted:

Surgeon's Tales

A new computer and new Gimp. I didn't find a way to make the font match exactly, so the text is a bit thinner now.

I really hope Jaana isn't killed off, both she and Mrs. Fothergill from Modestly Blaise are both pretty neat characters.

# ¿ Feb 22, 2020 19:56

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# ¿ Mar 26, 2025 22:31

Hel: Oct 9, 2012; Jokatgulm is tedium.
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One of the things I really love about the posting of old comics is seeing phrases you didn't know were that old. Like I didn't know that by 1946 "Zombie" was common enough parlance that "Post-Office Zombies" would work as a joke.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2020 08:02

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Kennel posted:

Surgeon's Tales

Yes, Jaana escapes an unjust execution, I was kinda worried there. Thanks for posing this, it's actually a really interesting comic

# ¿ Mar 13, 2020 15:14

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Endless Mike posted:

This is it, friends. The final Star Wars that I have. After this, the galaxy will be totally peaceful!

Thank you for posting what you had, sad to see it go since it was actually a pretty neat comic, not what I expected after hearing about the Star Wars expanded universe in general.

# ¿ Mar 15, 2020 09:43

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Vargo posted:

Wallace's parents best parents

This really is one of the reasons I love Wallace, his parents are actually willing and into playing with him , even the dumb stuff.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2020 19:30

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fondue posted:

I would but he's not syndicated and most of his material is rated R because it was produced for Playboy magazine.

I do like that Gary Larson gives a shout out to Kliban as one of his major inspirations. There was a thread four years ago about Larson that in the middle a bunch of people poo poo on Kliban because for whatever.

Didn't someone post a bit of it a few years ago, or was that just the Klibans cats?

# ¿ Mar 19, 2020 09:47

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SubNat posted:

It's an issue I've run into before, while for example trying to get an archive of M, or any other series.

There's nothing like comics kingdom etc for Norwegian/Scandinavian comics. They're usually just hosted by the newspaper that carries them, and only for a few days worth of backlog.

Some might run in physical comics and etc, but outside of maybe getting anthologies and scanning those there aren't really any good options.

If it wasn't for Corona and the renovation of Kulturhuset in Stockholm we'd have "Serieteket" Stockholms Comic library. I considered swinging by a few months ago to see if I could find something cool to show the thread. But also they have some book available for loan as E-books, including three whole Zelda collections https://biblioteket.stockholm.se/titel/1017455 , https://biblioteket.stockholm.se/titel/1017874 https://biblioteket.stockholm.se/titel/1086098 . Sadly I can't check their quality since I've either forgot my password or been thrown out of the system for inactivity, but maybe I'll brave the Corona wasteland to reactivate it.

# ¿ Mar 29, 2020 16:15

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How Wonderful! posted:

I found this image of a slightly older Zelda in black and white and I have to say I love this style. I think the Zelda currently being posted has a cute and appealing line and I like the acting but it lacks the nervous energy this older strip has. Granted I have no idea what anyone is saying, but, you know.

I like how she's willing to really exaggerate and stylize her women characters' body language, and give them that kind of loose, rough dynamism-- a willingness to swing for expressive "ugliness"-- that a lot of male cartoonists save for male characters.
It makes me feel bad about falling off of posting Dykes to Watch Out For. So, let's do this:

Dykes to Watch Out For

Rough translation:

Panel 1:
- Are you crying, what has happened?
- It's so indescribably horrible! The penguin can't find his flock!
He's looking and crying all alone in Antarctica! uhuhuhuh...

Panel 2:
- Is the drat film crew incapable of helping hem?
Unfeeling Frenchmen only smoking hashish in their Canadian Goose jackets! No empathy at all, I'm getting so drat mad!!!

Panel 3:
- You're not having your period soon are you?
- Oh? So whenever a woman is upset it's because of biological hysteria?
sexist!

Panel 4:
Look!, Now the albatross is taking the penguin chick! And the Frenchmen are making snow angels! I'm getting so drat mad!!!

Related to Zelda, I find that it's very prominent with a thing I associate with Swedish comics strips, the stylized ugliness. Maybe it's also common elsewhere but it's something I've associated a lot with Swedish newspaper-style comics strips.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2020 09:46

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Ghostlight posted:

Are we finally getting the weed growing hedgehogs you promised us?

# ¿ Apr 9, 2020 07:47

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Maigius posted:

I found my grandmother's comic scrapbook from 1939 or so. The ones I've checked so far seem to be from weekly magazines, such as the Saturday Evening Post. Due to the book being fragile, I'll have to take pictures instead of scanning them. Do you want to me to post them?

But seriously that sounds interesting.

# ¿ May 6, 2020 17:50

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StrixNebulosa posted:

What a loving rear end in a top hat, sure let's make fun of your student and share her personal information to the whole class, that's good behavior coming from the person in authority. Even if you were rear end in a top hat enough to take her phone, once you figured the message was of a private nature, you'd give it back and not even think of saying that out loud.

# ¿ May 11, 2020 06:39

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The Bloop posted:

It's so stupid and bad but it's also very, very good and I honestly don't know why.

The author is clearly taking the piss but Mr Boop himself is so drat earnest

I don't see my amusement in it lasting, but then I thought the same thing about My Dad is Dracula and it's good for roughly the same reasons.

Honestly not a fan of mr.Boop, to me it comes off uncomfortably like to the usual placing women on pedestals poo poo.

# ¿ Jun 10, 2020 17:16

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Ardeem posted:

That man is in hell.

Nah, spending your whole day playing with dogs is a pretty great heaven.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2020 09:21

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Darthemed posted:

Dick

[stands up]
"George Bumpsted?"
[sits back down]

"Royal European Secret Police"?

# ¿ Jul 22, 2020 16:18

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I will never get over the fact that Steve the tramp is Dick Tracy's greatest nemesis.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2020 15:12

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Selachian posted:

Fifth panel (?): oh good lord.

(it is a Thomas the Tank Engine joke, because Ringo Starr was the conductor on Shining Time Station you see)

More like he was the original narrator for Thomas the tank engine.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2020 21:18

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Darthemed posted:

Dick

I was getting ready to post RIP Steve, but I'm glad he survived, he really is Tracy's nemesis.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2020 16:52

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How Wonderful! posted:

TGIDTWOF
Would people be interested in reading this or should I skip ahead onto the next book when I get to that point?

But seriously it sounds interesting enough. Also gotta thank you for putting it all in context, makes it very interesting, especially as someone who's too young and not American.

# ¿ Nov 24, 2020 22:59

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Slammy posted:

Gay and Her Gang (February 5, 1929)

I don't know when the 180 rule was established but it's pretty interesting to see how Gladys Parker switched perspectives and poses from panel to panel. It feels like a lot more work and is frankly pretty impressive compared to some of the modern comics that are almost copy and pasted between panels.

BTW is there an archive of the Mopsy strips? Gladys Parker is probably one of my favourite cartoonists from this thread.

# ¿ Dec 9, 2020 08:54

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Woapalanne posted:

The Timid Soul is the *origin* of "milquetoast" as an insult!

This is part of why I love the people posting older comics, it's really neat to see where expressions and other cultural stuff comes from, we joke about being the only people who actually care about newspaper comics but they used to actually have massive cultural impact.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2020 08:31

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What I want from Axa: female post-apocalyptic Conan.
What Axa seems to be: The worst parts of Cathy and Brenda Starr but with tits.

# ¿ Dec 16, 2020 22:39

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# ¿ Mar 26, 2025 22:31

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Kennel posted:

Surgeon's Tales

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolean_Death_March
Looks like dead Bertelskölds are my new Christmas tradition. His grandpa drowned last year.

This is the end of the third book. Surgeon's Tales returns in January. Thanks for reading!

Looks like I have exactly 700 strips left, so I should be able to finish it by the end of the next year.

Looking forward to it, and thanks for posting, it's actually pretty neat and interesting.

# ¿ Dec 23, 2020 17:29

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