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Safety Dance posted:I'm getting 2020 off to the right start. Aw, hell naw...  (The original, if you're curious.) Anyway, HAPPY PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY!  (From Charles Dana Gibson, the grand master of getting a type of woman named after him.) Major strips which began in 1924 (and thus have elements that are now free for creative recycling without calling in the lawyers (at least in the US)):
* Wash Tubbs (debuted April 14th) * Winsor McKay's revival of Little Nemo (began August 3rd) * Little Orphan Annie (debuted August 5th) Obviously, there are many, many more, and obviously I'm gonna nose around for 'em. Sally Forth (Francesco Marciuliano and Jim Keefe) is either one of the best bits of reading in post-millennium newspaper comic stripdom or a wall of words with occasional pictures. I'm the guy posting it, so you tell me which side I'm on. Last year, Ces and Jim finally allowed Hillary to get out of middle school and Sally is very much unemployed and feeling it.  Skippy (Percy Crosby) was created for the first version of Life Magazine (which we pull from for Skippy on Sunday). As summed up by Don Markstein: "Once, the name "Skippy" was associated in the public consciousness with an extremely popular comic strip about a little boy and his small town adventures. Comics historian and critic Coulton Waugh (whose cartooning credentials included having taken over Dickie Dare from Milton Caniff) said it "was no routine, ordinarily good job". It's no exaggeration to call it the Peanuts of its time. Now, the name only refers to a brand of peanut butter. There's a connection between the two, and the story behind it appears even more sordid than what's been going on between Disney and the licensor of Winnie the Pooh." (August 19, 1932)  Peanuts (Charles M. Schulz), the newer, worse version, to hear some people tell it, but this is the version of the strip I grew up with, so dance with the one that brung ya. And hanging on after the end means we don't have to choose between the two versions. (January 3, 1973)  Here's how I summed up Funky Winkerbean (Tom "Goddamn" Batiuk) a few years ago: "A rib-tickling chucklefest about how everything you love decays and dies. It used to be the pun-laden adventures of a group of high school students, but then The Most Important Woman In The Universe died and everything went straight to Hell. The resulting product carries an overinflated air of self-importance, and yet still isn't ambitious enough to be Nihilist Arby's: The Comic Strip." That was before TomBat had Bull Bushka kill himself after a concussion-laden career left him with a failing brain, and then promptly swept his family off the stage, thus tricking New York Times readers into stumbling over the setup for yet another warming over of The Saga of Saint Lisa of Cancerwife.  Crankshaft (Tom "Goddamn" Batiuk and Dan "You Brought This On Yourself, Buddy" Davis), the story of a grumpy malaprop-spouting school bus driver, takes place ten years before Funky Winkerbean, but they both still take place in the modern day. None of this is necessary to know to roll your eyes at either one of them, or (more likely) both.  Like a lot of things we hate read, 9 Chickweed Lane (Brooke "History's Greatest Monster" McEldowney) is two stories in one. On the page, it's the story of a community of the most insufferable, yet completely interchangeable, pseudointellectuals imaginable. Seriously, take any random line of dialogue, throw it at a friend who reads the strip, and see if they can guess who said it. The answer is always going to be "I can't remember any of their names, and you can't either, rear end in a top hat." In our imagined "behind the scenes" scenario, it's about a post-middle-aged cartoonist whose concept of how smart people talk and act was probably formed by poorly written animated cartoons, and who uses his characters to work through a laundry list of barely hidden fetishes. At the present time, he's up to "pregnancy". We also have evidence that he's so far up his own rear end that he thinks a country breeze smells like a breakfast burrito. So there's that to read for, too.  Rip Haywire (Dan Thompson) is a send-up of the type of square jawed, two-fisted action hero that only jerks like us seem to read anymore.  Thimble Theater (Elzie Segar) is the tale of a mutant sailor and his many hangers-on. If you're just joining us, you came at the right time, because it looks like the cast is about to get bigger. (August 1, 1936)  Out Our Way (J.R. Williams) is the original "clip it for the refrigerator" cartoon panel. It's about cowboys, machine shop workers, turn-of-the-century small town nostalgia, sibling rivalry, high-strung mothers, and (of course) BOYZENDORGS. (November 20-22, 1933)    Toonerville Folks (although it's not called that yet in the era I'm posting) is a cartoon panel that I've had a soft spot for over the years, so last year I just went for it. Small town characters, powerful nursemaids, and a world-famous form of public transport. (Fontaine Fox, June 2-3, 1916)   Dok's Dippy Duck (John "Dok" Hager) was the breakout retro hit of 2019. A smartass Seattle-based duck hangs out on a street corner. Sometimes he picks fights. Sometimes fights pick him. Created by a dentist who took up cartooning in middle age and became a regional legend. (January 1, 1913)  The last two are more or less effort posts, so their appearance is subject to whether I'm getting plowed under on other fronts or not. EasyEW fucked around with this message at 23:46 on Jan 1, 2020 |
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Sally Forth Skippy (August 20, 1932)  Peanuts (January 5, 1973)  Funky WInkerbean  Crankshaft  9 Chickweed Lane  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater ushers in a new era. (August 1, 1936)  Out Our Way (November 23-25, 1933)   Born thirty years too soon (for concussion science) (Yeah, I know it was longer than that, but gotta work with what's there.)  Toonerville Folks (June 5-7, 1916)    Dok's "This Film Was Banned In Boston" Duck (January 3, 1913) 
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Sally Forth Skippy (August 22, 1932)  Peanuts (January 5, 1973)  Funky Winkerbean  Crankshaft  9 Chickweed Lane  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (August 4, 1936, and for whoever asked yesterday, sorry, the website leapfrogged over Goon Island. They also skipped Swee'pea showing up, which is a mega-bummer.)  Out Our Way (November 27-29, 1933)    Toonerville Folks (June 8-10, 1916)    Dok's Duck (January 5, 1913)  The inauguration of Woodrow Wilson was held on March 4th, with the Women's Suffrage Parade going on the day before. Of course, there's a story behind that last one. Someone writing for a better White House than the one we have right now posted:The organizers of the parade also maximized attention on the event by strategically hosting it just one day before the inauguration of President-elect Woodrow Wilson. This tactic worked. As the women marched from the U.S. Capitol toward the Treasury Building, they were met by thousands of spectators, many in town for the inauguration.
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Sally Forth Peanuts (January 6, 1973)  Funky Winkerbean  Crankshaft  9 Chickweed Lane  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (August 5, 1936)  Out Our Way (November 30-December 2, 1933)    Toonerville Folks (June 13-15, 1916)    Welcome back to another season of The Dorg Scoreborg! OOW 2-1 TF (The cartoon that gave the name to the Boyzendorgs League pulls it off in the first collision of the year, with extra acclaim from the referees for creative use of backfield motion in the first panel.) Dok's "Barnum Was Right" Duck (January 7, 1913) 
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Sally Forth Peanuts (January 7, 1973)  Funky Winkerbean  Crankshaft  9 Chickweed Lane  Thanks to Public Domain 2020, the hiatus is over and now it's time to return to Life (With Skippy). (January 4, 1924)  What I coughed up as an introduction last year is still a decent place to start: Me last year posted:Before the name was bolted to the legacy of the Time-Warner media megalith, there was a whole other Life Magazine, a weekly that was effectively the American answer to Punch. While there were written pieces, the founder was a professional illustrator and it was one of the first periodicals to use a new high quality printing process, so the big draw was the art. Life v.1.0 was the launching point for Charles Dana Gibson, who eventually became a big enough deal that he bought the magazine, and his Gibson girls. Over the years, its pages hosted Robert Ripley, Norman Rockwell, Palmer Cox, H.T. Webster...and, eventually, some dude (and (no fooling) future Olympic medalist in drawing and watercolors) named Percy Crosby. And that brings us to year two. Welcome back.  Elsewhere In The Magazine (because this era of Life drew in a lot of top-drawer talent):  Crosby again, when he wasn't drawing kids.  Don Herold, who we were introduced to last thread, fixes a furnace.  Rodney Thomson, who had a decades-long run with Life.  Alice Harvey, and if Thomson is the old guard, Harvey is downright modern by comparison. What really jumps at me, though, is The New Yorker launched in 1925 and lifted a lot of people out of Life to help launch the new magazine. Harvey found a home at the new magazine, and (in case you didn't click that link) Harold Ross, New Yorker co-founder, called her "one of the three or four pathfinders in what is called the new school of American humor". "I remember seeing it and being encouraged by it when I was thinking of starting The New Yorker. It had a lot to do with convincing me that there was a new talent around for a magazine like this."  (August 17, 1922) So yeah, she established the New Yorker style years before there was a New Yorker, which not only makes her quite worthy, but means she's got a lot to answer for. Continuing our scan of the before-Skippy times gives us Ellison Hoover's contribution to a newspaper "burlesque" issue. (September 7, 1922)  Alias: Buster Brown: Through a quirk in early 20th century intellectual property laws, Richard Outcault managed to escape his first employer with one of his world-famous characters, and the judge said he could do that as long as he didn't use the name on the masthead. So for awhile, there were two competing Buster Browns circulating in the world, but the non-Outcault one was just unspeakably off. Never settle for substitutions. (March 15, 1908)   And now a confession: I skipped two of these last week on purpose. The way I've always approached posting old stuff, especially when the project is going back either to the beginning of a thing or a fixed starting point in its history and discovering it with the rest of you, is to present history as it was, not as we wish it was. It was an approach that made sense to a few folks around here several years ago, and in the not too distant future I'm going to make a fistful of words to clarify it a little bit better than I have in the past. I'd rather punch a Nazi than be confused for one, but I'd still like the option of being able to make sense of history, especially now that some of our idiot neighbors seem hell-bent on dragging everyone back to their revisionist version of the past at blistering speed. But last week a few too many intolerance brushfires popped up in our own backyard to ignore (you might know what I'm talking about, but you're blessed if you don't), and the next couple of Buster Browns that were in the queue had a side character who, especially in full color, rendered in a way I just couldn't bring myself to post, especially with (gestures wildly at everything else). For those who want the full set, they're from February 23 (e: and here's the link to the source, since Imgur seems to think it's porn) and March 1, 1908. Also, it took three hours to write the last two paragraphs and I still think I got it wrong. EasyEW fucked around with this message at 01:57 on Jan 6, 2020 |
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Transmodiar posted:I'm sorry if I've bothered you, but the general sentiment in this thread when people complain that a strip offends them is to get bent. I was told to suck it up when Funky Winkerbean went into its 10-week long circle jerk about Bull's CTE, so I know how it feels. Still, if you don't like the content someone shares, ignore is the best solution. Hell, feel free to put me on ignore, if you like. I did my best to come up with a compromise between the post/ignore divide in that case so that the worst of it was strictly opt-in, and seeing as how TomBat did his damnedest to live down to our worst expectations on that arc (especially when he threw a comedy relief week right immediately after the funeral), that sinking feeling in your stomach at least had a little basis in the results. It was lovely storytelling, yes, but that's something we've proven we can deal with together if we try. But I'm not going to tell you that your gut feeling was wrong, because come on, we all saw what we saw. This is where I would've transitioned into something about Dilbert, except I haven't got the faintest bit of interest because HEY LOOK, I'M POSTING COMICS OVER HERE! Sally Forth  Skippy (August 23, 1932)  Peanuts (January 8, 1973)  Oh gently caress Me, It's Time To Go Back To "Saint Lisa of Cancerwife Revisited"  Crankshaft  9 Chickweed Lane  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (August 6, 1936)  Out Our Way (December 4-6, 1933)    Toonerville Folks (June 17-19, 1916)    Dok's "Decline and Fall of Customer Service in the United States" Duck (January 9, 1913) '  Last year around this time we tried a few fresh things from the newspaper morgue on for size, so how about we take a look at Rube Goldberg for a few days? Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg, whose name became a synonym for a certain type of ridiculously improbable contraption, had a restless imagination, and as a creator his rap sheet is profound. At this point in his career, it would appear his syndicate temporarily gave up on pinning him to one property and just gave him a space where he could go wherever the hell he wanted to. Let's see what that gives us. (December 31, 1923 -January 2, 1924)   
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Just a friendly reminder for penguin fans that nu-Bloom is still happening on Breathed's Facebook account. "Posting Dilbert is a sin! User loses posting privileges for 1 day." Sally Forth  Skippy (August 24, 1932)  Peanuts (January 9, 1973)  Les Moore Drags Out The Inevitable  Crankshaft  9 Stretch Marks Lane  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (August 7, 1936)  Out Our Way (December 7-9, 1933)    Toonerville Folks (June 20-22, 1916)    The headlines at this point were screaming that war with Mexico was imminent, because the government of onetime American ally Venustiano Carranza was really starting to get sick of having General Pershing's troops hanging around and agitating things by doing what we tend to do in other countries sometimes, not to mention that the occupation of Veracruz was still an uncomfortably recent memory, which is arguably one of the reasons why Villa baited us across the border in the first place. The active part of the American operation, however, was finally winding down, although the Americans wouldn't fully withdraw until 1917. A lot of words for a kid with a stick horse and a paste-on mustache, but there you are. Dok's "The Icy Breath Of The Reaper" Duck (January 11, 1913)  And because the people demanded it, more Rube Goldberg. (January 3-5, 1924)   Interesting type of contraption. Wonder if they ever came up with a name for it. 
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Sally Forth Skippy (August 8, 1936)  Peanuts (January 10, 1973)  Les Moore Whines About His Privilege  Crankshaft  9 Chickweed Lane  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (August 8, 1936)  Out Our Way (December 11-13, 1933)    Toonerville Folks (June 23-25, 1916)    Dok's "Dedicated Follower Of Fashion" Duck (January 12, 1913)  Rube Goldberg (January 7-9, 1926)   
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Sally Forth Skippy (August 26, 1932)  Peanuts (January 11, 1973)  Funky Winkerbean  Crankshaft  9 Chickweed Lane  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (August 10, 1936)  Out Our Way (December 14-16, 1933)    Toonerville Folks (June 26-27 and 29, 1916)    Dok's "If Loudness Persists For More Than Five Hours, Consult Your Doctor" Duck (January 14, 1913)  Rube Goldberg (January 10-12, 1924)   
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Unlucky7 posted:Why do all the characters in Funky Winkerbean look insufferably smug all the time? Tiggum posted:Because they are insufferably smug all the time. Don't you wish all of life's questions had easy answers like that?
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Sally Forth Skippy (August 27, 1932)  Peanuts (January 12, 1973)  Les Moore's Overinflated Privilege Theater  Crankshaft  Well, no, I wasn't thinking that until you brought it up. 9 Chickweed Lane  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (August 11, 1936)  Out Our Way (December 18-20, 1933)    Kinda fell down on the job with ducks and trolleys, but here's some Rube Goldberg for you. (January 14-16, 1924)   
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Tiggum posted:Yeah, that's the meaning I'm familiar with and the one the comic seemed to be implying, but EasyEW was apparently thinking something else? I was not thinking about old ladies going without drawers until the old lady said "I see you filthy perverts out there, thinking about my drawers and where they are."  Sally Forth  Peanuts (January 13, 1973)  Les Moore's Week Of Whining About  And Yes, Tiggum, This Is Exactly What I Was Thinking Of Before The Old Lady Broke The Fourth Wall  9 Chickweed Lane  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (August 12, 1936)  Out Our Way (December 21-23, 1933)    Toonerville Folks (June 30, July 1 and 3, 1916 (July 2 is missing, assuming they published it on that day.))    Rube Goldberg (January 17-19, 1924, featuring our first instance of this particular cartoonist living down to the mid-20s industry standards for non-Anglo-European characters.)    As long as we're thinking about mah jongg, this one jumped at me from a little bit further up the page. (Petey Dink, Jan 19, 1924)  (Dok's "Insert Something Clever Here" Duck will be back on Monday.) EasyEW fucked around with this message at 04:17 on Jan 12, 2020 |
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  Peanuts (January 14, 1973)  Gripey Griperbean  Crankshaft  9 Chickweed Lane  Life (With Skippy) in which mama, daddy made a swear! (January 10, 1924)  Elsewhere in the magazine: A few more Crosbys for the road.   And one from Fred G. Cooper. 
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Multiple instance of Working Daze is pretty much the level of suffering we deserve. Sally Forth   Skippy (August 29-30, 1932)   Peanuts (January 15-16, 1973)   Funky Winkerbean, in which Mason Jarre got tired of being a marketable face (at least as far as the Funkyverse is concerned), and a dude who's had a property shoved through movie development before assumes that not hearing something for a month means that a project is dead.   Crankshaft   9 Chickweed Lane   Rip Haywire   Thimble Theater (August 13-14, 1936)   Out Our Way (December 25-27, 1933)    Toonerville Folks, in which the staff and management of the New Orleans Times-Picayune wishes you a safe and sane Fourth. (July 4-6, 1916)    Dok's "That's Not How Police Bribery Works, Dude" Duck (January 16, 1913)  We're still doing Rube Goldberg, but welcome to the part of the thread where I have trouble keeping multiple balls in the air.
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Sally Forth  Skippy (August 31-September 1, 1932)   Peanuts (January 17-18, 1973)   FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU   And You Can Also Bite My rear end   9 "Not Having Any Of This, Either" Lane   Rip Haywire   Thimble Theater (August 15 and 17, 1936)   Out Our Way (December 28-30, 1933)    Toonerville Folks (July 7-8 and 10, 1916)    Dok's "We Lose More Beat Cops That Way" Duck (January 18, 1913)  Rube kind of fell off again due to circumstances well within my control.
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Sally Forth  Skippy (September 2, 1932)  Peanuts (January 19-20, 1973)   gently caress You, Les Moore   Crankshaft   9 "Let's Drag This poo poo Out" Lane   Rip Haywire   Out Our Way (January 1-3, 1934)    Toonerville Folks, in which I find another source to work with and we rejuggle our dates all over again, because they post Monday-through-Saturday comics on Mondays through Saturdays like non-crazy papers tend to do. Unfortunately they're only a couple months into their run as we jump ship, so the messed-up ones from 1915 are still lost in the mists of time. (July 10-12, 1916 (with a very recent repeat for symmetry), now coming to you via the Richmond (VA) Times)    Dok's "Bringing Two Bills Before The Legislature" Duck (January 19, 1913) 
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Sally Forth Peanuts (January 21, 1973)  The Torture Of Hanging Out On A Gorgeous Beach With Les Moore  Crankshaft  9 Chickweed Lane  Life (With Skippy) (January 17, 1924)  Elsewhere In The Magazine:  (Crosby, taking an unusual interest in one of the longtime back-of-the-issue advertisers.)   (Another clinker from Don Herold.)  (W. Fletcher White, who I'm having trouble tracking anything down about.) Alias: Buster Brown (March 22, 1908) 
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Sally Forth Skippy (September 3, 1932)  Peanuts (January 22, 1973)  Funky Winkerbean  Crankshaft  9 Chickweed Lane  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (August 20, 1936)  Out Our Way (January 4-6, 1934)    Toonerville Folks (July 13-15, 1916)    Dok's "Deeply Disturbing Punchline" Duck (January 21, 1913)  And I told you we'd come back to Rube Goldberg. (January 21-23, 1924)   
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Sally Forth  Skippy (September 5-6, 1932)   Peanuts (January 23-24, 1973)   Funky Retconbean   Crankshaft   9 Chickweed Lane   Rip Haywire   Thimble Theater (August 21-22, 1936)   Out Our Way (January 8-10, 1934)    Toonerville Folks (July 17-19, 1916)    Dok's "Yeah, Not Quite Yet" Duck (January 23, 1913) 
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riderchop posted:u doubled up on the toonerville folks here btw Fixed. Imgur poo poo the bed for half a minute or I would've caught it sooner.
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amigolupus posted:Since we're getting some spotlight on Les' wife by being jealous of Les being with another woman, a poster in Son of Stuck Funky linked to this old 'gem': Our Lady of Cancerwife left a lot of those tapes behind. Apparently there was a stack big enough that when they decided to digitize them, it came as a surprise there was one labeled "To The Other Woman". But really, it's only the sheath to the knife that was Les's proposal when he took Cayla on a walking tour of all the Lisa spots in his life instead of the markers of their relationship. Of course, that would mean TomBat would have to write those. "How romantic, that even when you're proposing it's about nothing but her. Of course I'll marry you." I remember all of the above with just the slightest nudge, but something that might be useful, like second-year Spanish? Gone. Where is my mind?
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Sally Forth Skippy (September 7, 1932)  Peanuts (January 25, 1973)  Funky Winkerbean  Crankshaft  9 Chickweed Lane  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (August 24, 1936)  Out Our Way (January 11-13, 1934)    Toonerville Folks (July 20-22, 1916)  This is usually where I tip in something about the movements of the not-at-all-dead Villa and his Villistas, but today I found a DVD copy of And Starring Pancho Villa As Himself, the HBO movie from way-back with Antonio Banderas as the rebel general. A little bit curious if anyone has any opinions on how HBO pulled it off.   Dok's "More Scenes Of The Class Struggle in Drakeville" Duck (January 25, 1913) 
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Sally Forth  Skippy (September 8, 1932)  Peanuts (January 26-27, 1973)   Funky Winkerbean, in which Cayla makes herself available to develop other people's characters.   Crankshaft   9 Chickweed Lane   Rip Haywire   Thimble Theater (August 25-26, 1936)   Out Our Way (January 15-17, 1934)    Toonerville Folks (July 24-26, 1916)    Dok's Duck, Amuck (January 26, 1913)  This definitely plays better as a straight-across strip, but I'm already behind as it is.
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amigolupus posted:I agree. If it's not focusing on the two of them, it focuses on 6-year old Edda wanting to know every single detail about sex. 9CL isn't even hate-read material, it's just really gross. Honestly, the dude can't draw children and definitely can't write children's dialogue. If there's nothing to give you scale, the only way you can tell this isn't high school is whether Edda's wearing socks or stockings. It's a rare piece of media that actively condemns you for paying close attention. Sally Forth  Peanuts (January 28, 1973)  Funky WInkerbean  Crankshaft  9 "They're Actual Adults In This One, But They Don't Make Much Of A Case For It" Lane  Life (With Skippy) (January 24, 1924)  Elsewhere In The Magazine: Crosby again...  And how's that furnace coming, by the way?  Alias: Buster Brown (March 29, 1908, with some sloppy patches along the side) 
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I did a Whitman's Sampler of Pogo a few years ago. It's definitely due for another go-round.
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Sally Forth Skippy (September 9, 1932)  Peanuts (January 29, 1973)  Funky Winkerbean  Crankshaft  9 "Mix-And-Match" Lane  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (August 27, 1936)  Out Our Way (January 18-20, 1934)    Toonerville Folks, featuring what passed for good, wholesome childhood romance before the wars, just so you can compare and contrast with...um...other strips. (July 27-29, 1916)    Dok's "Because Glitter Bombs Hadn't Been Invented Yet, That's Why" Duck (January 29, 1913) 
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Sally Forth Skippy (September 10, 1032)  Peanuts (January 30, 1973)  Funky Dinklebean  Crankshaft  9 Chickweed Lane  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (August 28, 1936)  Out Our Way (January 22-24, 1934)    Toonerville Folks (July 31-August 2, 1916)    Dok's Jellicle Duck (January 31, 1913)  Possible soundtrack for those last panels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K80ZNAJqKM8
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Because somehow I missed three days in a row, here's a long version of the short version of my usual post. Sally Forth    Skippy (September 12-14, 1932)    Peanuts (January 31-February 2, 1973)    Lazy Daily Strip Writing For Dummies    Crankshaft    Maybe this is how he ends up as a withered husk in the home? 9 Chickweed Lane    Rip Haywire    Thimble Theater (August 29, 31, September 1, 1936)   
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Sally Forth Peanuts (February 4, 1973)  Harry Dinkle's Moldy Band Humor Page  Crankshaft  9 Chickweed Lane  Life (With Skippy) (January 31, 1924)  Elsewhere In The Magazine: So how's that furnace comin', buddy?   Carl Anderson (1865-1948) was, at this point in the timeline, a journeyman cartoonist, plugging away in newspapers and magazines since just after the turn of the century. Not the worst career in the world, but nothing really caught fire for him until 1932 when, at the age of 67, he started drawing a bald-headed boy in a white t-shirt for the Saturday Evening Post.  Henry somehow lasted until 2018. Anderson? He only lasted one more decade at the drawing board, handing off art duties to assistants in 1942 due to arthritis, but at least he finally created a winner. (Buster will be back next week, if not sooner. Sorry again for the fumble.) EasyEW fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Feb 3, 2020 |
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Sally Forth Skippy (September 15, 1932)  Peanuts (February 5, 1973)  Mopey Pete and BoyLisa (And Their Plus Ones)  Crankshaft  9 Chickweed Lane  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (September 3, 1936)  Out Our Way (January 25-27, 1934)    (I got jumbled up again today, so the effort post end of this operation had to eat it for another day.)
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Sally Forth  Skippy (September 16-17, 1932)   Peanuts (February 6-7, 1973)   Mopey Pete and BoyLisa   Crankshaft   9 "Make My Husband Horny, But Not Too Horny" Lane   Rip Haywire   Thimble Theater (September 4-5, 1936)   Out Our Way (January 29-31, 1934)    Toonerville Folks (August 3-5, 1916)   
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Sally Forth  Skippy (September 19-20, 1932)   Peanuts (February 8-9, 1973)   BoyLisa Vaguely Disappointed At The Success of His Coworkers   Crankshaft   9 "How The Hell Did She THINK This Was Going To Turn Out?" Lane   Rip Haywire   Thimble Theater (September 7-8, 1936)   Out Our Way (February 1-3, 1934)    Toonerville Folks (August 7-9, 1916)    Dok's "Here's An Angle Bill Murray Never Got Saddled With" Duck (February 2, 1913) 
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Sally Forth Peanuts (February 10, 1973)  Funky Winkerbean  Crankshaft  9 "Wet, Limp and Disgustingly Spent...But Enough About The Writing" Lane  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (September 9, 1936)  Out Our Way (February 5-7, 1934)    Toonerville Folks, in which we go back to the New Orleans paper because the Richmond Times bailed out on a regular schedule after only a few months and my letter to the editor wouldn't cross the space-time barrier no matter how many stamps I put on it. (August 11-13, 1916 (in the NOLA publication order))    Dok's "This Is Why We Have Background Checks Now" Duck (February 4, 1913)  "Sport" was the alternate nickname of the Umbrella Man in the weather forecast cartoon. Our favorite west coast duck started his career as his mascot, so of course he's hiding. He just exercised his Second Amendment rights at the boss.  (Same date, next page, and oh yeah, income tax just became a thing. A lot of poo poo happened in this decade, buddy.) EasyEW fucked around with this message at 03:51 on Feb 9, 2020 |
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Sally Forth Peanuts (February 11, 1973)  BoyLisa's Big Screw-Up  Crankshaft  9 Chickweed Lane  Life (With Skippy) (February 7, 1924)  Elsewhere in the issue: It dawned on me that I've been following Kleboe's clinker since the beginning of the year and never bothered to look up what the hell a clinker is. "Clinkers, also known as slag, consist of the noncombustible elements and minerals found in coal that melt and fuse together as lumpy ashes from coal combustion. " Well there ya go. This cartoon was another victim of the post-war collapse of the anthracite market.    T.S. Sullivan is a friend to dogs. As long as they're unappetizing. Alias: Buster Brown is a wig-snatching fool. (April 5, 1908) 
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I didn't even read the cursed comic once, and thus have an unused seat license. Meet me in SA-Mart for details. Sally Forth    Skippy (September 21-23, 1932)    Peanuts (February 12-14, 1973)    Funky WInkerbean    Crankshaft    9 Spankbank Lane    Rip Haywire    Thimble Theater (September 10-12, 1936)    Out Our Way (February 8-10, 1934)   
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Sally Forth Skippy (September 24, 1932)  Peanuts (February 15, 1973)  Mopey Pete and BoyLisa's Totally Shocking Plot Twist!  Crankshaft  9 Chickweed Lane  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (September 14, 1936)  Out Our Way (February 12-14, 19340    Toonerville Folks (August 14-16, 1916)    Dorg Scoreborg!: OOW 1-1 TF (Game called on account of the terrible tempered Mr. Bang.) Dok's Chesire Duck (Because Dammit, I Already Used The Chuck Jones Reference) (February 6, 1913) 
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Sally Forth Skippy (September 26, 1932)  Peanuts (February 16, 1973)  Adventures In Totally Draining Any Possibility of Non-Lisa-Related Drama From "Funky Winkerbean"  Crankshaft  9 Chickweed Lane  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (September 15, 1936)  Out Our Way (February 15-17, 1934)    Toonerville Folks (August 18-20, 1916)    Dok's Penny-Pinched Duck (February 8, 1913) 
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Sally Forth Peanuts (February 16, 1973)  Mopey Pete and BoyLisa's Absent-Minded Millionaire Boss  Crankshaft  9 Chickweed Lane  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (September 16, 1936)  Out Our Way (February 19-21, 1934)    Toonerville Folks (August 21-23, 1916)    Dok's Juvenile Delinquent Duck (February 9, 1913) 
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Samovar posted:When was there a curfew declared and for what reason in whatever city this sis supposed to be set in? I'm not seeing anything in particular, but something else that caught my attention is that 1913 was the first time that Washington state adopted a juvenile justice code, which (for a few generations, at least) took juvie justice in a paternalistic, non-confrontational direction. Instead of treating a youthful offender like a shrunken adult, the new system focused on reform instead of punishment. Unfortunately, they had to make it weird, because the push for "non-adversarial" proceedings were implemented with indeterminate sentencing, squishy guidelines on detention and leaving juries, lawyers, and even witnesses (you know, due process) out of the equation, which eventually forced the Supreme Court to pump the brakes and call for a reevaluation of the prevalent system of the previous half-century. In reaction, Washington's 1977 juvenile code was a fundamental rewrite which, while guaranteeing certain rights that adult offenders would've taken for granted, turned hard in the direction of punishment over reform, and that's pretty much the direction the country's been heading in ever since. EasyEW fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Feb 16, 2020 |
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