kidcoelacanth posted:

Mr. Mr. Boop

Some Guy TT posted:

The other hunters sure, but why can't the deer tell the difference?

Slammy posted:

Wee Pals (March 31, 1965)

amigolupus posted:

The set-up for this Modesty Blaise feels a bit haphazard to me. It's been mentioned that Joanna was used as a sex slave in the Blackwings's cult, since her friend's dad blames her for surviving. That should have been plenty enough reason for Modesty to go after the cult leader, so it feels pretty off for her to hesitate and have Giles talk her into taking action.


The fact that everyone treats Shannon as a terrible burden who keeps pestering them makes this less of a joke, and more that Shannon is so used to everyone blaming her for every little thing going wrong.


I'm pretty sure we've only seen this one kid of Angelique's in modern K&K. So what, did the other nineteen kids just get eaten offscreen?


Ahhh, nothing like a little bit of bank account identity theft as your good deed for Christmas. I'm sure the bank wouldn't notice the money suddenly being deposited to Angelique's bank account. And, of course, Kevin doesn't give a poo poo that his daughter just casually committed a crime since they're the protagonists.

Selachian posted:

FrumpleOrz posted:

I think it's supposed to be "Things will be so simple they'll be wind-up" but the metaphor doesn't really work. It's trying to be a joke about phones becoming modern dumb terminals, I think? No matter what, it's a bad strip.

Technowolf posted:

Why would you hurt yourself like this?

Pastry of the Year posted:

Arlo and Janis




Arlo and Janis Classic (May 21, 1999)

Green Intern posted:

I cannot get over the theoretical skull structure of the new baby in Kevin and Kell.

amigolupus posted:

So did Ox break in from the back of the mansion instead of just knocking at the front door?

Lowen SoDium posted:

Just tell your wife that the pants make her rear end look hot and you want to gently caress her. It's not that hard, Ed.

Kennel posted:

Dustin

Slammy posted:

Dark Laughter (July 12, 1941)

Drimble Wedge posted:

DON'T GIVE CATS OR DOGS CHOCOLATE! EVER!!!

Strontium posted:

The interesting thing about Tinkersons to me is that Bill Bettwy is not afraid of changing the status quo. Robert gets eaten by a shark. Tillman gets a new teacher and a new best friend. The family gets a new dog and a pool.
But on the flipside, there's stuff like Helen. Looking over all of her appearances, it feels more like Bettwy gets bored easily and that justifies any changes more than there being an actual plan. It's very stream of consciousness-like, and character motivations and attitudes seem to change to fit the story in the moment rather than there be any consistency.


And with that, we're caught up for the ongoing arc of Helen returning to work in February 2021. But questions remain unanswered.
Why was Helen fired in 2018? Did she have romantic feelings for Ted? Is that why he felt weird around her even when she was shown only to be professional and supportive? Did she want to kill Ted before he snitched on her, and if so why?

Potsticker posted:

This took me too long to see, but what a fantastic gag.


I feel like I'm missing the punchline on this one, though.

Green Intern posted:

Ah, a rare A&J that's specifically about Not Fuckin.

Transmodiar posted:

Modesty Blaise

Doomykins posted:

Last two panels of that Mammila are soothing salve for the soul. Like the opposite of Cruel Little Stories which always make me a tiny bit genuinely upset(so they're ridiculously effective.)

Doomykins posted:

Is mentioned in the last comic where cat dude and his gal are watching the kid, the dad and mom are super successful and constantly on business trips because of it. I wonder if hermit dad is in a small ironic hell because of it.

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

Back when I was a kid, my great grandmother clipped out Modesty Blaise from the newspapers every day and stored the comics in big photo albums, the kind with sticky pages and those weird transparent cover flaps on every page.

I always assumed it was just a very milquetoast old people's comic but turns out great grandma was a god drat sex maniac.

Hostile V posted:

Their names are Fluffy and Nachotime; he's the high priest of Hecate and is later temporarily killed by Hellboy which only hastens her rebirth and the inevitable return of the Ogdru Jahad, she's a retired netrunner who got half of her brain replaced with cloned meat after her old neuralrig was bricked by a Mi-Go paracausal multi-state virus and had a seizure as a result. Back in 2002 there was a well-received plotline where the two of them had a heart-to-heart about her struggle with physical rehab and him worrying that he thought less of her for her disability and uphill fight with learning to walk again. They would later fade into the background for a period of time as a pair of janitors who walk around cleaning up other character's public sex messes before making a killing in the stock market and living comfortably.

Also Tinkermom's first name is Tiff.

LazyQ posted:

Mämmilä

Slammy posted:

Those Were the Days (July 26, 1951)

~Coxy posted:

Why do they even have that card in the shop!

Mikl posted:

Classic Kevin & Kell (August 23-27, 1999)

Mikl posted:

Classic Kevin & Kell (November 8-12, 1999)







I'm going to repeat myself from yesterday:

Green Intern posted:

I think we can dumpster 9CL. It’s like we’re reading a the evidence for Brooke’s future trial.

StrixNebulosa posted:

In a vacuum the comic might be fine. But taken with the rest of the context of the comic and how the author is CONSTANTLY putting the adult-thinking children into sexual situations re: the parents, it's awful

PainterofCrap posted:

She's dumping the heirloom china that nobody likes nor uses anymore, yet still brings back family memories.

My parents had this set of Williamstown (Massachusetts, where my Grandfather was born & raised) china (my grandfather apparently ordered it in the 1950s, and gifted it to my parents when they married) which had to be used whenever my grandfather or other family showed up. It was the centerpiece of the china closet.

After my parents divorced it was never used again. My mom dumped it on me, and I was stuck with it for 25-years before I was able to dump it on my cousin. I never had the heart to just bin it.