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cletepurcel posted:Anyway, not to make light of alcoholism or anything but could someone really fall off the wagon because of a tiny glass of communion wine? My friend has a huge issue with alcohol and I've seen him quit several times, and every time it starts again it's some small drink that he allows himself because he's "beaten" it this time.
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Heathcliff Mandrake the Magician  The Phantom  Pickles  Classic Prince Valiant  
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Long story short, depends on how badly alcoholic you were, but the long-term screwing up of your brain chemistry can leave you really sensitive to even tiny amounts.
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Elysiume posted:What? And I don't think they have chips for pedophilia. Or call it sobriety. As far as Communion, it depends. People have gone into relapses on far less. F Minus has a great idea. 
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Johnny Walker posted:F Minus has a great idea. It's been done.
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Some Guy TT posted:
Admittedly, I COULD have googled "pharming" after seeing that strip in Korean, but that would have given me a context for not-Arnie holding a giant syringe. Definitely not where I thought that strip was going.
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Elysiume posted:What? And I don't think they have chips for pedophilia. Or call it sobriety. The fact that he says "I've been clean" suggests drugs to me rather than alcohol, but maybe I'm reading too much into a single word.
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Some Guy TT posted:I'm curious, is there any reason you don't post Zero Gravity by Roger Dahl? It's from the Japan Times too, but for whatever reason they decided to keep him on while they let Muranaka go. Maybe it's because he gives them editorials in addition to normal comics? Some examples so people can make up their own minds:      
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GorfZaplen posted:Mandrake the Magician They're a peaceful race... That planned to conquer the planet. Also somehow they saw all this violence and noise yet didn't know who ruled the planet. Also one went and tried to eat a woman's dog. And they have guns. Maybe it's just because I'm sick of moralizing "humans are terrible" messages and that looks like where this is going, but this is a disappointing turn. Especially since it doesn't even fit what we've seen already. Not that I'm going to stop reading, mind. Still better than a lot of other comics.
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I have a different take on it. They thought they were only going to be up against little french poodles but then they saw how strong our military might was so they decided to find a place where they won't face any opposition.
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Manuel Calavera posted:Compu-Toon Boyce must've had his dosage adjusted, as, this actually sort of makes sense. It's lucid, I guess, but not really funny. Jane's World  What? Who the gently caress's Alexa? Non Sequitur   Heavenly Nostrils is still stuck on the 18th. Kliban  Why the ants?  9 Chickweed Lane 1/20/2003  Yeah, you grumpy old bat. Zits  Kevin & Kell  Whatever. Nemi  First world Goth problems, I guess. 
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don Jaime posted:Out of respect for Gary Larson's personal wishes, I will never again post this on the Internet. Does Larson just really hate Leo or something? Der Shovel posted:Or in general. She honestly seems a bit nuts at times and insanely high strung the rest of the time. Chill out, Nina. You'll be happier. I honestly can't tell if she's being 100% serious, or its a joke.
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I see what you mean by Zero-G being a little mean spirited, but it's still pretty entertaining. I say post it! Also... Moomin!!  Oh boy, Cul-de-sac is going down the rabbit hole, this is going to end with Petey chewing both arms off.  The Creeps 
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scarycave posted:I honestly can't tell if she's being 100% serious, or its a joke. I dunno, but it happens with every god drat comic strip and they have these little personal touches which make them sound like something that happened to her personally and made her so angry she had to make comics about it.
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scarycave posted:Does Larson just really hate Leo or something?
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If Gary Larson's insane aversion to the internet leads to less Lio then I guess that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make
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Peanuts (January 23, 1967) Funky Winkerbean gives us mockery from SOME GIZMO.  Popeye  And Swee'pea accidentally beheads himself with the follow-through. Next episode: Brutus the Social Services Worker! Rip Haywire  Pogo (January 23, 1956)  Out Our Way gives us maximum cowboy action! You might have to read the first one aloud. Slowly. (April 14-15, 1924)  
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Manuel Calavera posted:
I haven't done this in over a decade but I'd be lying if I said I never got the urge to do it again. So yeah, voting guy thing.
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I actually really enjoy Lio; it's not the greatest comic, but it's charming and I like the line work of the illustrator.
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BlankIsBeautiful posted:Jane's World When Jane's World is on a roll it's really good but the rest of the time... I have a harder time with the characters than Doonesbury and Cancerbean combined. At least in those strips every character can't be described as "an attractive woman who has dated every other member of the cast"
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My Hero Comix. Pooch Café  Wait, now the can't can't talk? And Hudson understands them anyway? This comic needs to get a grip on its own premise. Ballard Street  His nose looks like it came off of a turn-of-the-century racist caricature instead of a urology chart, and that might even be a visible deltoid on his left arm. Russel is easily the most handsome man on Ballard Street.
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Stultus Maximus posted:When Jane's World is on a roll it's really good but the rest of the time... Apparently, the confusion isn't just limited to the denizens of the CMT XV, here's a screenshot of some of the comments on GoComics:  E: CMT, not CMC, CMT! BlankIsBeautiful fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Jan 20, 2014 |
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Mister Beeg posted:Nina's Adventures (December 3, 1993) I'm getting increasingly confused as to how Paley made something as good as Sita Sings the Blues when the strip is this shallow and annoying.
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Bloom County To me, this is one of Steve's iconic moments. Calvin And Hobbes  Bliss is another of those single-panel comics, in the same vein as Pardon My Planet and dozens of others.  Bo Nanas has a monkey! You might think, 'Wait, that's a chimp or some other classification of primate', but nope! It's a monkey! 
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"Who is _____" is my usual reaction to Jane's World, dunno what the fuss is about. What's worse is the line about "too quiet in the other room" when they're sitting like ten steps away in plain view.
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Johnny Walker posted:"Chip" would tend to indicate AA, but some people with addiction problems to other drugs wind up in AA anyways. Sometimes people quit their DOC and discover they go back to it when they get drunk so they stop that too, or they find that they just have a problem with alcohol after all as well. I've known a few people in NA and they also had chips. Saying "clean" probably means Dag was on drugs. 
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Allen Wren posted:
Eh, I'm an artist and musician, and I changed the spelling of my name to make it a bit more Google-able. That's a good marketing move for that profession, though; can't think why an IT drone would need to. As long as I'm grousing about this terrible comic: I hate hate hate the way Dethany's drawn and portrayed. Rikki Mortis from the recent Dick Tracy story was about 1000% more convincing, attractive, and likeable as a perky goth chick. The way Dethany's drawn always reminds me of this scene from Venture Bros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcAjNjAybKc That thing is like a pumpkin. Edit: speaking of Rikki, how did she make out in that storyline? Blackjack saved Tracy & his family, Kadaver went into the cement pond... I can't recall what happened to her, though. \/\/\/ Thanks! Yes, Kadaver sent her off to "secure the murder mansion". Godspeed, Rikki, I hope we see you again! JacquelineDempsey fucked around with this message at 19:41 on Jan 20, 2014 |
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JacquelineDempsey posted:Eh, I'm an artist and musician, and I changed the spelling of my name to make it a bit more Google-able. That's a good marketing move for that profession, though; can't think why an IT drone would need to. Kadaver had her escape right before Tracy made it into the room.
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Modesty Blaise  Willie is certainly a bundle of surprises at times. We're moving into the final part of the story so prepare for action!
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Maxwell Lord posted:I'm getting increasingly confused as to how Paley made something as good as Sita Sings the Blues when the strip is this shallow and annoying. That Nina's Adventures is from 1993. Sita Sings the Blues was released in 2008. That was 15 years Paley had to grow as a person. I don't think it's that surprising she changed substantially in that time period.
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I'll state again that Nina's Adventures are really good, and anyone with doubts about the humourousness of its tone seems to me to be so tone-deaf that I question their basic literacy. Also Momma owns. Berger & Wyse  It's funny how some animals we value as pets and some we classify as food-stuffs. Stephen Collins  Tom Gauld  I'm glad Gauld's back. Rarebit Fiend  It's worthwhile stating that this sort of stuff would have blown people's minds.
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Mr. Squishy posted:I'll state again that Nina's Adventures are really good, and anyone with doubts about the humourousness of its tone seems to me to be so tone-deaf that I question their basic literacy. Also Momma owns. Yeah, I don't mean to criticize it when I said she had 15 years to grow. I'm enjoying the comic, but some of the stuff like the Christmas one do come off as a bit whiny in tone. I imagine that wasn't really her intention, though, and it was just supposed to be funny.
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