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SubNat posted:Moomin's Winter Follies This is so enchanting, I really look forward to this every day. Cul-de-sac  That went better than expected, whew. The Creeps  That went better than exp... 
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Jan 21, 2014 14:26
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Julet Esqu posted:I don't know what Rip Kirby is about. Gangsters maybe? One thing's for sure, I'm not going to take the second and a half required to look it up It comes pre-Borden-edited. 
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Jan 21, 2014 14:42
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. Originally from 1954.
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:Mark Trail And un-tripped.  Johnny Walker posted:I don't blame you. It used to be hit-or-miss, but when it hit, it really hit. It's been a long time since it really hit for me, but I keep posting it, because honestly sometimes I post one that I think is "meh" and it gets a good reaction. It's rarely "bad," in my opinion, but often it's also not all that funny. I agree. I have the same feelings about Bizarro. To me, most of the time, it's really pretty much bland (not unlike Non Sequitur), but when it nails one, it hits it out of the park. Manuel Calavera posted:Compu-Toon This would've been way funnier, Boyce, if the guy standing was handing the guy leaning against the tree, another bottle with a note in it. Regardless, congratulations on your new found clarity! Jane's World   says the explanation regarding Alexa was a last minute edit by Paige in response to the comments (although, the comments associated with this installment are basically the same as yesterday's) on GoComics.  Non Sequitur  You actually believe that crap, Joe? It's almost like Bob is Conspiracy Frog's twin. Heavenly Nostrils is still stuck on the 18th. I wonder what's up? Kliban's Cats  Mmmmm, poi! Num! 9 Chickweed Lane 1/21/2003  I would assume that she's not supervising this "game", because, I'm pretty sure Edda, that wouldn't fly in a Catholic school. Nice try, though. Zits  Those are clearly "real band names". Years ago, back when punk was a thing, I used to go to clubs in the then River Street side of the Cleveland, Ohio "Flats", and listen to a really pretty good local punk band called "Millions Of Dead French Fries". So, yeah. Kevin & Kell  OK, this is sort of amusing, Holbrook. I can totally see preschool kids pulling a stunt like this. Nemi  I had no idea what she was talking about until I GIS'd it. Never saw the movie. Is what she's saying correct? Because, it is kind of funny that the only pair of shoes the character could find would be high heels... in a post apocalyptic movie.
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Jan 21, 2014 14:55
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Peanuts Aw come on, don't you recognize hibernation when you see it? Funky Winkerbean  Notice how the trainer deftly dodges the question "What type of monsters would name their kid 'Funky'?" Popeye  Rip Haywire  Pogo (January 24, 1956)  I spend a lot of time in these posts predicting the past, too. What a coincidence. Out Our Way (April 16-17, 1924)   And then the baby accidentally hits him in the nuts and playtime is over. Interesting forearms. Must be training by the Popeye method. EasyEW fucked around with this message at 15:57 on Jan 21, 2014 |
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Jan 21, 2014 15:54
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By request Monty     Mike du Jour    
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Jan 21, 2014 16:38
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Jan 21, 2014 16:46
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Resistance on a treadmill? 
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Jan 21, 2014 16:51
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Normally done by increasing the angle.
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Jan 21, 2014 16:54
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Every tread mill I have ever used has a speed and incline setting. Resistance is usually on ellipticals and bikes.
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Jan 21, 2014 17:01
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Spider-Man (Dec. 14-20, 2008)   In some nutty way, I guess we all win.    
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Jan 21, 2014 17:24
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Killjoy Comix was here. Pooch Café  I've seen that done with pancakes, you put a little batter in a squeeze bottle and draw it on the pan a few minutes before you pour the rest out, and you end up with a little happy face scorched into it. For burger patties you'd need a sausage gun. Ballard Street  She's weighing you down, Arthur! Cut the line!
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Jan 21, 2014 17:43
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Julet Esqu posted:I don't know what Rip Kirby is about. Gangsters maybe? One thing's for sure, I'm not going to take the second and a half required to look it up I used to read Rip Kirby in old issues of Agent X9 (Swedish comic magazine focused on mystery/crime comics). Basically, it's about a private-detective and his ex-criminal butler/sidekick. Needless to say, they fight crime. I remember it being pretty good most of the time, especially the strips drawn by Alex Raymond.
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Jan 21, 2014 17:47
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Everett True February 26 & 27, 1918  
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Jan 21, 2014 17:55
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Faude Carfilhiot posted:I used to read Rip Kirby in old issues of Agent X9 (Swedish comic magazine focused on mystery/crime comics). Basically, it's about a private-detective and his ex-criminal butler/sidekick. Needless to say, they fight crime. To be fair it probably didn't help that they were all translated into Swedish, and some dialogue just doesn't work when you do that. I wonder if the translator attempted to find any equivalent for Willie's accent? I should look this up.
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Jan 21, 2014 18:13
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Thorn (November 17, 22-23, 1983)   You know you're in deep poo poo when Grand'ma Ben ISN'T smiling. Nina's Adventures (January 31, 1995)  If Stephanie McMillan knew how to draw, her cartoons would look like this. Lucky Cow (March 18-20, 2004)    "Mr. Wiggly won't be checking out." 
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Jan 21, 2014 18:18
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Look I'll settle for manslaughter but accessory to murder is right out! For the hell of it, I visited gocomics and went back to August 1st with Jane's World. No mention of Alexa. I'd go back further but I think the point is clear. Also Jane is goddamn huge.
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Jan 21, 2014 18:25
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Heathcliff Mandrake the Magician  Now you're just being petty. The Phantom  Pickles  Classic Prince Valiant  
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Jan 21, 2014 18:49
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Mister Beeg posted:Nina's Adventures (January 31, 1995) Yes. Although I'm finding Paley's drawing style rather wearing to look at. Somehow, it's the graphic equivalent of ALL CAPS. I'm also still trying to figure out which 2x4 Paley is trying to hit people over the head with in these, and the answer I keep coming up with is "all of them." I think what gets to me is that her autobiographical character is so very passively victim-ish. All of this terribly unfair, bad stuff happens to her, and the best she can manage to do is put up with it and internally fume/whine about it.
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Jan 21, 2014 19:13
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Bloom County The Betty Ford Clinic is best known as a recuperative center for celebrities suffering from 'exhaustion'. Calvin And Hobbes  I was set to dismiss Bob The Squirrel based solely on the name, but I kind of like today's, even if it is a joke that's being hammered into the ground. 
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Jan 21, 2014 19:20
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TofuDiva posted:I think what gets to me is that her autobiographical character is so very passively victim-ish. All of this terribly unfair, bad stuff happens to her, and the best she can manage to do is put up with it and internally fume/whine about it.  Truly I have suffered as much as Sita at the hands of Rama!Also copyright sucks because I used music in my film without proper permissions EDIT: ↓ ↓ ↓ You're right, copyright is B.S. and extending it into infinity is detrimental to our culture. Ema Nymton fucked around with this message at 21:56 on Jan 21, 2014 |
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Jan 21, 2014 19:51
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That's somewhat dissembling of her issue with copyright, which is the mess of state and federal laws that made it difficult to determine that she even needed permission for what - outside of the US media industry - should be in the public domain.
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Jan 21, 2014 20:51
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Local paper has made bunch of articles about Moomin coffee mugs and how ridiculously popular collector items they are. For example this one was sold for 35 euros ten years ago and now people are bidding more than 1000€. Someone is selling a full set of 64 mugs for 10,600€.  The regular ones are still around 20€ in stores.
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Jan 21, 2014 21:12
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GorfZaplen posted:Mandrake the Magician That's pretty rich, considering Froggie's first reaction to Mandrake and Lothar was to pull out a gat. Hey, everyone, Death Ray is busily working on the Weapon Brown kickstarter bonus story!  Splash page looks great. drat, that's a fine woody.
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Jan 21, 2014 21:18
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crowfeathers posted:I can't wait for him to somehow be a villain, even though there appears to be literally no reason for him to do so. Didn't Kadaver have a copy of "London After Midnight" (famously, a lost film) that he mentioned getting at great cost to the original owner? Maybe Nitrate is his murderous lost footage hookup.
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Jan 21, 2014 21:20
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I keep expecting some kind of murderous plan to be involved, but then I remember the Tracyverse is a little more civilized these days.Julet Esqu posted:
Maybe Radio Patrol will give us back some of the gratuitous violence we've been lacking since Dick Tracy changed hands.
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Jan 21, 2014 21:24
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Luann That's what you think a Flip-Off is, Greg? Apartment 3-G  Pros & Cons  Sally Forth  Am I wrong in thinking this could potentially be kind of a fun game? The Amazing Spider-Man 
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Jan 21, 2014 21:48
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GorfZaplen posted:Mandrake the Magician
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Jan 21, 2014 22:04
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bonestructure posted:That's pretty rich, considering Froggie's first reaction to Mandrake and Lothar was to pull out a gat. To say nothing of how one tried to eat an old lady's dog. Seriously this is a dumb twist and I can only hope that Mandrake and Lothar's reaction is to call them out on this.
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Jan 21, 2014 22:20
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Julet Esqu posted:Pros & Cons Thank you for posting Pros & Cons. It is a good comic. And it makes me want to rewatch The Shield.
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Jan 21, 2014 22:33
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Julet Esqu posted:The Amazing Spider-Man It really bothers me that the weekday colorist keeps painting the mark II armor red with a yellow face. It's supposed to be gold, dangit!
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Jan 21, 2014 22:38
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Let us take a moment to celebrate Everett True, a man of measured response.
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Jan 21, 2014 22:38
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I'll accept that most cartoonists are much more passive in life than what they draw, and Nina seems perfectly aware of that. Everett True as an example, even Retail before it turned into poorly-planned sitcom drama (When most of the strips were Cooper pulling some prank, and Stuart going "COOPER!"). McMillan wouldn't have her self insert working for a living at the end, she would go off and start the revolution (or eat the rotten fruit that fell off the tree or something). It's just a "life is unfair, but we all have to deal with it".Ema Nymton posted:I followed my boyfriend (who is clearly not that into me) all the way to India and he broke up with me over email It was her husband, not a boyfriend, that's a little different. And from what I read on her site and wikipedia, her stance isn't "all copyright is bad", it's "we need a serious rehaul of copyright law." The music was technically public domain but record companies owned parts of it. Here is a Charles Addams cartoon about artists and copyright;  (no, not really)
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Jan 21, 2014 23:23
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Indolent Bastard posted:By request Thank you! I actually laughed at a Monty. Maybe one day I'll skip over Crap du Jour.
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Jan 21, 2014 23:28
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The Sphinxster posted:Maybe one day I'll skip over Crap du Jour.
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Jan 21, 2014 23:39
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Juliet Jones  Phantom Classic  Brick Bradford  Old Judge Parker  Radio Patrol  Rip Kirby  Big Ben Bolt 
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Jan 21, 2014 23:46
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I read it so I can groan about how bad it is, like 9 Dickweed Lane. I guess I am full of self loathing.
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Jan 21, 2014 23:47
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EasyEW posted:
You named the kid Delbert. He's gonna need all the help he can get.
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Jan 22, 2014 00:08
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I'm sure he'll grow up to be a fine caretaker.
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Modesty Blaise  Never knew elephants were that handy for breaking in.
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