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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. I... don't think you should be calling anyone tone-deaf. I totally get what the intended tone of Nina's Adventures is, but even the points she makes that I agree with are super grating in the context of the strip. Everyone that opposes her is just the most broad strawman possible and Nina is just so beset by the world and CAN'T YOU SEE HOW MUCH YOU'RE BEING MANIPULATED BY CHRISTMAS AND THE LIVES OF CELEBRITIES?? SOMEBODY LISTEN TO ME!! The fact that she seems to pal around with Ted Rall isn't surprising to me- I get the same urge to roll my eyes when reading both of their work. At least Nina can actually draw, though.
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Nikaer Drekin posted:I... don't think you should be calling anyone tone-deaf. Every time I read Nina's Adventures I can't help but imagine that Nina in real life would be one of those people that's just completely insufferable to be around. At a party she'd but into stranger's conversations to tell a sob story about herself that tangently relates to the topic, then call the people having the conversation assholes for not preemptively taking her feelings into consideration. I actually agree with the base idea of a lot of her opinions, but she makes them in such overbearingly self-righteous and condescending way it just kills me.
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Yes, that's what I've been thinking each time I see her non-cat cartoons. But as grating as Paley's personality probably is, I enjoyed watching Sita Sings the Blues and for what it costs to see ($0) everyone should give it a chance. Clockroach posted: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. Sorry, I didn't know that. Now it makes more sense.
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The Sphinxster posted:On a randomly positive note-- I really like Tina's Groove. It often makes me smile and I never seem to see anything that irks me. Piccolo is generally a pretty good cartoonist. Six Chix  Zippy the Pinhead  Nancy  Momma  Wee Pals  Andertoons 
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Kammat posted:Modesty Blaise Willie and his animal friends. 
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Clockroach posted:It was her husband, not a boyfriend, that's a little different. How strange. I watched the movie too but I also assumed it was just a boyfriend and not her husband. I wonder why. Maybe it's because married couples don't generally live on opposite sides of the planet for extended stretches of time. Shut up Safe Havens. Comics (December 1st 2006) Was college actually like that for anyone? I seriously can't ever remember getting anything academically helpful from another student. Doonesbury  F-Minus  FoxTrot  Non Sequitur  --- Eyebeam  And that's why no one would actually want to live in the world of Mad Men. Well that and the rampant bigotry. It's All Right Chief Dharma  Don't get any ideas goons. Some Guy TT fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Jan 22, 2014 |
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Midnight Moth posted:Safe Havens Wouldn't somebody like her have a screen protector? It's crazy, but I think Holbrook may not have thought this comic all the way through.
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Midnight Moth posted:Dustin One of the things that I don't like about this strip is that it uses every character to make  observations. These kinds of reactions are fine for Ed (well not really, but if it's really necessary). I feel it's out of place for Dustin to make statements like this.
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Andorra posted:One of the things that I don't like about this strip is that it uses every character to make making GBS threads on things is the only way he can gain his father's approval.
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Andorra posted:One of the things that I don't like about this strip is that it uses every character to make That's the real tragedy of this strip. Dustin is doomed to become Ed.
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How many comics are there? I figure that many plus give or take ~1/3 more because sometimes there are two. And I can also kinda see where she's coming from sometimes, but she makes her points in such an infuriatingly smug and annoying way that it's hard to be sympathetic.
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Borden posted:Classic Nancy! Now with more racism! It's weird how, despite hating the racism, I can still like that comic more than modern Nancy. The racism is a relic from a shittier time but for some reason that dumb 'my favorite cake is pie' thing was worse to me than a thousand tributes to dead country stars or cloying scenes played out at the faith mission. Nancy I want Nancy to go back to being a gag strip, but not like this.. not like this..
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achillesforever6 posted:Huh now I'm reminded of that one issue of Swamp Thing with the crocodile aliens http://swords-and-veeblefetzers.blogspot.com/2010/01/alan-moores-pastiche-to-walt-kellys.html Even if that isn't the issue you're thinking of, it's appropriate reading material for this thread.
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Fingerpori - Welcome to the city, cousin Urpo! How are you? - That grandma's chest of drawers, and the kitchen chairs Mitä (sinulle) kuuluu? is a greeting that translates well into "how are you" and similar phrases, but literally it's more like "What is yours?" or "What belongs to you?" Incidentally, the usual tired joke response to this phrase is "Anything spoken loud enough", because the question could also be interpreted as "What can you hear?" or "What reaches your ears?" Finns aren't traditionally much for chit-chat, so while the correct stock answer is "Good, how are you?" don't be surprised if the person you asked actually answers honestly and starts telling you about how they've been lately. And then they don't ask back how you are out of respect for your privacy and because they're not particularly interested in knowing the details anyway. 
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Kammat posted:Modesty Blaise I love that those circus performers can't help but pose, even though there's nobody else around to watch them launch Modesty.
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Manuel Calavera posted:One Big Happy Where are their lap belts?
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BlankIsBeautiful posted:Zits howsecureismypassword.net posted:It would take a desktop PC about 6 sextillion quinquagintillion years to crack your password
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Aardmania posted:Spider-Man (Dec. 18, 2008) The hard way is to shoot them with a gun. The easy way was to tie Jameson to a giant clock, arrange for Maria to be underneath it at a precise moment, rig it to fall at that moment, and have his accomplice successfully flee the scene dressed as Spider-Man in order to frame him. Yep, that sounds right.  The Sphinxster posted:On a randomly positive note-- I really like Tina's Groove. It often makes me smile and I never seem to see anything that irks me. It sometimes seems a bit sexist, but it's generally pretty good. GorfZaplen posted:The Phantom Haha, I love Guran here. "Uh, Phantom, did you forget the secret part of your secret lair in the deep woods where no one is allowed to go?" Manuel Calavera posted:Bizarro Oh, it's this SMBC only not as good.
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