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Tunicate
May 15, 2012

They show the suspect and victim's right hands. In the demo, it's the suspect's left hand and victim's right.

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Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



Blhue posted:

Has anyone ever met a lefty who actually uses a lefty mouse? I'm lefthanded and I certainly don't.
Yes. In my office there's even three right-handed people who use a lefty mouse, and I will often change my mouse side dependent on how much desk space what I'm working on takes up.

Murdstone
Jun 14, 2005

I'm feeling Jimmy


F Minus



Mary Worth



Wilbur's kind of an rear end in a top hat.

Rex Morgan MD

Midnight Moth
Sep 14, 2007

What the hell, dude??
I'm like, right here.
Gil

Just saw Captain America this weekend and it delivered on the explosions part anyway.

Retail

This is seriously why we need digital clothes so we can just apply pattern overlays over the base outfit template and infinitely customize them.

Bleeker the Rechargeable Dog

Maybe what this comic needs is some explosions.

Dustin

Your driver's license looks better than you. Burn?

On the Fastrack

She just practices new age minimalism. It's totally zen.

Safe Havens

"We don't want you experimenting with mermaid DNA but we want to see you in person in our underwater city, which would require you to use mermaid DNA."

Trilobite
Aug 15, 2001

Tiggum posted:

Flo and Friends


Toilet paper cozy? :psyduck:
Yeah, that's an actual thing. I had an aunt out in the Midwest who had one in her bathroom, on a spare roll.

I guess it's so you can have a spare roll handy without visitors seeing it and thinking, "Oh my god, PEOPLE POOP IN HERE ALL THE TIME, JUST LOOK AT ALL THIS TOILET PAPER," which is embarrassing or something? Or maybe they just like filling up their bathroom with crocheted things, I don't know.

In summary, people are pretty weird.

Sweaty IT Nerd
Jul 13, 2007

Borden posted:

Yep. It's from Casino. I like to re-purpose these animations and use them as animated birthday cards. They're great because it makes me look pretty considerate even though it basically takes no effort.
http://i.imgur.com/9vZcLIA.gif :toot:

That's neat too.

Mercedes Colomar
Nov 1, 2008

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Tina's Groove


Family Circus


Rose is Rose


One Big Happy


Mother Goose & Grimm


Foob


Compu-Toon


Bizarro


Dilbert

Woebin
Feb 6, 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O27RzZEOkeA

BlankIsBeautiful
Apr 4, 2008

Feeling a little inadequate?

Midnight Moth posted:

Safe Havens

"We don't want you experimenting with mermaid DNA but we want to see you in person in our underwater city, which would require you to use mermaid DNA."

What the gently caress is even happening here? Why would Merpeople (who communicate through a toilet, mind you) give one flying gently caress about her screwing around with a cat's DNA? And why are they somehow the "overseers" of DNA manipulation? And, why am I even making a feeble attempt to analyze any of this?

Jane's World



Well, I guess no handcuff hijinks today.

Non Sequitur



:cmon: I know you can't use it in the papers you're circulated in, but it just doesn't work if you can't use the proper term.

Aaaaannnnddd, Dana's back. Here are two Heavenly Nostrils





Seems like we've seen these before, too, even though the copyright says 2013-2014.

Kliban's Cats



That cat's either terrified, or pissed. Based on the eyes, I'd pick the latter.

9 Chickweed Lane 4/8/2003



:stare: That's pretty scary, Brooke.

Zits



You should be thankful, Walt. At least he didn't spray lighter fluid on it, light it, and burn your house down.

Kevin & Kell



:ughh:

Nemi



:v:

Cricken_Nigfops
Oct 25, 2011

CROM!
Cul-de-sac will own in tears.


The Creeps pandas to us all.


The Duplex is a lot like mike du jour, I may have to find something worse.


Oh, I know! How about WUMO?

JacquelineDempsey
Aug 6, 2008

Women's Circuit Bender Union Local 34



Trilobite posted:

Yeah, that's an actual thing. I had an aunt out in the Midwest who had one in her bathroom, on a spare roll.

I guess it's so you can have a spare roll handy without visitors seeing it and thinking, "Oh my god, PEOPLE POOP IN HERE ALL THE TIME, JUST LOOK AT ALL THIS TOILET PAPER," which is embarrassing or something? Or maybe they just like filling up their bathroom with crocheted things, I don't know.

In summary, people are pretty weird.

Growing up in the 70's, I always saw them with dolls attached, like so:



...so that comic made even less sense to me, since she didn't have a Barbie torso sticking out of her "hat".

In summary, some people are even weirder.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

I WON THIS AMAZING AVATAR! I'M A WINNER! WOOOOO!
Monty


Mike du Jour

GorfZaplen
Jan 20, 2012

Emmy Lou


Heathcliff


Mandrake the Magician


The Phantom

Get on with it!

Pickles


Classic Prince Valiant

Good Listener
Sep 2, 2006

Ask me about moons
Fact #1 The Moon is really cool

Ghostlight posted:

Yes. In my office there's even three right-handed people who use a lefty mouse, and I will often change my mouse side dependent on how much desk space what I'm working on takes up.

I know basically since we've had a PC at my house, I've sort of conditioned my family to use the mouse on the left hand side.

flavor.flv
Apr 18, 2008

I got a letter from the government the other day
opened it, read it
it said they was bitches




More Dog Comix, anyone?

Pooch Café


Okay, it's starting to drag on now.

Ballard Street


I think Kevin and I have the same hobby, assuming he never, ever does anything with his ideas.

Darthemed
Oct 28, 2007

"A data unit?
For me?
"




College Slice
Bloom County

The choice of a wholesome generation.


[eel pun]

Calvin And Hobbes



Here we go!

Rabbits Against Magic, by Jonathan Lemon.


Chris Browne's Raising Duncan issues a challenge to Fred Basset.


And the neo-Nemo stylings of Tom Toles' Randolph Itch, 2 a.m..

Fuck Your Website
Nov 29, 2003
FUCK YOU, AND FUCK YOUR WEBSITE
I love the style Emmy Lou is drawn in but it should be called 'My Daughter, the Moron'

Midnight Moth
Sep 14, 2007

What the hell, dude??
I'm like, right here.

BlankIsBeautiful posted:

What the gently caress is even happening here? Why would Merpeople (who communicate through a toilet, mind you) give one flying gently caress about her screwing around with a cat's DNA? And why are they somehow the "overseers" of DNA manipulation? And, why am I even making a feeble attempt to analyze any of this?
Samantha used mermaid DNA on her cat so it would live longer. They only care that she's experimenting using mermaid DNA. If she were using dragon DNA or something they wouldn't give a gently caress.

tiistai
Nov 1, 2012

Solo Melodica
Fok_It struggles to find a current topic.

Roland Jones
Aug 18, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo

BlankIsBeautiful posted:

What the gently caress is even happening here? Why would Merpeople (who communicate through a toilet, mind you) give one flying gently caress about her screwing around with a cat's DNA? And why are they somehow the "overseers" of DNA manipulation? And, why am I even making a feeble attempt to analyze any of this?

I rag on Holbrook a lot, but honestly, given that he's been writing three strips a day for over a decade and two of them for over two (I think, can't be bothered to check for specifics), it honestly isn't too surprising that they frequently dip into incoherence.

I'm kind of curious how much he makes for that sort of thing, really. I mean, with that much time one could theoretically have quite a fanbase, but on the other hand these kind of comic strips tend to not exactly be lucrative, as far as I know.

Midnight Moth posted:

Samantha used mermaid DNA on her cat so it would live longer. They only care that she's experimenting using mermaid DNA. If she were using dragon DNA or something they wouldn't give a gently caress.

No, he's asking how they know that she's doing that with mermaid DNA, why they care about that, etc. The answer is that Holbrook has gone insane from spending so many years on these comics that more time has gone into them than his actual life, or the opposite where having to put out three comics a day has him putting so little thought into them that he didn't even bother to think it through. Possibly some combination of the two.

(I actually tried to imagine Holbrook's life when describing that, and in the brief mental image he looked like Gilchrist. Gilchrist is now synonymous with "bad comic author" in my mind apparently.)

Selachian
Oct 9, 2012

Roland Jones posted:

I rag on Holbrook a lot, but honestly, given that he's been writing three strips a day for over a decade and two of them for over two (I think, can't be bothered to check for specifics), it honestly isn't too surprising that they frequently dip into incoherence.

I'm kind of curious how much he makes for that sort of thing, really. I mean, with that much time one could theoretically have quite a fanbase, but on the other hand these kind of comic strips tend to not exactly be lucrative, as far as I know.

On the Fastrack has been around for, gulp, 30 years, Safe Havens for 25, and Kevin and Kell is the baby of the Holbrook family at 19.

Ensign_Ricky
Jan 4, 2008

Daddy Warlord
of the
Children of the Corn


or something...

GorfZaplen posted:

The Phantom


"And you were there! And you were there!"

The entire arc would be instantly redeemed if she looked at a family photo and her dad was wearing a lampshade.

EasyEW
Mar 8, 2006

I've got my father's great big six-shooter with me 'n' if anybody in this woods wants to start somethin' just let 'em--but they DASSN'T.
Skippy was innovative in several ways, but here's one way that caught me by surprise: Gary Trudeau didn't invent comic strip reruns. (January 18, 1927 (if this date can really be trusted) and January 8, 1926 before that (click for the XL original, compare and contrast as you like))



Peanuts (April 11, 1967)



Funky Winkerbean



No dude, it's "on your father, John Darling". Get the catchphrases right.

Popeye



Rip Haywire



Pogo, in which Albert takes his obligations as a citizen seriously. Reading comprehension, not so much. (April 10, 1956)



Out Our Way (October 6-7, 1924)





Well, at least she's not going to switch him with the oar.

JohnnyCanuck
May 28, 2004

Strong And/Or Free
I just want to say that I really, really enjoy Rip Haywire - "ka-soundeffects" and all. Good pacing, usually pretty funny, and a lovable dope of a main character.

Lurkman
Nov 4, 2008

EasyEW posted:


Funky Winkerbean



No dude, it's "on your father, John Darling". Get the catchphrases right.

You mean her father, John Darling, the TV personality?

catlord
Mar 22, 2009

What's on your mind, Axa?

EasyEW posted:

Funky Winkerbean



No dude, it's "on your father, John Darling". Get the catchphrases right.

Why is Funky Winkerbean so terrible? Jesus. Bathos leaking from every orifice, "John Darling John Darling John Darling," "cancercancercancer," even the comics poo poo. People in BSS shouldn't be sick of someone talking about comics, but he makes it so loving insufferable.

Also, just going to note, John Darling ended the year I was born. Does anybody who read comics back then still read this poo poo? And of those who do, who loving cares?

Sweaty IT Nerd
Jul 13, 2007

catlord posted:

Why is Funky Winkerbean so terrible? Jesus. Bathos leaking from every orifice, "John Darling John Darling John Darling," "cancercancercancer," even the comics poo poo. People in BSS shouldn't be sick of someone talking about comics, but he makes it so loving insufferable.

Also, just going to note, John Darling ended the year I was born. Does anybody who read comics back then still read this poo poo? And of those who do, who loving cares?

Dude is just up his own rear end. He really thinks he is telling a great story. I think Master McEldowney suffers from the same ailment. He isn't able to look at his work objectively and realize "oh this kind of sucks."

I have a feeling he thinks this John Darling stuff is a brilliant callback and shows world building, but no one gives a poo poo.

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005


She knows that no joy or good things will ever last, and that there is no escaping the inevitable.

Wanamingo
Feb 22, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
Six Chix


Zippy the Pinhead


Nancy


Arlo and Janis


Wee Pals


Andertoons


Four Eyes


Lost Side of Suburbia


Zachary Nixon Johnson

Zamboni Rodeo
Jul 19, 2007

NEVER play "Lady of Spain" AGAIN!






In a move that will come as a surprise to absofuckinglutely no one, Phil will take Nancy to the father-daughter picnic.

DoubleDonut
Oct 22, 2010


Fallen Rib
Is Nancy supposed to be an orphan? I thought she was just like every other cartoon character with no on-screen parents. You may as well have Donald Duck's nephews being sad about not having parents.

Punished Chuck
Dec 27, 2010

The Sphinxster posted:

Dude is just up his own rear end. He really thinks he is telling a great story. I think Master McEldowney suffers from the same ailment. He isn't able to look at his work objectively and realize "oh this kind of sucks."

I have a feeling he thinks this John Darling stuff is a brilliant callback and shows world building, but no one gives a poo poo.

The dude had a storyline about the high school putting on a play and a bunch of fucker idiot philistines protested because it was too sad and had so much tragedy and were too dumb to appreciate how good it was. Then, one of the characters went to bat for it because it's true art and represents real life, man. And then everyone realized that actually the play was good as hell. It was so transparent that the whole storyline was just Batiuk jerking himself off about how great his story is and how everyone saying that tragedy doesn't inherently make a story deep or interesting is wrong and dumb that it made me want to hurl. Does anyone remember this/have a link to it?



Oh my goooooood :barf:

scarycave
Oct 9, 2012

Dominic Beegan:
Exterminator For Hire

Zamboni_Rodeo posted:

In a move that will come as a surprise to absofuckinglutely no one, Phil will take Nancy to the father-daughter picnic.

Guy Gilchrist himself materializes himself in the very room and takes Nancy to the father-daughter picnic.
Later, he fends off an attacking bear and a giant gold guitar is erected in the park in his honor.
A single tear falls down Gilchrist's face as he knows his work hear is done, he spreads out his arms and is carried away by a giant bald-eagle to begin his next adventure.

Thanks Internet
May 27, 2012

This poster just flew all the way from Caketown just to make this post!

Now THAT'S desperate!

Oh no. You know what this means, right?

backstory

Green Intern
Dec 29, 2008

Loon, Crazy and Laughable

Wanamingo posted:

Zachary Nixon Johnson


It's pretty wonderful how Mr. Musclecomputer has a chiseled jaw in profile, but it all turns to Swollen Beesting Face when seen dead-on.

Probably Magic
Oct 9, 2012

Looking cute, feeling cute.

scarycave posted:

Guy Gilchrist himself materializes himself in the very room and takes Nancy to the father-daughter picnic.
Later, he fends off an attacking bear and a giant gold guitar is erected in the park in his honor.
A single tear falls down Gilchrist's face as he knows his work hear is done, he spreads out his arms and is carried away by a giant bald-eagle to begin his next adventure.

That sounds far more better and entertaining than what we're actually going to get.

Code Jockey
Jan 24, 2006

69420 basic bytes free

Haha oh god drat it.

And thanks for including the tit shadows gilchrist almost forgot that was fritzi

You Are A Werewolf
Apr 26, 2010

Black Gold!

catlord posted:

Why is Funky Winkerbean so terrible? Jesus. Bathos leaking from every orifice, "John Darling John Darling John Darling," "cancercancercancer," even the comics poo poo. People in BSS shouldn't be sick of someone talking about comics, but he makes it so loving insufferable.

Also, just going to note, John Darling ended the year I was born. Does anybody who read comics back then still read this poo poo? And of those who do, who loving cares?

I feel you on all your examples listed. By no means should it ever stop being posted here because everyone needs that one comic strip to say, "Goddamn, this loving sucks," but goddamn, does this strip loving suck. The absolute worst thing about FW is whenever Les is featured, because it will no doubt be about DEAD CANCER WIFE by the second panel of the first strip when he's featured again.

First panel: interior of Montoni's Pizza: Les: "Hey, you know what?" Funky: "What is it, Les?"
Second panel: Les: "My wife died of cancer :("
Third panel: Les: ":(" Funky: ":smug:" (because there's got to be a smug face in every strip for some reason, regardless of emotion)

Who gives a poo poo?

I also hate how Montoni's Pizza building is the only place in town, like it's purgatory for all these sad sacks. Maybe that's what this comic is about. There's no other explanation.


Was there really a need for the boob outlines, Gilchrist? Jesus. Edit: ^ Great minds think alike :hf:

Dewgy
Nov 10, 2005

~🚚special delivery~📦

GIMP's antialiasing is awful.

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Say Nothing
Mar 5, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

BlankIsBeautiful posted:



:stare: That's pretty scary, Brooke.

O.K, Brooke has seen the Junji edits and is trolling me!


9 Junji Lane.

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