Comic Strip Megathread XV: So smile, Margo, and move on.

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Cricken_Nigfops: Oct 25, 2011; CROM!

ZNJ is trying so hard to be Archer without anything that makes Archer worth watching.
Cul-de-sac

The Creeps

I really like today's The Creeps.

# ? Jun 17, 2014 13:48

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# ? May 25, 2024 04:02

BlankIsBeautiful: Apr 4, 2008; Feeling a little inadequate?

Jane's World

Oh, so she wasn't the chick in the cowboy hat. And, wait, Jill's head sounded like a beer bottle when it hit the floor? What? Nobody's head would sound like that hitting the floor. Chick's cray...

Non Sequitur

Heavenly Nostrils is on track again.

Why not? You made her room disappear, so printing money should be a snap.

Kliban's Cats

The rare and elusive catte fishe. :v:

9 Chickweed Lane 6/17/2003

You're trying to come on to her? You and Edda were just talking about marriage last week, you philanderer.

Zits

Hey, if ya got strings... pull 'em. :v:

Kevin & Kell

Ok, we're really done now, right Holbrook? If we take an in depth look at their wedding night, I'll puke.

Kinda lame for Nemi, but, ok.

BlankIsBeautiful fucked around with this message at 14:00 on Jun 17, 2014

# ? Jun 17, 2014 13:58

Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

Midnight Moth posted:

Retail

You know, this is incredibly boring. I'd much rather see the cast of Retail get justice for the litany of stupid things they actually do instead of a really weak and contrived revenge plot from a long-forgotten character no one cared about. Especially since there are more recent villains like Mina that evidently just completely disappeared from the strip in a puff of completely wasted plot potential.

I guess we're supposed to be appalled that Stuart is suggesting Marla is covering for Cooper's incompetence when she's actually covering for his breaking the law. Man, Stuart, how can you be so terrible?

What's "funny" is that Stuart assuming his staff lost the paperwork is douchey, but like you said the staff as presented is so loving terrible it's an assumption anyone would make.

Not to mention the audit guy risking his whole career on some stupid revenge scheme.

Anyway The Dinette Set is blander than usual.

(Also it just hit me that I start sentences with "anyway" and "also" a lot.)

# ? Jun 17, 2014 14:34

Indolent Bastard: Oct 26, 2007; I WON THIS AMAZING AVATAR! I'M A WINNER! WOOOOO!

Monty

Classic Monty

Mike du Jour

# ? Jun 17, 2014 15:30

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 (March 29, 1927)

Peanuts, in which Peppermint Patty gives us her version of being a good friend. (June 20, 1967)

Funky Winkerbean

Oh god, this is going to be the Summer of Badly Written Showbiz. :ohdear:

Popeye

Rip Haywire

Pogo (June 19, 1956)

Droodles (June 19, 1956)

Out Our Way (February 18-19, 1925)

# ? Jun 17, 2014 15:42

Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

Kennel posted:

And Spider-man and/or MJ will be shocked and keep saying that the whole city has gone crazy.

Julet Esqu posted:

Close enough (even though everyone saw that coming).

# ? Jun 17, 2014 16:21

Magic Hate Ball: May 6, 2007; ha ha ha!
you've already paid for this

Forktoss posted:

CHOOSE YOUR OWN NANCY EDIT

1.
You find yourself on an internet forum for comic strip nerds. Poster Wanamingo has just made the following post:

Would you like to joke about Sluggo killing himself in a gruesome way, or make a crass comment about these children having sex?

If child suicide seems more appealing to you, go to section 2.
If you would rather discuss adolescent masturbation, go to section 3.

2.

You have died. Please return to section 1.

3.

You are a horrible person. Please re-evaluate your life choices.

This is really really really funny.

Midnight Moth posted:

Dustin

I propose Jeff Parker start putting a proportional amount of effort drawing the strip that Steve Kelley does to the writing.

# ? Jun 17, 2014 16:27

Probably Magic: Oct 9, 2012; Looking cute, feeling cute.

Cow and Boy

Sherman's Lagoon

Probably Magic fucked around with this message at 17:48 on Jun 17, 2014

# ? Jun 17, 2014 16:50

Darthemed: Oct 28, 2007; "A data unit?
For me?"; College Slice

Bloom County

It is pretty dead-on.

A.k.a., Will or William Casey, former Director Of Central Intelligence.

Calvin And Hobbes

Ripley's

# ? Jun 17, 2014 16:59

flavor.flv: Apr 18, 2008; I got a letter from the government the other day
opened it, read it
it said they was bitches

I think all of you need Therapy Comix.

Pooch Caf�

This wake-up call is long overdue for Poncho.

Ballard Street

Man, that's a way better idea than the silent treatment. Not only is it an instant and obvious signal that she doesn't want to talk to him, it still keeps the lines of communication open and nobody can get mad at Mr. Snake.

# ? Jun 17, 2014 17:11

Pastry of the Year: Apr 12, 2013

Howard the Duck

# ? Jun 17, 2014 17:13

hexwren: Feb 27, 2008

Green Intern posted:

Lampshading your tiresome, awful joke as a tiresome, awful joke doesn't make it any better, ZNJ.

Lampwhat?

Great Moments in Rock 'n' Roll

# ? Jun 17, 2014 17:44

Wanamingo: Feb 22, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

Six Chix

Zippy the Pinhead

I wonder if Griffith knows that clamato juice exists.

Nancy

Arlo and Janis

Wee Pals

Andertoons

Lost Side of Suburbia

Haha, yes. :getin:

Zachary Nixon Johnson

Dick Tracy

Inspector Danger's Crime Quiz

# ? Jun 17, 2014 17:49

Magic Hate Ball: May 6, 2007; ha ha ha!
you've already paid for this

TOMMY
EMMANUEL
FAN
CLUB

# ? Jun 17, 2014 17:53

GorfZaplen: Jan 20, 2012

BOOM BOOM!

# ? Jun 17, 2014 18:59

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Magic Hate Ball posted:

TOMMY
EMMANUEL
FAN
CLUB

Maybe it's like in Dinette Set where all the stupid extra text is there to signal to the reader that the people in the strip are all intentionally written as loathsome idiots whom we are supposed to hate.

# ? Jun 17, 2014 19:13

csammis: Aug 26, 2003; Mental Institution

My personal calendar for yesterday, June 16 2014, says this:

quote:

If Oh Brother is still running, see if Bud fights Lon

but I don't have any recollection about why. Does anyone remember the strip that caused me to make this note? :psyduck:

# ? Jun 17, 2014 19:19

Sweaty IT Nerd: Jul 13, 2007

Cricken_Nigfops posted:

I really like today's The Creeps.

I like that fat creep still has his fingers taped on.

That Luann reveal is just boring. I wonder if his daughter is even still helping him write it or if she came to her senses.

edit: I forgot I wanted to work whistle the patter in to a post. That phrase tickles me.

Sweaty IT Nerd fucked around with this message at 20:03 on Jun 17, 2014

# ? Jun 17, 2014 19:59

Nikaer Drekin: Oct 11, 2012; THUNDERDOME LOSER 2020

The Sphinxster posted:

I like that fat creep still has his fingers taped on.

Not only that, but it's obviously working! His fingers aren't falling off anymore.

# ? Jun 17, 2014 20:56

NRVNQSR: Mar 1, 2009

BlankIsBeautiful posted:

Kinda lame for Nemi, but, ok.

The last couple seem to have been Nemi Classic (tm). I recognize both of them from the first collection, which I think is all strips from before 2007.

e: They're actually from 2000/2001. I had forgotten how precisely this strip dates it:

NRVNQSR fucked around with this message at 21:53 on Jun 17, 2014

# ? Jun 17, 2014 21:01

Green Intern: Dec 29, 2008; Loon, Crazy and Laughable

Julet Esqu posted:

http://i.imgur.com/VucffiEh.gif

The chances of molemen being involved in this scheme are astronomically high.

# ? Jun 17, 2014 21:01

bonestructure: Sep 25, 2008; by Ralp

Wanamingo posted:

Zachary Nixon Johnson

I'm getting morbidly curious about the artist's technique in ZNJ. I really think he/she/they traces from Poser. I can't imagine any other way to make anatomy look that awkward and lifeless but somehow also spastic. It has to be Poser.

Guess it's better than the Day By Day guy cutting his workload by tracing porn.

# ? Jun 17, 2014 22:17

tiistai: Nov 1, 2012; Solo Melodica

GorfZaplen posted:

Mandrake the Magician

Fingerpori

Not bad Jarla

V�in�m�inen calls from the deck:
- Could you meet me at the terminal, I've got so many beer cases

V�in�m�inen is known for playing a kannel or kantele made from the jawbone of a huge pike. Its partitive (object) form is kannelta, which is also the ablative ("from") form of kansi, deck. Soittaa can mean "to play (an instrument)" or "to (make a phone) call".

Alcohol taxes and pricing in general in Finland are so high that in many cases it's actually cheaper to take a boat to Estonia and buy your drinks there in bulk.

Fok_It

This strip used a Finnish nickname for long underwear, tykit, meaning "cannons". Maybe this is some kind of weird gun commentary, but sometimes an absurd joke is just an absurd joke.

# ? Jun 17, 2014 23:11

Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

bonestructure posted:

I'm getting morbidly curious about the artist's technique in ZNJ. I really think he/she/they traces from Poser. I can't imagine any other way to make anatomy look that awkward and lifeless but somehow also spastic. It has to be Poser.

The faces have a very Poser-y "dead eyes" feel to them too. That weird kind of unnatural fixed expression.

# ? Jun 17, 2014 23:28

Mercedes Colomar: Nov 1, 2008; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

I got a new toy today and have been far to busy to post! :downs:

_{it's a 3DS}

Tina's Groove

Family Circus

Rose is Rose

One Big Happy

Mother Goose & Grimm

Foob

Compu-Toon

Bizarro

Dilbert

# ? Jun 18, 2014 00:00

Fuck Your Website: Nov 29, 2003; FUCK YOU, AND FUCK YOUR WEBSITE

Manuel Calavera posted:

Foob

Fukkin women, I feel yr pain Rod

# ? Jun 18, 2014 00:26

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

Yes, nothing cheers up a bunch of despondent soldiers like an 85-year-old song.

# ? Jun 18, 2014 01:01

Punished Chuck: Dec 27, 2010

bonestructure posted:

I'm getting morbidly curious about the artist's technique in ZNJ. I really think he/she/they traces from Poser. I can't imagine any other way to make anatomy look that awkward and lifeless but somehow also spastic. It has to be Poser.

Guess it's better than the Day By Day guy cutting his workload by tracing porn.

You know, I never put it together before, but looking at it again after reading your post, I think you're absolutely right. Especially with that really awful looking panel where the psychic punches the other lady, that awkward posing looks like something straight out of Poser.

# ? Jun 18, 2014 02:41

TyrsHTML: May 13, 2004

Manuel Calavera posted:

Foob

Ok this loving plot. heres how it really goes. they try to break in, the cops show up, you tell the cops "She threw her kids at me and took off we haven't seen them for hours we are trying to get the things for the kids." The cops hang out with you and then when they do get back see the home is a wreck take the kids and social services are called, and hopefully the kids are treated better by their hosed up parents. GO TO loving HELL LYNN

# ? Jun 18, 2014 03:08

null_user01013: Nov 13, 2000; Drink up comrades

null_user01013 fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Jun 18, 2014

# ? Jun 18, 2014 03:30

Presto: Nov 22, 2002; Keep calm and Harry on.

BlankIsBeautiful posted:

The real Marigold would never use a contraction. Book her, Alfie.

# ? Jun 18, 2014 04:15

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Luann

Apartment 3-G

Pros & Cons

Sally Forth

The Amazing Spider-Man

# ? Jun 18, 2014 05:22

His Divine Shadow: Aug 7, 2000; I'm not a fascist. I'm a priest. Fascists dress up in black and tell people what to do.

tiistai posted:

Fok_It

This strip used a Finnish nickname for long underwear, tykit, meaning "cannons". Maybe this is some kind of weird gun commentary, but sometimes an absurd joke is just an absurd joke.

Sounds like my grandfather, walked around in long johns year round, I dunno how he managed summers given he was a milk farmer and doing heavy physical labour.

# ? Jun 18, 2014 06:28

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Julet Esqu posted:

The Amazing Spider-Man

Batman wants his gimmick back.

# ? Jun 18, 2014 06:34

Murdstone: Jun 14, 2005; I'm feeling Jimmy

F Minus

Mary Worth

Well this was not at all what I expected to happen in Mary Worth today.

Rex Morgan MD

# ? Jun 18, 2014 06:58

GorfZaplen: Jan 20, 2012

Emmy Lou

Heathcliff

Mandrake the Magician

I'm betting that these aren't actually aliens and this ends with Mandrake totally vindicated in his disbelief in aliens despite having met actual aliens from outer space several months before.

The Phantom