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

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GorfZaplen: Jan 20, 2012

Emmy Lou

Mandrake the Magician

The Phantom

Classic Prince Valiant

# ? Aug 21, 2014 17:09

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# ? May 24, 2024 22:30

Pastry of the Year: Apr 12, 2013

BlankIsBeautiful posted:

Well, that answers my question from yesterday, but now, the duck?

Well, if you insist! Howard the Duck:

# ? Aug 21, 2014 17:39

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

Cricken_Nigfops posted:

Cul-de-sac better call Saul.

What kind of kid calls it a kiddie car?

Cricken_Nigfops posted:

Poptropica Love uh... uh... finds a way

So did they get the phone out of the dinosaur puke, or what?

We now return to the Bloom County already in progress.

Calvin And Hobbes

Ripley's

# ? Aug 21, 2014 18:05

R Ubbish: Apr 15, 2013

GorfZaplen posted:

Classic Prince Valiant

# ? Aug 21, 2014 18:25

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

R Ubbish posted:

haha! Dickbutt? If so, beautiful R!

# ? Aug 21, 2014 18:42

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

Tiggum posted:

Judge Parker

I usually skip Judge Parker but I read it today for some reason and I'm glad I did.

F Minus

Looks about right.

Mary Worth

What could it be?!? I'm on the edge of my seat here!

I think in that last panel it's supposed to be June saying that.

# ? Aug 21, 2014 19:08

kidcoelacanth: Sep 23, 2009

R Ubbish posted:

First funny dickbutt in years

# ? Aug 21, 2014 19:11

grading essays nude: Oct 24, 2009; so why dont we
put him into a canan
and shoot him into the trolls base where
ever it is and let him kill all of them. its
so perfect that it can't go wrong.

i think its the best plan i
have ever heard in my life

EasyEW posted:

The Sweet Release Of The Immaculate Artist

Were you expecting the sweet release of death? No, just the sweet release of the final plot point slipping through some random buzzwords.

Yet again Batiuk uses TV development lingo for what he has in the past explicitly described as a movie. Granted, it always sounded like a made for TV (Lifetime) movie but still, that doesn't explain inexplicably using the words "pilot", "midseason" etc. for some reason this drives me up the wall nearly as much as the overall plot itself.

I guess to Batiuk, Hollywood is so dumb and greedy and will never understand Real Art that he couldn't be bothered to do, like, two seconds of proper research, just threw in a bunch of development terms that he didn't bother to look up.

Also even if it were a TV show, being a midseason show is far from a death sentence. In the Funky universe where the Lisa book is actually considered good I'm now picturing Les whining for several months while the TV show becomes an unexpected hit.

Wikipedia redirects "sizzle reel" to "trailer" (I'm guessing it's an antiquated term) which implies that shooting had actually already completed, when last we saw, it was just a table read and Les trying to make last second script revisions before quitting. God, Batiuk is a hack.

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# ? Aug 21, 2014 19:28

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

Mercury Hat posted:

Right, I'm just wondering where the catcalling punchline comes from. It seems a total nonsequitur unless there's a type of crow or something called a crow which says "wassup bay-bee".

Ooohhh. It's probably Buggy there in the crate then, or the other boy that's not James whose name I can't remember. The kinda white-trash-ish kid. Seems likely.

Tina's Groove

Family Circus

Rose is Rose

One Big Happy

Mother Goose & Grimm

Foob

Compu-Toon

Bizarro

Dilbert

# ? Aug 21, 2014 20:05

Wanamingo: Feb 22, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

Manuel Calavera posted:

Bizarro

Hah, those stupid hipsters with their tiny cars and their... Chinese food? Is that a hipster stereotype I don't know about? :confused:

# ? Aug 21, 2014 20:13

Everything Counts: Oct 10, 2012; Don't "shhh!" me, you rich bastard!

Wanamingo posted:

Hah, those stupid hipsters with their tiny cars and their... Chinese food? Is that a hipster stereotype I don't know about?

No, but they do need to eat, and Chinese food gives Piraro the chance to do his dumb fortune cookie gag, so....

# ? Aug 21, 2014 21:07

Kismet: Jun 11, 2007

Wanamingo posted:

Hah, those stupid hipsters with their tiny cars and their... Chinese food? Is that a hipster stereotype I don't know about?

Even better, that's a self portrait.

Dan Piraro seems like a man truly dedicated to being insufferable.

# ? Aug 21, 2014 21:08

R Ubbish: Apr 15, 2013

Julet Esqu posted:

The Amazing Spider-Man

# ? Aug 21, 2014 22:07

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

BlankIsBeautiful posted:

9 Chickweed Lane 8/21/2003

The theme is really old, Brooke, really old, and even more dumb.

This is so completely dumb and has been stupid all week. Sunglasses look cool, yes, but mainly they make it more comfortable to be outside when it's bright out. Everybody wears sunglasses. Both my parents have sunglasses and so does my grandma and everybody else I know. They are not the mark of a toughguy or a coolguy, and have not been for decades. It's like getting all hot and bothered because somebody put on a pair of jeans. I don't get why anybody still makes a big deal about it here in 2014, or even back in 2003.

R Ubbish posted:

The last panel is true. I was grinning the whole time reading this.

Luann

That doesn't seem like proper ferret accomodations. She should be careful. I heard one of those things bit Jeremy's mom.

Apartment 3-G

Pros & Cons

Sally Forth

The Amazing Spider-Man

# ? Aug 21, 2014 22:32

WindyMan: Mar 21, 2002; Respect the power of the wind

Julet Esqu posted:

The Amazing Spider-Man

Huh, who knew Peter Parker was into bank-bathroom voyeurism.

# ? Aug 21, 2014 22:38

scarycave: Oct 9, 2012; Dominic Beegan:
Exterminator For Hire

Darthemed posted:

So did they get the phone out of the dinosaur puke, or what?

Yeah, but then they got chased off by the Dinosaurs greaser husband.

# ? Aug 21, 2014 22:42

Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

e. someone, please get this

Kennel fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Aug 21, 2014

# ? Aug 21, 2014 22:45

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

Manuel Calavera posted:

Family Circus

Nice Linda Blair impression.

# ? Aug 21, 2014 22:50

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

Julet Esqu posted:

Luann

That doesn't seem like proper ferret accomodations. She should be careful. I heard one of those things bit Jeremy's mom.

I'm going to give it a pass this time. It's hard to find an appropriate cage for anything that keeps changing size like that.

# ? Aug 21, 2014 22:53

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Kennel posted:

So glad I'm not the only one who read her with that voice.

# ? Aug 21, 2014 22:56

Lowen SoDium: Jun 5, 2003; Highen Fiber; Clapping Larry

Kennel posted:

e. someone, please get this

Jon Lovitz in a wig?

# ? Aug 21, 2014 22:57

Cricken_Nigfops: Oct 25, 2011; CROM!

Darthemed posted:

So did they get the phone out of the dinosaur puke, or what?

They did, sorry I may have missed posting that one, Tiggum's post for that day depressed me enough that I didn't feel like putting up that day's comic. It's on gocomics if you need to see a dinosaur horfing though.

# ? Aug 21, 2014 23:58

Mister Beeg: Sep 7, 2012; A Certified Jerk

Sergio Aragones (Mad #504, August 2010)

Spy vs. Spy

This was later animated for MADtv

Don Martin Dept. (MAD # 241, September 1983)

The Lighter Side of...

(MAD # 241, September 1983)

(MAD # 286, April 1989)

# ? Aug 22, 2014 00:49

Trilobite: Aug 15, 2001

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Wikipedia redirects "sizzle reel" to "trailer" (I'm guessing it's an antiquated term) which implies that shooting had actually already completed, when last we saw, it was just a table read and Les trying to make last second script revisions before quitting. God, Batiuk is a hack.

I've only seen "sizzle reel" used in the context of a trailer that was shot before the actual production was completed -- specifically, for a show someone was pitching to drum up interest/investment for a full production. Which is still complete loving nonsense in the context of a made-for-TV movie that has already been picked up by a cable network, has been cast, and has sets and a production office and is doing table reads.

So, yeah, Batiuk is a hack. The only way this could be salvaged is with some kind of "Owl Creek Bridge" scenario where the entire strip ends with a panel of Les's body swinging from a rafter in his garage.

# ? Aug 22, 2014 01:05

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

Mister Beeg posted:

(MAD # 286, April 1989)

Between this and R Ubbish's edit, this thread's got me laughing a lot today.

# ? Aug 22, 2014 01:52

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.

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Wikipedia redirects "sizzle reel" to "trailer" (I'm guessing it's an antiquated term) which implies that shooting had actually already completed, when last we saw, it was just a table read and Les trying to make last second script revisions before quitting. God, Batiuk is a hack.

For the purposes of what they were attempting to do here, a sizzle reel was originally what producers used for the networks (or press, or whatever) to demonstrate a concept, so not quite a trailer, but that's what you get for trusting Wikipedia to get it right all of the time. Now it's also a term for an actor's demo reel or a product demo reel. None of which should apply to a movie that never got past table reads and rewrites, of course.

Pogo gives us "If at first you don't succeed, scry, scry again." (August 23, 1956)

(e: and these silly taglines would make more sense if I posted the right ones, too...)

Peanuts: Year One (March 15-17, 1951)

Gah! Adult voices! Also, the first appearance of a catchphrase!

EasyEW fucked around with this message at 02:34 on Aug 22, 2014

# ? Aug 22, 2014 02:16

Howard Beale: Feb 22, 2001; It's like this, Peanut

Mister Beeg posted:

(MAD # 241, September 1983)

Setup, one, two, and punchline on three. Dave Berg was a machine.

# ? Aug 22, 2014 02:35

Wanamingo: Feb 22, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

Six Chix

Zippy the Pinhead

Nancy

Arlo and Janis

Andertoons

Lost Side of Suburbia

Dick Tracy

Inspector Danger's Crime Quiz

Oh, Brother

# ? Aug 22, 2014 02:36

Nenonen: Oct 22, 2009; Mulla on aina kolkyt donaa taskussa

Lapinlahden Linnut is in no way creepy

# ? Aug 22, 2014 02:52

Double Punctuation: Dec 30, 2009; Ships were made for sinking;
Whiskey made for drinking;
If we were made of cellophane
We'd all get stinking drunk much faster!

Julet Esqu posted:

Luann

That doesn't seem like proper ferret accomodations. She should be careful. I heard one of those things bit Jeremy's mom.

In a shocking twist, Dez doesn't exist. Bernice made her up and will now start running away from imaginary government assassins while cracking imaginary secret code for an imaginary G-man.

# ? Aug 22, 2014 03:37

Kammat: Feb 9, 2008; Odd Person

Modesty Blaise

Tomorrow, for the first time ever.... THE NAILER!

# ? Aug 22, 2014 03:48

Mister Beeg: Sep 7, 2012; A Certified Jerk

Since I'm on a MAD kick, here's one that was drawn by our very own Death Ray.

That's right. Death Ray is part of the Usual Gang of Idiots, since 2006. He's still appears in almost every issue. It was my first exposure to him, believe it or not.

Also, PvP challenged Jason Fox to the Ice Bucket challenge

Which led to Bill Amend drawing this.

# ? Aug 22, 2014 04:30

don Jaime: Apr 3, 2004

Bleeker illustrates the First Law of Ice Cream: where there is sand, there is gravity.

Pickles featuring Germophobic Dog.

# ? Aug 22, 2014 04:53

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Juliet Jones

Phantom Classic

Radio Patrol

Rip Kirby

Big Ben Bolt

Honey, you don't have the money yet. It's too early in this con to start being yourself.

# ? Aug 22, 2014 05:09

sweetguts: Apr 29, 2013; I know what I'm about.

Wanamingo posted:

Oh, Brother

that fruit is hanging so low I almost hit my head on it.

# ? Aug 22, 2014 06:38

Tiggum: Oct 24, 2007; Your life and your quest end here.

R Ubbish posted:

Mister Beeg posted:

That's right. Death Ray is part of the Usual Gang of Idiots, since 2006. He's still appears in almost every issue. It was my first exposure to him, believe it or not.

The part I find hard to believe is that Mad Magazine still exists.

Candorville

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Todd the Dinosaur

Nice job on the colouring for panel one.

# ? Aug 22, 2014 12:33

My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

Having grown up on MAD magazines that were outdated even then, it's incredibly strange to see Sergio Aragones take on something relatively current. He hasn't lost his touch one bit though.

# ? Aug 22, 2014 12:47

LvK: Feb 27, 2006; FIVE STARS!!

Mister Beeg posted:

Sergio Aragones (Mad #504, August 2010)

drat, that's the first time in what feels like a very, very long time that I've actually smiled at a Twilight joke, and not just tried to light the teller on fire with my mind.

# ? Aug 22, 2014 13:25

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 gives us DYNAMIC ACTION! (June 3, 1927)