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don Jaime posted:Or they might want keepsakes of their son's childhood, but I guess not. This seems like something Lynn Johnson would do. Save everything, I say, it may have a value you don't realize someday: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onfim ...throw them into a swamp for archeologists to uncover after our civilization is long gone?
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Nenonen posted:...throw them into a swamp for archeologists to uncover after our civilization is long gone? Lynn Johnston might well have thrown her children into a swamp for archaeologists to uncover centuries later, yes.
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Parahexavoctal posted:Lynn Johnston might well have thrown her children into a swamp for archaeologists to uncover centuries later, yes. No, she would have thrown them into a snowbank. But sure, laminate your kid's old stuff and stash it in remotest Utah for the world of tomorrow. Your kid will be famous.
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Parahexavoctal posted:Because we all spend too much time thinking about newspaper comic strips, be they wonderful or horrible or completely incomprehensible. You know, I realized that almost all of these threads are hate-reading comics to me. Pibgorn, Chickweed Lane, Kevin and Kell. But then there are some goddamn great ones, like Nemi, Prince Val, and when Weapon Brown was being posted. Hate-reading isn't that bad for the soul. There is an online-only comic (so it doesn't apply here) that I realized I have been hate-reading for years. No, it's not CAD (which was pretty drat great when we had the mock thread for it). But when the writer/artist found out I was (because I was a dumb goon and asked one of her friend-editors if she ever HAD an editor for the comic because goddamn the faces were stretched like Silly Putty and they were getting worse as the comic aged, and said friend-editor forwarded her the email) she wrote me a rather scathing email accusing me of hate-reading. Moral of the story: lots of people are like Brooke. But use smaller words and have just as large as a ego. Wasn't there a comic artist once in this thread who took goon advice to heart and actually changed some things or am I having wishful thinking?
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BlankIsBeautiful posted:Kevin & Kell 
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Cowslips Warren posted:You know, I realized that almost all of these threads are hate-reading comics to me. Pibgorn, Chickweed Lane, Kevin and Kell. But then there are some goddamn great ones, like Nemi, Prince Val, and when Weapon Brown was being posted. No no, you remember correctly. A goon emailed Mahmood who draws Bleeker and got rid of the sweat drops constantly floundering around Skip because it made him look like a tweaker. Also; someone showed Dana Simpson, the lady that draws Heavenly nostrils one of my edits, and it hurt her feelings. I still feel bad about it.
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BlankIsBeautiful posted:Jane's World No, we're not dealing with iterations, we've begun the next volume of the Jane's World graphic novel. Specifically, Volume 8: Amazon.com posted:Like accidentally stumbling into heavy metal karaoke night, Jane knew this vacation was a disaster before it even started. Her first clue could have been the plane crash, but the spiral actually began hours before that, when it was decided they'd all travel together in a very small plane that Jill would pilot. Jane was immediately demoted in this cast to the role of plucky, comic relief. The whole island vacation had been Jane's idea, but as so often happened, as soon as the plan was set in motion, she lost control. So here we find our small group marooned in a tropical paradise - set upon by Cheeto deprivation, amorous native girls, and scheming alligators! I know you're allergic to hearing this, but for the umpteenth time: this comic is in reruns and there are no iterations. We are literally cycling through poo poo these megathreads already sat through when this story was new. Stop pondering what the gently caress Paige is thinking or when this story is going to get back to the time traveling 60s chick or all the other half-baked musings you have and accept we are getting one page of a graphic novel a day. And that it's a lovely graphic novel that goes nowhere. It will never go anywhere. Trust me. I will buy you the book if it gets you to stop posting "Jane's World." And the expert opinions like "Not funny, Wiley" or "Not funny, Holbrook" you pepper your daily clippings with. That'd be worth Volume 9, too.
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I've always been particular to the line, "A child, a child shivers in the cold, let us bring him silver and gold, let us bring him silver and gold" in the song, "Do You Hear What I Hear?" Last I checked, silver and gold aren't gonna do poo poo for covering a shivering cold child 
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Mr. Squishy posted:I hate jokes. Have you considered a career as a syndicated newspaper comic-strip writer?
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Bloom County throws pacing to the wind. Calvin And Hobbes clears a path for 1989.    Ripley's  How Ballardian.
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Darthemed posted:Bloom County throws pacing to the wind. My mum loves this Bloom County arc for that strip with Opus in the 7-11 ice container. This is also the only place I've ever heard of terry and the Pirates.
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Wanamingo posted:Inspector Danger's Crime Quiz
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GorfZaplen posted:Classic Prince Valiant Look at that last panel. Ingrid owns and she knows it.
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GorfZaplen posted:Classic Prince Valiant Ingrid's quite the go-getter. Also Eric's a massive tool so he deserves getting beat up a bit.
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Zereth posted:Because nobody would ever move stolen art to a new frame. Actually, I think the frame is in the piece itself. Or maybe, I dunno...
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Poor Eric. Ow.Wanamingo posted:Deep Dark Fears Actually, my deep dark fear has always been coming up with some great idea, attempting to capitalize on it, and only then realizing that I had seen the same thing somewhere else and forgotten about it and now I'd sealed my reputation as a thief and a plagiarist when really I was just forgetful. 
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Mister Beeg posted:Actually, I think the frame is in the piece itself. Or maybe, I dunno...
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Zereth posted:The forgery in progress goes farther out to the bottom, and I think the other three sides but I'm not sure, than the finished peices. I think it is just the bottom. Either way, it's fairly obvious that two of those paintings are forgeries. The one on the left has no pin on its tie, or whatever that little circle is, and the one on the right has the pocket square reversed, the big side should be on the left. But for the life of me I can't find anything strange about the center painting. That's probably the real painting, and Inspector Danger wants it taken into evidence where he can seize it for his own profit.
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darthbob88 posted:I think it is just the bottom. Either way, it's fairly obvious that two of those paintings are forgeries. The one on the left has no pin on its tie, or whatever that little circle is, and the one on the right has the pocket square reversed, the big side should be on the left. But for the life of me I can't find anything strange about the center painting. That's probably the real painting, and Inspector Danger wants it taken into evidence where he can seize it for his own profit.
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Wanamingo posted:Inspector Danger's Crime Quiz "Which is the odd one out? NONE OF THEM, gently caress YOU"
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Cricken_Nigfops posted:Also; someone showed Dana Simpson, the lady that draws Heavenly nostrils one of my edits, and it hurt her feelings. I still feel bad about it.
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RE: the 'in the jungle' Pearls Before Swine that poo poo is a joke that I've seen on tumblr as of a year ago, you loving hack Pastis. (There's one song that's always a whim away a whim away a whim away a whim away)
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Dustin "Beats me, I've been trying to pawn mine off for years but no takers yet."  Stay tuned for the sure-to-be thrilling conclusion to Mystery of the Low-Battery Smoke Detector! On the Fastrack  News sites are worse. "What's all that noise?" "Oh I'm just reading The Wall Street Journal."  Just how many minimum-wage workers would a cyber security corporation have? It seems like there are far greater offenders to interview. Safe Havens  How do the dodos not know what the Mars Mission is? They literally live in the same house with all the people who are going on it.  I know we're talking about state-level government software here but come on. Midnight Moth fucked around with this message at 09:58 on Dec 2, 2014 |
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Cowslips Warren posted:You know, I realized that almost all of these threads are hate-reading comics to me. Pibgorn, Chickweed Lane, Kevin and Kell. But then there are some goddamn great ones, like Nemi, Prince Val, and when Weapon Brown was being posted. I don't hate Dustin. I don't mind it when a strip has characters that are unlikable; I've gone on record as loving Dave Berg's "The Lighter Side of..." and that's pretty much wall-to-wall assholes. It's actually interesting to me when a strip's ancillary characters are more endearing and relatable than its ostensible protagonists (Andy Capp's another excellent example of this, and I can't believe someone's not posting it; it's legit funny and has excellent draughtsmanship). Pibgorn to me is a blur of LEGS WORDS LEGS WORDS, but I have to give Chickweed Lane its props for the cat-themed strips and the occasional good turn-of-phrase. I liked Fastrack better when it wasn't "the adventures of a perky goth with a huge rear end" and Kevin and Kell I pay loving zero attention to. Comic strips are a grind and no one's on their game 100% of the time, and I think the flip side of that is that it's a rare strip that doesn't have an occasional bright flash (although, okay, gently caress you, Guy Gilchrist). That's what makes reading the comic pages so much fun: the slot-machine payout schedule. Even my beloved Chief Dharma doesn't stick the landing sometimes.
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Pastry of the Year posted:Comic strips are a grind and no one's on their game 100% of the time Except Richard Thompson and Jean Floch.
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Austrian cartoonist Nicolas Mahler said in one book that a daily strip was great practice for any cartoonist, because doing one teaches you you can't deliver quality work all the time.
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Why does the governor's personal work computer have unrestricted access to Federal financial systems? It's almost as if she was corrupt to begin with. Also I am guessing this is how they get the funding for that mission to Mars crewed by children and their unqualified parents.
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Yes, the "shopping days" reminder is all about commercialism. The push is on. Skippy (September 27, 1927)  That's a unique Mexican dialect that kid's sporting. It wouldn't surprise me if that kid hasn't been any further south than Passaic. Peanuts (December 5, 1967)  Funky Winkerbean  Every time this strip tries to pull an old-style FW gag, it just reminds you how far we have fallen. Popeye  Rip Haywire  Out Our Way (March 3-4, 1926)  
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Yeah, Jane's World is starting in on the next book, and this is about where I began reading it in whatever CSM it was in years ago. If the CSM hivemind wants me to dump it and post something else (i.e. Dan Dare), that's not a problem. I mostly like Wiley's stuff, but he does get me to facepalm every once in a while with his blatent punchlines. I still maintain that his stuff is way better than Mike Lester's. I usually completely skip Mike du Jour. This Non Sequitur's pretty good, though:  Double Heavenly Nostrils   Kliban's Cats  9 Chickweed Lane 12/2/2003  Some nice Brooke mouths there. How can she say "ALL MINE!" with her tongue stuck out? Zits  Kevin & Kell  Yeah, I understand why, but it's still kind of gross. 
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