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Bloom County 2015 Skippy (August 2, 1928)  His slogan is "For the voter who just wants to see it all burn."  Peanuts radiates an aura unearned confidence. (October 3, 1968)  Funky Winkerbean does the same. The difference is that Sparky did it on purpose.  "Les was the greatest gift I ever received. What can I say, I had some crappy Christmases." Rip Haywire  Out Our Way goes into 1928! Frederick Griffith proves the existence of DNA! Sonia Henie wins her first Olympic gold! W2XB! Elliot Ness! A bunch of other things you'll never remember because 1929 screwed the pooch massively! (January 2-3, 1928)   Thimble Theater disappoints gunplay enthusiasts yet again. (April 19, 1929) 
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EasyEW posted:
"Les is an even better gift than my own daughter Summer. Oh, wait, I shouldn't have said that. How do I cut that part out? Rewind it and do the whole thing over again? Forget it, just make sure this tape never gets seen by anybody."
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I can no longer tell if Batiuk legitimately thinks this vile poo poo is somehow endearing or if he's been secretly reading this thread and other sources of internet critique for years and has only now unleashed a devastating salvo designed specifically to break them all at once.
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SomeMathGuy posted:I can no longer tell if Batiuk legitimately thinks this vile poo poo is somehow endearing or if he's been secretly reading this thread and other sources of internet critique for years and has only now unleashed a devastating salvo designed specifically to break them all at once. Plot idea: Les struggles to get a pizza named after Lisa at the pizza parlor.
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Topped with pork products made exclusively from pigs that died of cancer.
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F Minus Mary Worth  I do enjoy Mary Worth's floating heads. Rex Morgan MD  Apartment 3-G  "No, of course not! She'll die eventually." Secret Agent X-9 is not here today because Comics Kingdom has that same one from the other day up again.
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coronatae posted:Not only did my (drunken) angry letter to the editor get published, Pastis himself noticed 
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Click on the picture for the full text. My only regret is not spellchecking. I was just so angry at Funky Winkerbean
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Kennel posted:It's actually Les wearing Lisa's face as a mask.
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coronatae posted:Not only did my (drunken) angry letter to the editor get published, Pastis himself noticed Pearls before Swine is [...] like the Simpsons, a self referential stew with [...] comedic value
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PBS is awesome usually at least once a week thanks to the Punday comic strip.
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Manuel Calavera posted:One Big Happy Rap music, my droogs Julet Esqu posted:The Amazing Spider-Man I love Namor's angry submarine.
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coronatae posted:Not only did my (drunken) angry letter to the editor get published, Pastis himself noticed I used to think PBS was one of the best and I still enjoy it but I think it's reaching (or has reached) the end of where Pastis can go with it. Now it just seems to run through the motions 90% of the time. I go through the old collections and they still make me laugh, and there's a good one here and there still, and personally I enjoy the Sunday puns because I just do. He seems to be a good guy to fans too, which I like. Of all the comics to complain about I think it's pretty low on the list of godawful comic strips that have gone on too long.
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I loved PBS when it first started being published but my tolerance for puns and the fourth-wall breaking he does at the end of those strips is pretty low. I emailed him today letting him know that while he's not my favorite, I appreciate that he does work hard on those puns. He's a nice guy, responded really quickly too. I've always respected him even if I'm not a big fan. Seeing people get mad about this has been really fun. I'm going to make a drinking game out of all the comments, and hopefully not get so drunk I write another caustic letter to the editor.
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I think PBS's main problem is that it's new enough that its consistently good period is still pretty fresh in the mind, whereas a lot of the blander comics were good so long ago (Or were bland enough to begin with) that there's not much for them to pale in comparison to. When I think of outright bad newspaper comics it doesn't even occur to me as a candidate, though that could come down to personal biases. Also, just nthing the Sunday pun love. It's almost like a game to see if you can figure out the Rube Goldberg-like machinations before the punchline.
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Johnny Walker posted:
Where are they that the scenery changes so randomly? Are they standing on the back of a pickup being driven around town? In front of one of those ye olde movie style rolling scenery boards? Are they wandering aimlessly stopping to chat about a sick friend who is in the hospital whose bedside they are mysteriously absent from?!
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They're caught squarely in the middle of Frank Bolle's inability to remember where a scene is set.
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SomeMathGuy posted:I think PBS's main problem is that it's new enough that its consistently good period is still pretty fresh in the mind, whereas a lot of the blander comics were good so long ago (Or were bland enough to begin with) that there's not much for them to pale in comparison to. When I think of outright bad newspaper comics it doesn't even occur to me as a candidate, though that could come down to personal biases. I think Pastis ought to just go Sundays only like Amend or Trudeau. He doesn't seem to have enough ideas for the daily strip, but he still produces a good one now and then.
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coronatae posted:Seeing people get mad about this has been really fun. I'm going to make a drinking game out of all the comments, and hopefully not get so drunk I write another caustic letter to the editor. Here, have a shot on me. The blank, frozen, faces and bodies drive me into an unending rage. It's like a 4th grade play. Everyone staring straight out, and giving wooden, stilted recitation. " behold the seven brides for the seven brothers"
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Julet Esqu posted:The Amazing Spider-Man Well, at least he's following prize rules  Fingerpori  Classic Dilbert  
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I was curious if Batiuk's obsession with St Lisa of the Cancer had anything to do with him personally losing someone to cancer. [Full disclosure: I lost my mom to cancer last year, and I find his years of While his Wikipedia entry (the Batiuk one, not Funkywinkerbean's) mentioned nothing of the sort, it did have this mind-blowing bit: wikipedia posted:His stories often involve strong drama elements combined with generally rosy outcomes. quote:strong drama elements combined with generally rosy outcomes quote:generally rosy outcomes WHAT. Are we even talking about the same strip, wherein no one finds joy or satisfaction in life; only pain, illness, depression, punctuated by the occasional weary smug-face? I've never edited Wikipedia before, and lack the caustic wit many folks in this thread possess. So I'll leave this to someone else, but... you know what needs to be done, thread.
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JacquelineDempsey posted:I was curious if Batiuk's obsession with St Lisa of the Cancer had anything to do with him personally losing someone to cancer. [Full disclosure: I lost my mom to cancer last year, and I find his years of Tom Batiuk did the first round of Lisa's breast cancer just as a PSA, the same reason he decided to shoehorn in teenage pregnancy and attempted suicide. It wasn't until after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003 that he decided to kill Lisa off with cancer recurrence because DRAMA! Back To B.C.   Pogo (October 1-2, 1957)   Peanuts: Year Three (May 25-27, 1953)   
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Phantom Classic  Radio Patrol   It used to be that when a person died, his or her family would hang a black piece of cloth called a crepe (or "crape" if you're old-timey) on the doorknob of their house. This would alert any potential visitors that the family inside is in mourning, so behave accordingly. Evidently, if the deceased was a child, a white crepe would be used instead. Rip Kirby   Big Ben Bolt  
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SomeMathGuy posted:They're caught squarely in the middle of Frank Bolle's inability to remember where a scene is set. That and his clipart folder apparently doesn't contain any of the inside of a hospital.
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If anyone's been following these, I'm sorry about the extended delay. I think I've finally sorted out the problems I ran into, so here we go: On the last episode of Newspaper Mickey Mouse (1935-1935), the mysterious pirate submarine had absconded with the entire ship's crew and mickey was unwittingly successful at tracking it down:  And now, the thrilling continuation!   
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Jane's World Non Sequitur  Phoebe and Her Unicorn  Kliban  "Nooki Sue". 9 Chickweed Lane 10/2/2004  Dual Zits   Kevin & Kell   Comics Kingdom is broken again this morning, so Mark Trail later I guess.
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Manuel Calavera posted:Tina's Groove I think you posted Compu-toon twice by accident,
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