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

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Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

RIP Mickey.

# ? Nov 16, 2015 06:39

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# ? May 25, 2024 03:11

treasureplane: Jul 12, 2008; throwing darts in lovers' eyes, &c.

King Aroo (November 14, 1950)

Barnaby (April 21, 1942)

Krazy Kat (February 10, 1929)

# ? Nov 16, 2015 06:50

GorfZaplen: Jan 20, 2012

Mandrake the Magician

The Phantom

# ? Nov 16, 2015 07:11

Skellybones: May 31, 2011; Fun Shoe

# ? Nov 16, 2015 07:57

Zanzibar Ham: Mar 17, 2009; You giving me the cold shoulder? How cruel.; Grimey Drawer

Skellybones posted:

Now we're talking!

Devil for next Phantom anyone?

# ? Nov 16, 2015 08:54

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

Zanzibar Ham posted:

Now we're talking!

Devil for next Phantom anyone?

*for the ghost who is taken to walks

edit to add this favorite:

Nenonen fucked around with this message at 10:07 on Nov 16, 2015

# ? Nov 16, 2015 10:01

OtherworldlyInvader: Feb 10, 2005; The X-COM project did not deliver the universe's ultimate cup of coffee. You have failed to save the Earth.

SynthOrange posted:

RIP Mickey.

Yeah

It was a fun run, hope you all enjoyed the comic!

# ? Nov 16, 2015 10:55

Odonata: Nov 5, 2009; Nap Ghost

Big Nate

Frazz

Ziggy

Ye Olde Fox Trot

Cul de Sac

# ? Nov 16, 2015 13:32

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

Tina's Groove

Family Circus

Rose is Rose

One Big Happy

Foob

Compu-Toon

Bizarro

Dilbert

# ? Nov 16, 2015 13:40

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 (September 17, 1928)

Peanuts (November 18, 1968)

Funky Winkerbean

When I was griping back in the summer about not seeing what Pete and Darin were up to, I did not want to see them in goddamn Lust For Lisa studio.

Rip Haywire

Out Our Way (April 9-10, 1928)

Thimble Theater (June 4, 1929)

# ? Nov 16, 2015 14:55

ikanreed: Sep 25, 2009; I honestly I have no idea who cannibal[SIC] is and I do not know why I should know.

syq dude, just syq!

EasyEW posted:

Thimble Theater (June 4, 1929)

Up until today, I would never have guessed that Dragon Ball Z was based on Popeye.

# ? Nov 16, 2015 15:03

greatn: Nov 15, 2006; by Lowtax

Well I'm glad Castor had the balls to pull the trigger at least.

# ? Nov 16, 2015 15:05

Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

The Dinette Set knows a bargain when they see it.

Working Daze argh loving hell with the "popular nerd thing" references!

Super-Fun-Pak-Comix got angry over nothing.

# ? Nov 16, 2015 15:46

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

Monty

Mike du Jour

Intelligent Life

Retail

# ? Nov 16, 2015 16:27

root: Jun 17, 2000; Booska mask replica...

Manuel Calavera posted:

Family Circus

Why mothers get grey... "My child is a monkey-faced goblin."

# ? Nov 16, 2015 16:54

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

^^Haha I think there could be some more funny stuff to find in OOW/FC edits

Aardmania posted:

The King Features anniversary supplement has started to appear in newspapers. I haven't found a paper copy of it yet, but there are a few online versions kicking around. It does seem to have some of the same comics as the 100th anniversary book.

Part One
Part Two

This site has an option to convert this to a PDF if you choose to save it.

Thanks for this. I was looking for this in my Washington Post Sunday and I couldn't find it. Maybe I missed it, or maybe they aren't participating for some reason. I'm glad I can at least read it now. I couldn't find a pdf option but saving it as a pic worked for me.

F Minus has ventured into Zits territory today

Mary Worth

Mary's looking at Olive's mom like "Whoa are you coming on to me?"

Rand Brittain posted:

This whole corporate takeover plot in Rex Morgan reminds me of Umberto Eco's descriptions of fascism and how it consistently describes its enemies as being both terrifyingly powerful and ludicrously powerless.

Mr. Avery, Jr.'s threat to sell the company is both so dangerous that it justifies shutting the entire company down and locking everybody out of the system, and so weak that all Avery has to do is show up and ask a few easy questions and it folds.

Wow, I might even loathe this strip more than Dustin.

It's not getting better.

Rex Morgan MD

This is like an episode of the Twilight Zone where everything is wrong and the one guy who knows it is losing his mind.

Secret Agent X-9

X-9 lives by the philosophy that, no matter what happens, there is no reason to unbutton your double-breasted suit jacket.

Apartment 3-G

Writer: "Hey let's begin our final week with a time jump and then two secondary characters talking about a third secondary character."
Artist: "Great! Oh and I'll change the look of one of those yet again from fully white haired to just white on the sides!"
--Scene from "A Canceled Comic Strip"

Murdstone fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Nov 16, 2015

# ? Nov 16, 2015 18:56

greatn: Nov 15, 2006; by Lowtax

In the modern digital age there is no reason to discontinue the strip just because it off cancelled. Should I continue it? I have no experience.

# ? Nov 16, 2015 19:01

MariusLecter: Sep 5, 2009; NI MUERTE NI MIEDO

Indolent Bastard posted:

Intelligent Life

Living, eating, breathing all things Star Wars is literally one Rebel Alliance t-shirt.

Giggidy.

# ? Nov 16, 2015 19:24

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

I can't think of a reason why this thread shouldn't take over A3-G once it's abandoned by the syndicate.

Outland

Ripley's

# ? Nov 16, 2015 19:32

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've hit the Big Time Comix!

Pooch Caf�

I wonder how many people know this scene only from references to it in other media vs people who have actually seen the movie Say Anything. It's got to be like 100:1 at this point.

Ballard Street

drat, those are some high-energy moves, and so tight together! That kind of choreography can cause serious injury, these guys aren't loving around.

Lost Side of Suburbia

Honestly, I've been kind of cold on this chapter because I want to get back to the main story, but then I realised that it's a reason for Kory Merritt to draw a bunch of weird stuff, and that's okay.

# ? Nov 16, 2015 19:37

Trilobite: Aug 15, 2001

EasyEW posted:

Skippy (September 17, 1928)

Can some expert on old-timey offices explain this one for me? From context, I'm guessing the 'little blue pencil sharpener' was actually some kind of gizmo they used to use to summon messengers?

# ? Nov 16, 2015 19:56

text me a vag pic: May 18, 2007

Johnny Walker posted:

Apartment 3-G

I still have no idea who or what Margo is. Are we Margo??

# ? Nov 16, 2015 21:31

Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

We are all Margo.

# ? Nov 16, 2015 21:37

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

Indolent Bastard posted:

root posted:

Why mothers get grey... "My child is a monkey-faced goblin."

Quoting these both because they are equally funny and disturbing, even if in different ways. Got to give :stonkhat:

to root for Out of our circus!

edit: you should send that edit to Jeff Keane, I bet he'd appreciate it!

# ? Nov 16, 2015 21:55

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Scroto Baggins posted:

I still have no idea who or what Margo is. Are we Margo??

Did they fix whatever was wrong with that one lady? What's happening?

# ? Nov 16, 2015 22:13

Zereth: Jul 9, 2003

I am honestly surprised the art shows them indoors.

# ? Nov 16, 2015 22:16

Transmodiar: Jul 9, 2005; You're a terrible person, Mildred.

September 21-26

Safe Havens

Dustin

On the Fastrack

# ? Nov 16, 2015 23:05

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Trilobite posted:

Can some expert on old-timey offices explain this one for me? From context, I'm guessing the 'little blue pencil sharpener' was actually some kind of gizmo they used to use to summon messengers?

I did some reading. The little blue pencil sharpener would be the local link for the telegraph. It would trigger a circuit in a nearby office and summon a messenger boy, who would collect the hand written message and deliver it to the telegraph operator to send across the system.

Persisted in some places until post WW2, apparently.

# ? Nov 16, 2015 23:11

Aardmania: Jan 1, 2007; Ruining newspapers since 1993.; Shredded Hen

goatface posted:

I did some reading. The little blue pencil sharpener would be the local link for the telegraph. It would trigger a circuit in a nearby office and summon a messenger boy, who would collect the hand written message and deliver it to the telegraph operator to send across the system.

Persisted in some places until post WW2, apparently.

http://storiedsalvage.com/products/western-union-messenger-boy-call-box?variant=1050570955

It does kind of look like a pencil sharpener.

# ? Nov 16, 2015 23:30

Trickjaw: Jun 23, 2005; Nadie puede dar lo que no tiene

Say what you will about Bolle, but I dont think anyone expected this little twist.

# ? Nov 17, 2015 00:57

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

Evil Mastermind posted:

We are all Margo.

Are we not goons? We are Mar-go.

# ? Nov 17, 2015 01:57

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

greatn posted:

In the modern digital age there is no reason to discontinue the strip just because it off cancelled. Should I continue it? I have no experience.

Darthemed posted:

I can't think of a reason why this thread shouldn't take over A3-G once it's abandoned by the syndicate.

This is an excellent idea.

Transmodiar posted:

On the Fastrack

Holbrook is complaining about unrealistic computer stuff in fiction? :ironicat:

# ? Nov 17, 2015 02:28

Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

Transmodiar posted:

Just when I think Holbrook's "personified computer things" shtick can't get any dumber, he goes and proves me wrong. Bravo.

# ? Nov 17, 2015 02:41

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.

Peanuts: Year Three (September 3-6, 1953)

Back To B.C.

# ? Nov 17, 2015 03:37

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

Johnny Walker posted:

^^Haha I think there could be some more funny stuff to find in OOW/FC edits

I am all for this.

# ? Nov 17, 2015 04:37

Wanamingo: Feb 22, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

Six Chix

Zippy the Pinhead

Nancy

Arlo and Janis

He's right, though :confused:

Andertoons

Inspector Danger

And what if one of them happens to have a kid, inspector? You can't just go around assuming things like that.

Deep Dark Fears

# ? Nov 17, 2015 05:02

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

greatn posted:

In the modern digital age there is no reason to discontinue the strip just because it off cancelled. Should I continue it? I have no experience.

Find a way.

It's late and I'm too tired to post all my comics, but I'm sure everybody's itching to find out what the deal with Prudence is, so I'm at least going to put an end to all your suspense and post Luann.

...Or we can just drag this bullshit out for another week. Whatevs. (I'm actually pleasantly surprised that at least it's pointless padding within the same storyline. I was certain that today we'd switch over to Brad and Toni or Bernice or loving Gunther or somebody else irrelevant.)

# ? Nov 17, 2015 05:20