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Green Intern posted:This is incredibly disappointing to learn. Yeah. The guy who's writing the biggest environmentalist hero on the comics pages doesn't actually understand one of the most important environmental issues today. What next, Rex Morgan's writer turns out to be an anti-vaxer?
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Does anyone happen to have those first Zebo strips from Luann, where he was doing his "what is art" shtick?
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Indolent Bastard posted:Intelligent Life What. The. gently caress.
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Bloom County is still in mourning. Skippy (November 16, 1928)  Peanuts, with another reminder that yes, this is 1969. (January 17, 1969)  Funky Winkerbean  Crankshaft  The punchline: Following your heart is a great way to go broke. Nobody who tells you to do it actually expects you to. Rip Haywire  Out Our Way (August 6-7, 1928)   Thimble Theater (August 3, 1929)  Oooooo, what that headline's promising for tomorrow. 
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EasyEW posted:
I hate this, and Girl Scout cookies. The companies that make the candy make more than the people selling it. Just ask parents for the cash, nobody wants your overprices lovely quality food.
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I am FREAKING OUT COMIX. Pooch Café  I like the detail that the carpet isn't just free of hair, it's noticeably lighter where the vacuum track is. I don't know if that was baked into the black and white original or if a syndicate colourist finally deserves credit for something. Ballard Street  Black coffee and donuts will do that to you. Lost Side of Suburbia   This strip loves tonal shifts. In one page, it can go from a cute little Wizard of Oz homage to HOW THEY GONNA DO GOATSUCKER LIKE THAT
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Indolent Bastard posted:I hate this, and Girl Scout cookies. Are you human? I mean yes, there's problems with moms marching their daughters around to get sales and the like, but it's nowhere near as exploitive as these fundraiser things.
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Indolent Bastard posted:Mike du Jour "Don't get married, because your wife will turn into a shrieking harridan." -- noted feminist Mike Lester Buni  Rhymes with orange  Pros and Cons 
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RandomFerret posted:
The author knows that all children's stories need nightmarish horror and tragedy. If Lost Side of Suburbia were a kids' movie from the 1980s, it'd inspire dozens of present-day forum posts from people trying to remember the name of "that movie where some guy swells up and explodes." EasyEW posted:
The next strip has the cowboys occupying a vacant office in a federal land preserve and declaring themselves Sovereign Citizens in defiance of Unconstitional Admiralty Law.
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King Aroo (December 22, 1950) Barnaby (May 29, 1942)  Nancy (February 5, 1943) 
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RandomFerret posted:Lost Side of Suburbia For a strip for kids (well, adolescents, really), this poo poo gets DARK. These bits with the poor dead chupe, the bits with the missing kids, the violence, and some body horror thrown in for good measure... this is some rough stuff. Not that I'm getting all OUR CHILDREN about it. I think it's good for them. SomeMathGuy posted:Mark Trail The Big Fuckin' Beautiful Birds were on hiatus for a time, but I am very pleased to see that they've returned with a vengeance (and brought the rest of the menagerie with them). Darkest Auer posted:What. The. gently caress. Skip likes to gently caress cats and other small animals. Luann  The Amazing Spider-Man  Sally Forth  We've seen before that the Forths are the Weird Family in a neighborhood full of boring sticks in the mud, but jeez. If you can't even parse the concept of "snowball fight," you have bigger problems than what those wacky Forths are up to. I'm starting to wonder if the neighbors have been secretly replaced by alien drones sent to study these things we humans call "feelings". The Heart of Juliet Jones 
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Indolent Bastard posted:Intelligent Life So cat owners secretly want to gently caress their pets? I always suspected something was up.
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EasyEW posted:Rip Haywire With all the crap like FOOB on the comics page, it's nice to see a relationship that's actually healthy.
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Kavak posted:Are you human? I mean yes, there's problems with moms marching their daughters around to get sales and the like, but it's nowhere near as exploitative as these fundraiser things. No I am not human, I am a computer programmed to inflict pain, hence posting Mike du Jour. You say that it isn't exploitative, but it's hardly a charitable endeavor. My co-worker has a daughter in Scouts and they are not allowed to go door to door for "safety reasons" which means they either have to hit up relatives, neighbors and co-workers to sell the cookies, or they get permission to set up a table outside a business to sell them. Each girl is issued a minimum number of boxes they must sell and the break down of profits isn't great. The Girl Scouts official website explains that the troop gets approximately 15 percent of the revenue, while the regional council ends up with the bulk of the proceeds at roughly 75 percent which goes to salaries, overhead and other expenses. More detailed breakdowns differ troop to troop, but a 2010 article, based on $3.50 box price, says that, additionally, 85 cents of each box goes to the baker to cover production costs, while 1 penny per box goes to the neighborhood "service unit." None of the money made from actually selling cookies goes to the national organization. However, as it owns the rights to the Girl Scouts trademarked logo, the national organization is paid royalties by the baker as well as any other companies that make use of the cookies. My co-worker has expressed his feelings that the time spent and badgering of friends required in selling the cookies is more than he cares to deal with so he just buys all the obligatory boxes and gives them away. The Girl Scouts isn't evil, but stop trying to sell me stuff I don't want by trying to guilt me into it, just ask for a donation and be done with it. The bigger issue is how much of this type of fundraising I see in America, fun raising car washes, band candy, cheerleader cookie dough, on and on. Growing up in Canada I just never saw it. The schools were well funded and if you wanted a band trip to Europe you asked the parents to pay, not send the kids out with boxes of $3 chocolate almonds from which the school saw $1 per box. This is only trumped by the charity yard sales and bar nights to pay for cancer treatment for kids and veterans. You're a nice country America, but get your poo poo together. I got a little off track there. So comix, they're funny, am I right?
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The Classic Dinette Set doesn't know the Dewey Decimal System. Working Daze continues the tradition of terrible tribute strips.  Super-Fun-Pak-Comix plays with your expectations. 
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Evil Mastermind posted:Working Daze continues the tradition of terrible tribute strips. Oh jesus gently caress. I want to hit Zakour with something heavy more than ever now.
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SomeMathGuy posted:Mark Trail This has been driving me nuts for weeks: They're in the Chihuahuan Desert in SW Texas. Y'know what AREN'T THERE? Saguaros. If you're not in the Sonora, you're not gonna see giant limbed cacti. Jam Esallen, stop drawing saguaros.
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Hoover Dam posted:This has been driving me nuts for weeks: They're in the Chihuahuan Desert in SW Texas. Y'know what AREN'T THERE? Saguaros. If you're not in the Sonora, you're not gonna see giant limbed cacti. Jam Esallen, stop drawing saguaros. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg5VwtODOJQ
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Laputanmachine posted:So cat owners secretly want to gently caress their pets? I always suspected something was up. Hey, I like my cat. As a friend!
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BigDave posted:Wow, Rose is Rose has dramatically improved as of late. treasureplane posted:Nancy (February 5, 1943) F Minus  Mary Worth  Do corporations pay for product placement in comic strips? Also, while that Olive is goofy:  , Mary has gone full He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named:  . Rex Morgan MD  Oh come on at least give her a test. Secret Agent X-9  it ended a little too quickly for me, but I think those are some nice panels. Apartment 3-G  LuAnn's ruined Web's chances of getting with both of them.
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Johnny Walker posted:Apartment 3-G Rarebit Fiend (click for huge)   Outbusts of Everett True   Fritzi Ritz  And, on to a new storyline! I like that these old  Sick, Sick, Sick (click for big)   Wee Pals   Amen.
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Well hey, sleeping on a traincar, that's old timey and- Six Chix  Zippy the Pinhead  Nancy  Arlo and Janis  Andertoons  For some reason the past few Andertoons have been repeats from a couple weeks back, but I think this one's new? Pluggers  Pluggers still don't own anything that can use GPS
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Wanamingo posted:Pluggers So I've always wondered, after that "Pluggers don't shut the gently caress up about their kids/grandkids" strip, why we don't see any of the kids. After this strip, though, I realized - the kids of the average Plugger couple would be loving horrifying. Thanks, Mr. Brookins.
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Indolent Bastard posted:No I am not human, I am a computer programmed to inflict pain, hence posting Mike du Jour. Well, that makes sense, at least.
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Indolent Bastard posted:You say that it isn't exploitative, but it's hardly a charitable endeavor. My co-worker has a daughter in Scouts and they are not allowed to go door to door for "safety reasons" which means they either have to hit up relatives, neighbors and co-workers to sell the cookies, or they get permission to set up a table outside a business to sell them. Each girl is issued a minimum number of boxes they must sell and the break down of profits isn't great. So what happens if a scout can't meet quota? Are they drummed out of the Girl Scouts?
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Indolent Bastard posted:No I am not human, I am a computer programmed to inflict pain, hence posting Mike du Jour. Bah, automation. Give me the human touch. The sociopathic, white-knuckle human touch. Like the jackal that planted the posthypnotic suggestion that compels me to post Funky Winkerbean every morning. Pogo (January 17, 1958)  Peanuts: Year Four (January 25-27, 1954)   
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Achernar posted:So what happens if a scout can't meet quota? Are they drummed out of the Girl Scouts? I have no idea, but one can only hope. Standing tall before troop she has her sash torn off, and her beret taken as a drum beats.
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Slammy posted:Outbursts of Everett True I'm quite amused by how it looks like Everett is whapping these guys while clutching a magic fairy wand. Parahexavoctal fucked around with this message at 14:08 on Jan 16, 2016 |
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Perfection. Rarebit Fiend (click for huge)   Outbusts of Everett True   Fritzi Ritz   Sick, Sick, Sick (click for big)  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lawford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Allyson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvyn_Douglas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Bennett  No clue. Wee Pals  
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Slammy posted:
Uniform and date suggest the American Legion, which has varied over its history from "place for veterans to hang out and shoot the poo poo" to "borderline fascist."
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Skippy (November 17, 1928) Peanuts (January 18, 1969)  Funky Winkerbean  Crankshaft  Rip Haywire  Out Our Way (August 8-9, 1928)   Thimble Theater (August 5, 1929)  Not only is he back, but he's back to render a beating! 
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EasyEW posted:Rip Haywire They... uh... they didn't reset the universe so they could do this arc as a finale, right? Right? 
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