Comic Strip Megathread XVI: Winking Throwbacks to Retro Sexism

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

Mister Kingdom posted:

Did he just cut that dude's ear off?

It's a haircut joke (if I'm not mistaken) so he probably cut the guy's hair.

# ? Feb 7, 2016 21:49

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# ? May 30, 2024 00:41

Professor Wayne: Aug 27, 2008; So, Harvey, what became of the giant penny?

They actually let him keep it.

Darthemed posted:

Ripley's

I love the Zelda panel and its implication that Zelda normally takes 103 hours to finish and is possible to complete without necessarily winning.

# ? Feb 7, 2016 21:50

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

F Minus returns with new material, and it's good.

Mary Worth

Rex Morgan MD

"A dose of Rex Morgan" sounds awfully dirty.

# ? Feb 7, 2016 21:51

TofuDiva: Aug 22, 2010; Playin' Possum; Muldoon

Slammy posted:

And now, a musical interlude...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFVeJ4wHWdQ&t=18s

Amazing. This is as earworm-sticky as any song about Disneyland ever was.

# ? Feb 7, 2016 22:36

Wanamingo: Feb 22, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

Darthemed posted:

Ripley's

Ripley's left out the best part

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf31vbZO8yo

# ? Feb 7, 2016 22:44

kidcoelacanth: Sep 23, 2009

Darthemed posted:

Ripley's

Worlds are colliding here in a way I don't care for.

# ? Feb 7, 2016 22:48

algebra testes: Mar 5, 2011; Lipstick Apathy

Also that double born to run oun in Pearls was appalling and I approve.

# ? Feb 7, 2016 23:14

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

LordPants posted:

Also that double born to run oun in Pearls was appalling and I approve.

It's the bizarre scenarios Pastis cooks up to justify his puns that really make them for me. "What sounds like visions? ... 'Fissions'? Okay, how do I get fissions in a Wendy's? I guess... I guess if they were conducting nuclear experiments? gently caress it, I'll roll with it."

# ? Feb 7, 2016 23:16

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

Elysiume posted:

Nobody needs to see this. Gilchrist is such a hack.

I would be happy to never see Gilchrist's crap in this thread again.

# ? Feb 8, 2016 00:02

Trilobite: Aug 15, 2001

JaggerMcDagger posted:

Didn't the blackhole comic shop owner get something super valuable when the mom was doing the starbucks jones hunt? Or was that another stuck up comic lover?

The guy in the gated mansion who gave her the hardest-to-find issue so she could complete her collection, right? I thought he was just some rear end in a top hat collector (as demonstrated by the fact that she had to trade something valuable to him to get the issue she wanted, instead of just being gifted it because SUPPORT OUR TROOPS).

# ? Feb 8, 2016 00:06

Ghostlight: Sep 25, 2009; maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me

Johnny Walker posted:

Rex Morgan MD

"A dose of Rex Morgan" sounds awfully dirty.

Nightmare children face.

Did you birth Leto II? Jesus.

# ? Feb 8, 2016 01:05

Darkest Auer: Dec 30, 2006; They're silly; Ramrod XTreme

Slammy posted:

Moomin

Classic Dilbert

# ? Feb 8, 2016 03:10

JacquelineDempsey: Aug 6, 2008; Women's Circuit Bender Union Local 34

Manuel Calavera posted:

Bizarro

(I'm six pages behind because of working 11 hour shifts for the last three days, so maybe someone beat me to this. But dang if that's what I didn't see at first. I need help, apparently.)

# ? Feb 8, 2016 03:39

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Slammy posted:

I know it has probably been mentioned in this thread (or a previous one) before, but I had never read this book. Just downloaded it and holy cripe it's good! I know what my Niece is getting for her birthday.

Just to emphasize: folks, if you haven't read The Phantom Tollbooth, you're missing out. The movie version kinda sucks though.

# ? Feb 8, 2016 04:31

Cricken_Nigfops: Oct 25, 2011; CROM!

Selachian posted:

Just to emphasize: folks, if you haven't read The Phantom Tollbooth, you're missing out. The movie version kinda sucks though.

That's rather strong. Both of them are worth experiencing, for different reasons. Both are very good.

# ? Feb 8, 2016 05:27

Dr. Dos: Aug 5, 2005; YAAAAAAAY!

Professor Wayne posted:

I love the Zelda panel and its implication that Zelda normally takes 103 hours to finish and is possible to complete without necessarily winning.

Nah, they're just familiar with the official Zelda timeline.

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# ? Feb 8, 2016 05:30

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

The Amazing Spider-Man

"She's practically my grandkid. I'm definitely gonna try to bone her later. But now to blast off to my fantastic kingdom in the clouds!"

Sally Forth

The Heart of Juliet Jones

Some nice art today.

Prince Valiant

Phantom Classic

Big Ben Bolt

Look a that! A Sunday Ben Bolt that's actually legible!

# ? Feb 8, 2016 06:01

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

Julet Esqu posted:

Phantom Classic

This must be how that rumour started about how anyone who sees the Phantom's face dies. I can just imagine the conversations:

:downs:

I hear that if you see that Phantom's face, you die.
:aaa:

What, like a curse or something?
:downs:

No, he just loving shoots you.

# ? Feb 8, 2016 06:34

Zereth: Jul 9, 2003

Spider is going to get his face wrecked by Basil.

# ? Feb 8, 2016 06:38

Mister Beeg: Sep 7, 2012; A Certified Jerk

Selachian posted:

Just to emphasize: folks, if you haven't read The Phantom Tollbooth, you're missing out. The movie version kinda sucks though.

I remember seeing the movie version. As much as I love Chuck Jones, his later cartoons are mostly misses than hits.

# ? Feb 8, 2016 08:20

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

Gil

Piranha Club

Dick Tracy

Judge Parker

Heaven's Love Thrift Shop

9 Chickweed Lane

Further proof that Brooke's dialogue is a complete mood killer.

~~Pibgorn~~ Wahoo Terminal

# ? Feb 8, 2016 09:40

Wanamingo: Feb 22, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

Six Chix

Zippy the Pinhead

Nancy

Arlo and Janis

Andertoons

Pluggers

Inspector Danger

Batteries? The gently caress are those? Book him, Alfie!

Deep Dark Fears

# ? Feb 8, 2016 12:03

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

Aardmania posted:

Judge Parker

Is it just me, or is there something different about the art in this comic? Abbey looks kind of dazed in the first one and Katherine looks odd in the second one. Like the shadows are done differently or something? Or am I seeing things?

Wanamingo posted:

Inspector Danger

See, I was thinking the third guy because he says he slept 13 hours? Seems unlikely.

# ? Feb 8, 2016 12:06

Wanamingo: Feb 22, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

Tiggum posted:

See, I was thinking the third guy because he says he slept 13 hours? Seems unlikely.

I pity you

# ? Feb 8, 2016 12:08

My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

Whereas I thought that the emphasis on time was a red herring, and the real solution would turn out to be that one of them worked at the jewelry store, robbed the place and smashed the window to make it look like a break-in, but did it from the inside so the shards are outside.

e: you know what, the first guy doesn't have an alibi either. All he's saying is that he watched TV before the outage, but the two hours of outage themselves are unaccounted for.

My Lovely Horse fucked around with this message at 12:27 on Feb 8, 2016

# ? Feb 8, 2016 12:24

dordreff: Jul 16, 2013

Wanamingo posted:

Inspector Danger

Inspector Danger really loving hates that candle.

# ? Feb 8, 2016 13:35

You Are A Werewolf: Apr 26, 2010; Black Gold!

Wanamingo posted:

Inspector Danger

Batteries? The gently caress are those? Book him, Alfie!

Was gonna say, every alarm clock since the 1970s has always taken a 9 volt battery as a backup for such cases. But gently caress that! WE GOT A JEWEL THIEF HERE!!

Wanamingo posted:

Deep Dark Fears

# ? Feb 8, 2016 14:18

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

Well, that's unsettling.

Tina's Groove

Family Circus

Rose is Rose

One Big Happy

Foob

Strangely tiny, and colored, Compu-Toon

Bizarro

Dilbert

and Sunday's Compu-Toon

# ? Feb 8, 2016 15:54

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.

Bloom County was compromised again.

Peanuts (February 10, 1969)

Funky Winkerbean, in which Pete loses nerd cred.

Crankshaft

Welcome to week four of the brownie saga. Shoot me now.

Rip Haywire

Out Our Way (September 21-22, 1928)

Thimble Theater takes another step forward in the Century's Greatest Romance. (August 27, 1929)

# ? Feb 8, 2016 16:11

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

Monty

Mike du Jour

Scary Gary

Intelligent Life

Retail

Dustin

# ? Feb 8, 2016 16:19

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Mark Trail

Pearls Before Swine

Here's the whole thing about never using [insert type of math] again: we know you didn't, and we don't care.

The Phantom

# ? Feb 8, 2016 16:24

algebra testes: Mar 5, 2011; Lipstick Apathy

I thought it would be fun to post something from World War 2.

Captain Yank was my first choice, and it has some amazing artwork but alas, it's a bit too heavy on the racial epithets for my taste, and I can't seem to find a solid run.

So instead, I present Canada's finest hero.

Captain Midnight

We start in medias res, I'm not sure if that's because this isn't actually the start of the strip or it just starts this way, either way this girl is on a mission from ~Canadian Intelligence~ to discover if this psychic is the spy that they think she is.

algebra testes fucked around with this message at 16:28 on Feb 8, 2016

# ? Feb 8, 2016 16:25

dismas: Jul 31, 2008

SomeMathGuy posted:

Mark Trail

mark looks pretty okay with this turn of events tbh

# ? Feb 8, 2016 16:38

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

You Are A Elf posted:

Was gonna say, every alarm clock since the 1970s has always taken a 9 volt battery as a backup for such cases. But gently caress that! WE GOT A JEWEL THIEF HERE!!

I've never had an alarm clock with a battery. The one I have now is maybe ten years old and has no battery.

EasyEW posted:

Thimble Theater takes another step forward in the Century's Greatest Romance. (August 27, 1929)

That's all it takes? You'd think a sailor man would be more experienced.

Indolent Bastard posted:

Intelligent Life

It's movie night, and they're watching Doctor Who. Peter Cushing or Paul McGann?

Indolent Bastard posted:

Dustin

Yes, that is a joke that might work as a comic strip. But why bother to work out the details and illustrate it when you could just have one of your characters explain the joke?

SomeMathGuy posted:

Pearls Before Swine

Here's the whole thing about never using [insert type of math] again: we know you didn't, and we don't care.

I use algebra all the time. It's really handy.

SomeMathGuy posted:

The Phantom

This is clearly incomprehensible to Kit Walker*.

*For the ghost who doesn't really understand due process or the law in general.

dismas posted:

mark looks pretty okay with this turn of events tbh

# ? Feb 8, 2016 16:59

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 guess Weird Animal Comix?

Pooch Caf�

That is a path to the street, Chazz, they don't put fire hydrants in the middle of people's yards. Just because the background isn't drawn in doesn't mean it's not there.

Ballard Street