Comic Strip Megathread XVI: Winking Throwbacks to Retro Sexism

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computer angel: Sep 9, 2008; Make it a double.

Johnny Aztec posted:

It's pretty simple. Boys been running his mouth about things he shouldn't.

The boys mother has been having problems of some sort, that I would imagine she would like to have kept private.
Yet her son has been telling that lady(and others?!) about these problems.
I would think the lady in the back ground is a mother of a friend of his. See the boys playing football in the background?

Is that what you got from this? My perception was that the boy is the unbeliever. Seems like his mother is forcing him to do chores instead of playing football resulting in some interpersonal antagonism. The neighbour asks how the mother is, mother responds fine, but she's LYING! and her son knows it!

Edit: a shameful snype. Have some Retail:

Retail

computer angel fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Feb 24, 2016

# ? Feb 24, 2016 20:39

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# ? May 23, 2024 22:56

Anora: Feb 16, 2014; I fuckin suck!🪠

Evil Mastermind posted:

Working Daze makes an overdone nerd joke, adds a second punchline, is terrible.

She probably doesn't have Windows 10 because she's on an Apple...

# ? Feb 24, 2016 20:58

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

King Aroo (January 31, 1951)

Barnaby (July 8, 1942)

Nancy (March 17, 1943)

Wash Tubbs (November 28, 1928)

# ? Feb 24, 2016 21:44

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 (December 26, 1928)

Pogo (February 26, 1958)

Peanuts: Year Four (May 3-5, 1954)

# ? Feb 24, 2016 23:18

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

LordPants posted:

Hobbes wearing the shirt back to front kills me

Did you just knock his smock?

F Minus

Mary Worth

"Of course you have friends, dear."

Here's hoping for another cameo from another strip on the way to the airport! Come on, Peter Parker!

Rex Morgan MD

Secret Agent X-9

Solving crime the old fashioned way: through arts and crafts

Apartment 3-G

Margo comes home in the usual fashion: huffing a gasoline-soaked rag.

# ? Feb 24, 2016 23:21

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

EasyEW posted:

Maybe skip Vietnam War Comics and jump straight to US Military-backing of Regional Fascists in Latin America Comics.

# ? Feb 24, 2016 23:35

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

Johnny Walker posted:

Secret Agent X-9

"Why did we wait half an hour if we were going to do this for all of them, sir?"

# ? Feb 25, 2016 00:09

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.

SomeMathGuy posted:

Maybe skip Vietnam War Comics and jump straight to US Military-backing of Regional Fascists in Latin America Comics.

They only sell those under the counter and you know it. :colbert:

# ? Feb 25, 2016 00:13

Celebrity Ghost: Sep 26, 2007

I would have put more effort in but Working Daze doesn't deserve it.

# ? Feb 25, 2016 00:27

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; I'm meat on the hoof

Celebrity Ghost posted:

I would have put more effort in but Working Daze doesn't deserve it.

Working Daze is just such a lovely comic, it took an edit for me to laugh at it for the first time ever. :golfclap:

# ? Feb 25, 2016 02:26

Slammy: Mar 30, 2011; Great speech.
PPHPFT!!

EasyEW posted:

Out Our Way (October 29-30, 1928)

Cosima posted:

Is that what you got from this? My perception was that the boy is the unbeliever. Seems like his mother is forcing him to do chores instead of playing football resulting in some interpersonal antagonism. The neighbour asks how the mother is, mother responds fine, but she's LYING! and her son knows it!

I don't understand you at all. It's a pretty straightforward comic. The child has an obvious shoulder injury, which is why he is not playing football with the other kids. The neighbor asks how the MOTHER is, because she hates children - that's why she's holding the broom - she's going to chase off the children playing football. The mother says "FINE FINE," because she doesn't want the neighbor to know that she can't get medical attention for her child. The ~~dog~~ dorg holds up his hind leg to reinforce the lame state of the child. Heh. It's pretty funny!

Rarebit Fiend (click for huge)

Outbusts of Everett True

Good Time Guy (click for big)

This strip is oddly charming.

Gay and Her Gang (click for big)

Feiffer (click for big)

Wee Pals

Life In Hell

# ? Feb 25, 2016 02:42

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

Nenonen posted:

All of the new characters look weird and don't fit with the original cast.

Coincidence? I think not.

# ? Feb 25, 2016 02:59

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

Johnny Aztec posted:

It's pretty simple. Boys been running his mouth about things he shouldn't.

The boys mother has been having problems of some sort, that I would imagine she would like to have kept private.
Yet her son has been telling that lady(and others?!) about these problems.
I would think the lady in the back ground is a mother of a friend of his. See the boys playing football in the background?

I think it's that the boy was supposed to carry the groceries home, but instead stopped to play with the other kids (hence the obvious injuries on him and the dorg), which in turn made his mom come get him and because the neighbor is watching she can't beat up the boy.

Moomin

Classic Dilbert

# ? Feb 25, 2016 03:32

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Wanamingo posted:

Nancy

IT HAPPENED

Luann

Hey, remember when Hil dumped somebody and even though she was the dumper she was still sad for a little while and, even though she's putting on a brave face now, probably still is? Man, I'm glad Luann is here to show us some believable human emotions.

The Amazing Spider-Man

Sally Forth

The Heart of Juliet Jones

# ? Feb 25, 2016 03:53

Trilobite: Aug 15, 2001

Johnny Walker posted:

Rex Morgan MD

Part of me is hoping that the whale mural the Karate Bimbo's boyfriend painted for them turns out to be worth a lot of money and dramatically increases the resale value of their house, so that they end up with a better home in town at a profit. I assume that part of me wants this so that the rest of me can be even more aggravated by the blessed life of Rex Morgan, Entitled Shithead.

# ? Feb 25, 2016 04:12

ukonvasara: Aug 16, 2012; a mixture of gravity and waggery

Julet Esqu posted:

IT HAPPENED

Luann

Hey, remember when Hil dumped somebody and even though she was the dumper she was still sad for a little while and, even though she's putting on a brave face now, probably still is? Man, I'm glad Luann is here to show us some believable human emotions.

They're totally believable, assuming Luann's a self-centered jackass--and hey, what do you know!

# ? Feb 25, 2016 05:01

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

Wanamingo posted:

Arlo and Janis

Whoa, not only does it make sense, it's actually funny!

# ? Feb 25, 2016 05:18

Roland Jones: Aug 18, 2011; by Nyc_Tattoo

ukonvasara posted:

They're totally believable, assuming Luann's a self-centered jackass--and hey, what do you know!

Her sudden flip to utterly smug is possibly the thing that bothers me the most about this, given both how the breakup actually went down and, you know, how she was acting in the strips leading up to this one.

# ? Feb 25, 2016 05:44

catlord: Mar 22, 2009; What's on your mind, Axa?

As awful as Luann is, I do want to say that the phrase "Lesbian Thespian" makes me giggle despite how obvious it is.

# ? Feb 25, 2016 05:59

Green Intern: Dec 29, 2008; Loon, Crazy and Laughable

Slammy posted:

Outbusts of Everett True

I think he just called her inbred?

# ? Feb 25, 2016 13:29

Pastry of the Year: Apr 12, 2013

EasyEW posted:

Comic Strip Megathread 10-2: Mangle Comics, Disease Comics, and Gory Comics

# ? Feb 25, 2016 14:37

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

# ? Feb 25, 2016 14:52

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

Manuel Calavera posted:

One Big Happy

What the hell? That kid should expect a malpractice suit once the surgical site inevitably gets infected.

# ? Feb 25, 2016 15:02

The Wild Man of YOLO: Apr 20, 2004; A little cross-country, gentlemen?

Pickles

Bleeker the Rechargeable Dog

I hadn't heard of TOBY before but I guess it just rebooted last week.

# ? Feb 25, 2016 15:24

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Buni, since I forgot to post it yesterday

Rhymes with Orange

Pros and Cons

# ? Feb 25, 2016 15:55

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

Mark Trail

Pearls Before Swine

The Phantom

# ? Feb 25, 2016 16:46

His Divine Shadow: Aug 7, 2000; I'm not a fascist. I'm a priest. Fascists dress up in black and tell people what to do.

# ? Feb 25, 2016 17:08

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 (February 27, 1969)

Funky Winkerbean

They're unattainable ideals for kids whose skills are at a low enough level...y'know, like what you're trying to pull off here with the "hot chick".

Crankshaft

Rip Haywire

Out Our Way (October 31-November 1, 1928)

Call the ASPCA.

_{(The "straight" versions are even more of an endurance test.)}

Thimble Theater (September 13, 1929)

# ? Feb 25, 2016 17:21

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

Calvin and Hobbes

Ripley's

# ? Feb 25, 2016 18:43

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

King Aroo (February 1, 1951)

Barnaby (July 9, 1942)

Nancy (March 18, 1943)

Wash Tubbs (November 29, 1928)

# ? Feb 25, 2016 18:47

MalleusDei: Mar 21, 2007

SomeMathGuy posted:

Mark Trail

# ? Feb 25, 2016 19:29

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

MalleusDei posted:

"What's the matter, Gabe? University got you pushing too many pencils?"

F Minus

Mary Worth

"We've eaten better in the last 6 months you've been here than we have in years!"

Rex "Mo' Money" Morgan MD

Good Rex Face.

Secret Agent X-9

Is this exciting or what?

Apartment 3-G

The only thing that's throwing me off about this part of this storyline is I believe Web should be noticeably drunk and probably still angry. Like maybe not too bad, but enough that LuAnn would comment.

# ? Feb 25, 2016 21:27

computer angel: Sep 9, 2008; Make it a double.

Selachian posted:

Pros and Cons

Lydon can be such a rude psychiatrist, especially to his actor patient.

# ? Feb 25, 2016 22:12

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

His Divine Shadow posted:

# ? Feb 25, 2016 23:59

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 (December 27, 1928)