Comic Strip Megathread XVI: Winking Throwbacks to Retro Sexism

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

Julet Esqu posted:

Luann

I like that they don't even have employment contracts or anything at this "cafe", and that Quill apparently had nothing else in his life other than Luann so he can just go "welp, I'm off" and hop on the next plane to Australia no problems.

Moomin

Classic Dilbert

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

Wanamingo posted:

Six Chix

Uh... what?

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Kite Pride Worldwide: Apr 20, 2009

Nenonen posted:

Uh... what?

I think the joke is just "she's recoiling in horror at all the awful graphs".

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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, in which an old-school monster knows when he's licked.

Peanuts (March 6, 1969)

Funky Winkerbean

The less Crankshaft there is in Crankshaft, the more bearable it becomes.

Meanwhile, in Rip Haywire, we go on a scalping expedition.

Out Our Way (November 14-15, 1928)

Thimble Theater (September 20, 1929)

# ? Mar 3, 2016 14:00

The Bloop: Jul 5, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Darkest Auer posted:

I like that they don't even have employment contracts or anything at this "cafe", and that Quill apparently had nothing else in his life other than Luann so he can just go "welp, I'm off" and hop on the next plane to Australia no problems.

It is pretty abrupt and awful

QUILL DIED ON THE WAY BACK TO HIS HOME PLANET

# ? Mar 3, 2016 14:36

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Aardmania posted:

9 Chickweed Lane

Brooke's readers have the same anger against 20/20 vision after reading his comics.

The good news is he already knows how to take care of sharks.

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Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

Trent posted:

It is pretty abrupt and awful

QUILL DIED ON THE WAY BACK TO HIS HOME PLANET

How many times has this happened, now?

# ? Mar 3, 2016 14:58

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Rhymes with Orange

Pros and Cons

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Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

Aardmania posted:

9 Chickweed Lane

Brooke's readers have the same anger against 20/20 vision after reading his comics.

Isn't that the gay guy in the committed long-term relationship who fell in love with a woman because of how she danced?

# ? Mar 3, 2016 15:43

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

Tina's Groove

Family Circus

Rose is Rose

One Big Happy

Foob

Compu-Toon

Bizarro

Dilbort

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Zereth: Jul 9, 2003

EasyEW posted:

Thimble Theater (September 20, 1929)

It occurs to me we haven't seen the guy try to teach Popeye at all. Just ask him poo poo that if he knew he wouldn't need a loving tutor.

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

Calvin and Hobbes

Ripley's

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Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Luann

Because what mother on earth would immediately call or text her daughter to say, "Quill told me you broke up! Are you ok??" None of them, that's who.

The Amazing Spider-Man

Sally Forth

I'm with Ted. They redesign the game of Life every so often. If you find a version you really like you should hang onto it. You can get a spinner app for your phone.

The Heart of Juliet Jones

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

Mark Trail

Pearls Before Swine

Okay, I've made the "but you can't call it Heavenly Nostrils" crack a few times, but are there just different standards for strip title versus in-strip content? Is Dana Simpson's editor a hard-rear end? I'm seriously baffled.

The Phantom

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

King Aroo (February 8, 1951)

Barnaby (July 16, 1942)

Nancy (March 25, 1943)

Wash Tubbs (December 6, 1928)

Gasoline Alley (January 4, 1923)

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Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

The Classic Dinette Set applauds American ingenuity.

Working Daze still seems to think this isn't horrific.

Super-Fun-Pak-Comix monkey cheeses.

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

Pickles

Bleeker the Rechargeable Dog

TOBY

Dadding Badly

# ? Mar 3, 2016 20:08

flavor.flv: Apr 18, 2008; I got a letter from the government the other day
opened it, read it
it said they was bitches

Speaking of Mistake Comix,

Pooch Caf�

I guess we're just going to be checking in with them every ten minutes or so.

Ballard Street

Guess this must be late in Stanley's breakdown, because that's clearly a ribeye.

Lost Side of Suburbia

Turn your highbeams off!

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Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

treasureplane posted:

Gasoline Alley (January 4, 1923)

Historical tidbit: Pullman railroad porters answered to "George" because most passengers couldn't be bothered to learn a black servant's actual name. :smith:

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spookygonk: Apr 3, 2005; Does not give a damn

Darthemed posted:

Ripley's

Hold on, figs are full of digested wasps?

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Zereth: Jul 9, 2003

spookygonk posted:

Hold on, figs are full of digested wasps?

The life cycle of figs involves a wasp crawling into the flower and dying there, from what I remember.

# ? Mar 3, 2016 23:25

Ensign_Ricky: Jan 4, 2008; Daddy Warlord
of the
Children of the Corn

_{or something...}

spookygonk posted:

Hold on, figs are full of digested wasps?

Yeah, so much for eating fig newtons.

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

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Full is a bit much, but they have a weird symbiotic thing with some tiny little wasps.

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

EasyEW posted:

Funky Winkerbean

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Punished Chuck: Dec 27, 2010

SomeMathGuy posted:

Okay, I've made the "but you can't call it Heavenly Nostrils" crack a few times, but are there just different standards for strip title versus in-strip content? Is Dana Simpson's editor a hard-rear end? I'm seriously baffled.

People keep saying this, but was it ever confirmed that the title was changed for censorship reasons, and not just because "Heavenly Nostrils" is kind of a lovely title?

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~Coxy: Dec 9, 2003; R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD

Wanamingo posted:

Arlo and Janis

This would be perfectly realistic if he had left the ladle on the counter.

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

Zereth posted:

The life cycle of figs involves a wasp crawling into the flower and dying there, from what I remember.

It came up in excruciating detail on a podcast I listen to and yeah, pretty much. The insect in question is apparently a member of the wasp family without a stinger, it crawls into the young fig, and is completely digested by the plant as part of the ripening process. So Ripley's is technically correct (the usual Ripley's standard for correctness) in that because the wasp has been completely dissolved in the fig, the fig is "full" of it.

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gleebster: Dec 16, 2006; Only a howler; Pillbug

treasureplane posted:

Gasoline Alley (January 3, 1923)

OK, It's well-known that Walt Wallet is pushing 130 because the current team don't have the guts to kill him, but does this imply that his 170-year-old mother is out there somewhere?

# ? Mar 4, 2016 00:36

Simian_Prime: Nov 6, 2011; When they passed out body parts in the comics today, I got Cathy's nose and Dick Tracy's private parts.

WeaponGradeSadness posted:

People keep saying this, but was it ever confirmed that the title was changed for censorship reasons, and not just because "Heavenly Nostrils" is kind of a lovely title?

Yeah I can't really fault them for changing that title. "Phoebe and Her Unicorn" is bland, but it gets the point across. "Heavenly Nostrils" just sounds like some kind of Zippy-esqe non sequitur.

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Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Calvin & Hobbes did not suffer from a bland title, so I guess titles aren't really that important.

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

Rarebit Fiend (click for huge)

Outbusts of Everett True

Good Time Guy (click for big)

Gay and Her Gang (click for big)

Feiffer (click for big)

Wee Pals

Life In Hell

I done it before. S'fun.

# ? Mar 4, 2016 03:08

Voltin Bolt: Oct 17, 2004; IT DOES NOT FIX

SomeMathGuy posted:

Mark Trail

That is an Argentinean harvestman. How far does this drat cave go??

# ? Mar 4, 2016 03:18

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

Darkest Auer posted:

I like that they don't even have employment contracts or anything at this "cafe", and that Quill apparently had nothing else in his life other than Luann so he can just go "welp, I'm off" and hop on the next plane to Australia no problems.

I assume he's probably staying in America, he just doesn't want to work for Luann's parents now because that would be weird.

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Sweaty IT Nerd: Jul 13, 2007

Yeah, aren't they breaking up because he got a loving part on a touring production?

What a selfish rear end in a top hat, chasing his dream.

# ? Mar 4, 2016 04:52

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 (January 3, 1929)