Comic Strip Megathread XVI: Winking Throwbacks to Retro Sexism

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Odonata: Nov 5, 2009; Nap Ghost

Trying to read the dialog in Lil Abner is as off-putting as reading Rose is Rose when the bald mutant baby-thing is speaking. I know it's supposed to be a classic, but I just don't get the appeal. Oh well.

Gasoline Alley

Heavenly Nostrils

Big Nate

Ziggy

Ye Olde Fox Trot

Cul de Sac

# ? May 17, 2016 23:07

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# ? May 29, 2024 01:13

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

Edminster posted:

Happy International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia!

It's true! It's IDAHOT!

Rarebit Fiend (click for huge)

Outbusts of Everett True

Whoops Sisters

Guess If They Are Married!

IDAHOT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi_tGaGyyM8

Good Time Guy (click for big)

"I couldn't even break out with the measles". heh.

Mopsy

Feiffer (click for big)

Wee Pals

# ? May 18, 2016 00:28

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.

Slammy posted:

Feiffer (click for big)

Continuing our study of the pre-adolescent mid-century neurotic.

Pogo (May 20, 1958)

Peanuts: Year Five (November 11-14, 1954)

EasyEW fucked around with this message at 01:52 on May 18, 2016

# ? May 18, 2016 01:49

Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

The Classic Dinette Set sees two cashews touching.

Working Daze flips the script.

Super-Fun-Pak-Comix meant it in a nice way.

# ? May 18, 2016 02:26

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

SomeMathGuy posted:

Mark Trail

Her chest is frowning at me.

ChickenOfTomorrow posted:

Heck, turn that into a gang tag and i'd sport it

As would I.

Luann

The Amazing Spider-Man

Sally Forth

The Heart of Juliet Jones

# ? May 18, 2016 03:00

Sweaty IT Nerd: Jul 13, 2007

I want to believe no one has ever honestly described themselves as boy crazy.

# ? May 18, 2016 03:24

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

Julet Esqu posted:

Luann

I am not good at editing.

# ? May 18, 2016 05:23

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Slammy posted:

Fuuuck

# ? May 18, 2016 06:13

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

Heathcliff

The 'No Talent' cat comics usually appear in a different section of these posts.

Piranha Club

Dick Tracy

Judge Parker

9 Chickweed Lane

~~Pibgorn~~ Wahoo Terminal

# ? May 18, 2016 06:21

Celebrity Ghost: Sep 26, 2007

Manuel Calavera posted:

I am not good at editing.

It got a laugh from me.

I'm just going to note that every single one of Luann's projects have been self portraits of some kind or another. All she does is focus on herself.

# ? May 18, 2016 13:01

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

SomeMathGuy posted:

Mark Trail

"It took millions of years to form the grand canyon."
- Looks like we'll be climbing out of one by the time this storyline is over then!

treasureplane posted:

Nancy (June 8, 1943)

Noooo Nancy noooooooooooo! Not chemical warfare jingoism!

Slammy posted:

Guess If They Are Married!

Hahahahaha :drat:

Moomin

Classic Dilbert

Poor ozone layer, gone and forgotten in the 90s.

# ? May 18, 2016 13:05

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Buni

Rhymes with Orange

Pros and Cons

Candorville

# ? May 18, 2016 13:52

Strontium: Aug 28, 2009; Dexter didn't much care for the party.

Intelligent Life

Take It From the Tinkersons

Dark Side of the Horse

# ? May 18, 2016 14:08

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

Here's an early-post, as I'll be working late tonight.

Maybe it's a good time to review what I have on tap, and which are great, or scroll-past material.
On the other hand, I could :justpost:

Rarebit Fiend (click for huge)

Thread favorite - and I have a huge supply thanks to a helpful goon whose name I have forgotten. Thanks!

Outbusts of Everett True

Everett is great, and since I found a new supply by skipping to 1918, easier to collect.

And He Did.

Guess If They Are Married!

This is one of my new favorites - as the strip progresses, it changes (the title changes almost weekly), but I still think it's worth posting.

Whoops Sisters

Good art, IMO, but not sure it's caught on here. I may stick with it until the strip where the sisters kill a child. You don't see that often in The New Yorker.

Good Time Guy (click for big)

I love the word-play in this strip, but since you have to click through and make it larger to make it barely legible, I'm not sure anyone actually reads it.

Banana Oil!

Only published on Sundays, so limited supply. Still, I love Milt Gross.

Dave's Delicatessen

A daily by Milt Gross.

Mopsy

Burn.

Feiffer (click for big)

Jaf

Wee Pals

Andy Capp

Mr. Tweedy

Oh, Tweedy, will you ever win?

And then there are some that I wish I could find more of:
Illustrating Webster

# ? May 18, 2016 14:33

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

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Strontium posted:

Intelligent Life

Accounts should not be reading employee medical information, that is an HR matter.

# ? May 18, 2016 14:52

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

Mark Trail

Pearls Before Swine Meets the Dizzying Heights of Cutting Edge 1950s Technology

The Phantom

# ? May 18, 2016 14:59

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

SomeMathGuy posted:

Pearls Before Swine Meets the Dizzying Heights of Cutting Edge 1950s Technology

Wait until Working Daze crew thinks of this.

# ? May 18, 2016 15:16

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

Slammy posted:

Here's an early-post, as I'll be working late tonight.

Maybe it's a good time to review what I have on tap, and which are great, or scroll-past material.
On the other hand, I could

I'm fond of all of these except for the Whoops Sisters (and Andy Capp, though that one's kind of interesting for comparison to the sanded-down version it became). I usually zoom in on GTG instead of clicking through, and I tend to skip over Rarebit Fiend, as good as it is, just because I'm too busy reading comics to spend five seconds opening a new link (silly, I know).

Calvin and Hobbes

Ripley's

Someone wanted their name in Ripley's. I'd make a better joke (the ray's hope?) but it's too early.

# ? May 18, 2016 15:29

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

# ? May 18, 2016 17:31

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

King Aroo (April 25, 1951)

Barnaby (September 30, 1942)

Nancy (June 9, 1943)

Wash Tubbs (February 20, 1929)

Gasoline Alley (March 21, 1923)

Lil' Abner (November 4, 1936)

# ? May 18, 2016 17:48

Command Ant: Aug 9, 2010; I can make you
worth your weight
in gold!

treasureplane posted:

Nancy (June 9, 1943)

Ha ha ha ha ha, oh my god!

# ? May 18, 2016 17:54

Octatonic: Sep 7, 2010

treasureplane posted:

# ? May 18, 2016 17:57

LordSaturn: Aug 12, 2007; sadly unfunny

Slammy posted:

Whoops Sisters

Good art, IMO, but not sure it's caught on here. I may stick with it until the strip where the sisters kill a child. You don't see that often in The New Yorker.

I like these, but this is the first one I feel like I understood the wordplay. Could maybe do with some kind of annotations...

# ? May 18, 2016 18:00

My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

Odonata posted:

Heavenly Nostrils

This is the third or fourth time we've seen this arc. Kinda worrying about this strip by now.

# ? May 18, 2016 18:35

Wanamingo: Feb 22, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

Six Chix

Zippy the Pinhead

Nancy

Arlo and Janis

Andertoons

Pluggers

# ? May 18, 2016 18:44

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

Command Ant posted:

Ha ha ha ha ha, oh my god!

This is basically the exact same reaction I had when I was scanning this week's Nancy strips.

# ? May 18, 2016 18:53

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

Pickles

Bleeker the Rechargeable Dog

Wallace the Brave

# ? May 18, 2016 19:27

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

Slammy posted:

Comics and

If you are asking for input on the comics you post, I read them all and enjoy the majority of them. I enjoy Good Time Guy, particularly for the wordplay, and I usually can read it without clicking through, although it's tough sometimes. I like Rarebit, but it sometimes gets wordy and I find myself skimming it a lot or skipping it altogether if I don't think it looks compelling. It's interesting to me a lot of the time because of the time period it's from fascinates me. Like this one about the Lusitania that was printed years before it was sank. That's just neat to see. I had no idea it was a famous enough ship to be known like that.

The Whoops Sisters I don't get, but I don't give up on old comics fast and I'll give it some time. Feiffer is just so drat good I can't believe it. That one's all about the writing. Wee Pals is Wee Pals. It's good and an interesting look at the time. Everett True is obviously good (but by the way you always say "Outbusts" instead of "Outbursts" in the title when you post it).

The rest you don't always post I don't think. I do read them when you do and I like most of them. I think a lot of comics don't get a lot of comments, so you might think no one is reading them, but they are. I know a couple people have said they like X-9, and I didn't think anyone was reading it at all for a while.

Post what you want and what you are willing to take the time to get, I say.

On to my comics, which you all get two days of because I was busy yesterday.

F Minus

What do you think of that, Monoboob?

Mary Worth

These people are really serious about their Art History.

Rex Morgan MD

It's a good thing I skipped a day, because now you don't have to wait until tomorrow for the end of the "Will Abbey get the ball?" cliffhanger.

Dammit! Will she get the ball again? Oh, I can't take the twists and turns of this story!

Secret Agent X-9

Apartment 3-G

# ? May 18, 2016 19:39

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

You'll notice that she's not mentioning the husband in the wood chipper where the neighbors can hear.

Peanuts (May 21, 1969)

Funky Winkerbean

Abusive-Childhood-shaft

Rip Haywire

Thimble Theater (December 5, 1929)

# ? May 18, 2016 19:42

Wanamingo: Feb 22, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

Johnny Walker posted:

Mary Worth

These people are really serious about their Art History.

Huh, I'm surprised they actually went in that direction

# ? May 18, 2016 19:42

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

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Adults behaving exactly the same as children, a "this is why generation Y (this counts as Y?) are terrible" cartoon.

Y? X? Older? Younger? I have no idea how old she's actually meant to be, and those classmates look about 40.

# ? May 18, 2016 19:51

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

Johnny Walker posted:

Rex Morgan MD

It's a good thing I skipped a day, because now you don't have to wait until tomorrow for the end of the "Will Abbey get the ball?" cliffhanger.

Dammit! Will she get the ball again? Oh, I can't take the twists and turns of this story!

I seriously want a week of just this. Hell, a month.

# ? May 18, 2016 19:58

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

EasyEW posted:

Rip Haywire

Please, please tell me his last name is Rhodes or something to that effect.

# ? May 18, 2016 20:19

Ms Boods: Mar 19, 2009; Did you ever wonder where the Romans got bread from? It wasn't from Waitrose!

Johnny Walker posted:

Rex Morgan MD

Getting weird SASSY!! vibes off this one.

The Mary Worth storyline is hilarious.

# ? May 18, 2016 20:45

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Johnny Walker posted:

Rex Morgan MD

It's a good thing I skipped a day, because now you don't have to wait until tomorrow for the end of the "Will Abbey get the ball?" cliffhanger.

Dammit! Will she get the ball again? Oh, I can't take the twists and turns of this story!

Terry Beatty presents: Comics for Dogs.

# ? May 18, 2016 21:27

Mercury Hat: May 28, 2006; SharkTales!
Woo-oo!

Wanamingo posted:

Huh, I'm surprised they actually went in that direction

I maybe feel a little bad for Dawn if she's supposed to be an incoming freshman or something who doesn't get that this is why you don't make friends with your professors during class, but what is her professor thinking?

I get the feeling we're supposed to feel bad for them both, especially with the professor being the chaste widower who just wants a (young, naive, student in his class) friend who shares his interests. But really, my man, they go over this kind of thing at orientation, right?

# ? May 18, 2016 21:47

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

Slammy posted:

Good art, IMO, but not sure it's caught on here. I may stick with it until the strip where the sisters kill a child. You don't see that often in The New Yorker.

I'm enjoying it quite a bit, there's just not much to say about it. Plus, remember the golden rule - :justpost:

# ? May 18, 2016 21:49

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

Johnny Walker posted:

Rex Morgan MD

It's a good thing I skipped a day, because now you don't have to wait until tomorrow for the end of the "Will Abbey get the ball?" cliffhanger.

Dammit! Will she get the ball again? Oh, I can't take the twists and turns of this story!