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Evil Mastermind posted:I just can't get over how much the Batuikverse bends over backwards to fawn all over Les Moore's stupid loving novels. Like, there's no reason anyone would read a book about an rear end in a top hat minor TV personality or a woman dying slowly of cancer after every other terrible thing that happened to her. I dunno man, that minor TV personality was murdered by an insane former guest who called himself Plantman, and the guy who wrote the book solved the case while writing the book. I'd read that book. If it wasn't written by Les Moore
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Those are some 'comedy' people in the lead and director, so it might at least not be played as a serious affair. Peoples and Peoples are interesting. One half involved in scripting Blade Runner and Unforgiven, then as a team they wrote Twelve Monkeys. Will probably be a hilarious failure, if it ever even gets made.
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goatface posted:Those are some 'comedy' people in the lead and director, so it might at least not be played as a serious affair. Peoples and Peoples are interesting. One half involved in scripting Blade Runner and Unforgiven, then as a team they wrote Twelve Monkeys. Maybe they'll get Kai Greene as Lothar, Ulambayaryn Byambajav as Hojo, Emma Watson as Princess Narda, and Patrick Stewart as Theron. I'd go see it.
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Evil Mastermind posted:Sacha Baron Cohen To Star In "Mandrake the Magician" Film That rerun arc where Mandrake's dad just hosed around with things for like a year has me weirdly excited for a comedy take on Mandrake, not gonna lie.
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Luann The Amazing Spider-Man  All those knuckles pummeling his poor delicate skull.  Sally Forth  The Heart of Juliet Jones 
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Julet Esqu posted:Luann This, though, is really rubbing me the wrong way. Gunther is just dripping with entitlement in this scene, and I'm not getting any sense that we're supposed to do anything other than sympathise with him and consider Bernice insensitive.  I'd love to believe that Gunther's being set up for a comeuppance here, but it's not looking good.
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Julet Esqu posted:Sally Forth Those are some fantastic crazy eyes in the third panel. Hil is truly her father's daughter.
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Aardmania posted:Judge Parker Are you not an heiress? Are you not a horse breeder? Do you do anything else? What would you like them to call you?
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NRVNQSR posted:I'm normally not as down on Luann as most in this thread. For example, often when Tiff does positive and thoughtful things I think it's because the writer wants to portray her as positive and thoughtful. Well, though it's not 100%, the commenters in the Luann section of GoComics are usually a pretty accurate representation of how the reader is supposed to react. Let's see what they think:   Ah.
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I hope we get another unflattering revenge fantasy out of Judge Parker, though it'll be hard to top the one where the judge met the only book critic who hated his novel, and he insulted her so astutely that her own husband turned on her and everyone applauded.
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NRVNQSR posted:I'm normally not as down on Luann as most in this thread. For example, often when Tiff does positive and thoughtful things I think it's because the writer wants to portray her as positive and thoughtful. I unno, man. I'd be pretty ticked if I invited someone out and they obsess over someone on their phone. Helllo, put down your phone for 5 seconds. Piro is a big boy and can take care of himself.
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Maybe instead of going Return of Superman with a mullet and stubble, Gunther should have chosen to class himself up a little bit - get some Bogie in there, pop on a fashionable hat such as a trilby, and show his sensitive side by watching children's cartoons.
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Intelligent Life Take It From the Tinkersons  Dark Side of the Horse  Bonus out of context Viivi & Wagner panel 
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Darthemed posted:Calvin and Hobbes Well, this storyline just got relevant again, didn't it?
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Julet Esqu posted:Well, though it's not 100%, the commenters in the Luann section of GoComics are usually a pretty accurate representation of how the reader is supposed to react. Let's see what they think: My skin is crawling, Jesus Christ. Strontium posted:Take It From the Tinkersons I know that's supposed to be a cowboy hat, but it really looks like that man is some sort of Tooth Baron and wants everyone to know about it. Green Intern fucked around with this message at 12:49 on Jun 8, 2016 |
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Manuel Calavera posted:Family Circus With a side of warm salt and a slice of fried kidney. Yummy!
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^^ They're going to free dive into an unknown sump. gently caress. There is a comics conference on at the university here. I am tempted to go along and ask them to explain newspaper comics and the casual inclusion of death in the funny pages. goatface fucked around with this message at 15:53 on Jun 8, 2016 |
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Bloom County Skippy (April 8-10, 1929)    Peanuts (June 11, 1969)  Funky Winkerbean  Crankshaft  Rip Haywire  Out Our Way (May 22-23, 1929)   Thimble Theater (December 26, 1929) 
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King Aroo (May 16, 1951) Barnaby (October 21, 1942)  Nancy (June 30, 1943)  Wash Tubbs (March 13, 1929)  Gasoline Alley (April 11, 1923)  Barney Google (March 29, 1922)  Lil' Abner (November 25, 1936) 
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goatface posted:^^ They're going to free dive into an unknown sump. gently caress. I can't believe Mark Trail is going to end with a week of drowning in an improbably-lit underwater tunnel.
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Green Intern posted:I can't believe Mark Trail is going to end with a week of drowning in an improbably-lit underwater tunnel. Hey, as long as they can all hold the breath for a couple of days, they'll probably be fine! At least they won't die of dehydration along the way.
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treasureplane posted:Nancy (June 29, 1943) Wanamingo posted:Nancy So, what year does Nancy stop taking her meds?
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Hjalmar posted:So, what year does Nancy stop taking her meds? She's sure taking something in that last strip.
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Admirable use of imagery from Guy Gilchrist there as he lists textbooks and pop quizzes and alarm clocks and makes sure to show in the associated panel several textbooks, an alarm clock and a sheet of paper legibly identified as a pop quiz, but sadly fails to include pencils in the list, which only serves to confuse things.
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Stultus Maximus posted:"Yes, dead by age 45" The first Phantom took on the identity in 1536. The current Phantom is the 21st and took over from his father somewhere between 1930ish and 2000-ish, depending on when the comic you're reading was published. That makes the average tenure of a Phantom somewhere about 20-23 years. If we assume Phantoms tend to have kids around the start of their careers then the average Phantom would be lucky to see 40. If they wait a few years to settle into the role and find a wife who they can trust and who can accept the lifestyle, it might be more likely that they're taking over at age 15 and are dead by 35. And if there were a few long-lived Phantoms then the median career length could be considerably shorter.
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So if the book about the murder was released in 1997, that means Crankshaft is in 1997? But social media didn't exist then. So it's now?
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kith_groupie posted:So if the book about the murder was released in 1997, that means Crankshaft is in 1997? But social media didn't exist then. So it's now?
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