Comic Strip Megathread XVI: Winking Throwbacks to Retro Sexism

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

Wanamingo posted:

Inspector Danger

Goddamn it, "Bob" on a calculator would be 808! :argh:

SomeMathGuy posted:

Mark Trail

# ? Jul 5, 2016 08:58

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# ? May 30, 2024 18:47

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

_{or something...}

Wanamingo posted:

Nancy

What the gently caress is going on with the proportions in this comic?! I mean, I know it's bad because Gilchrist, but there's something non-euclidean about Titzi there.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 10:11

Trilobite: Aug 15, 2001

At this point Gilchrist is just daring the ink itself to rise up and punch him in his goddamn face.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 10:22

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

I know I post only trash, but the last two Nancy strips really show Gilchrist still reigns over the shitpile.

I'm gonna read some McCoy cartoons to calm down. At least they don't tarnish the works of Bushmiller.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 11:17

Pastry of the Year: Apr 12, 2013

treasureplane posted:

Barnaby (November 17, 1942)

# ? Jul 5, 2016 11:34

The Bloop: Jul 5, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Way back when, I read Mudpie in the local newspaper. I liked it at first, and it was pretty well drawn. I grew to hate Gilchrist over a couple years of the strip turning preachy and sometimes creepy.

What he's done to the Nancy characters, though, gently caress. It's one thing for your own characters to be trash, but he poo poo all over what used to be a clever comic.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 12:10

Pentaro: May 5, 2013

Wanamingo posted:

Nancy

There's trickery afoot.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 12:40

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

Wanamingo posted:

Nancy

No loving way.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 12:47

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

Julet Esqu posted:

Radio Patrol

I hope Pinky gets black lung and dies.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 12:57

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Her head is as big as her chest.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 13:00

STABASS: Apr 18, 2009; Fun Shoe

Wanamingo posted:

Nancy

# ? Jul 5, 2016 13:13

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Rhymes with Orange

Pros and Cons

# ? Jul 5, 2016 13:19

BigglesSWE: Dec 2, 2014; How 'bout them hawks news huh!

The "art" of Nancy really is the most lifeless thing I've ever seen in print.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 13:21

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

Calvin and Hobbes

Ripley's

# ? Jul 5, 2016 16:23

JaggerMcDagger: Feb 13, 2012; Bringing you Barry from the sordid depths of the Internet

Fort Knox

# ? Jul 5, 2016 16:24

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

Peanuts (July 9, 1968)

Funky Winkerbean

Crankshaft: The ~~Poop~~ Penny Sock Saga

Rip Haywire

Thimble Theater (January 22, 1930)

# ? Jul 5, 2016 17:03

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

EasyEW posted:

everything has a price

# ? Jul 5, 2016 17:06

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

EasyEW posted:

Crankshaft: The ~~Poop~~ Penny Sock Saga

Shit_that_didnt_happen.gif

# ? Jul 5, 2016 17:34

SpacePig: Apr 4, 2007; Hold that pose.
I've gotta get something.

EasyEW posted:

Crankshaft: The ~~Poop~~ Penny Sock Saga

So, there's an armed guard outside of a bank that is closed, but also that bank's drive through lane is still operating. So... It's not closed? What's going on?

# ? Jul 5, 2016 17:47

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

EasyEW posted:

Crankshaft: The ~~Poop~~ Penny Sock Saga

]

... do they, like, not have Coinstar in Ohio?

# ? Jul 5, 2016 17:52

Bobulus: Jan 28, 2007

I hate to defend Crankshaft, but I believe there are some ATMs that you can put deposit money at, so no teller required. Of course, that's usually paper money, but probably tomorrow's 'comedy' will be him trying to shove coins into an ATM.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 17:55

SpacePig: Apr 4, 2007; Hold that pose.
I've gotta get something.

Bobulus posted:

I hate to defend Crankshaft, but I believe there are some ATMs that you can put deposit money at, so no teller required. Of course, that's usually paper money, but probably tomorrow's 'comedy' will be him trying to shove coins into an ATM.

There are, but that's not an ATM. That's a pneumatic tube for a drive through. There are drive-up ATMs, but I don't know of any that use those tubes.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 18:06

Transmodiar: Jul 9, 2005; You're a terrible person, Mildred.

SpacePig posted:

There are, but that's not an ATM. That's a pneumatic tube for a drive through. There are drive-up ATMs, but I don't know of any that use those tubes.

Try living in 1986 like the rest of us. :smug:

# ? Jul 5, 2016 18:22

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Someone edit that so it's Crankshaft hitting the security guard with the penny sock or something. That's probably a lot of work.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 18:42

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

SpacePig posted:

So, there's an armed guard outside of a bank that is closed, but also that bank's drive through lane is still operating. So... It's not closed? What's going on?

The guard is loving with The Shaft because his presence is intolerable and no one wants him around. The joke is that society has so much contempt for him that they aren't even putting in the effort for a convincing lie.

At least, that'd be the meaning of the strip if I was writing it.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 19:50

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

Selachian posted:

... do they, like, not have Coinstar in Ohio?

We do, never used it though. Also I'm back, did I miss anything exciting?

Tina's Groove

Family Circus

Rose is Rose

One Big Happy

Foob

Compu-Toon

Bizarro

Dilbert

# ? Jul 5, 2016 19:55

Ralepozozaxe: Sep 6, 2010; A Veritable Smorgasbord!

Endless Mike posted:

Someone edit that so it's Crankshaft hitting the security guard with the penny sock or something. That's probably a lot of work.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 20:09

JaggerMcDagger: Feb 13, 2012; Bringing you Barry from the sordid depths of the Internet

Crankshaft loving drove there, didn't he?

# ? Jul 5, 2016 20:29

My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

Being unfamiliar with the concept of a drive-thru bank, I wondered why Crankshaft was standing in line at the gas station and was even halfway to a self-driving cars joke.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 21:03

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

SynthOrange posted:

Dont forget that this thing still has the corpses of three people on board after they were hurled into deep space.

This was my first thought too. "Celebrate the nation's independence by being reminded of the horrible deaths of several people!"

treasureplane posted:

Barnaby (November 17, 1942)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Allen

In case anyone was wondering. It's interesting to me how someone can be apparently mega-popular and almost universally known in his day, but then now be relatively completely unknown (at least as far as I am aware).

F Minus

Mary Worth

I know I, for one, have been thinking nonstop "What will happen when Mr Allora shows up with the hand truck, now that Tommy is hurt? After all, they may not be using it now, but certainly they will need it soon--and more than ever! Oh whatever will they do if Mr Allora can't leave it for them, or bring it back another day? :sweatdrop:

" Thank God that's settled. I couldn't take another moment of that tension.

Rex Morgan MD

Secret Agent X-9

Apartment 3-G

"Can't...go on...outfit...too groovy..."

Ralepozozaxe posted:

The blood pool coming from around the corner is a nice touch.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 22:48

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

Heathcliff

This isn't an edit in case you were wondering.

Piranha Club

Dick Tracy

Judge Parker

9 Chickweed Lane

~~Pibgorn~~ Wahoo Terminal

# ? Jul 5, 2016 23:02

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

Aardmania posted:

Heathcliff

This isn't an edit in case you were wondering.

Oh yeah right I'm su... :aaa:

# ? Jul 5, 2016 23:30

Odonata: Nov 5, 2009; Nap Ghost

Moving. Spiritually enriching. Sublime. �High� art, or, Gasoline Alley

Phoebe and her Unicorn, or, Heavenly Nostrils

Middle School Action Comics!, or, Big Nate

Descent into Madness, or, Ziggy

Ye Olde Fox Trot

Best Comic in the Thread, or, Cul de Sac

# ? Jul 5, 2016 23:36

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Odonata posted:

Descent into Madness, or, Ziggy

Is this a Bernie Sanders joke? It feels like a Bernie Sanders joke.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 23:54

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

A HUNGRY MOUTH posted:

I love this.

Thanks for calling it out! Milt Gross is still my fav.

RandomFerret posted:

Am I crazy, or is Dave's Delicatessen the inspiration for Bob's Burgers? At first I thought it was just a coincidence and I was reading too much into the similar name and character design, but every single strip seems like it could be a joke in the show. They even had an episode where somebody involved in organized crime befriended Bob and started intimidating all his customers while Bob was too scared to ask him to stop.

Hmm. I'd never thought about it - but it does have sort of the same "feel"? Then again I'm not sure how familiar Loren Bouchard is with a relatively obscure 1930's comic.

Rarebit Fiend (click for huge)

Outbursts of Everett True

And He Did.

Guess If They Are Married!

�plop!

Whoops Sisters

Good Time Guy (click for big)

Dave�s Delicatessen (click for big)

I'm really glad I was able to catch the full run of this story (there are a couple more). Comics pulled from this period can be very hit-and-miss, and I usually depend upon the "one-shot" nature of the comics I post to cover up gaps in available dates.

Mopsy

Woman protagonist, woman writer and artist. STILL with the golf jokes.

Feiffer (click for big)

Jaf

Wee Pals (click for big)

I thought it was $24.

Mr. Tweedy

Andy Capp (click for big)

Slammy fucked around with this message at 00:47 on Jul 6, 2016

# ? Jul 6, 2016 00:44

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

Johnny Walker posted:

Mary Worth

I know I, for one, have been thinking nonstop "What will happen when Mr Allora shows up with the hand truck, now that Tommy is hurt? After all, they may not be using it now, but certainly they will need it soon--and more than ever! Oh whatever will they do if Mr Allora can't leave it for them, or bring it back another day? " Thank God that's settled. I couldn't take another moment of that tension.

Did you break Tommy's back?
Yes.
But the hand truck's okay?
Yes,
Well, all right then.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 00:55