Comic Strip Megathread XVI: Winking Throwbacks to Retro Sexism

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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.

Johnny Walker posted:

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).

Fred Allen was awesome. He wasn't the first broadcast comedian to do fake news, but he did it from NBC's 8H before Lorne Michaels was even born.

Skippy (May 7, 1929)

Out Our Way (July 8-9, 1929)

Peanuts: Year Five (February 24-27, 1955)

# ? Jul 6, 2016 02:36

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# ? May 31, 2024 13:38

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Luann

The Amazing Spider-Man

I suspect he can, Spidey. The man has a doctorate in magic.

Sally Forth

The Heart of Juliet Jones

# ? Jul 6, 2016 03:33

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

Aardmania posted:

Piranha Club

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I'd think it was some kind of paradox, but Bud Grace figured out a new way to be old-timey racist.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 04:07

My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

RandomFerret posted:

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I'd think it was some kind of paradox, but Bud Grace figured out a new way to be old-timey racist.

He's not wearing round glasses and a moustache and doesn't have buck teeth. Progress may be almost imperceptible, but with Piranha Club, you take what you can get.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 06:09

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

Julet Esqu posted:

The Amazing Spider-Man

I suspect he can, Spidey. The man has a doctorate in magic.

Actually it's a medical degree.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 06:32

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

Yeah, he merely has an M.A. in Magic. Hence Master of the Mystic Arts. :downsrim:

Mark Trail

Pearls Before Swine

The Phantom

# ? Jul 6, 2016 06:45

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

Intelligent Life

Take It From the Tinkersons

Dark Side of the Horse

# ? Jul 6, 2016 06:52

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

SomeMathGuy posted:

The Phantom

So he's going to fly from wherever in Africa to the Himalayas in this antique piece of crap? While wearing the costume?

# ? Jul 6, 2016 07:30

Ardeem: Sep 16, 2010; There is no problem that cannot be solved through sufficient application of lasers and friendship.

Darkest Auer posted:

So he's going to fly from wherever in Africa to the Himalayas in this antique piece of crap? While wearing the costume?

The Comets were built for long cross country races, and has a 3,000 mile range. Unless they're starting from South Africa they only need to stop for more gas *Googles* three times in an airplane that will have the entire population of the airports and the ATC guys drooling over it.

(The Sikorsky would be lucky to hit 300, but is a classy boatplane)

# ? Jul 6, 2016 07:49

NRVNQSR: Mar 1, 2009

Slammy posted:

Andy Capp (click for big)

A lot of the old Andy Capps bear a surprising resemblance to modern Heathcliff.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 08:27

Mr. Squishy: Mar 22, 2010; A country where you can always get richer.

Strontium posted:

Intelligent Life

Well, congrats on aligning the balloons to read in the right order at least.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 11:36

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

Slammy posted:

Andy Capp (click for big)

Crop to the last panel and it's a Heathcliff.

edit:

NRVNQSR posted:

A lot of the old Andy Capps bear a surprising resemblance to modern Heathcliff.

gently caress!

# ? Jul 6, 2016 11:59

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

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Just refuel his 80 year old, one-of-a-handful-ever-made plane at some random airports in a bunch of politically unstable countries, no biggie.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 12:41

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

Strontium posted:

Intelligent Life

Reddick, we get it. You wish you were John K.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 12:52

Zereth: Jul 9, 2003

Ghostlight posted:

Actually it's a medical degree.

Dr. Stephen Vincent Strange is a retired surgeon, yeah. "Dr. Strange" is his actual name.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 14:05

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

# ? Jul 6, 2016 15:28

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

Manuel Calavera posted:

Foob

This is sooooo good. You know where she thinks those kids should be.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 15:36

Pastry of the Year: Apr 12, 2013

Strontium posted:

Intelligent Life

Dorks hate jocks but are just absolutely fascinated with broke-brained he-men who yell at people for a living :iiam:

# ? Jul 6, 2016 16:08

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

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

What is wrong with his neck?

# ? Jul 6, 2016 16:15

TVs Ian: Jun 1, 2000; Such graceful, delicate creatures.

Strontium posted:

Intelligent Life

# ? Jul 6, 2016 16:19

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

Strontium posted:

Intelligent Life

I like that he's doing the intense, veiny neck thing, but is using it just as his regular neck. So it look okay in the center panel for the intense look, but otherwise it just looks like something is wrong. Also, was blonde guy's head always so tiny?

# ? Jul 6, 2016 16:33

dirksteadfast: Oct 10, 2010

Strontium posted:

Intelligent Life

"Now what kind of expression for the last panel? I know! Smug smile with bent neck. That hasn't gotten old yet."

# ? Jul 6, 2016 16:40

TyrsHTML: May 13, 2004

Strontium posted:

Intelligent Life

gently caress off grandpa, i'm not in the army and you aint got poo poo.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 16:59

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

Terminal Lance got the expression right

# ? Jul 6, 2016 17:00

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

Julet Esqu posted:

Sally Forth

I'm honestly looking forward to seeing where Marciuliano takes this. For a second I thought Jon might show up at the camp by coincidence and I'm glad he didn't go with something that hacky (not that I should expect that sort of thing from him).

Sally Forth is so good, and has developed characters that I actually care about. It's goofy and all, but sweet, and better at the soap-type stories and the soap strips are.

F Minus

Mary Worth

But how will they get him there? He can't walk, so what will they do? If only they had some device that was used for moving heavy, bulky objects!

Rex Morgan MD

"Here's one offer for a bazillion dollars, but here's another for a kajillion. But I think the best offer is this one for infinity dollars."

Secret Agent X-9

Apartment 3-G

Ah, the beginning of what is sure to be a long and healthy relationship. :allears:

# ? Jul 6, 2016 17:12

My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

"His father died in the hospital" is an amazingly stupid line for reasons it would take too long to fully explore.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 17:16

Raskolnikov38: Mar 3, 2007; We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

My Lovely Horse posted:

"His father died in the hospital" is an amazingly stupid line for reasons it would take too long to fully explore.

God forbid Tommy follow his father by dying from a thrown out back.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 18:20

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

Calvin and Hobbes

Ripley's

# ? Jul 6, 2016 18:21

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Buni

Rhymes with Orange

Pros and Cons

# ? Jul 6, 2016 18:30

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 10, 1968)

Funky Winkerbean

Crankshaft

Rip Haywire

Thimble Theater (January 23, 1930)

# ? Jul 6, 2016 18:35

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

My Lovely Horse posted:

"His father died in the hospital" is an amazingly stupid line for reasons it would take too long to fully explore.

He's Lucky from King of the Hill.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 18:37

Savidudeosoo: Feb 12, 2016; Pelican, a Bag Man

EasyEW posted:

Crankshaft

Oh shut the gently caress up, Batiuk. I just used some coinage to buy my lunch, they're not becoming some lost relic of the past.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 19:18

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

Aardmania posted:

9 Chickweed Lane

So she's willing to marry a fully-grown adult who is surprised that a long-haul flight from NY (I'm guessing they're on the US East Coast) to south-east Asia might take more than an hour or two. Okie doke.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 19:24