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Ensign_Ricky
Jan 4, 2008

Daddy Warlord
of the
Children of the Corn


or something...

I have no idea who this is referencing, no do I care, but gently caress Gilchrest anyway.

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Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

How long til Nancy and Mark Trail get cancelled

Wanamingo
Feb 22, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

SynthOrange posted:

How long til Nancy and Mark Trail get cancelled

How long until the heat death of the universe?

Say Nothing
Mar 5, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Say Nothing posted:

I'm guessing her most likely course of action will be to fall off the cliff.

SomeMathGuy posted:

Mark Trail Meets the Feather Fall Spell

Strontium
Aug 28, 2009

Dexter didn't much care for the party.
Intelligent Life


Take It From the Tinkersons


Dark Side of the Horse

Selachian
Oct 9, 2012

SomeMathGuy posted:

Mark Trail Meets the Feather Fall Spell


"That's going to leave a mark!" should be Mark's catchphrase.

Rhymes with Orange



Pros and Cons

amishjosh
Jul 16, 2004
Yeah

BigDave posted:

BAH! Clown 9 was the best Spider-Man villain, and I refuse to be told otherwise!

this is correct, because big shot and big time didn't have custom duck cars, making them inferior to clown-9



iron jonah is a close second

Goober Peas
Jun 30, 2007

Check out my 'Vette, bro


Ensign_Ricky posted:

I have no idea who this is referencing, no do I care, but gently caress Gilchrest anyway.

Move Nancy to the obituaries section and the problem is solved :haw:

Zanzibar Ham
Mar 17, 2009

You giving me the cold shoulder? How cruel.


Grimey Drawer

Goober Peas posted:

Move Nancy to the obituaries section and the problem is solved :haw:

I think it's too depressing for that section.

BigglesSWE
Dec 2, 2014

How 'bout them hawks news huh!

Zanzibar Ham posted:

I think it's too depressing for that section.

But the art is certainly lifeless enough to fit in.

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

dirksteadfast
Oct 10, 2010

Tina's Groove doesn't get a ton of focus in this thread unless it features odd sequences of nudity, but moments like this give me hope for some of these mediocre strips. You can see glimpses of imagination that are just being stifled by having to do dailies that don't offend 80-year olds.

Transmodiar
Jul 9, 2005

You're a terrible person, Mildred.
Modesty Blaise

Alterian
Jan 28, 2003


I don't think he gets introverts

Julet Esqu
May 6, 2007




Luann



The Amazing Spider-Man


Aww, Jonah, I just found out about your arms. Sorry, buddy. I hope you feel better soon. :glomp:


Sally Forth



The Heart of Juliet Jones

SomeMathGuy
Oct 4, 2014

The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Julet Esqu posted:

The Amazing Spider-Man


Aww, Jonah, I just found out about your arms. Sorry, buddy. I hope you feel better soon. :glomp:

Man JJJ has got like the first stages of boneitis going on there.

Ardeem
Sep 16, 2010

There is no problem that cannot be solved through sufficient application of lasers and friendship.

Julet Esqu posted:


The Amazing Spider-Man


Aww, Jonah, I just found out about your arms. Sorry, buddy. I hope you feel better soon. :glomp:

I'm more worried about his right hand being on backwards. :ohdear:

Tiggum
Oct 24, 2007

Your life and your quest end here.


amishjosh posted:

this is correct, because big shot and big time didn't have custom duck cars, making them inferior to clown-9
Clock. Gun.

I still can't tell if this is terrible or not.

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 (May 24-25, 1929)





Loss, Regret, Despair, and Having A Proxy To Do Your Melting Down For You (Featuring Good Ol' Charlie Brown) (July 19, 1969)



We Got Cheated Out Of Boy Lisa's Death Scene



Crankshaft, in which we just spent a whole week in a conference room taking what could've been an interesting story and talking it to death.



Rip Haywire



Out Our Way (August 7-8, 1929)





Thimble Theater (February 10, 1930)

Tiggum
Oct 24, 2007

Your life and your quest end here.


EasyEW posted:

Thimble Theater (February 10, 1930)


So, the sea hag is the good guy?

Sweaty IT Nerd
Jul 13, 2007

gently caress you TomBat

Murdstone
Jun 14, 2005

I'm feeling Jimmy


Tiggum posted:

Well, this is Lu Ann we're talking about.
That's a valid point.

SomeMathGuy posted:

Mark Trail Meets the Feather Fall Spell

I'm pretty sure he took a pin-up of a girl reclining and copied it for this one.

I checked the Adventurers Group again. Here's some more fun with proportions.



He says the editor sent this one back for being "too cheesecake."

Ensign_Ricky posted:

I have no idea who this is referencing, no do I care, but gently caress Gilchrest anyway.
Scotty Moore, Elvis' backup guitarist died recently. This connection to the early rock and roll era earns him a Gilchrist tribute, despite the fact that it's likely virtually no one reading this strip knows who the "Scotty" is he's referring to here.

I mean the man maybe deserves a tribute, but you could have put more information in there so people know what the hell you're talking about.

F Minus



Mary Worth



"Man! I love these drugs so much I can't stop gazing lovingly at this prescription bottle within which they are stored prior to my consumption!"

Rex Morgan MD



Rene died on the way back to his home planet.

Secret Agent X-9



As a lover of old-timey slang, I like this strip.

Apartment 3-G



Margo, being morally bankrupt, has no such compunctions.

Tiggum
Oct 24, 2007

Your life and your quest end here.


Johnny Walker posted:

I'm pretty sure he took a pin-up of a girl reclining porn and copied traced it for this every one.
FTFY.

Johnny Walker posted:


He says the editor sent this one back for being "too cheesecake."
"Cheesecake" meaning "badly drawn".

Johnny Walker posted:

Mary Worth



"Man! I love these drugs so much I can't stop gazing lovingly at this prescription bottle within which they are stored prior to my consumption!"
Got to admit, I kind of want some drugs now. They seem pretty great.

Johnny Walker posted:

Apartment 3-G

Margo, being morally bankrupt, has no such compunctions.
Ah, there's the Margo Magee we know and love! :allears:

SomeMathGuy
Oct 4, 2014

The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Johnny Walker posted:

I checked the Adventurers Group again. Here's some more fun with proportions.



He says the editor sent this one back for being "too cheesecake."

I feel like even Brooke would look at those legs and remark that it seemed excessive. Coupled with those arms I'm forced to conclude that Cherry is directly descended from a T-Rex.

Julet Esqu
May 6, 2007




Johnny Walker posted:

I'm pretty sure he took a pin-up of a girl reclining and copied it for this one.

I checked the Adventurers Group again. Here's some more fun with proportions.



He says the editor sent this one back for being "too cheesecake."

I'm on the record as being in favor of cheesecake (provided there is also an appropriate amount of beefcake), but it needs to be supported by the plot. This is an adventure/educational nature strip and all we've been getting is bikini ladies and sexy thrusting. I don't even care if the story justification is thin ("Man, it's so hot out here in nature, I guess I'll strip down a bit," or, "Man, these clothes are really constricting. I think I'll pop this shirt off so I can have a full range of motion to punch that beard off your face"), so long as there is one. But the story has to come first or it just looks masturbatory.

Modesty Blaise and Prince Valiant do it right. Phantom has done it right in the past, and so has Newspaper Spidey, for that matter.

Judge Parker skates on a thin line, but at least there's a story around those pointy nipples.

Mark Trail recently has been reaching Chickweed levels of being little more than obvious wank material for the artist.

Aardmania
Jan 1, 2007

Ruining newspapers since 1993.

Shredded Hen
Heathcliff


Piranha Club


Dick Tracy


Judge Parker


9 Chickweed Lane

"Oh, and make sure to bring him a washcloth and a clean pair of pants."

Odonata
Nov 5, 2009
Nap Ghost
I Wish I Were Gary Larson, or, Foolish Mortals


Curse of the Undead! or, Scary Gary


Moving. Spiritually enriching. Sublime. “High” art, or, Gasoline Alley


Phoebe and her Unicorn, or, Heavenly Nostrils


Descent into Madness, or, Ziggy


Ye Olde Fox Trot


Best Comic in the Thread, or, Cul de Sac

Kennel
May 1, 2008

BAWWW-UNH!
Remember when Jam Esallen wanted to save Apartment 3G?

ChickenOfTomorrow
Nov 11, 2012

god damn it, you've got to be kind


ChickenOfTomorrow
Nov 11, 2012

god damn it, you've got to be kind


Alternate second panel:

SomeMathGuy
Oct 4, 2014

The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Mark Trail


Pearls Before Swine Meets Common Sense Solutions


The Phantom

Ms Boods
Mar 19, 2009

Did you ever wonder where the Romans got bread from? It wasn't from Waitrose!

Johnny Walker posted:


Mary Worth



"This is great! I don't know why I ever quit drugs!"



I'm working my way through about two weeks' worth of catch-up, but I gotta say this plotline works even better for me cos I'm imagining this is the same blond guy from Laserblast (albeit now trapped in the Mary Worth universe rather than one with skinny mums, automatic arm removers, sheetcake, and Eddie Deezen as a bully).

Strontium
Aug 28, 2009

Dexter didn't much care for the party.
Intelligent Life


Take It From the Tinkersons


Viivi & Wagner

Selachian
Oct 9, 2012

Rhymes with Orange



Pros and Cons

JaggerMcDagger
Feb 13, 2012

Bringing you Barry from the sordid depths of the Internet

quote:

Aww, Shannon! Sorry you won’t get to sing “Babaloo” in the show, all because of Slicky Rick-Carded!
-
Wait-is she crying about her dad…or the show- or maybe both???

quote:

WHOA! Hey, That’s GREAT, Kid! The ‘Tears’ the ‘Wailing!’
This Kid can ACT! Quick Toni! SHOVE Her out on Stage while She’s still CRYING. She’ll BRING the House down with Her performance.
Yeah, Yeah, I KNOW Gunther’s on now, but Really? Whoever heard of ‘Abraham Lincoln’ in a cape performing ‘magic?’

quote:

Hopefully Shannon can soon become assuaged…or else she’ll go from looking Like Lady Elaine, to Tammy Faye…
what?

quote:

Finding one’s priorities in life has been an underlying theme for many of the characters in Luann for the last two years. Most of them have been adults or teens, but today Shannon’s priorities come to the fore. I hope the big one, working to find ways to have firm relationships with those who matter to her, winds up being a life long priority. I am just so very sorry that today is so painful for her.

quote:

What insensitive early comments. This is a comic strip that delves into real feelings, sometimes seriously. As a man who never knew his father I have a pretty good idea how that abandonment feels. It hurts like a knife that never leaves, and a child feels less valuable, like she is already rejected. No that is painful. It is amazing how many successful people in public life though have gone through that, Halle Berry, and Marion Jones are women that come to mind, and so many men as well. One has to come to terms with that sense of rejection, if they are to move on with life, not feeling that there is something wrong with them. No this is not funny at all, its very said, and again, even though this is a comic strip, my heart goes out to the situation that is portrayed. One of the sub-thermes is how it is handled. The best thing is that Jonah comes in suddenly at the last minute and the show goes on. But like I said a few days ago this was exactly what I was afraid of. And even being in Luannverse, Toni is going to be pissed, or hurt, or at a loss, or sad, or needing Brad to come through somehow to help, and needing to help the feelings of her niece who is clearly very very excited about this dance and guitar number. Disappointing a child in something so important is cruel. ANd what about Brad, or the other characters. No this is a very important arc development, and to me anyway it is not one that snarky commentary is appropriate for. That is just shameful.

quote:

“Up, Up And Allay!”
“Melting, I Scream!”
“The ‘Denied’ Is High” (♬)
“Absence Makes Her Heart Go Over Yonder”
“Battle Of The Indulge”
“Alleviate…Satiate…We All Rotate….” (♪)
“There’s Other Diminish In The Sea”
“A Hard ‘Lessen’ To Take”
“Paying Your Re-duced”
“Better Abate, Than Never”
“No Letup On The Letdowns”
“Wish You Were Here” (♬)
or
“Give Appease A Chance” (♬)

fort knox

Slammy
Mar 30, 2011

Great speech.
PPHPFT!!

Julet Esqu posted:

The Amazing Spider-Man


Is it sad that I was hoping this was a relative of Brenda Starr?



I'm back. The comics while I was away were awful. Thank you.


Rarebit Fiend (click for huge)



Outbursts of Everett True



And He Did.



Guess If They Are Married!



Good Time Guy (click for big)



Gross Exaggerations (click for big)



The Gay Thirties



Mopsy



They’ll Do It Everytime



Feiffer (click for big)



Jaf



Wee Pals (click for big)



Mr. Tweedy



Andy Capp (click for big)

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.
Peanuts (July 27, 1969)



Funky Winkerbean



Crankshaft



Out Our Way With The Willets (June 5 and 12, 1927)



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


Foxtrot

dr_rat
Jun 4, 2001

Slammy posted:

Feiffer (click for big)


Lindsay was elected Mayor of New York in this election and was by most accounts terrible. It probably didn't help Nixon get in though, but he was terrible.

When Beame was later elected Mayor of New York he was by most accounts considered all right.

The passage of time has shown her Liberal friends to of been most likely misguided in their reasoning but over all correct in choice!

Like most Feiffer, still great.

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Green Intern
Dec 29, 2008

Loon, Crazy and Laughable

I'm pretty sure most Luann comments are produced by neural network learning machines talking back and forth at each other.

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