Comic Strip Megathread XVI: Winking Throwbacks to Retro Sexism

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R Ubbish: Apr 15, 2013

Aardmania posted:

Judge Parker

# ? Aug 29, 2016 18:39

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# ? May 30, 2024 07:04

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

Johnny Aztec posted:

By a 1920s car though? Probably more like a month. You didn't have highways or interstates back then, and vehicles were still uncommon, so you'd have to stick to the major major routes so you can get gas.
Honestly, I don't think anyone traveled that far by car. You could just take a train.

Going by the 1916 Lincoln Highway Official Road Guide, it estimated a time of between 20-30 days. The highway would have been improved by 1922, but it still would be fairly rough going for most of the trip.

# ? Aug 29, 2016 18:42

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

SomeMathGuy posted:

Mark Trail Meets

I'm pretty sick of these inside jokes in MT. Get on with it already.

Some Guy TT posted:

Sewol

This was a fascinating post. Thanks for it!

EasyEW posted:

Ces: "Because you should really see the original black & white artwork for today’s strip." He really loves Manley's line work on this one.

I actually saw this before I saw the color version and was legitimately shocked. I'm really liking what he's doing so far.

F Minus

Mary Worth

Going on a quick errand? What a great chance to bond!

Rex Morgan MD

Secret Agent X-9

I like that back then "Just shoot at the house" was a strategy the cops used.

Apartment 3-G

More Cab Calloway rotoscoping!

# ? Aug 29, 2016 19:29

Achernar: Sep 2, 2011

treasureplane posted:

Lil' Abner (February 15, 1937)

This comic is just horrible things happening to horrible people. I hate it.

# ? Aug 29, 2016 21:23

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

dismas posted:

classic nancy is so good

That's what I've been saying!

It consistently makes me laugh out loud.

# ? Aug 29, 2016 21:32

Trilobite: Aug 15, 2001

Johnny Walker posted:

I agree about Rex. It was nice to see him just be genuinely concerned and helpful to someone, and not in some outlandish way. "I can't really fix it, but I can check out what I can until you see your specialist." I just felt good reading it today, no joke.

I'm still having trouble adjusting to the concept of Rex providing actual medical care and advice; I keep focusing on the "very well-stocked freezer" line and remembering the bit a few months back where senile old Milton showed that guy the huge bundles of cash hidden in it. Even when Rex Morgan, MD is genuinely trying to be about a doctor, I can't help but read it as a comic strip about how awesome it is when rich people get their hands on even more money.

# ? Aug 29, 2016 21:34

Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

Gene Wilder passed away today at the age of 83 (he had Alzheimer's but kept it private), so get ready for the trite tribute strips from Working Daze and Gilchrist.

Sorry to break it this way, but better me than from one of those strips.

(Also, gently caress Alzheimer's)

# ? Aug 29, 2016 21:40

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Evil Mastermind posted:

Gene Wilder passed away today at the age of 83 (he had Alzheimer's but kept it private), so get ready for the trite tribute strips from Working Daze and Gilchrist.

Sorry to break it this way, but better me than from one of those strips.

(Also, gently caress Alzheimer's)

eh, he wasn't a fogey rock/country musician so he's probably safe from Gilchrist.

# ? Aug 29, 2016 23:04

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Bobulus posted:

Her hair is going 'up'. She's probably hanging upside down from a tree or something, having been thrown from the crash and miraculously alive and mostly unharmed. Unfortunately.

Also notice the direction of the blood trickle.

# ? Aug 29, 2016 23:07

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

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Selachian posted:

eh, he wasn't a fogey rock/country musician so he's probably safe from Gilchrist.

I think the lazy musical references will be too appealing.

# ? Aug 29, 2016 23:09

ComradeCosmobot: Dec 4, 2004; USPOL July

Selachian posted:

eh, he wasn't a fogey rock/country musician so he's probably safe from Gilchrist.

You're telling me he isn't going to do a commemoration of the only real childhood icon, Willy Wonka (certainly the only one from the 1960s)?

# ? Aug 29, 2016 23:16

Maxwell Lord: Dec 12, 2008; I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.; Grimey Drawer

Aardmania posted:

Judge Parker

This is like the poster for an Argento movie. Also:

Selachian posted:

Edge of Strong Men Also Cry

and no, I can't read what's lettered on that not at all photo-traced car, even with Gocomics' zoom. Shordsach Funeral Home?

Oh no. It's Schoedsack, because it's Marian C. Cooper, see, and Merian C. Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack were the makers of King Kong and this is the stupidest possible context in which to make that reference.

# ? Aug 29, 2016 23:34

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Maxwell Lord posted:

Oh no. It's Schoedsack, because it's Marian C. Cooper, see, and Merian C. Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack were the makers of King Kong and this is the stupidest possible context in which to make that reference.

Thanks for the explanation. At least Vorderbrug seems proud of the clever references:

# ? Aug 30, 2016 00:00

Calaveron: Aug 7, 2006

Has judge parker updated yet

# ? Aug 30, 2016 00:10

DC Money: Feb 24, 2007; I'm a fancy lad.

Some Guy TT posted:

That you probably were not aware of any of this until some guy on a comedy website's message board told you is, I hope, the surest possible evidence that nearly everyone writing about Korean issues in English today is a lovely hack. I mean, sheesh, I'm a film critic, not a journalist, but even in that limited field the effect this has had locally is so huge you practically have to stick your fingers in your ears to not be aware of it. Either that or get blackout drunk every night instead of doing actual research.

edit: Oh, one more thing. They've only just now gotten around to actually salvaging the ship and getting close to recovering the bodies. This is probably why Saenuri thought they could kill the committee prematurely. That they seriously thought that after all this time and gently caress-ups this would satisfy the issue well...again, they're just horribly tone-deaf is the main problem here.

WOW! Thanks for that context. I remember when the accident happened that it was terribly sad, made worse by the fact that (as it was reported here, not sure if it's accurate) the kids could have easily gotten off the ship early but they were told to sit below decks and not do anything, which they did until it was too late and the ship capsized. Interesting that it's not just american conservatives who are against safety regulations, etc..

# ? Aug 30, 2016 00:20

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

EasyEW posted:

So far, so good.

Rarebit Fiend (click for huge)

Outbursts of Everett True (January, 1919)

I'm sorry the first frame is jumbled, because this is a good one.
"Now, just let me get in a word -- do you really believe that legislation would be improved by letting the women of the (?) states to vote just the same as the men?"

http://nationalwomansparty.org/learn/womens-history-in-the-u-s posted:

In May 1919, the House of Representatives passed the federal suffrage amendment followed by the Senate a few weeks later. The 19th Amendment was ratified on August 26, 1920, and women�s suffrage was achieved.

And He Did.

Guess If They Are Married!

Good Time Guy (click for big) (August, 1930)

Gross Exaggerations (click for big) (July, 1930)

The Gay Thirties (December 1934)

They�ll Do It Everytime (November 1939)

Mopsy (May, 1940)

Feiffer (click for big) (1967)

Jaf

Andy Capp (click for big) (August, 1970)

Wee Pals (click for big) (September 1970)

Mr. Tweedy

True North

# ? Aug 30, 2016 01:13

Tunicate: May 15, 2012; Can't post for 4 hours!

Slammy posted:

Mr. Tweedy

Meta.

quote:

"Now, just let me get in a word -- do you really believe that legislation would be improved by letting the women of the (?) states to vote just the same as the men?"

(?) has to be UNITED

# ? Aug 30, 2016 02:19

Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

Calaveron posted:

Has judge parker updated yet

The first time that's ever been asked in the history of the Comics Megathreads.

The Classic Dinette Set doesn't get into the holiday spirit.

Working Daze has its priorities straight.

Super-Fun-Pak-Comix gets to the point.

# ? Aug 30, 2016 02:29

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

I don't really get this Everett True?

# ? Aug 30, 2016 02:50

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 (July 1, 1929)

Peanuts: Year Five (April 28-May 1, 1955)

# ? Aug 30, 2016 03:13

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Aardmania posted:

Judge Parker

Her face looks just like my face when I read this comic.

Luann

The Amazing Spider-Man

Sally Forth

The Heart of Juliet Jones

OMG POPS IS SHAKING HIS FIST

# ? Aug 30, 2016 03:37

CommaToes: Dec 15, 2006; Ecce Buffo

WickedHate posted:

I don't really get this Everett True?

Mrs True is saying that women will vote differently then men and legislation will change for the better as a result.

# ? Aug 30, 2016 03:45

Shugojin: Sep 6, 2007; THE TAIL THAT BURNS TWICE AS BRIGHT...

God drat is Marciuliano ever hell-bent on getting some actual bad things happening in a soap opera strip like holy poo poo.

# ? Aug 30, 2016 03:45

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

Modesty Blaise

# ? Aug 30, 2016 04:09

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

CommaToes posted:

Mrs True is saying that women will vote differently then men and legislation will change for the better as a result.

Ah, I see now. Thanks!

# ? Aug 30, 2016 04:27

ChickenOfTomorrow: Nov 11, 2012; god damn it, you've got to be kind

Adam Ames

Between Shots

# ? Aug 30, 2016 04:36

Tumblr of scotch: Mar 13, 2006; Please, don't be my neighbor.

How the hell did Ces manage to make Judge Parker of all strips into the first one I ctrl+f for on a new page

# ? Aug 30, 2016 05:12

The MSJ: May 17, 2010

For a moment there, I thought Ant-Man is Big-Gay-Logan-ing Spidey.

# ? Aug 30, 2016 05:25

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

Blood 'N' Guts Comix Zone

Heathcliff

Piranha Club

Dick Tracy

Judge Parker

9 Chickweed Lane

~~Pibgorn~~ Wahoo Terminal

# ? Aug 30, 2016 06:35

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

Aardmania posted:

Dick Tracy

You know The Final Problem only really worked because Doyle intended it as the actual, definitive finale and there were no new Holmes stories for a while. That's also why it worked in the Granada version.

... Eh, who cares about this old, busted stuff?

quote:

Judge Parker

Please be impaled on a tree branch, please be impaled on a tree branch, please be impaled on a tree branch, I cannot believe I'm so excited to see where Judge Parker goes next. :allears:

Mark Trail

Pearls Before Swine

The Phantom

# ? Aug 30, 2016 06:40

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Oh gently caress he is going all Misery on Tracy? :ohdear:

And Sophie's alive. Now it's making me wonder if this is a fakeout for the teased Death in the Family. She makes it, but someone else dies?

Synthbuttrange fucked around with this message at 07:01 on Aug 30, 2016

# ? Aug 30, 2016 06:58

Trilobite: Aug 15, 2001

SynthOrange posted:

And Sophie's alive. Now it's making me wonder if this is a fakeout for the teased Death in the Family. She makes it, but someone else dies?

Yeah, going off the teaser art Ces shared before starting his run, it might be Judge Randy Parker's wife April (the covert government operative who went missing recently) that's going to die. April's pregnant, but also a very, very minor character. (I mean, think how minor you have to be to have less time on-panel than Judge Randy Parker, for god's sake. Poor guy barely even showed up in his own wedding.)

But hey, maybe they'll both die? I'm all for clearing the decks if it gives him room to make this strip more law-focused and less "yay! the Spencer-Drivers got richer! again!"

# ? Aug 30, 2016 07:40

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

I feel I might be getting strips mixed up here. Is it just one of Judge Parker and Rex Morgan that's just continually getting rich or is it both of them?

# ? Aug 30, 2016 07:47

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

SomeMathGuy posted:

Please be impaled on a tree branch, please be impaled on a tree branch, please be impaled on a tree branch, I cannot believe I'm so excited to see where Judge Parker goes next.

The car's upside down and she was wearing a seatbelt.

# ? Aug 30, 2016 07:55

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Trees can reach inside cars to get to their prey.

# ? Aug 30, 2016 08:04

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

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SynthOrange posted:

And Sophie's alive. Now it's making me wonder if this is a fakeout for the teased Death in the Family. She makes it, but someone else dies?

I was thinking the opposite. The teaser image showed April, but it might actually be Sophie who dies.

SynthOrange posted:

I feel I might be getting strips mixed up here. Is it just one of Judge Parker and Rex Morgan that's just continually getting rich or is it both of them?

It's both.

# ? Aug 30, 2016 08:07

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

Ghostlight posted:

The car's upside down and she was wearing a seatbelt.

Oh. Darn. I was hoping she'd been flung from the vehicle.

# ? Aug 30, 2016 08:12

Wanamingo: Feb 22, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

Manuel Calavera posted:

Foob

How DARE my GOD DAMNED KID dress NICELY! I wish that little poo poo was never born!

Six Chix

Zippy the Pinhead

Nancy

Arlo and Janis

Andertoons

Pluggers

# ? Aug 30, 2016 08:34

Zereth: Jul 9, 2003

SynthOrange posted:

I feel I might be getting strips mixed up here. Is it just one of Judge Parker and Rex Morgan that's just continually getting rich or is it both of them?

Both, but Judge Parker moreso.

# ? Aug 30, 2016 08:47

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# ? May 30, 2024 07:04

dordreff: Jul 16, 2013

SynthOrange posted:

Trees can reach inside cars to get to their prey.

If we learn nothing else from Harry Potter, let it be this.

# ? Aug 30, 2016 08:54

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