Comic Strip Megathread XVI: Winking Throwbacks to Retro Sexism

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

I keep thinking I'm too late to post this, but Mark Trail keeps bringing it up

# ? Sep 7, 2016 18:06

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# ? May 30, 2024 20:46

Parahexavoctal: Oct 10, 2004; I AM NOT BEING PAID TO CORRECT OTHER PEOPLE'S POSTS! DONKEY!!

Green Intern posted:

That isn't Abner in the last panel?

# ? Sep 7, 2016 18:14

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

Manuel Calavera posted:

Bizarro

Admittedly a second left hand makes a helluva more impressive trophy than a bog standard crocodile head.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 18:15

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

The last Abner comic I saw in the thread, he was in New York or wherever the hell the explosion was. How did he get back to his podunk town if he can't even remember his name? Was this covered in one strip?

I hate this comic

# ? Sep 7, 2016 18:23

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Groo the Wanderer has been doing the "title character destroys any seagoing vessel he sets foot on" gag for like decades now. And doing it much better than Mark Trail.

Buni

Rhymes with Orange

Pros and Cons

# ? Sep 7, 2016 18:51

dirksteadfast: Oct 10, 2010

Tiggum posted:

Is that actually a thing? You can go into the shop and just play with legos?

The better question is why isn't this grown woman reasonably thinking "Oh hey, I do like food, so an olive oil tasting might be a cool thing to try and not a terrible suggestion just because it isn't related to nerd stuff"? Even fat nerd guy was willing to attend a sporting event with the sport guy.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 18:57

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

Julet Esqu posted:

The Amazing Spider-Man

This reminds me of this clip where Lex Luthor is in the Flash's body.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qy4EIvvVj4

SomeMathGuy posted:

Mark Trail

Jam Esallen has some weird looking friends.

F Minus

Mary Worth

"Yes. It's called heroin."
"Won't I get addicted to that?"
"Well for that we have methadone."
"But then I'll be hooked on that."
"Perhaps you've heard of suboxone?"

Rex Morgan MD

Secret Agent X-9

Apartment 3-G

Edit:

Selachian posted:

Rhymes with Orange

I had to go through the trash for my retainer a couple times in middle school. Not a lot of fun.

Murdstone fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Sep 7, 2016

# ? Sep 7, 2016 19:06

Countblanc: Apr 20, 2005; _{Help a hero out!}

Manuel Calavera posted:

Tina's Groove

I think what I like about Tina's Groove is how the author seems to want you to laugh with the cast re: their femininity and youth, rather than at them. If this were Dustin the joke would be written where we were supposed to laugh at Tina's friend for her Illogical Woman Desires (I swear I've seen strips with Dustin's mom buying shoes and everyone rolling their eyes), and there's countless strips where Tina is doing stuff on her phone and it's just... normal. Like a thing a young woman would do, and no one gives her poo poo or talks about how much of a degenerate she is for not talking to random strangers nearby instead. It feels really genuine, even if it isn't particularly funny sometimes.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 19:17

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.

The stuff I got in before imgur started spitting up on itself again...

Bloom County

Peanuts (September 10, 1969)

Funky Winkerbean

Real question: Is this a common campus thing now, or is TomBat just making poo poo up again?

Fake question: How soon until he runs out of cartoon cavemen to drive this poo poo into the ground?

Crankshaft

Rip Haywire

Thimble Theater (March 27, 1930)

EasyEW fucked around with this message at 19:28 on Sep 7, 2016

# ? Sep 7, 2016 19:26

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

EasyEW posted:

Funky Winkerbean

Real question: Is this a common campus thing now, or is TomBat just making poo poo up again?

I can only speak to my own university but our ID locks are only used during off hours for buildings with classrooms and offices (e.g. late at night, weekends); for obvious reasons residence halls are 24/7. I can't imagine one being used during regular class hours because of the massive congestion it would cause.

e: Oh, wait, the student id in the comic is on their phone? Yeah, no, plastic cards with magnetic strips are still the norm.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 19:35

Bobulus: Jan 28, 2007

I've seen RFID chips in plastic ID cards, but never on your phone. In theory your phone is capable of NFC communication to unlock a building, but I'd be shocked if any school required it, as maybe only half the cell phones on the market today have NFC chips, and only a fraction of the student body will have new enough phones to have the hardware and OS to run the app. Either that, or they've got the least-secure security system ever and you're just holding a QR-code on your phone's screen up to a scanner.

And we never had card readers on classroom buildings, only dormitories and private research wings.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 19:43

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

EasyEW posted:

Thimble Theater (March 27, 1930)

Ok, I actually laughed at this one.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 19:51

His Divine Shadow: Aug 7, 2000; I'm not a fascist. I'm a priest. Fascists dress up in black and tell people what to do.

Mercury Hat posted:

In the US they've just started rolling out chip and pin debit cards to major retailers. We're way behind Europe in both technology and infrastructure that it takes a good 5-10 seconds for each step of the process to go through. So the reader asks you to insert your card, then wait, then asks if you want cash back, then wait, then verify the amount is correct, then wait, then enter your PIN, then wait, then remove your card. Compounding the issue is some stores might ask questions in a different order or skip the cash back option or throw new questions at you like asking if you want to donate to a charity or something, so for people unused to them it's easy to yank your card out too soon.

Unrelated to our laughable banking systems, how old are these Go Comics posters? You won't have the widest selection, but there's wedding gowns out there under $200 that aren't flour sacks or Carol Burnett's Gone With the Wind dress.

That used to be an issue and there are still slight variations, but they basically always say when it's OK to remove cards and they just keep removing steps.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 19:53

Calaveron: Aug 7, 2006

EasyEW posted:

Funky Winkerbean

Real question: Is this a common campus thing now, or is TomBat just making poo poo up again?

Fake question: How soon until he runs out of cartoon cavemen to drive this poo poo into the ground?

There's still Fred Flintstone and Captain Caveman at the very least

# ? Sep 7, 2016 23:13

ComradeCosmobot: Dec 4, 2004; USPOL July

Calaveron posted:

There's still Fred Flintstone and Captain Caveman at the very least

I thought we saw Fred on Monday. But it's gotta be at least two because we've got Thursday and Friday left in the week.

# ? Sep 7, 2016 23:34

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.

Calaveron posted:

There's still Fred Flintstone and Captain Caveman at the very least

ComradeCosmobot posted:

I thought we saw Fred on Monday. But it's gotta be at least two because we've got Thursday and Friday left in the week.

It just dawned on me that the "perfect" button to this sequence is Wally actually being ahead of the curve on something and ending the week as George Jetson.

# ? Sep 8, 2016 00:15

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

Modesty Blaise

# ? Sep 8, 2016 00:33

CaptainCaveman: Apr 16, 2005; Always searching for North.

Calaveron posted:

There's still Fred Flintstone and Captain Caveman at the very least

Hi!

# ? Sep 8, 2016 01:30

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

Green Intern posted:

I'm betting on Hector just tripping and knocking himself out.

Transmodiar posted:

Modesty Blaise

YES

# ? Sep 8, 2016 02:07

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

Baldo

Fred Basset

Frog Applause

Ginger Meggs

Heart of the City

Henry

Lockhorns

Moose & Molly

Pickles

Reply All

Ziggy

Zits

# ? Sep 8, 2016 02:07

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

Tiggum posted:

Zits

He's just mad he's getting Stacy's Mommed.

# ? Sep 8, 2016 02:10

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Thats his cousin or doppleganger, I didnt pay too much attention. Looks exactly like him except for a bent nose.

# ? Sep 8, 2016 02:17

don Jaime: Apr 3, 2004

EasyEW posted:

Funky Winkerbean

Real question: Is this a common campus thing now, or is TomBat just making poo poo up again?

Fake question: How soon until he runs out of cartoon cavemen to drive this poo poo into the ground?

I work at a hotel, and we just installed these kind of locks last week. Yes, they're supposed to work with cell phones; the idea is that the guest can check in and obtain the code online and not stop at the front desk at all. I've not seen anybody use a phone to do it yet. Also the installers didn't code the linen closet doors right, so for the room attendants to get in, we have spoons jammed in the door frames so the doors won't close.

# ? Sep 8, 2016 02:37

Sweaty IT Nerd: Jul 13, 2007

WickedHate posted:

He's just mad he's getting Stacy's Mommed.

It just occurred to me it is John Cho in the classic milf scene. Thankfully Google confirms this and not that I am a massive racialist.

# ? Sep 8, 2016 03:08

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.

Pogo (August 30 and September 1-3, 1958 (around the time that Juliet Jones got amnesia, for those of you with long memories.))

Peanuts: Year Five (May 9-11, 1955)

Out Our Way (October 18-19, 1929)

# ? Sep 8, 2016 03:15

ComradeCosmobot: Dec 4, 2004; USPOL July

EasyEW posted:

It just dawned on me that the "perfect" button to this sequence is Wally actually being ahead of the curve on something and ending the week as George Jetson.

I was thinking the same when I posted, except it'll be more obnoxious, like him complaining about not getting it, and then being told by Rachel "Don't worry, you're still George Jetson to me!"

ComradeCosmobot fucked around with this message at 03:27 on Sep 8, 2016

# ? Sep 8, 2016 03:23

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

Tiggum posted:

Pickles

Please keep posting Pickes, I like it a lot.

Rarebit Fiend (click for huge)

Outbursts of Everett True (July, 1915)

And He Did.

Guess If They Are Married!

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

Banana Oil!

The Gay Thirties (December 1934)

They�ll Do It Everytime (December 1939)

Mopsy (May, 1940)

Feiffer (click for big) (1967)

Jaf

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

Mr. Tweedy (August, 1970)

Wee Pals (click for big) (October 1970)

True North

# ? Sep 8, 2016 03:24

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Nenonen posted:

Is this another Lee Falk cameo? There has to be a reason for the fourth-wall breaking look.

I am absolutely certain that is supposed to be Lee Falk.

Initially I was thinking Peter Falk, but that could only happen in our sweetest dreams.

Luann

The Amazing Spider-Man

Sally Forth

Did something happen to Mason? Has he always looked like that?

The Heart of Juliet Jones

# ? Sep 8, 2016 04:21

Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

The Classic Dinette Set didn't get the memo.

Working Daze veers dangerously close to Dustin territory.

Super-Fun-Pak-Comix casts Bigby's Money-Grubbing Hand.

# ? Sep 8, 2016 04:30

Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

It's All Right Chief Dharma

# ? Sep 8, 2016 05:38

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

Adam Ames

Men!!

Between Shots

# ? Sep 8, 2016 05:39

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

Mark Trail

Pearls Before Swine

The Phantom

Really, who wouldn't be shocked to see a bunch of monks suddenly spring out of a kid's backpack?

# ? Sep 8, 2016 07:24

Esplanade: Jan 6, 2005

Johnny Walker posted:

Apartment 3-G

I'm guessing she's just supposed to come across as young and naive, but I love how increasingly creepy Wesley's sister is getting.

# ? Sep 8, 2016 07:30

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

Intelligent Life

Take It From the Tinkersons

Dark Side of the Horse

# ? Sep 8, 2016 11:56

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

Julet Esqu posted:

Luann

quote:

Brad�s suggested shopping trip for the �women� almost guarantees that Toni won�t get the under $200 dress she was hoping for. I can�t see Nancy going to the Goodwill, or a thrift shop.

So, while �the ladies� run up a bill for a dress to be worn once, will Brad and his Dad shop for all those matching tablecloths and napkins and cumberbands and bow ties and top hats and tuxes and table placements and chair banners that Frank regrets so much not having at his wedding?

Film at elevenzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

quote:

Some of us were criticizing Brad a few days ago. Now, it seems that he�s really on top of things!

quote:

If Toni goes to the second hand, and finds something and the ladies (read Nancy) does a little rework, it could be really fab. I bought something off a clearance rack, spend a few weeks and a few yards of this and that, sequins, beads, and had a killer dress for under $20 (the this and that were secondhand recycles).

quote:

Ah these Two are so Much in LOVE that They are Unknowingly, Driving Off in Somebody Else�s Car�..,

quote:

�Meanwhile, over at the DeGroot Rental property, Little Shannon Suddenly Remembers that She had been Cheated out of Her trip to the Pool! �Grown-Ups! They ALWAYS Lie!� She Thinks. Angrily Clutching Her Hammer, She looks around for some Adult, to Vent Her WRATH. Suddenly TJ Walks Into the Room�..,�

quote:

Mordock999 GoComics PRO Member said, about 17 hours ago
@argy.bargy2
�A doggie!� shouted tiny Shannon, leaping for Moose�s head and totally forgetting the Hammer Clutched in Her Hand�.,"
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SEE? THIS is Why Satire should be left to the Experts. But nice effort Argy.
HERE. Let Me try and FIX it for You:
�However, Mid Flight, the Large Claw Hammer Slipped from Shannon�s Hands, Striking the Evil TJ squarely in the Teeth, with a resounding �CRACK! �Shannon!� Said Moose. �Call 911 and Summon the Police! We Have Burglar here, DISGUISED as Your �Uncle TJ!� And After We Press Charges, I�ll Take You too the Child Protective Services Kiddie Pool!� YAY!, Said Shannon." � The END -

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