Comic Strip Megathread XVI: Winking Throwbacks to Retro Sexism

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Esplanade: Jan 6, 2005

Johnny Walker posted:

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EJ Powers (got nothin' on him)

Don't recognize many of those names, but I can get behind Foxy Grandpa for Postmaster General!

# ? Sep 12, 2016 05:58

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# ? May 30, 2024 04:11

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

Mark Trail

Pearls Before Swine Meets

The Phantom

# ? Sep 12, 2016 06:24

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

Fred Basset

Frog Applause

Turns out Ginger Meggs is doing a thing on Sundays, so this is from three months ago:

Heart of the City

Heavenly Nostrils

Henry

Lockhorns

Moose and Molly

Office Hours

Ollie and Quentin

Pickles

Reply All

Zits

Julet Esqu posted:

Phantom Classic

Ok, so, yes, today's strip is pretty racist and all. But can we just put that aside for a moment and appreciate the cannibals' drawings of Phantom's granddad over there?

They are pretty great.

# ? Sep 12, 2016 06:25

Wanamingo: Feb 22, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

Six Chix

Zippy the Pinhead

Nancy

Arlo and Janis

Andertoons

Pluggers

Woah, curry powder? Slow down there, Jose, some of us actually like to be able to taste what we're eating.

# ? Sep 12, 2016 07:51

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.

SomeMathGuy posted:

The Phantom

Be careful with that gun, that's a loving antique.

# ? Sep 12, 2016 08:12

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

His Divine Shadow posted:

Be careful with that gun, that's a loving antique.

It's probably a Chinese knock-off anyway.

# ? Sep 12, 2016 08:27

Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

9/11 tributes are still a thing? Can anyone who surfs the archives check and see whether newspaper comics come December 7th, 1956 thought it was necessary to remind people about Pearl Harbor?

It's All Right, Chief Dharma

edit: ...I'm an idiot and can't remember dates, sue me.

Some Guy TT fucked around with this message at 13:07 on Sep 12, 2016

# ? Sep 12, 2016 11:30

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 12, 2016 12:39

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

Wanamingo posted:

Woah, curry powder? Slow down there, Jose, some of us actually like to be able to taste what we're eating.

t, dang Pluggers.

Tina's Groove

Family Circus

Rose is Rose

One Big Happy

Foob

Compu-Toon

Bizarro

Dilbert

# ? Sep 12, 2016 14:56

treasureplane: Jul 12, 2008; throwing darts in lovers' eyes, &c.

King Aroo (August 20, 1951)

Nancy (October 4, 1943)

Wash Tubbs (June 17, 1929)

Gasoline Alley (July 2, 1923)

Barney Google (July 3, 1922)

Alley Oop (October 2, 1933)

Lil' Abner (March 1, 1937)

# ? Sep 12, 2016 16:43

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

The final chapter of Modesty Blaise: The Inca Trail!

If you want to relive it from the beginning, the album is here:

http://imgur.com/a/BxVwq

Tomorrow, we start a new adventure: The Vanishing Dollybirds

Transmodiar fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Sep 12, 2016

# ? Sep 12, 2016 17:17

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

SomeMathGuy posted:

The Phantom

Now he just has to tame an elephant, move a boulder, and kill a tiger.

Wanamingo posted:

Pluggers

Woah, curry powder? Slow down there, Jose, some of us actually like to be able to taste what we're eating.

treasureplane posted:

Wash Tubbs (June 17, 1929)

Clearly the fact that he has the stolen money proves he is innocent of stealing it.

F Minus

Mary Worth

"We can help him, if we feel like it and maybe if you ask nicely." :colbert:

Rex Morgan MD

Look at me I'm big gay Jordan!

Secret Agent X-9

Another case closed by X-9!

Apartment 3-G

# ? Sep 12, 2016 17:48

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Buni

Rhymes with Orange

Pros and Cons

Edge of Narratively Convenient Weather

# ? Sep 12, 2016 18:14

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 15, 1929)

Peanuts, in which Linus burns his draft card. (September 15, 1969)

Funky Winkerbean

Meanwhile, Crankshaft runs in terror from his responsibilities.

Rip Haywire

Out Our Way (October 23-24, 1929)

Thimble Theater, in which Popeye finally reaches his limit. (April 1, 1930)

# ? Sep 12, 2016 19:16

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

EasyEW posted:

Out Our Way (October 23-24, 1929)

Those kids have been casing the joint for weeks. Soon, they'll make the biggest score of their lives.

# ? Sep 12, 2016 19:23

Lowen SoDium: Jun 5, 2003; Highen Fiber; Clapping Larry

EasyEW posted:

Funky Winkerbean

Or you could just stream it like a normal person.

# ? Sep 12, 2016 19:24

dismas: Jul 31, 2008

EasyEW posted:

Funky Winkerbean

SOME GIZMO

# ? Sep 12, 2016 19:28

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

Gil

Heathcliff

Piranha Club

Dick Tracy

Well, not exactly. Tracy was in Florida at the time finishing up this Mistress of Death case. This is the strip that ran on that day.

The Snails story started a few days later on the 14th.

The story was ended by an action packed mustache.

Judge Parker

9 Chickweed Lane

Further evidence that this strip is unraveling.

# ? Sep 12, 2016 19:31

Bobulus: Jan 28, 2007

Aardmania posted:

Judge Parker

I'm liking this twist that the truck driver was apparently the crazy one in the headon collision with the car full of drinking teens.

# ? Sep 12, 2016 19:49

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

EasyEW posted:

I was puzzled by this one until I realized it's a week from Halloween, the kids are plotting to trash the house.

# ? Sep 12, 2016 19:58

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.

Selachian posted:

I was puzzled by this one until I realized it's a week from Halloween, the kids are plotting to trash the house.

They're going to steal the neighbors' fences and soap their windows, which is what you had to do before toilet paper caught on.

# ? Sep 12, 2016 20:18

My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

gently caress Sophie and her band, I want to get all into the adventures of Sandwich the trucker.

# ? Sep 12, 2016 20:29

Simian_Prime: Nov 6, 2011; When they passed out body parts in the comics today, I got Cathy's nose and Dick Tracy's private parts.

Dick Tracy

"Apparently Snails hadn't been following the past 5 decades of America's actions in international politics."

# ? Sep 12, 2016 20:52

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

"I couldn't believe anyone could do that to us", says the American. Meanwhile, countries in the Middle East and Asia have gotten used to it decades ago.

# ? Sep 12, 2016 21:06

Senior Woodchuck: Aug 29, 2006; When you're lost out there and you're all alone, a light is waiting to carry you home

EasyEW posted:

Peanuts, in which Linus burns his draft card. (September 15, 1969)

For anyone who's wondering: Grenada.

# ? Sep 12, 2016 23:52

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

Hey, y'all, sorry for the radio silence - work had a big shindig this weekend, and I was working quite a bit.
A huge dinner event for 3,700 of our closest friends and.. you don't care, on with comix!

Rarebit Fiend (click for huge)

Outbursts of Everett True (July, 1915)

Do you really bathe a canary? Is that 1915 sexual slang?

And He Died.

"take off my flesh"?

Guess If They Are Married!

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

Banana Oil!

The Gay Thirties (January 1935)

Women.

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

Some of these comics are on their way out - I can't find new sources. I'm on the lookout for new ones, and am happy to take suggestions.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 02:03

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

Slammy posted:

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

Haha! Women dying in childbirth is a great setup for a gag!

Slammy posted:

They�ll Do It Everytime (December 1939)

A woman locked in a neverending and escalating cycle of spousal abuse! Hilarious!

Slammy posted:

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

An abusive drunk openly cheating on his wife! My sides! They are splitting!

I gotta say, Slammy, this was a particularly dark day in your collection of comics.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 02:19

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

Slammy posted:

Some of these comics are on their way out - I can't find new sources. I'm on the lookout for new ones, and am happy to take suggestions.

Oh Baby

# ? Sep 13, 2016 02:29

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; I'm meat on the hoof

JaggerMcDagger posted:

Oh Baby

Scorer, or Girls & Sports

# ? Sep 13, 2016 02:33

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

Johnny Walker posted:

A woman locked in a neverending and escalating cycle of spousal abuse! Hilarious!

It kind of makes for a fitting, albeit extremely dark, TDIET. That does happen all the time and I'm sure people exposed to it constantly probably see a cynical sort of amusement in it. More worrying is how the police and judge handle it-trying to convince her not to press charges, calling it a family dispute, that sort of thing. I've seen a psa from around the 60s(or maybe older) that was basically a psa for wives to have their husbands lashed and sent back home instead of imprisoned for physical abuse.

I tell ya, that guy being all :smug:

and having a pre-Hitler Hitler moustache ain't helping things.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 02:38

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Luann

The Amazing Spider-Man

Sally Forth

The Heart of Juliet Jones

# ? Sep 13, 2016 02:42

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

Adam Ames

Between Shots

terribly active snipers they've got 'round here

Office Hours

And I'm picking up something new:
Ella Cinders

ChickenOfTomorrow fucked around with this message at 02:53 on Sep 13, 2016

# ? Sep 13, 2016 02:45

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Transmodiar posted:

The final chapter of Modesty Blaise: The Inca Trail!

We saved the kids! Now lets overthrow a junta! :woop:

# ? Sep 13, 2016 02:58

Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

The Classic Dinette Set doesn't see the connection.

Working Daze is like twenty cups of coffee.

Super-Fun-Pak-Comix gives us the behind-the-scenes stories.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 03:08

Zereth: Jul 9, 2003

Slammy posted:

Some of these comics are on their way out - I can't find new sources. I'm on the lookout for new ones, and am happy to take suggestions.

Do you have a source for Tinyarms-era Dick Tracy?

This is a serious suggestion, by the way. I want more tinyarms baffling nonsensical repeating timelines dick tracy in my life.

# ? Sep 13, 2016 03:14

CommaToes: Dec 15, 2006; Ecce Buffo

Zereth posted:

Do you have a source for Tinyarms-era Dick Tracy?

This is a serious suggestion, by the way. I want more tinyarms baffling nonsensical repeating timelines dick tracy in my life.

It Happened!

Does anyone have the composite of that?

# ? Sep 13, 2016 04:08

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