Comic Strip Megathread XVI: Winking Throwbacks to Retro Sexism

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

King Aroo (August 28, 1951)

Nancy (October 12, 1943)

Wash Tubbs (June 25, 1929)

Gasoline Alley (July 10, 1923)

Barney Google (July 11, 1922)

Alley Oop (October 10, 1933)

Lil' Abner (March 9, 1937)

# ? Sep 20, 2016 08:20

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# ? May 30, 2024 22:03

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

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�Test Patterns�
�Design, On The Dotted Line�
�Maid, My Dreams Come True�
�Solid As A Frock�
�Project Runaway�
�Gingham Style�
�Who Wears Waldo?�
�Crime Doesn�t Paisley�
�Three Stripes, And You�re Out!�
�A Beer Barrel, With Polka Dots�
�I�ve Just About Plaid Enough�
�Sash Only, No Checks�
�Something�s Cotton In Denmark!�
�Don�t Be A Spooled Sport!�
�Aced Home Wreck�
�A Strange Sequins, Of Monumental Proportions�
��.And, Leave The Dressed To Me!�
or
�Caught Thread Handed�

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No, Pru.
Luann is Not �STOKED� about the Wedding.
She�s about to have a �STROKE� Over the Wedding�.

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That would look great on the floor next to my bed in the morning�

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JPuzzleWhiz said, about 23 hours ago
@IamJayBluE
�Test Patterns�
�Design, On The Dotted Line�
�Maid, My Dreams Come True�
�Solid As A Frock�
�Project Runaway�
�Gingham Style�
�Who Wears Waldo?�
�Crime Doesn�t Paisley�
�Three Stripes, And You�re Out!�
�A Beer Barrel, With Polka Dots�
�I�ve Just About Plaid Enough�
�Sash Only, No Checks�
�Something�s Cotton In Denmark!�
�Don�t Be A Spooled Sport!�
�Aced Home Wreck�
�A Strange Sequins, Of Monumental Proportions�
��.And, Leave The Dressed To Me!�
or
�Caught Thread Handed�

The whole list gets the Puzzler Prize today!

Let�s see what I can come up with off the top of my head:

�Sew, What�s New?�
�I Sense A Pattern, Here��
�All This, And A Tat, Too!� (a �wearable art� ref)
�Assign By Design�
�Hit The Fabrics�

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PipeTobacco GoComics PRO Member said, about 22 hours ago
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Well, today�s effort actually seems to link well and explain perhaps, why Luann was SO VERY �exuberant� in Sunday�s panels.

Today, I like that Luann is enthused about her art project, and I think it is rather nice that she is imagining her bridesmaid dress is what she will make for her wearable art.

I wonder if Zebo allows the student to seek help from others in terms of the actual construction of the wearable art, or if it has to be all Luann�s work?

If it has to be all her own work, it may end up being problematic as I am not recalling any prior sewing experience by Luann. So, with little/no prior experience�. will Greg have her be a �natural� at sewing, or a �flop�? The �flop�, of course has more traditional comedic potential.

If Luann can elicit actual sewing help, Gunther could of course be her �go to person�. That in itself could prove to be very interesting and revealing as they have not talked much since going to college. Greg could use their interaction to let both be introspective (and revealing to us) about where they both are heading.

Now�. the big question to me�. will the bridesmaid dress Luann creates be �edgy� and �different� enough to elicit a positive response from Zebo? Or will it be more traditional (and potentially be thought of as bland by Zebo)? I think Luann should go for edgy and different, and in the end let Toni decide if she should wear it at the wedding (Toni would likely say yes) or wear a more traditional one.

fort knox

Flying Mccoys

Dustin

# ? Sep 20, 2016 13:07

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 23, 1929)

Peanuts (September 23, 1969)

Funky Winkerbean

Crankshaft

Rip Haywire

Out Our Way (November 6-7, 1929)

Thimble Theater (April 9, 1930)

# ? Sep 20, 2016 14:00

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

Intelligent Life

Take It From the Tinkersons

Viivi & Wagner

# ? Sep 20, 2016 14:55

kidcoelacanth: Sep 23, 2009

Strontium posted:

Take It From the Tinkersons

The art in Dustin was always so good, but now we can't even rely on that :sigh:

# ? Sep 20, 2016 14:58

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Rhymes with Orange

Pros and Cons

# ? Sep 20, 2016 15:11

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

# ? Sep 20, 2016 15:21

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

EasyEW posted:

Crankshaft

So folks who ghost write are condemned after death to forever wander the earth tormented by Satan? That seems a little extreme.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 15:34

Attitude Indicator: Apr 3, 2009

how many FOOBs are just "i hate my life"? 85%?

# ? Sep 20, 2016 15:40

ZeeToo: Feb 20, 2008; I'm a kitty!

EasyEW posted:

Thimble Theater (April 8, 1930)

Eighty years ago, there were still ~~Nice~~ O.K. Guys.

How did Popeye ever usurp this guy, again?

# ? Sep 20, 2016 15:58

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.; Bread Liar

Manuel Calavera posted:

Compu-Toon

Wait, did compu-toon actually do a comic featuring something that computers actually do :fork:

# ? Sep 20, 2016 15:59

dismas: Jul 31, 2008

I just noticed Boyce's name appears three times on each Compu-toon

# ? Sep 20, 2016 16:21

Tunicate: May 15, 2012

dismas posted:

I just noticed Boyce's name appears three times on each Compu-toon

like a HAWK

# ? Sep 20, 2016 16:35

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

Heathcliff

Piranha Club

Dick Tracy

Judge Parker

9 Chickweed Lane

# ? Sep 20, 2016 16:36

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

SomeMathGuy posted:

Pearls Before Swine

I enjoy bad puns, but sometimes Pastis pushes it. I think it's also a creative crutch of his he goes to too much.

F Minus

Mary Worth

"Let me just look this up in my big Doctor Book here."

Rex Morgan MD

Secret Agent X-9

Apartment 3-G

# ? Sep 20, 2016 17:17

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

Modesty Blaise

# ? Sep 20, 2016 18:01

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

Strontium posted:

Intelligent Life

I want to say "you complained relentlessly the entire time! :argh:

" and also point out that this is nearing the nadir of it's diversionary social politics, and yet, it is technically a step in the right direction by the incredibly low standards of Intelligent Life.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 18:13

Dewgy: Nov 10, 2005; ~🚚special delivery~📦

I look forward to the ridiculously short Chinese man coming down from his "normal human" sized chair, showing off his enormous buck teeth, and ranting about how much he rikey flied lice.

By that I mean, gently caress YOU BROOKE YOU RACIST HACK poo poo

# ? Sep 20, 2016 18:15

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

Johnny Walker posted:

Rex Morgan MD

Just get someone else to take over his case, if you're so concerned.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 18:26

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Dewgy posted:

I look forward to the ridiculously short Chinese man coming down from his "normal human" sized chair, showing off his enormous buck teeth, and ranting about how much he rikey flied lice.

By that I mean, gently caress YOU BROOKE YOU RACIST HACK poo poo

I hate having to defend Brooke, but isn't it supposed to be a comically oversized chair to let him loom over Turtleneck Boy?

Not that this arc hasn't been racist in a hundred other subtle and less than subtle ways.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 18:29

Johnny Aztec: Jan 30, 2005; by Hand Knit

Dewgy posted:

I look forward to the ridiculously short Chinese man coming down from his "normal human" sized chair, showing off his enormous buck teeth, and ranting about how much he rikey flied lice.

By that I mean, gently caress YOU BROOKE YOU RACIST HACK poo poo

You are projecting so loving hard. Back off the pills a bit, and take a few days of vacation off the internet. There is nothing racist in this. There is nothing "asian" about the dude.
Did you even read the previous strips or did you just feel like having a rant over nothing?

# ? Sep 20, 2016 18:52

Dewgy: Nov 10, 2005; ~🚚special delivery~📦

Johnny Aztec posted:

You are projecting so loving hard. Back off the pills a bit, and take a few days of vacation off the internet. There is nothing racist in this. There is nothing "asian" about the dude.
Did you even read the previous strips or did you just feel like having a rant over nothing?

Really? The whole "most honorable parents of the Chinese girl" angle isn't blatant orientalism? I'd love to hear you try to justify that viewpoint.

E: I mean yeah he brought out a smaller chair for whatshisname but he drew what's supposed to be a grown man sitting in that throne like a toddler in an office chair. It's both completely stupid and incredibly racist at the same time.

Dewgy fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Sep 20, 2016

# ? Sep 20, 2016 20:03

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

Green Intern posted:

Just get someone else to take over his case, if you're so concerned.

Its not even their case, he just popped in for Rex to tell him "yeah take your leg to someone that knows how to adjust it, fatty"

# ? Sep 20, 2016 20:03

Johnny Aztec: Jan 30, 2005; by Hand Knit

Dewgy posted:

Really? The whole "most honorable parents of the Chinese girl" angle isn't blatant orientalism? I'd love to hear you try to justify that viewpoint.

E: I mean yeah he brought out a smaller chair for whatshisname but he drew what's supposed to be a grown man sitting in that throne like a toddler in an office chair. It's both completely stupid and incredibly racist at the same time.

Nah, gently caress you for making me defend Brook, but you are screeching over nothing.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 22:53

CommaToes: Dec 15, 2006; Ecce Buffo

I could be wrong, but didn't the chinese celloist not speak English, but she remembered everything said to her and then learned English to confront whoever used to be the main characters of this strip?

So she learned English and now talks like a pretentious blowhard?

# ? Sep 20, 2016 22:55

Dewgy: Nov 10, 2005; ~🚚special delivery~📦

Johnny Aztec posted:

Nah, gently caress you for making me defend Brook, but you are screeching over nothing.

Literally everything else in this storyline has been blatantly racist, and this is no different. Nobody's making you defend poo poo.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 23:05

Shneak: Mar 6, 2015; A sad Professor Plum
sitting on a toilet.

Strontium posted:

Take It From the Tinkersons

That is a good loving question.

# ? Sep 20, 2016 23:39

Celebrity Ghost: Sep 26, 2007

I'm finding it hard to tell if 9CL is racist or not because the Chinese parents talk like literally every other person in this strip. The 'asking for a blessing' could be Orientalism, or it could just be his 200 years-out-of-date idea of good manners. Pretty sure the main nerd asked his girlfriend's mom for her blessing too, and then there's all the stuff with Gulk or the Nazi story where men propose "for her honor".

Brooke's basically has 3 characters: sexually-repressed men, Madonna/Magdalene women, and grumpy old people. The dad here is an over-the-top curmudgeon because he's grandma with a new face.

# ? Sep 21, 2016 00:25

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

Rarebit Fiend (click for huge)

Outbursts of Everett True (July, 1915)

And He Did.

Guess If They Are Married!

Banana Oil!

The Gay Thirties (January 1935)

They�ll Do It Everytime (December 1939)

Mopsy (June, 1940)

wait - is this a race joke, or a dick joke?
EDIT:Oh! or a bad fitting clothes joke?

Feiffer (click for big) (1967)

Jaf

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

Mr. Tweedy (September, 1970)

Wee Pals (click for big) (October 1970)

Richard�s Poor Almanac

Dick Tracy (July 2009)

FORESHADOWING

Slammy fucked around with this message at 00:52 on Sep 21, 2016

# ? Sep 21, 2016 00:47

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

Slammy posted:

The Gay Thirties (January 1935)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7hQ-koQMHE

# ? Sep 21, 2016 00:59

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

The Gay Thirties reminds me of Tom Lehrer often.

# ? Sep 21, 2016 01:07

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.

Welcome home, Pogo. Maybe next time you'll make it to the end of the block. (September 12-13, 1958)

Peanuts: Year Five (May 26-29, 1955)

# ? Sep 21, 2016 01:48

Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

The Classic Dinette Set is the gift that keeps on giving.

Working Daze wants to increase productivity.

Super-Fun-Pak-Comix can't keep this up anymore.

# ? Sep 21, 2016 02:32

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Luann

The Amazing Spider-Man

Sally Forth

The Heart of Juliet Jones

I'm starting to like this rear end in a top hat.

# ? Sep 21, 2016 03:18

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

Fred Basset

Frog Applause

Ginger Meggs

Heart of the City

Moose and Molly

Office Hours

Pickles

Pluggers

Reply All

Ziggy

Zits

Transmodiar posted:

Modesty Blaise

Got to say, Modesty and Willy seem remarkably unconcerned here.

# ? Sep 21, 2016 03:40

Binary Badger: Oct 11, 2005; Trolling Link for a decade

Tiggum posted:

Zits

I used to wonder why people kept making incestual edits of this strip, this kinda makes it obvious now. :/

# ? Sep 21, 2016 03:52

MariusLecter: Sep 5, 2009; NI MUERTE NI MIEDO

Tiggum posted:

Pluggers

He's gently caress that dog.

# ? Sep 21, 2016 03:59

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

Tiggum posted:

Pickles

Man, someone's upset at being called a racist.

# ? Sep 21, 2016 04:13

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

Adam Ames

Between Shots

Oh! - tie my hands -

Ella Cinders

Myra North, Special Nurse

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# ? May 30, 2024 22:03

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.

Celebrity Ghost posted:

I'm finding it hard to tell if 9CL is racist or not because the Chinese parents talk like literally every other person in this strip. The 'asking for a blessing' could be Orientalism, or it could just be his 200 years-out-of-date idea of good manners. Pretty sure the main nerd asked his girlfriend's mom for her blessing too, and then there's all the stuff with Gulk or the Nazi story where men propose "for her honor".

Brooke's basically has 3 characters: sexually-repressed men, Madonna/Magdalene women, and grumpy old people. The dad here is an over-the-top curmudgeon because he's grandma with a new face.

You forgot the other Brooke archetype: Obtuse Weirdo in Glasses who Claims to Be an Alien

# ? Sep 21, 2016 06:10

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