Comic Strip Megathread XVI: Winking Throwbacks to Retro Sexism

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painynumbs: Apr 1, 2011

I have to say, I've been reading every single Luann strip for over a year because of my job, and those comments are just loving horrifying.

I read the strips and laugh at how saccharine and stupid and out-of-touch they are, but I feel like some of these readers are genuinely psychotic. My god.

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Sweaty IT Nerd: Jul 13, 2007

painynumbs posted:

I have to say, I've been reading every single Luann strip for over a year because of my job

There must be something the NLRB can do for you about your job making you read Luann.

# ? Sep 24, 2016 00:43

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

painynumbs posted:

I read the strips and laugh at how saccharine and stupid and out-of-touch they are, but I feel like some of these readers are genuinely psychotic. My god.

Yeah, whenever those comments are posted here I can't help but wonder if the Evanses have a safe room? And if so, what is the opening code?

# ? Sep 24, 2016 00:46

Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

The Classic Dinette Set is a little heartbreaker.

Working Daze is a responsibility I can't shirk.

Super-Fun-Pak-Comix had to be there.

# ? Sep 24, 2016 01:26

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

Julet Esqu posted:

Luann

1. No you haven't, Gunther. All you've done is grow and meticulously maintain some stubble. You're still a big whiny manbaby with a saggy diaper that leaks.
2. Is she talking about her boobs or am I just reading too many Mordock999 comments?

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Nothing that we�ve seen leads me to believe that either one of them has grown at all, in any sense.

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In the third panel, I find it sweet and very touching how Gunther lovingly and tenderly places his hands on both the sides of the lid to his beloved sewing machine, when right behind him, at about the same height as his hands, Luann is calling attention to something he is missing entirely�
.
♫ There�s someone, someone behind you.
Turn around, look at me.
And, there�s someone who�ll love and guide you.
Turn around, look at me.
Oh, I�ve waited, but. I�ll wait forever for you to come to me.
Look at someone (look at someone) who really loves you,
yeah, really loves you. Turn around, look at me.
Turn around, look at me� ♪

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B+ for cartoon dialogue. It leaves it up to your imagination to go where you want it to. Personally, I don�t think this vehicle has an ignition switch.

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IamJayBluE said, about 13 hours ago
�It Figures�
�Who Built This Kiddie?� (♫)
�She�s Got The Bends�
�The Law Of Proportions�
�Graded On A Curve�
�The Carriage Of Figure�Whoah!� (♫)
�Busted�
or
�A Measured Response�

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luannfan1212 said, about 12 hours ago
Hey I hope I did not get flagged or deleted somehow. I pointed out last night before I retired for the night that the last panel was clearly a double entendre, related to how Luann thinks she has become more physically endowed since Gunther designed that cute high school costume, particularly in the breast area, although I did not use that word, and it�s simply an innocent conclusion one could draw, and which, to me, the non-prudish but respectful person that I am seems obvious. There are of course other plot lines here but this particular part is funny, flirty, and fits her sense of gentle humor. And somebody actually accused ME of being prudish. I hope whoever may have flagged me, if that happened, (maybe being late I just forgot to click the SUBMIT button like I always have to remind my students to do with their online exams) realizes that my comment was meant in good fun, but is a valid conclusion. Besides Luann and Gunther are sophomores in college now, not high school kids anymore, even in Luannverse.

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Mordock999 GoComics PRO Member said, about 11 hours ago
Gunther! Luann WANTS You to Notice that Her bust size has doubled since the last �Measurement.�
She�s ALSO giving YOU Implied Permission to Admire Her Ample, Heaving Bosom, as You Lovingily, CAREFULLY, �Measure� Her Bountiful �Assets� in Jaw-Dropped, Amazement.
After which, She Slaps YOU�..,

fort knox

Flying Mccoys

Dustin

# ? Sep 24, 2016 01:37

painynumbs: Apr 1, 2011

JaggerMcDagger posted:

Mordock999 GoComics PRO Member said, about 11 hours ago
Gunther! Luann WANTS You to Notice that Her bust size has doubled since the last �Measurement.�
She�s ALSO giving YOU Implied Permission to Admire Her Ample, Heaving Bosom, as You Lovingily, CAREFULLY, �Measure� Her Bountiful �Assets� in Jaw-Dropped, Amazement.
After which, She Slaps YOU�..,

Oh for gently caress's sake!

# ? Sep 24, 2016 01:50

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

SomeMathGuy posted:

Mark Trail

Manuel Calavera posted:

Compu-Toon

You can tell it's smirking because it says "Smirk" right there.

F Minus

Mary Worth

"At some point...in the near future."

Rex Morgan MD

"...you know how cross-contamination causing food poinsoning happens so often in restaurants."

Secret Agent X-9

Apartment 3-G

# ? Sep 24, 2016 02:39

dordreff: Jul 16, 2013

Johnny Walker posted:

Rex Morgan MD

"...you know how cross-contamination causing food poinsoning happens so often in restaurants."

Rex, we get it, you don't like race mixing, now shut the gently caress up and do a doctor thing

# ? Sep 24, 2016 03:01

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

Am I the only one who thought this fire ant lady in Mark Trail was the same lady who had been involved in the yacht thing this whole time

# ? Sep 24, 2016 03:05

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 (September 22-24, 1958)

Peanuts: Year Five (June 6-8, 1955)

# ? Sep 24, 2016 04:05

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Phantom Classic

Radio Patrol

Rip Kirby

Big Ben Bolt

# ? Sep 24, 2016 05:19

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

Mark Trail

Pearls Before Swine

The Phantom

# ? Sep 24, 2016 06:29

Space Cadet Omoly: Jan 15, 2014; ~Groovy~

Ms Boods posted:

Wait, this nitwit is English? Has that been already established?

Yes, he's English, and also he pretends to be Sherlock Holmes sometimes.

# ? Sep 24, 2016 06:53

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

SomeMathGuy posted:

Mark Trail

They should plant some fire ants themselves, seeing as how their there already. Would save a lot of time.

SomeMathGuy posted:

The Phantom

I do not understand anything about this plot.

# ? Sep 24, 2016 07:02

Tunicate: May 15, 2012

WickedHate posted:

I do not understand anything about this plot.

They're humoring him

# ? Sep 24, 2016 07:03

Zereth: Jul 9, 2003

Tunicate posted:

They're humoring him

They might think he's reincarnating.

# ? Sep 24, 2016 07:29

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

Zereth posted:

They might think he's reincarnating.

That makes sense, but it still means the ruse is useless. And how do they think he found out about his past lives and came there? Why would he always reincarnate as a white guy? Doesn't that completely destroy the immortal ghost thing right there?

:argh:

# ? Sep 24, 2016 07:30

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

WickedHate posted:

That makes sense, but it still means the ruse is useless. And how do they think he found out about his past lives and came there? Why would he always reincarnate as a white guy? Doesn't that completely destroy the immortal ghost thing right there?

Perhaps the first Kit Walker who went to the school told them that, periodically, some of his descendants would come by to study, and that he needed them to test such future Walkers by pretending to think it was the same Kit Walker, in order to verify the latest Kit's dedication to the ruse. Like it's some weird, roundabout part of the training. After all, while the immortal ghost thing is all well and good, there's really no reason to keep up the ruse with a bunch of monks who aren't going to reveal the secret - why not use it as a method of further preparing descendants to take up the mantle?

At this point we're all probably putting in way more effort than DePaul has, mind you.

# ? Sep 24, 2016 07:43

Trilobite: Aug 15, 2001

WickedHate posted:

That makes sense, but it still means the ruse is useless. And how do they think he found out about his past lives and came there? Why would he always reincarnate as a white guy? Doesn't that completely destroy the immortal ghost thing right there?

I was under the impression that the monks know about a white kid named Kit Walker who keeps showing up every century or so to get an education, but not that this Kit Walker is also the Phantom, the immortal ghost vigilante white guy who punches people in Africa.

At some point, we might get to see a plotline about how the various Kit Walkers have been gaslighting people on every other continent, too, just because that's apparently how that family operates. I bet at least half of those journals back in the Skull Cave are just to keep track of all of the practical jokes, phony legends, and assorted bullshit they've been pulling on people all over the world.

# ? Sep 24, 2016 07:59

Tunicate: May 15, 2012

WickedHate posted:

That makes sense, but it still means the ruse is useless. And how do they think he found out about his past lives and came there? Why would he always reincarnate as a white guy? Doesn't that completely destroy the immortal ghost thing right there?

The dalai lama has said that he can 'aim' his reincarnation so clearly Kit Walker specifies 'white guy'.

Either that or only the white Kit Walkers go hang with these monks, and if he turns out to be a Chinese kid he goes to train with some Catholic monks.

# ? Sep 24, 2016 08:41

Poil: Mar 17, 2007

It is a well known fact that wisdom can only be found as far away as possible in exotic lands.

# ? Sep 24, 2016 08:50

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

King Aroo (September 1, 1951)

Nancy (October 16, 1943)

Wash Tubbs (June 29, 1929)

Gasoline Alley (July 14, 1923)

Barney Google (July 15, 1922)

Alley Oop (October 14, 1933)

Lil' Abner (March 13, 1937)

# ? Sep 24, 2016 08:55

Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

Kennel fucked around with this message at 10:53 on Sep 24, 2016

# ? Sep 24, 2016 10:50

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

Kennel posted:

goddrat

put a trigger warning on that video btw. I'm instantly reminded of kiddie porn whenever I hear his voice

# ? Sep 24, 2016 11:31

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

Nenonen posted:

goddrat

put a trigger warning on that video btw. I'm instantly reminded of kiddie porn whenever I hear his voice

What?

# ? Sep 24, 2016 12:19

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Rhymes with Orange

Pros and Cons

# ? Sep 24, 2016 12:59

Pastry of the Year: Apr 12, 2013

Nenonen posted:

goddrat

put a trigger warning on that video btw. I'm instantly reminded of kiddie porn whenever I hear his voice

# ? Sep 24, 2016 13:06

Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

JaggerMcDagger posted:

What?

A semi-popular singer committed a suicide while being investigated for having child porn on his computer.

# ? Sep 24, 2016 15:40

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

I mean I'm torn, the edit is funny for the four people and a moose who understand Finnish and Finnish culture

# ? Sep 24, 2016 16:46

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

Heathcliff

Piranha Club

Dick Tracy

Judge Parker

9 Chickweed Lane
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# ? Sep 24, 2016 16:59

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

I'm barely skimming Chickweed, but are they really negotiating a bride price up there? Jesus.

Luann

It's her art project and she's not even going to help design the dress? Her whole contribution is to wear it? Everybody's done a group project where one or more of the group members was a total load, but generally this isn't seen as a positive thing you want your protagonist to do.

The Amazing Spider-Man

Sally Forth

The Heart of Juliet Jones

# ? Sep 24, 2016 17:12

My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

�I'll be making this up as I go.�
- An engineer

# ? Sep 24, 2016 17:27

Zanzibar Ham: Mar 17, 2009; You giving me the cold shoulder? How cruel.; Grimey Drawer

My Lovely Horse posted:

�I'll be making this up as I go.�
- An engineer

'- A Captain of Industry' you mean

# ? Sep 24, 2016 17:28

Forktoss: Feb 13, 2012; I'm OK, you're so-so

Nenonen posted:

I mean I'm torn, the edit is funny for the four people and a moose who understand Finnish and Finnish culture

I laugh every time I remember SIG and one of their dumb songs so it was funny to me v :shobon:

v

I very much agree that knowledge of lame 80s dad rock is key to understanding Finnish culture, though

# ? Sep 24, 2016 17:37

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.

Bloom County