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Bimmi
Nov 8, 2009


someday
but not today

Did we just get a "suckin' dick to survive" joke from Dilbert? With a nice side garnish of xenophobia? What a magical time to be alive.

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dismas
Jul 31, 2008


I am genuinely curious where this JP story is going. I guess they're tying in Abbott and his daughter to the car accident but I'm not sure how they're going to get there.

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.
Good ol' Buster Brown. Woe be unto those who cross him.



Skippy (July 29, 1929)



Peanuts (September 29, 1969)



Funky Winkerbean



Crankshaft



Rip Haywire



Out Our Way (November 18-19, 1929)





Thimble Theater (April 15, 1930)

treasureplane
Jul 12, 2008

throwing darts in lovers' eyes, &c.
King Aroo (September 3, 1951)


Nancy (October 18, 1943)


Wash Tubbs (July 1, 1929)


Gasoline Alley (July 16, 1923)


Barney Google (July 17, 1922)


Alley Oop (October 16, 1933)


Lil' Abner (March 15, 1937)

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

I WON THIS AMAZING AVATAR! I'M A WINNER! WOOOOO!






smug n stuff
Jul 21, 2016

A Hobbit's Adventure

Is there anything more to this than "sometimes things cost a lot"?
I feel like I'm missing something.

MariusLecter
Sep 5, 2009

NI MUERTE NI MIEDO

Laputanmachine posted:

This almost made me physically ill for some reason and I'm not usually squeamish. Good job I guess.

So there's nerd girls who are Good and Wise and girly girls who are Bad and Stupid or at best misguided. What's this genius's take on sporty jock girls? Are they all lesbians? Or secretly post-op trannies? Beep boop does not compute?

It made you ill because the nacho cheese taste on Cheetos is disgusting, the cheeto puff is disgusting, cheeto dust stains are disgusting, the cakey build up of cheeto dust is condensed disgusting.

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

smug n stuff posted:

Is there anything more to this than "sometimes things cost a lot"?
I feel like I'm missing something.

You may well be the guy in the strip.

Indolent Bastard
Oct 26, 2007

I WON THIS AMAZING AVATAR! I'M A WINNER! WOOOOO!

smug n stuff posted:

Is there anything more to this than "sometimes things cost a lot"?
I feel like I'm missing something.

The customer has mixed up the shirt sale with his item. His item is not on sale, but he believes that it is due to his feeble ability to comprehend signs.

Evil Mastermind
Apr 28, 2008

smug n stuff posted:

Is there anything more to this than "sometimes things cost a lot"?
I feel like I'm missing something.
You'd be amazed how often people don't get that just because something is near a 50% off sign, it's not actually the thing that's 50% off. I used to have to deal with that poo poo constantly.

:argh:: "This was on the sale shelf, it should be on sale!"
:suicide:: "Sir, the sale shelf says that it's juice boxes that are on sale, that's dried pasta. Someone must have put it on the wrong shelf."
:argh:: Either "Well it was near the sale sign, I want it at the sale price or I'll go to your manager!", "You're trying to cheat me!", or "Are you calling me a liar?"

e: then of course when a manager had to get involved, the customer would end up getting the sale price anyway just to shut them up/because "the customer is always right". Then they'd get all smug at the clerk because they got their way.

I do not miss working retail.

Evil Mastermind fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Sep 26, 2016

Lowen SoDium
Jun 5, 2003

Highen Fiber
Clapping Larry

kidcoelacanth posted:

Let's have a pool: what awful nerd name will the awful nerds name their awful kid. I'm going with Kirk

Anakin.

Zanzibar Ham
Mar 17, 2009

You giving me the cold shoulder? How cruel.


Grimey Drawer
I'm gonna bet on Leonard.

Murdstone
Jun 14, 2005

I'm feeling Jimmy


Tunicate posted:

Tiberius because Kirk was his last name.
Tiberius Who Whatevertheirlastnameis

Strontium posted:

Take It From the Tinkersons

I think this is the first Tinkersons I've laughed at.
Isn't the helicopter a possible vector for bringing things to this island too?

treasureplane posted:

Barney Google (July 17, 1922)

Oh hey this is kind of important, isn't it?

F Minus



Mary Worth



Iris looks like she's more strung out than Tommy.

Rex Morgan MD



Great. Now we get a week of Rex lecturing June about how wrong it is to refuse to take his baby, but that he did take his baby, so it's OK.

Secret Agent X-9



Apartment 3-G



A girl call a boy? Tommie! What are you thinking?

Selachian
Oct 9, 2012

treasureplane posted:

Barney Google (July 17, 1922)


Ah, history being made.

Buni



So Pagelow has seen the current popular children's movie?

Rhymes with Orange



Ah, memories.

Pros and Cons



Edge of a Slow Boat to China



"Wherever you go, might I suggest you take your time getting there"? Oh, come on, Jam, it's no fun when you serve them up so easy.

Aardmania
Jan 1, 2007

Ruining newspapers since 1993.

Shredded Hen

EasyEW posted:

Funky Winkerbean



Kennel
May 1, 2008

BAWWW-UNH!

EasyEW posted:

Funky Winkerbean



DamnitGannet
Apr 8, 2007

Making an expression that isn't a sad or smug smirk? Truly a nightmare.

A HUNGRY MOUTH
Nov 3, 2006

date of birth: 02/05/88
manufacturer: mazda
model/year: 2008 mazda6
sexuality: straight, bi-curious
peircings: pusspuss



Nap Ghost

smug n stuff posted:

Is there anything more to this than "sometimes things cost a lot"?
I feel like I'm missing something.

If you don't get a "Retail," the joke is that it is a situation that occurs when working retail.

Like I'm not even ragging on you, a solid 3/4 of "Retail" strips are "only retail kids will remember this soul-crushing scenario!!" and the rest are Feuti mashing his stereotype characters together in a surprisingly not-entirely-inaccurate simulation of exasperating retail backroom drama. They never evoke laughter, only bile specific to the experiences depicted within (see Evil Mastermind's post above for proof), and if you don't understand what the comic is showing you, you have legitimate grounds to feel good about your life.

Evil Mastermind
Apr 28, 2008

Selachian posted:

Edge of a Slow Boat to China



"Wherever you go, might I suggest you take your time getting there"? Oh, come on, Jam, it's no fun when you serve them up so easy.
Take his time? If this drat strip was moving any slower it'd be going backwards.

Poil
Mar 17, 2007

:allears:

Maybe it's just from being in this thread and the bar is so low you might stub your toe on it, but Monty is really good.
Imagine how many words the average comic in this thread would use for that joke. Of course some of the really terrible ones would be only words and disfigured heads.

The Bloop
Jul 5, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Selachian posted:


Pros and Cons



:drat:

Dr. Dos
Aug 5, 2005

YAAAAAAAY!

Strontium posted:

Dark Side of the Horse


I used to read Lio when it was pretty new and I think it was posted here for awhile, but I do not get what this is referencing.

Selachian
Oct 9, 2012

Dr. Dos posted:

I used to read Lio when it was pretty new and I think it was posted here for awhile, but I do not get what this is referencing.

Lio is a weird Addams Family-style kid. So of course his wash would use the "paranormal cycle."

I'm more distracted by the use of "their," myself. (Watch this spawn a multi-page argument about pronouns!)

Tunicate
May 15, 2012

Johnny Walker posted:


Isn't the helicopter a possible vector for bringing things to this island too?

You forget Mark Trail is an excellent mountain climber.


Don't mix up a vector and a scalar.

ub
Feb 9, 2003

no dont
Pillbug

Boyce... :(

Tumblr of scotch
Mar 13, 2006

Please, don't be my neighbor.

Selachian posted:

Pros and Cons

Apparently Mr Cicero and I share a birthday.

Senior Woodchuck
Aug 29, 2006

When you're lost out there and you're all alone, a light is waiting to carry you home

Julet Esqu posted:


The Amazing Spider-Man




Peter, you can't drive anyway.

Celebrity Ghost
Sep 26, 2007

Selachian posted:

Edge of a Slow Boat to China



"Wherever you go, might I suggest you take your time getting there"? Oh, come on, Jam, it's no fun when you serve them up so easy.

Easy's my middle name (mildly NSFW?)

A HUNGRY MOUTH
Nov 3, 2006

date of birth: 02/05/88
manufacturer: mazda
model/year: 2008 mazda6
sexuality: straight, bi-curious
peircings: pusspuss



Nap Ghost

Flagrant Abuse posted:

Apparently Mr Cicero and I share a birthday.

Not for long, potentially.


e:

SynthOrange posted:

Jesus what's going on in Judge Parker?!

Fresh hell, served daily.

A HUNGRY MOUTH fucked around with this message at 01:38 on Sep 27, 2016

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

Jesus what's going on in Judge Parker?!

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 29, 1958)



Peanuts: Year Five (June 13-15, 1955)





Cricken_Nigfops
Oct 25, 2011

CROM!

SynthOrange posted:

Jesus what's going on in Judge Parker?!

It's actually good!

Evil Mastermind
Apr 28, 2008

The Classic Dinette Set leaves a bad taste in your mouth.


Working Daze is sitcomming as hard as it can.


Super-Fun-Pak-Comix exposits.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Evil Mastermind posted:

Working Daze is sitcomming as hard as it can.


Maybe he'll crash the car and they'll all die horribly

Command Ant
Aug 9, 2010

I can make you
worth your weight
in gold!

Evil Mastermind posted:


Working Daze is sitcomming as hard as it can.



If she gives birth to a Star Wars action figure instead of an actual baby, I will forgive every wrong this comic has committed.

Calaveron
Aug 7, 2006
:negative:

Command Ant posted:

If she gives birth to a Star Wars action figure instead of an actual baby, I will forgive every wrong this comic has committed.

Judging by her size and girth they're gonna have a healthy 15 pound pot roast

Julet Esqu
May 6, 2007




^^^It's not like she was incredibly svelte before she got impregnated.

If it's a girl: Katniss Uhura Nerdbody
If it's a boy: I don't know, but it'll be a shame if his middle name isn't Bones.

Luann


lol @ the colorist not noticing that Quill is supposed to have teeth in the last panel. Oh, and I guess he's back in town and no longer touring with that theater troupe or whatever.

Really, though, he makes a good point. Bridesmaid dresses cost a lot. So does hiring somebody to do your homework for you. Luann should be paying Gunther.


The Amazing Spider-Man



Sally Forth



The Heart of Juliet Jones

Julet Esqu fucked around with this message at 03:40 on Sep 27, 2016

The Bloop
Jul 5, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
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JacquelineDempsey
Aug 6, 2008

Women's Circuit Bender Union Local 34



Julet Esqu posted:


Luann



Really, though, he makes a good point. Bridesmaid dresses cost a lot. So does hiring somebody to do your homework for you. Luann should be paying Gunther.

The fact that the "prize" for designing Toni's wedding dress is, well, nothing, makes this particular strip ironically funny as hell. "Let's laugh at Gunther doing Luann's homework for free. Oh, but, let's have fans design Toni's dress for us (since we can't fashion design our way out of a paper bag) and not even offer a book or something for their effort!"

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The MSJ
May 17, 2010

Command Ant posted:

If she gives birth to a Star Wars action figure instead of an actual baby, I will forgive every wrong this comic has committed.

I hope it's the Death Star that transforms into Darth Vader.

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