Comic Strip Megathread XVI: Winking Throwbacks to Retro Sexism

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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.

Aardmania posted:

Dick Tracy

"And your outfit is breaking a number of Indecent Exposure laws!"

# ? Oct 13, 2016 07:38

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# ? May 29, 2024 22:12

Wanamingo: Feb 22, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

Tiggum posted:

Red & Rover

Six Chix

Zippy the Pinhead

Nancy

Arlo and Janis

Andertoons

Pluggers

Inspector Danger

Deep Dark Fears

# ? Oct 13, 2016 08:40

Ensign_Ricky: Jan 4, 2008; Daddy Warlord
of the
Children of the Corn

_{or something...}

Wanamingo posted:

[Deep Dark Fears

Oh. OH GOD! :gonk:

# ? Oct 13, 2016 09:41

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

^{_{_{Barney Google and}}}Snuffy Smith

Is this a new character?

Beetle Bailey

Drabble

Fred Basset

Frog Applause

Henry

Kliban's Cats

Moose and Molly

Office Hours

Pickles

Reply All

Ziggy

Wanamingo posted:

Inspector Danger

Seriously? :stare:

# ? Oct 13, 2016 09:43

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

Tiggum posted:

Seriously?

# ? Oct 13, 2016 09:45

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Wanamingo posted:

Inspector Danger

THIS IS loving BULLSHIT

# ? Oct 13, 2016 09:46

My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

Tiggum posted:

Ziggy

And we've come full circle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_eYSuPKP3Y

# ? Oct 13, 2016 09:46

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

quote:

luannfan1212 said, 1 day ago
IMO the idea and the sum of the interactions that have been detailed for what maybe 8 or 9 years (?) between Toni and Brad (historians feel free to correct me on the Luannverse time) is that Toni came out of her abused shell, and become a strong person, a firefighter no less, and Brad became a man, and also a firefighter. Most of his change came because of her, much of her change came because of him. Relationships can change people for the better. I think that is one of underlying themes of their relationship as portrayed in the strip.

quote:

Guest02234525 said, 1 day ago
They should play Call me Irresponsible during the wedding it be really funny

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JohnFarson19 said, 1 day ago
Fell asleep eating Oreos? Big deal. I fell asleep eating a ham sandwich. I woke up and nearly had a heart attack, seeing the half eaten sandwich on my chest and thinking it was some creature attacking me. Of course, the many Jack and Cokes I imbibed the night before didn�t help�

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IamJayBluE said, 1 day ago
�Ch- Ch- Changes�� (♪)
�The Capacity For Flux�
�In-sofar, A Bunch Of Change"
�Status Quote�
�License To Permute�
�More Than Meets The Eye�
�In All Your Transformer Glory�
�EyeOn Flux�
�A Fair Renaissance�
�Ensconced, An Askance�
�One Small Step, For Amend�.�
�A Giant Leap For Bradkind�
�Restyle, A Mile�
�Vary, Nice To Meet You�
�Adjust Desserts�
�Pocket-ful Of Change�
�As The Potato Turns�
�Sooner Or Ladder�
�Never Downplay An Update�
or
�Feeling Shirt Changed�

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Mordock999 GoComics PRO Member said, about 21 hours ago
Say Frank?
THIS May be a Really BAD time to Bring This Up, but have You Had that �little talk� with Brad, Yet? You Know, that Conflab about what the Husband is Supposed to Expect during the Wedding Night, and beyond. Well, Tommorrow would be a Good Time.Oh, and I�d SKIP the Part about the much later �Menopause Thing� if I were You. We DON�T want to SCARE Bradley Off�..,

fort knox

Flying McCoys

Shoe

Dustin

:damnmillenials:

# ? Oct 13, 2016 12:07

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

Aardmania posted:

Dick Tracy

I'm pretty sure Honeymoon is a natural born American Citizen.

# ? Oct 13, 2016 12:22

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

SomeMathGuy posted:

The Phantom

How do know indeed.

# ? Oct 13, 2016 12:24

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

Intelligent Life - Fantasy football, the last refuge of the uncreative author. Also, there's no double negative in the second panel, so what even is this writing?

Take It From the Tinkersons has the most implausible premise I could think of.

Dark Side of the Horse - Was there a joke here that didn't make it through translation?

# ? Oct 13, 2016 12:41

Kammat: Feb 9, 2008; Odd Person

Strontium posted:

Dark Side of the Horse - Was there a joke here that didn't make it through translation?

He might be thinking of working in one of the mints where the coins and bills are cranked out.

# ? Oct 13, 2016 12:43

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

Kammat posted:

He might be thinking of working in one of the mints where the coins and bills are cranked out.

That's probably right. I got thrown off by the "One does not simply walk into Mordor" variation in the last panel.

# ? Oct 13, 2016 13:37

Indolent Bastard: Oct 26, 2007; I WON THIS AMAZING AVATAR! I'M A WINNER! WOOOOO!

# ? Oct 13, 2016 13:46

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Wanamingo posted:

Inspector Danger

Alternatively: by sticking his hand in the crotch of the tree, the murder victim is signaling his disdain for Donald Trump.

Rhymes with Orange

Pros and Cons

# ? Oct 13, 2016 14:29

The Bloop: Jul 5, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

JaggerMcDagger posted:

Dustin

Ed stays vigilant for ~~dangerous looking individuals~~muslims, erroneously reporting two sikhs and a hindu

# ? Oct 13, 2016 15:05

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

# ? Oct 13, 2016 15:33

Mercury Hat: May 28, 2006; SharkTales!
Woo-oo!

Ensign_Ricky posted:

Oh. OH GOD!

We looked this up once and decided if you're in a situation where it's hot enough to melt contact lenses, you're basically already on fire and have other things to worry about.

# ? Oct 13, 2016 16:07

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

Green Intern posted:

I'm pretty sure Honeymoon is a natural born American Citizen.

And wasn't Mysta a human who was brainwashed and subjected to some kind of mad science to give her the appearance and abilities of a moon person?

# ? Oct 13, 2016 16:12

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

King Aroo (September 20, 1951)

Nancy (November 4, 1943)

Wash Tubbs (July 4, 1929)

Gasoline Alley (August 2, 1923)

Barney Google (August 3, 1922)

Alley Oop (November 2, 1933)

Lil' Abner (April 1, 1937)

# ? Oct 13, 2016 16:40

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Luann

You do know about any of this. You just rattled all that off yourself.

The Amazing Spider-Man

Hey! Bro! I think somebody's talking about you!

Newspaper Spider Sense is great. :allears:

Sally Forth

The Heart of Juliet Jones

# ? Oct 13, 2016 16:57

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

Green Intern posted:

I'm pretty sure Honeymoon is a natural born American Citizen.

This would hardly be the first politician to deny the validity of protections granted by the 14th Amendment.

Tiggum posted:

And wasn't Mysta a human who was brainwashed and subjected to some kind of mad science to give her the appearance and abilities of a moon person?

You'll note the illegal alien accusation is only being directed at Honeymoon.

Really I just wish this wasn't so ham-handed, but there's only so many ways Dick Tracy is equipped to address Trumpism while simultaneously not drawing any minority characters.

# ? Oct 13, 2016 16:58

kidcoelacanth: Sep 23, 2009

I hate Luann's stupid parents so much, and also the rest of that strip

# ? Oct 13, 2016 17:07

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

JaggerMcDagger posted:

Dustin

:damnmillenials:

(Everyone is coexisting peacefully)
BOOMER DAD: Uh oh

# ? Oct 13, 2016 17:08

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

SomeMathGuy posted:

Really I just wish this wasn't so ham-handed, but there's only so many ways Dick Tracy is equipped to address Trumpism while simultaneously not drawing any minority characters.

I dunno what you mean, there being only two moon people in the country, their the biggest minority of them all.

# ? Oct 13, 2016 17:37

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

WickedHate posted:

In the pre-911 era, airport employees lived by an oath to suspend all rules and regulations in the name of love

And also the money he's handing her.

F Minus

Mary Worth

No mention of the Bible? "Before the rooster crows, you shall deny knowing me, Tommy."

Rex Morgan MD

Secret Agent X-9

Great. So now they'll send those samples to the FBI Wig Department, where several men in double-breasted suits will scour their files, first based on color, then texture, then length, to narrow things down and figure out the place where this particular wig was made, which will somehow lead to X-9 going to Ames, Iowa, and catching the bad guy holed up in an abandoned house.

Apartment 3-G

"My God! My daughter is LuAnn Powers!"

# ? Oct 13, 2016 19:12

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

Modesty Blaise

# ? Oct 13, 2016 21:22

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

Transmodiar posted:

Modesty Blaise

Well poo poo. This feels like a rare occurrence where Willy and Modesty don't really win.

# ? Oct 13, 2016 21:46

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

# ? Oct 13, 2016 22:17

Ein cooler Typ: Nov 26, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

JaggerMcDagger posted:

Dustin

:damnmillenials:

do you think Dad would be less angry if everyone was engrossed in a book instead of electronic devices

# ? Oct 13, 2016 22:25

Mister Mind: Mar 20, 2009; I'm not a real doctor,
But I am a real worm;
I am an actual worm

It's coming...

http://io9.gizmodo.com/dick-tracy-and-the-spirit-join-forces-in-their-first-co-1787747737

# ? Oct 14, 2016 01:00

catlord: Mar 22, 2009; What's on your mind, Axa?

Mister Mind posted:

It's coming...

http://io9.gizmodo.com/dick-tracy-and-the-spirit-join-forces-in-their-first-co-1787747737

Awesome. Not too familiar with The Spirit, but I've wanted to read some for a while.

# ? Oct 14, 2016 01:04

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

IT HAPPENED

# ? Oct 14, 2016 01:06

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

catlord posted:

Awesome. Not too familiar with The Spirit, but I've wanted to read some for a while.

I'd say the character proper is less appealing than what a lot of top talent have done with him (including his creator, obviously), so I'm more cautiously intrigued than outright excited.

# ? Oct 14, 2016 01:10