Comic Strip Megathread XVI: Winking Throwbacks to Retro Sexism

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

Intelligent Life

Take It From the Tinkersons

Dark Side of the Horse

# ? Oct 18, 2016 14:18

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# ? May 29, 2024 19:17

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Catching Up with Rhymes with Orange

Pros and Cons

# ? Oct 18, 2016 14:32

Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

Ein cooler Typ posted:

also can you spergs not understand why you would want to meet someone's parents before marrying them and have them like you even if you don't "need" their permission

The issue isn't that he wanted to meet his fiance's father, it's that he's seeking the father's permission to marry her despite the fact that they've been engaged for like less than a week longer than they've know each other because they want to have actual sex rather than just Brooksian music-loving but to have intercourse out of wedlock is apparently unthinkable or some poo poo.

# ? Oct 18, 2016 14:43

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

Wanamingo posted:

Nancy

I kinda like that you can see the shadows of the monsters in the first panel. Can't believe I liked something in modern Nancy, no matter how small.

# ? Oct 18, 2016 15:30

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

Tina's Groove

Family Circus

Rose is Rose

One Big Happy

Mother Goose & Grimm included today solely to say get hosed, Mom Goose t :mad:

Foob

Compu-Toon

Bizarro

Dilbert

# ? Oct 18, 2016 15:35

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

catlord posted:

I kinda like that you can see the shadows of the monsters in the first panel. Can't believe I liked something in modern Nancy, no matter how small.

That's the friendliest Dracula I've ever seen.

# ? Oct 18, 2016 15:37

csammis: Aug 26, 2003; Mental Institution

Asaekkiga gives us an alternate look into Chief Dharma's world

# ? Oct 18, 2016 15:41

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

Modesty Blaise

# ? Oct 18, 2016 17:01

Safety Dance: Sep 10, 2007; Five degrees to starboard!

treasureplane posted:

Nancy (November 9, 1943)

"Look at me, I'm big gay Clem"

# ? Oct 18, 2016 17:06

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

ComradeCosmobot posted:

This is the sort of Peanuts I grew up with and it's why I've never liked the strip and don't understand why it still lingers on in newspaper pages everywhere. The earliest years seem alright, even funny at times, but I think I agree with the oft-expressed sentiment that the best days were before Snoopy took over the strip, which this particular series of strips exemplifies clearly.

Yeah same here. It's just now that I've seen some of the early Peanuts (which is often really good I think) it's striking how bad Peanuts of just a decade or so later usually is.

I guess it must have been the Snoopy thing. He caught on as a character and it completely changed the focus of the strip. The Urkel Effect, if you will.

Julet Esqu posted:

Phantom Classic

I like the other pilot's reaction to his partner being blown away. "Hey! That's NOT cool!"

Tiggum posted:

Hi and Lois

So, never?

F Minus

Mary Worth

Rex Morgan MD

Secret Agent X-9

Maybe the guy you saw searching the other person's room through the one-way mirror knows who it is!

Apartment 3-G

# ? Oct 18, 2016 17:17

Kammat: Feb 9, 2008; Odd Person

Transmodiar posted:

Modesty Blaise

Eddie Grant was from The Galley Slaves.

# ? Oct 18, 2016 17:28

Ms Boods: Mar 19, 2009; Did you ever wonder where the Romans got bread from? It wasn't from Waitrose!

Zanzibar Ham posted:

That's the friendliest Dracula I've ever seen.

Jim Henson's Nosferatu Babies.

# ? Oct 18, 2016 17:43

The Vosgian Beast: Aug 13, 2011; Business is slow

ComradeCosmobot posted:

This is the sort of Peanuts I grew up with and it's why I've never liked the strip and don't understand why it still lingers on in newspaper pages everywhere. The earliest years seem alright, even funny at times, but I think I agree with the oft-expressed sentiment that the best days were before Snoopy took over the strip, which this particular series of strips exemplifies clearly.

# ? Oct 18, 2016 18:43

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

Julet Esqu posted:

Phantom Classic

"Air pirates."

Air Pirates, you say? :nws:

# ? Oct 18, 2016 19:08

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

Today's Heathcliff is ripped from the headlines.

Piranha Club

Dick Tracy

Judge Parker

9 Chickweed Lane

# ? Oct 18, 2016 19:32

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Aardmania posted:

9 Chickweed Lane

I may just be real dumb, but if dad is being honest, why is she mad, and if he's lying, why is she agreeing?

# ? Oct 18, 2016 19:35

csammis: Aug 26, 2003; Mental Institution

You're not dumb, this poo poo makes no sense at all unless Xiulan thought that Englishman Slim wanted to "diminished" or "insignificant" in front of her father...which itself makes no sense.

# ? Oct 18, 2016 19:39

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

I didn't follow Judge Parker that close before Marciuliano took over. Containment units? Were they really keeping their over-aged, under-paid workers locked up in the sweatshop?

# ? Oct 18, 2016 19:44

skipThings: May 21, 2007; Tell me more about this
"Wireless fun-adaptor" you were speaking of.

csammis posted:

You're not dumb, this poo poo makes no sense at all unless Xiulan thought that Englishman Slim wanted to "diminished" or "insignificant" in front of her father...which itself makes no sense.

Not to defend the dumb story, btu she was probably being sarcastic when she asked her father that particular question cause, you see, she learned being sarcastic in the West , Asians have no such concept

# ? Oct 18, 2016 19:50

Mr. Noseybonk: Jul 17, 2012

Nenonen posted:

I didn't follow Judge Parker that close before Marciuliano took over. Containment units? Were they really keeping their over-aged, under-paid workers locked up in the sweatshop?

Yes. that was exactly what they planned to do. they thought there would be no issue doing so.

# ? Oct 18, 2016 19:52

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Containers were somehow cheaper than throwing up some lovely walls that wouldn't have overloaded the lovely floor.

No wonder that engineer fled the country.

# ? Oct 18, 2016 19:54

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.

Mr. Noseybonk posted:

Yes. that was exactly what they planned to do. they thought there would be no issue doing so.

Except it was portrayed as a good thing then. I mean this whole thing happening now... wasn't planned by the earlier writers was it? It happened because Marciuliano took over? That's the impression I'm getting anyway.

# ? Oct 18, 2016 19:55

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

His Divine Shadow posted:

Except it was portrayed as a good thing then. I mean this whole thing happening now... wasn't planned by the earlier writers was it? It happened because Marciuliano took over? That's the impression I'm getting anyway.

Yeah, this is basically Ces taking a chainsaw to the dangling plot threads Woody Wilson left behind. Wilson apparently thought it was brilliant for the Spencer-Drivers to hire senior citizens to work in shipping containers.

# ? Oct 18, 2016 19:59

Savidudeosoo: Feb 12, 2016; Pelican, a Bag Man

His Divine Shadow posted:

Except it was portrayed as a good thing then. I mean this whole thing happening now... wasn't planned by the earlier writers was it? It happened because Marciuliano took over? That's the impression I'm getting anyway.

Marciulianois a vengeful god, and he will tear down the false paradise of Judge Parker brick by brick.

# ? Oct 18, 2016 20:02

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Good to see some opera put back into the soap.

# ? Oct 18, 2016 20:13

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

Selachian posted:

Yeah, this is basically Ces taking a chainsaw to the dangling plot threads Woody Wilson left behind. Wilson apparently thought it was brilliant for the Spencer-Drivers to hire senior citizens to work in shipping containers.

I am legitimately curious to know how Woody Wilson would have wrapped up these plot line, if for no other reason than to see exactly the opposite of what is happening now. Any idea why they took Wilson off the strip mid-story?

# ? Oct 18, 2016 20:53

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:

Piranha Club

They look like every other hideous character in this hideous comic. :effort:

# ? Oct 18, 2016 21:12

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Wanamingo posted:

Nancy

They're people too*, Oona, you bigot.

*Except maybe for the crocodile.

Nenonen posted:

I didn't follow Judge Parker that close before Marciuliano took over. Containment units? Were they really keeping their over-aged, under-paid workers locked up in the sweatshop?

Discount shipping containers!

Naturally, as readers, we are supposed to interpret this behavior as Neddy having good business sense and negotiating skills.

Luann

Ugh. Cancel the engagement right now.

The Amazing Spider-Man

Sally Forth

The Heart of Juliet Jones

# ? Oct 18, 2016 21:23

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

I didn't realize it earlier, but Ces is only the third person to write Judge Parker in its 54 years of existence. I should get into the comic strip writing biz, because apparently it's the most secure job in the world.

Julet Esqu posted:

Naturally, as readers, we are supposed to interpret this behavior as Neddy having good business sense and negotiating skills.

Don't forget, the reason Neddy hired senior citizens to work in her sweatshop is because "they've already got health care and pensions," so she wouldn't have to pay for benefits. Savvy.

Selachian fucked around with this message at 21:26 on Oct 18, 2016

# ? Oct 18, 2016 21:24

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Transmodiar posted:

I am legitimately curious to know how Woody Wilson would have wrapped up these plot line, if for no other reason than to see exactly the opposite of what is happening now. Any idea why they took Wilson off the strip mid-story?

Note that the JP strips I just posted were from June of 2015. If he waited for a storyline in Judge Parker to wrap before retiring, he'd be there until the sun finally expanded to envelop our Earth.

# ? Oct 18, 2016 21:26

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

Peanuts (October 21, 1969)

Funky Winkerbean

Crankshaft

Rip Haywire

Thimble Theater (May 7, 1930)

# ? Oct 18, 2016 21:52

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

So Bull is gonna go on a shooting spree soon, right?

# ? Oct 18, 2016 22:40

Rand Brittain: Mar 25, 2013; "Go on until you're stopped."

I do kind of have to wonder if the syndicate actually decided "let's bring in Sally Forth guy to destroy everything that makes this strip what it is and do a wee on the ashes" or if it just turned out that way to our eternal good.

# ? Oct 18, 2016 22:44

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

WickedHate posted:

So Bull is gonna go on a shooting spree soon, right?

I'm thinking less a full-on shooting spree and more pulling a Benoit, and in either case I wish TomBat would hurry the gently caress up with it. Does he think his telegraphing constitutes a slow burn or something?

# ? Oct 18, 2016 22:48

Maslovo: Oct 12, 2016

Mr. Squishy posted:

What's with the neck-brace?

Much like traditional portraits daguerreotypes required the subject to hold still for long periods so there were often adjustable height tables and headrests.

# ? Oct 18, 2016 23:07

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

SomeMathGuy posted:

I'm thinking less a full-on shooting spree and more pulling a Benoit, and in either case I wish TomBat would hurry the gently caress up with it. Does he think his telegraphing constitutes a slow burn or something?

I was actually going to reference Benoit with that exact wording but was afraid of it being seen in poor taste.

# ? Oct 18, 2016 23:44

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

The Vosgian Beast posted:

I like this one. It's from a storyline where Charlie Brown is cracking up over his obsession with the baseball team's continual failure. People claim Snoopy took over the strip at one point, but actually reading it from start to finish (thanks, Fantagraphics!), it really isn't so. His strips are the simplest ones, usually quick, repeating gags, but I still enjoy their daffiness. And the other characters maintain Schulz's theme of semi-adult neuroses in child-size characters. Peppermint Patty deals with single-parent households and feminine body issues (a topic that would be noteworthy today, let alone in the 1970s). Sally is about school anxiety and not really knowing what's going on when you're young. Rerun's about that last part, too, often in a very good way. Linus, Lucy, Charlie Brown, and Schroeder are pretty much the same as they were in the "classic" period, and with the addition of Marcy as Peppermint Patty's foil, we get the crush triangle between her, Peppermint Patty, and Charlie Brown. Schulz also cuts a lot of dross around this time; Violet, Original Patty, Shermy, and even Frieda had outlived their usefulness (this Head Beagle story is pretty much the last major thing she'd be a part of), to say nothing of 3, 4, and 5. ("Who?" Exactly.) Franklin rounds out the cross-town cast, and around now we also get one of my favorite Schulz creations: Spike. There's something about Spike that's just so bizarrely existentialist that I can't help but love him. I would read a strip just about Spike.

# ? Oct 19, 2016 00:12