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Julet Esqu posted:Radio Patrol "I'd hate to have anything happen to that boy or that dog." Yeah, or the adult woman who lives there. Man, this loving comic.
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Sundae posted:Modesty Blaise is such a loving great comic. Why can't we have stuff like this in papers today? Lazier writers, smaller panels, and an audience that doesn't really care. Incidentally, I reread Modesty Blaise (the first novel in the series) last week and it still holds up pretty well. A couple of cringey "it was a different time" moments, but overall a good read. Rhymes with Orange  Pros and Cons 
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Selachian posted:Lazier writers, smaller panels, and an audience that doesn't really care. Genuine question: were writers of these old, beautiful comics better compensated than comic writers are now? Was there a financial incentive to do better/put more effort into it? Google tells me nothing on this.
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The Amazing Spider-Man And now we take a moment to reflect on the poor souls who only get Sunday Newspaper Spidey and this is all they will ever see of the events of last week. Sally Forth  The Heart of Juliet Jones  Prince Valiant  Phantom Classic  Big Ben Bolt 
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Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (click for huge) And He Did. (July, 1915)  Outbursts of Everett True (November, 1915)  Guess If They Are Married! (click for big)  The Gay Thirties (February, 1935, click for big))  They'll Do It Every Time (January, 1940, click for big)  Mopsy (July, 1940)  Tweedy (August, 1956, click for big)  Jaf (1967)  Feiffer (1969, click for big)  Andy Capp (October, 1970, click for big)  Wee Pals (November, 1970, click for big)  Richard's Poor Almanac (click for big)  Dick Tracy (August, 2009, click for big) 
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Little known fact: "Monster" by Skillet was inspired by TDIET.
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TofuDiva posted:Genuine question: were writers of these old, beautiful comics better compensated than comic writers are now? Was there a financial incentive to do better/put more effort into it? Dunno. From what I've read, back in the day having a syndicated comic strip was where the money and prestige was for a cartoonist. (Comic books, on the other hand, were considered trash -- which is why, for instance, Bob Kane farmed out so much of his early Batman work to a platoon of assistants.) Of course, the general decline in newspaper circulation has probably changed that. Still, guys like Jim Davis and Scott Adams are clearly not hurting for dough.
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Julet Esqu posted:Phantom Classic Slammy posted:Richard's Poor Almanac (click for big) Manuel Calavera posted:Dilbert F Minus  Mary Worth  As ridiculous as this premise is, I think it's a bit inappropriate to ask him to give up a worldwide tour just so they can continue to causally date. Rex Morgan MD  I don't trust that yellow-toothed gentleman. Jungle Jim  Not sure why that one panel is blank like that.
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Selachian posted:(Comic books, on the other hand, were considered trash -- which is why, for instance, Bob Kane farmed out so much of his early Batman work to a platoon of assistants.) You're not wrong on the first point, but based on anecdotes about Bob Kane from his contemporaries I don't think that was his sole reason for using ghosts. He also outsourced the Batman comic strip and, according to Arnold Drake at least, some paintings of clowns he "made." Dude apparently did not like to work.
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I don't think you can "get over" a serious painkiller addiction like you get over a cold
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SomeMathGuy posted:You're not wrong on the first point, but based on anecdotes about Bob Kane from his contemporaries I don't think that was his sole reason for using ghosts. He also outsourced the Batman comic strip and, according to Arnold Drake at least, some paintings of clowns he "made." Dude apparently did not like to work. Bob Kane was a lovely, horrible person more than happy to bask in the fame and using "I'm the guy who draws Batman!" to flirt with waitresses.
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Heathcliff  Today's strip was written in BASIC. Piranha Club  Dick Tracy  Judge Parker  9 Chickweed Lane 
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Aardmania posted:Judge Parker Is this meant to be the missing CIA daughter-in-law? Because if so, that is a twist I approve of.
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WickedHate posted:Bob Kane was a lovely, horrible person more than happy to bask in the fame and using "I'm the guy who draws Batman!" to flirt with waitresses. Another thing to remember is that cartoonists having ghosts do some or all of the work was a common thing back then, with the creator only signing their name. Hank Ketcham, for example, assigned the Sunday "Dennis the Menace" strips to his assistants while he focused on the dailies. After "Peanuts" became a hit, though, it became normal for cartoonists to do most or all of the work on their strips themselves. Of course, exceptions are still around. "Garfield" is nowadays the go-to example for a comic strip drawn exclusively by ghosts.
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Mister Beeg posted:Another thing to remember is that cartoonists having ghosts do some or all of the work was a common thing back then, with the creator only signing their name. Hank Ketcham, for example, assigned the Sunday "Dennis the Menace" strips to his assistants while he focused on the dailies. After "Peanuts" became a hit, though, it became normal for cartoonists to do most or all of the work on their strips themselves. "Assistants do one day of the week" is a lot different than "one guy gets sole credit for 24 pages a month when he didn't do a single panel".
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WickedHate posted:"Assistants do one day of the week" is a lot different than "one guy gets sole credit for 24 pages a month when he didn't do a single panel".
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WickedHate posted:"Assistants do one day of the week" is a lot different than "one guy gets sole credit for 24 pages a month when he didn't do a single panel". And lest we forget, while he was simultaneously not doing any work and taking credit for his ghosts' creations, he also stabbed creators who did do work (specifically Siegel & Shuster) in the back by warning DC bigwigs of an upcoming lawsuit attempt in order to negotiate a better contract for himself. There is probably an ethical manner in which to go about conducting the business of outsourcing artwork but Bob Kane sure as gently caress wasn't doing it.
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Mister Beeg posted:Even with that in mind, Bob Kane wasn't the only one doing that. He was just the most obnoxious about it. Well, that's the main thing I'm talking about. The point is, he went above and beyond on the matter and was happily willing to ring every drop of adoration and cash out of it when there was really no reason his name should appear on any of the poo poo bearing his name.
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Johnny Walker posted:Jungle Jim I can only imagine it's something so incredibly racist that even back then they were like, "no, we can't print this, redo it. What? We have to send this out right now? gently caress."
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The Classic Dinette Set kills time, brain cells. Working Daze is a repeat, but wasn't funny the first time.  Super-Fun-Pak-Comix was just feeling down for a minute but is better now. 
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Johnny Walker posted:Jungle Jim catlord posted:I can only imagine it's something so incredibly racist that even back then they were like, "no, we can't print this, redo it. What? We have to send this out right now? gently caress."  As it turns out, it really wasn't anything. It could just be that the archive copy was damaged.
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Gil Heathcliff  Heathcliff goes political today with a hard-hitting commentary about voter fraud. Piranha Club  Dick Tracy  Judge Parker  Oh well, so much for that story. 9 Chickweed Lane  Pibgorn 
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Mark Trail I can never tell if this guy's hat is supposed to be flying up in a cartoonish exaggeration or if it's just lovely drawing. Admittedly, it could be both. Pearls Before Swine  The Phantom 
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Ben The Creeps  Fred Basset  Frog Applause  Ginger Meggs  Heavenly Nostrils  Henry  Kliban  The Lost Bear  Office Hours   Reply All    Ziggy  Aardmania posted:Dick Tracy Aardmania posted:Judge Parker SomeMathGuy posted:The Phantom
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All this talk about Bob Kane reminded me that he did have a stint drawing newspaper comics before "Batman" took off. By all accounts, I think Kane was much better at cartoonier art style than the "realism" look. More information here.
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Tiggum posted:Or maybe someone duplicated the experiment that gave her her powers in the first place. IIRC the people who have the know-how are currently frozen and suffocated inside a dead space coupe orbiting Jupiter
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But are they really, and didn't get hit with cosmic radiation that gave them superpowers in a bold attempt to tie the entire Marvel universe into the strip's setting?
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Green Intern posted:"I'd hate to have anything happen to that boy or that dog." She doesn't live with Pat and Pinky though.
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Mister Beeg posted:All this talk about Bob Kane reminded me that he did have a stint drawing newspaper comics before "Batman" took off. Looks more than slightly inspired by Soglow's "The Little King." Buni  Rhymes with Orange  Pros and Cons  Edge of Changing the Subject  Wow, that was close, something dramatic almost happened! Better switch to talking about fish so the readers can catch their breath! And between this and the volcano eruption, Jam really loves his overblown sound effects, doesn't he?
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Well if something happens then it wont be the edge of adventure. Title changes are hard
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Raskolnikov38 posted:IIRC the people who have the know-how are currently frozen and suffocated inside a dead space coupe orbiting Jupiter Strontium posted:Take It From the Tinkersons
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Selachian posted:Edge of Changing the Subject God he's a bad writer.
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Evil Mastermind posted:You know, the instant I saw the strip posted I thought to myself "he's going to mention the Amelia Erhart thing again, isn't he?" He makes up for it by being terrible at drawing as well
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I know the joke is he doesn't want the dude to vote, but for people who don't get it, I hope they don't actually think voting is on Wednesday. Voter suppression is also pretty lovely 
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