Comic Strip Megathread XVI: Winking Throwbacks to Retro Sexism

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Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Evil Mastermind posted:

The best part of Luann is how the girls didn't go "we're not really into rock climbing, maybe we could do something else?" when jock guy invited them, then counter with "WE'RE going bowling. You can come along if you want."

Would it be that hard to just say "nah, rock climbing isn't really our scene; maybe we could do something else?" and go from here? Yes it is, nobody in this comic acts like a human

Um they are just being powerhouse women and asserting their authority, MRA scum.

# ? Nov 12, 2016 22:28

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# ? May 31, 2024 17:14

Alterian: Jan 28, 2003

Julet Esqu posted:

Luann

Poor Emo has to go to the gym now.

Maybe he's a health goth
https://www.buzzfeed.com/catesevilla/healthiest-goths-that-ever-gothed?utm_term=.mv60mw5mB#.wcqE1a71M

# ? Nov 12, 2016 22:49

sweeperbravo: May 18, 2012; AUNT GWEN'S COLD SHAPE (!)

Evil Mastermind posted:

Would it be that hard to just say "nah, rock climbing isn't really our scene; maybe we could do something else?" and go from here? Yes it is, nobody in this comic acts like a human

I wish Luann was just explicitly a comic about Aspergers teens doing their best to fit in and figure out social rules. It would be infinitely more likeable.

# ? Nov 12, 2016 23:41

Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

sweeperbravo posted:

I wish Luann was just explicitly a comic about Aspergers teens doing their best to fit in and figure out social rules. It would be infinitely more likeable.

Up next: Luann and Bernice spend $84 on foam.

Kennel fucked around with this message at 00:20 on Nov 13, 2016

# ? Nov 13, 2016 00:16

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.

Peanuts (November 15, 1969)

Funky Winkerbean

Crankshaft

Rip Haywire

Out Our Way (January 6-7, 1930)

Thimble Theater (June 2, 1930)

# ? Nov 13, 2016 01:36

Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

Endless Mike posted:

Um they are just being powerhouse women and asserting their authority, MRA scum.

(tips goth-ish beanie) M'Luann...

# ? Nov 13, 2016 02:24

Slammy: Mar 30, 2011; Great speech.
PPHPFT!!

Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (click for huge)

And He Did. (August, 1915)

Outbursts of Everett True (January, 1916)

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 (December, 1970, click for big)

Richard's Poor Almanac (click for big)

Dick Tracy (September, 2009, click for big)

# ? Nov 13, 2016 03:48

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Phantom Classic

Radio Patrol

Just straight up shooting cops right there in the funnies. What a time to have been alive.

Rip Kirby

Big Ben Bolt

Ben says he was a reporter. I guess that means he gave that up? I thought his coming out of retirement and fighting again was a special one time deal because that dude was such an rear end.

# ? Nov 13, 2016 04:36

Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

The Classic Dinette Set bodyshames.

Working Daze is SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP

Super-Fun-Pak-Comix is so predictable.

# ? Nov 13, 2016 05:21

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

Modesty Blaise

# ? Nov 13, 2016 05:58

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

Mark Trail

Pearls Before Swine

The Phantom

# ? Nov 13, 2016 08:29

Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

Nancy

# ? Nov 13, 2016 11:44

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

Intelligent Life

Take It From the Tinkersons

# ? Nov 13, 2016 13:00

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

Heathcliff

Piranha Club

Dick Tracy

Judge Parker

9 Chickweed Lane

Pibgorn

# ? Nov 13, 2016 14:10

dismas: Jul 31, 2008

Aardmania posted:

Heathcliff

This one gets more hosed up the more you think about it

dismas fucked around with this message at 14:58 on Nov 13, 2016

# ? Nov 13, 2016 14:16

Pastry of the Year: Apr 12, 2013

dismas posted:

This one gets more hosed up the more You think about it

Which is why modern Heathcliff is so good.

Arlo and Janis

# ? Nov 13, 2016 14:36

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

Foxtrot

# ? Nov 13, 2016 16:11

bean_shadow: Sep 27, 2005; If men had uteruses they'd be called duderuses.

Strontium posted:

Intelligent Life

Is that gum? Is that gum? Is that gum?

# ? Nov 13, 2016 16:13

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Rhymes with Orange

Pros and Cons

# ? Nov 13, 2016 18:52

Darthemed: Oct 28, 2007; "A data unit?
For me?"; College Slice

Ripley's

"Bitten"? Not 'managed to jab himself with the fangs'?

# ? Nov 13, 2016 20:17

Johnny Aztec: Jan 30, 2005; by Hand Knit

Eh,. if the snake had just been killed, and the dude picked up the head to throw it away, the head could still have reflexively bitten down. and could still pump venom.

# ? Nov 13, 2016 20:21

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

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Or if he had soy sauce on his fingers like the various seafood videos.

# ? Nov 13, 2016 20:50

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

Transmodiar posted:

Modesty Blaise

"Our plan to get her angry enough to sneak into our country didn't work! What now?"
"Well, we could ask her to please come?"
"Brilliant! She'll never expect such a move!"

F Minus

Mary Worth

Rex Morgan MD

Ah! I feel a comeuppance approaching.

Jungle Jim

I don't think it's necessary to point out how many times in just this strip JJ would be dead in real life, right?

# ? Nov 13, 2016 20:51

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

Johnny Aztec posted:

Eh,. if the snake had just been killed, and the dude picked up the head to throw it away, the head could still have reflexively bitten down. and could still pump venom.

But the head would have had severedly limited mobility, like it's not going to thrust itself through the air to bite his jugular vein like in a ~~bad~~ good horror film. So either he misplaced his fingers so that it could snap its jaws on him, which is possible in a busy restaurant, or he cut the head off with enough of body muscles still on it that it could twitch around and then bite him.

# ? Nov 13, 2016 20:59

Johnny Aztec: Jan 30, 2005; by Hand Knit

Yeah, I figure he got his hand or fingat in there, sure. I mean, it's not entirely unknown for people to get bit by snake heads.

# ? Nov 13, 2016 21:02

My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

Snake head fingerpuppets gone wrong.

# ? Nov 13, 2016 21:09

Voltin Bolt: Oct 17, 2004; IT DOES NOT FIX

It can take a decapitated snake anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours to die, depending how much neck / body is left on it. They're completely aware and terrified that entire time, and yes they can willingly bite still

If you ever need to mercy-kill a snake (like if it's been horribly injured, not "ahh there's a snake in my yard and I decided it needs to die"), don't cut its head off, just smash it instead.

# ? Nov 13, 2016 21:35

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Manuel Calavera posted:

Family Circus

Huh. Interesting with the old art style in the flashback. That 10-year-old child was present at an event that took place in the 60's.

The Amazing Spider-Man

Sally Forth

The Heart of Juliet Jones

1. Oh. He's one of those.
2. Eve got BANGS!?!? :derp:

Prince Valiant

Phantom Classic

Big Ben Bolt

I'm sure it's just stock print they keep around the place just for situations like this, but I still appreciate that you could read the paper, if you were so inclined, instead of just lorem ipsum.

# ? Nov 13, 2016 23:35

Raskolnikov38: Mar 3, 2007; We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

Julet Esqu posted:

Huh. Interesting with the old art style in the flashback. That 10-year-old child was present at an event that took place in the 60's.

The Amazing Spider-Man

Oh please dock Peter's pay over this.

# ? Nov 13, 2016 23:41

bean_shadow: Sep 27, 2005; If men had uteruses they'd be called duderuses.

Nenonen posted:

But the head would have had severedly limited mobility, like it's not going to thrust itself through the air to bite his jugular vein like in a ~~bad~~ good horror film. So either he misplaced his fingers so that it could snap its jaws on him, which is possible in a busy restaurant, or he cut the head off with enough of body muscles still on it that it could twitch around and then bite him.

Coming up next on Kitchen Nightmares...

# ? Nov 13, 2016 23:51

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.

Peanuts (November 16, 1969)

Funky Winkerbean

Crankshaft

Out Our Way With The Willets (December 4 and 11, 1927)

# ? Nov 14, 2016 01:11

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

Modesty Blaise

# ? Nov 14, 2016 02:05

Slammy: Mar 30, 2011; Great speech.
PPHPFT!!

Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (click for huge)

And He Did. (August, 1915)

Comic Strip Thread, we will always have BLUEY

Outbursts of Everett True (January, 1916)

Guess If They Are Married! (click for big)

The Gay Thirties (February, 1935, click for big))

They'll Do It Every Time (February, 1940, click for big)

Mopsy (July, 1940)

Tweedy (August, 1956, click for big)

Jaf (1967)

Feiffer (1969, click for big)

Andy Capp (November, 1970, click for big)

Wee Pals (December, 1970, click for big)

Richard's Poor Almanac (click for big)

Dick Tracy (September, 2009, click for big)

# ? Nov 14, 2016 02:29

The MSJ: May 17, 2010

drat, that's not a fine tiger.

# ? Nov 14, 2016 03:20

Hoover Dam: Jun 17, 2003; red white and blue forever

SomeMathGuy posted:

The Phantom Meets Kit Mailer*

*FOR THE GHOST WHO FRANKS!

# ? Nov 14, 2016 04:19

Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

The Classic Dinette Set is right round like a record baby.

Working Daze gives up its weekend.

Super-Fun-Pak-Comix goes beyond the Dad Joke.

# ? Nov 14, 2016 04:36

Darthemed: Oct 28, 2007; "A data unit?
For me?"; College Slice

OK, looks like I left off on a Thursday, so instead of dropping twelve strips at one go to get back on schedule, I'll put that off until Friday and instead jump into that new addition I'd mentioned.

Batman and Robin

A few tidbits about this strip: it's Batman's first newspaper comic strip; it's "the last large body of work" that Bob Kane penciled entirely solo; it's Charles Paris' first inking work on Batman, "representing the initial three years of a 22-year stint with the character. Paris is probably the only person to have inked Batman this long."; and the collection I have doesn't include the Sunday strips (I'm guessing that, like classic Phantom, they cover separate story-lines), but I just ordered the Sundays collection so we won't miss out.

Also, if Slammy or someone else who regularly posts comics with the big version linked could share some tips on recommended sizes for the big picture, I'll aim to provide comics large enough for the little details to be appreciated without eye-straining.

# ? Nov 14, 2016 05:04

Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

It's All Right Chief Dharma

# ? Nov 14, 2016 05:09

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.

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