Comic Strip Megathread XVII: I have a special recipe (cackle-cackle)

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Vaishino: Nov 14, 2003; He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds

# ? Jan 31, 2017 00:24

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# ? May 13, 2024 21:32

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

Legs nothin, Curtis appears to have a dinner plate in his shoe.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 00:26

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

Love is a lop-sided lady.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 00:38

Sweaty IT Nerd: Jul 13, 2007

Vaishino posted:

# ? Jan 31, 2017 00:44

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

Zereth posted:

As the person who initially asked for the dick tracy stuff I'd like to point out I didn't ask for this plot, I asked for this era of classic dick tracy baffling nonsense.
EDIT: In fact I was kind of interested in if it started off this insane and disjointed or if it got so over time.

Does anyone know when this started? Wiki says:

wiki posted:

On March 16, 2009, Jim Brozman began collaborating with Locher, taking over the drawing duties while Locher continued to write the strip.[9]

But the art before and after 3/16/09 seems the same. Unless you're talking about when Locher took over writing.I'm all for keeping Tracey around (tho folks would be shocked at my comics folder, as I have subfolders labeled "gay," "do it," "and he did" and "dick". Well ... maybe not so shocked).

Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (click for huge)

And He Did. (January, 1916)

Outbursts of Everett True (May, 1916)

Doings of the Duffs. (May, 1918, click for big)

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

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

"more excuses than a pickle has warts." heh.

Mopsy (October, 1940)

Tweedy (October, 1955, click for big)

Archie (September, 1955, click for big)

Jaf (1970)

Feiffer (1971, click for big)

This is painful.

Andy Capp (February, 1971, click for big)

Wee Pals (March, 1971, click for big)

Pyton

I admit any Pytons with words are probably horrible translations. Please feel free to correct. This one seems OK.

Richard's Poor Almanac (click for big)

Dick Tracy (November, 2009, click for big)

# ? Jan 31, 2017 01:45

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; I'm meat on the hoof

Zereth posted:

As the person who initially asked for the dick tracy stuff I'd like to point out I didn't ask for this plot, I asked for this era of classic dick tracy baffling nonsense.

EDIT: In fact I was kind of interested in if it started off this insane and disjointed or if it got so over time.

Baffling though classic Dick Tracy mey be, it had some great sound effects:

# ? Jan 31, 2017 02:57

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

Slammy posted:

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

I can't tell if this is supposed to show children playing doctor or an actual doctor

I'm glad you post this comic, because it's arguably the worst of the vintage comics you post, reminding us that not everything comic from that era was great

quote:

Feiffer (1971, click for big)

This is painful.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 03:25

Kavak: Aug 23, 2009

sweeperbravo posted:

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. This too shall pass.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 03:30

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

Kavak posted:

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. This too shall pass.

has anyone made any "Goofus and Gallant" style strips but they have Trump and Obama in them

# ? Jan 31, 2017 03:33

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

The plus side is that Trump will probably also be impeached. The bad news is it'll be for crimes a billion times worse and Pence will be infinitely worse than Ford.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 03:35

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

Heathcliff

Piranha Club

Dick Tracy

Judge Parker

*mutters to self* "Who would pay 10 bux to register an account?"

9 Chickweed Lane

# ? Jan 31, 2017 03:49

Vargo: Dec 27, 2008; 'Cuz it's KILLIN' ME!

Vaishino posted:

I really like how much this makes them seem like paper dolls.

Baldo

Wizard of Id is really good today.

Big Nate

Wallace the Brave by Wee Willy Henry and oh dear God I love the art in this strip.

Curtis

I dunno man, you gotta figure Stephen King's gotten laid quite a few times. Probably more pre-motorcycle crash.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 04:00

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

Vargo posted:

I dunno man, you gotta figure Stephen King's gotten laid quite a few times. Probably more pre-motorcycle crash.

I bet Clive Barker has been swimming in pussy ever since Hellraiser came out.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 04:08

Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

The Classic Dinette Set knows you can't put a price on memories.

Working Daze once again references that thing every was into six months ago.

Super-Fun-Pak-Comix is brought to you by Carls Jr.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 04:24

ub: Feb 9, 2003; no dont; Pillbug

Aardmania posted:

Heathcliff

This is excellent.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 04:57

Mountaineer: Aug 29, 2008; Imagine a rod breaking on a robot face - forever

Slammy posted:

Pyton

I admit any Pytons with words are probably horrible translations. Please feel free to correct. This one seems OK.

I really appreciate that Pyton usually has no dialogue. So many comics are just :words:

and seem to forget that this is supposed to be a visual medium.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 05:05

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: Year Six (November 7-9, 1955)

# ? Jan 31, 2017 05:08

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

SomeMathGuy posted:

Mark Trail

I forgive you for the year in the cave, Jam Esallen.

quote:

The Phantom

Most people would be like, "Hey, Chuck, can you grab me my briefcase out of the limo?" "Fetch it, Charles!" is the squawk of a nouveau riche fellow who can't even let just his butler forget for a moment how very much money he has.

Luann

The Amazing Spider-Man

Sally Forth

The Heart of Juliet Jones

# ? Jan 31, 2017 05:29

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

Aardmania posted:

Judge Parker

This is a truly wonderful use of the comic strip medium. :allears:

# ? Jan 31, 2017 05:39

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

Kennel posted:

Nancy

Hope you like twenty-year-old movies recorded off the TV that you can barely watch through the static. Actually, you'd be lucky to get even that, it's probably already broken, and if it isn't then it will be as soon as you try to play one of those tapes in it.

Darthemed posted:

Ripley's

You know what's a great way to show how tall someone is? Put them next to other really tall people.

Also, I've always wondered about some of those paralympic events. Why is there a running race for blind people? Why didn't those four just go in the real olympics? They're obviously fast enough to qualify.

WickedHate posted:

See you could make a decent joke about Sluggo being a hobo child(was he always meant to be that way or is that just how boys in the 30s dressed?) but Gilchrist is always just using every character in the strip for out of place nostalgia porn.

I don't think Sluggo's poverty is supposed to be a joke, it's supposed to be endearing.

Nenonen posted:

Sluggo was downshifting before it became a fad. And dumpster diving. And starving while living in a cardboard box, etc.

He doesn't live in a cardboard box. He lives alone in an abandoned house that's probably horrendously unsafe for anyone, let alone a child. Because he's too proud to accept charity and all the adults who know him respect him too much to force charity on him. :rolleyes:

# ? Jan 31, 2017 05:46

algebra testes: Mar 5, 2011; Lipstick Apathy

EasyEW posted:

Peanuts: Year Six (November 7-9, 1955)

drat Charlie Brown can get dark.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 05:46

RandomPauI: Nov 24, 2006; Grimey Drawer

This gets how I feel about certain comics across.

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

If they replaced "liar" with "piece of crap" it'd be perfect!

# ? Jan 31, 2017 06:19

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Tiggum posted:

Also, I've always wondered about some of those paralympic events. Why is there a running race for blind people? Why didn't those four just go in the real olympics? They're obviously fast enough to qualify.

Ripley's doesn't show it, but the blind runners run in tandem with a sighted guy who keeps them in lane and lets them know if anything's in the way.

Selachian fucked around with this message at 06:31 on Jan 31, 2017

# ? Jan 31, 2017 06:27

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

Selachian posted:

Ripley's doesn't show it, but the blind runners run in tandem with a sighted guy who keeps them in lane and lets them know if anything's in the way.

If that works for the paralympics, why not allow it in the regular olympics as well? It doesn't seem like it would confer any kind of advantage.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 07:08

My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

I imagine the hurdles involve a lot of chatter.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 07:19

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

WickedHate posted:

I bet Clive Barker has been swimming in pussy ever since Hellraiser came out.

Boy do I have news for you.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 08:51

Esplanade: Jan 6, 2005

SomeMathGuy posted:

Mark Trail

Huh. Looks like your source dropped the last two panels.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 09:05

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

Intelligent Life

Take It From the Tinkersons

Dark Side of the Horse

Viivi & Wagner

# ? Jan 31, 2017 09:13

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

Mark Trail

Pearls Before Swine Meets Me for the Past Two Weeks or So

The Phantom

Pooch Caf�

# ? Jan 31, 2017 09:35

Esplanade: Jan 6, 2005

SomeMathGuy posted:

The Phantom

I miss Ryan, but Manley's been knocking it out of the park lately.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 09:40

Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

Nancy

Today's Dogg�

Dustin

Mandrake

# ? Jan 31, 2017 10:32

Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

# ? Jan 31, 2017 10:42

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

Kennel posted:

Nancy

I can't believe that I saw this coming and it actually happened

# ? Jan 31, 2017 11:36

Pastry of the Year: Apr 12, 2013

Arlo and Janis

Arlo and Janis Classic (Nov. 30, 1994)

Pastry of the Year fucked around with this message at 12:12 on Jan 31, 2017

# ? Jan 31, 2017 12:10

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

Fingerpori

It makes sense in Finnish.

Speed cameras are called "tin policemen" in Finland.

It makes sense in Finnish.

Blowing is slang for stealing.

This came only a few days after a drunk Finnish man had been found trying to get a boar to penetrate him and then crashed his car. Which is perfectly legal in Finland, btw. - I mean the zoophilic act, not the drunk driving. But back to the comic. The act of forming pairs of something, like socks, is "paritella", but the word also stands for sexual intercourse.

"Pitoihin" = to the party
"Pitoihin"= to the pita breads

This one is brilliant but untranslatable.

Lasten neurologi = Children's neurologist
Lastenne urologi = Your children's urologist

"I'm NOT your children's urologist!

Finnish works with suffixes, eg. if lapsi is child then lapsettomuuksistammekaan is the word for 'even despite our lacks of children'.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 13:17

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

Tiggum posted:

Hope you like twenty-year-old movies recorded off the TV that you can barely watch through the static. Actually, you'd be lucky to get even that, it's probably already broken, and if it isn't then it will be as soon as you try to play one of those tapes in it.

You know what's a great way to show how tall someone is? Put them next to other really tall people.

Also, I've always wondered about some of those paralympic events. Why is there a running race for blind people? Why didn't those four just go in the real olympics? They're obviously fast enough to qualify.

I don't think Sluggo's poverty is supposed to be a joke, it's supposed to be endearing.

He doesn't live in a cardboard box. He lives alone in an abandoned house that's probably horrendously unsafe for anyone, let alone a child. Because he's too proud to accept charity and all the adults who know him respect him too much to force charity on him.

No charity, except for all the family dinners and other assorted things he gets from Nancy, Fritzi, and Phil.

Edit: Did somebody say 1980s Aerobics? https://youtu.be/8wvcXKJdud4

Green Intern fucked around with this message at 14:31 on Jan 31, 2017

# ? Jan 31, 2017 14:16

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

Julet Esqu posted:

Most people would be like, "Hey, Chuck, can you grab me my briefcase out of the limo?" "Fetch it, Charles!" is the squawk of a nouveau riche fellow who can't even let just his butler forget for a moment how very much money he has.

Can't let you forget how evil he is, as though trying to force through a stamp wasn't evil and underhanded enough.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 15:11