Slammy posted:

Outbursts of Everett True (May, 1917)

EasyEW posted:

Funky Winkerbean

EasyEW posted:

Funky Winkerbean

It's like saying Bloody Mary into a mirror, isn't it...

FrumpleOrz posted:

Safe Havens

ukonvasara posted:

In the storm of fever-dream nonsense that is every Holbrook strip, it's always nice to have a particularly insane forgotten thing come back to the fore to baffle me anew--in this case, "why on earth does Holbrook think 'is always on a trapeze' is a character trait (1) at all (2) that makes any sense whatsoever?"

ukonvasara posted:

In the storm of fever-dream nonsense that is every Holbrook strip, it's always nice to have a particularly insane forgotten thing come back to the fore to baffle me anew--in this case, "why on earth does Holbrook think 'is always on a trapeze' is a character trait (1) at all (2) that makes any sense whatsoever?"

Bobulus posted:

So the weird backstory here is that this comic has been going for a couple decades and the characters age in real time, so when it started, they were in preschool and 'kid who was constantly on the swing set' was a semi-reasonable character trait.

FrumpleOrz posted:

The Lockhorns

Aardmania posted:

Pibgorn

In today's Pibgorn history, Brooke found that Photoshop has more features than just the Burn tool.

EasyEW posted:

Sally Forth

Evil Mastermind posted:

Part of me really does want to interview Holbrook just to ask questions like that. "So why do you think that having a character always on a trapeze isn't completely loving stupid?"

FrumpleOrz posted:

The Lockhorns

Cricken_Nigfops posted:

Tiggum posted:

That's a great callback.

~Coxy posted:

Arlo and Janis

Manuel Calavera posted:

One Big Happy

Johnny Walker posted:

The Phantom

Julet Esqu posted:

I think Greg has a fundamental misunderstanding of the various purposes panties actually serve. Like, Tara not EVER wearing underwear is likely shorthand to tell us she's SEXXAY and UNINHIBITED and MAYBE A SLUT!!! and NOT A GOOD ROLE MODEL FOR OUR SWEET LUANN!! But women don't just wear underwear for modesty, it has a lot of functional benefits as well. The idea of wearing jeans without underwear just sounds incredibly unpleasant to me for multiple reasons that have nothing to do with morality.

And Luann being all wistful that her lacy panties are a waste because nobody ever sees her in them... Luann sees her in them! That's enough! Women are allowed to feel sexy even if there is no man around! I have underwear with a pizza print on them* and I like them even though, as a single woman, I'm the only one who sees them. Because I, like most women, buy my underwear for myself. /

*Ok, admittedly not sexy

Haifisch posted:

[b]Nancy

Wikipedia posted:

Yo-yo balloons, also known as Yo-yo Tsuris, are a common type of water balloon found at matsuri festivals in Japan. Typically small, round, and colourful, the balloons are filled to a diameter of about 75 mm (3 in) with air and roughly 45 mL (1.6 imp fl oz; 1.5 US fl oz) of water.[5] The balloon is clipped or tied closed and hung from an elastic string with a finger loop tied at the end. This gives them enough weight and bounce to function as a yo-yo, earning them their name.[6][7] The balloons are often won in a game (Yo-yo Tsuri or just yo-yo[8]) where they are set floating in a tub of water. Players "fish" for the balloons with a hook at the end of a twisted paper string.[9] As the wet paper line breaks easily, the game is often likened to goldfish scooping in terms of difficulty.