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

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Angular Cyrus: May 29, 2007; everything is so much harder than it looks

Nekonaughey

USC Digital Folklore Archives posted:

Peach Boy
�Peach Boy� or �Momotaro� in Japanese is this story about this kid who was born in a peach and found on a stream. This grandma and grandpa found the peach on the beach, sliced it, found the kid and raised him up. When the kid gets older and bigger, he hears about this island with monsters that have killing and scaring the villagers, so he goes to kill them. Before he heads out, his grandparents, or the people who raised him, give him a basket of riceballs, for food or whatever. Along the way, the Peach Boy runs into 3 animals, a monkey, a dog and a crane. He gives the riceball treats to the animals and they are like �You are so kind, I will help you.� With the animals to help him, he defeats or kills the monsters and he becomes a hero and everyone lives happily ever after, as usual.

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# ? May 28, 2024 11:22

SuperKlaus: Oct 20, 2005; Fun Shoe

the bus

# ? Nov 24, 2017 20:27

Pastry of the Year: Apr 12, 2013

Arlo and Janis

Tina's Groove Classic (April 19-20, 2006)

Arlo and Janis Classic (April 19-20, 1996)

Garfield Classic (April 19-20, 1986)

# ? Nov 24, 2017 20:37

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

Samovar posted:

Ha ha! Sexual harassment!

Pretty much the basis of all comedy in the 1950s.

# ? Nov 24, 2017 22:47

TofuDiva: Aug 22, 2010; Playin' Possum; Muldoon

Ballard Street

Psst - note the note in the lower right corner :allears:

# ? Nov 24, 2017 23:49

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

Won't you tell me how to get, how to get to Ballard Street??????

# ? Nov 25, 2017 01:15

Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

Tracksuit

Mother From Another Country

# ? Nov 25, 2017 01:20

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

Aardmania posted:

Gil

Don't these kids have phones? Look it up on Wikipedia.

Darthemed posted:

Ripley's

That fish thing - how does converting lactic acid to alcohol help with a lack of oxygen?

Julet Esqu posted:

So does Crystal just not exist any more?

# ? Nov 25, 2017 02:10

Angular Cyrus: May 29, 2007; everything is so much harder than it looks

Pop Team Epic

Squirrel Nuts

# ? Nov 25, 2017 02:10

NRVNQSR: Mar 1, 2009

Tiggum posted:

Don't these kids have phones? Look it up on Wikipedia.

That fish thing - how does converting lactic acid to alcohol help with a lack of oxygen?

~~Don't you have a phone?~~

Basically animals don't need oxygen to live, they need energy. Burning carbohydrates with oxygen is the easiest way to produce energy but cells have other ways to do it too, and converting lactic acid to alcohol is one of them. It can happen in humans too during periods of heavy exertion.

# ? Nov 25, 2017 02:46

LeastActionHero: Oct 23, 2008

NRVNQSR posted:

~~Don't you have a phone?~~

Basically animals don't need oxygen to live, they need energy. Burning carbohydrates with oxygen is the easiest way to produce energy but cells have other ways to do it too, and converting lactic acid to alcohol is one of them. It can happen in humans too during periods of heavy exertion.

Lactic acid in high concentrations is toxic. Humans can't convert lactic acid to anything, which is why humans, like most animals, need a constant supply of oxygen. oldfish can apparently convert the lactic acid to alcohol (common in bacteria and yeast, not at all common in animals), and presumably the alcohol diffuses into the water through the gills, avoiding a toxic buildup. The press releases aren't really clear if that's the actual benefit though.

:science:

Turtles can neutralize lactic acid by reacting it with their shells.

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Tunicate: May 15, 2012

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cori_cycle

Humans can convert lactic acid back into glucose, but it's a liver thing and v. inefficient.

# ? Nov 25, 2017 04:40

Evil Mastermind: Apr 28, 2008

The Classic Dinette Set treats itself.

Working Daze is lost in a void in a lot of ways.

Super-Fun-Pak Comix buzzwords.

# ? Nov 25, 2017 05:40

treasureplane: Jul 12, 2008; throwing darts in lovers' eyes, &c.

King Aroo (June 16, 1952)

Wash Tubbs (April 2, 1930)

Gasoline Alley (April 29, 1924)

Lil' Abner (December 29, 1937)

# ? Nov 25, 2017 06:17

treasureplane: Jul 12, 2008; throwing darts in lovers' eyes, &c.

Barney Google (May 2, 1923)

Alley Oop (August 1, 1934)

Oaky Doaks (July 27, 1935)

Dickie Dare (September 9, 1933)

# ? Nov 25, 2017 06:18

treasureplane: Jul 12, 2008; throwing darts in lovers' eyes, &c.

Bringing Up Father (January 10, 1940)

Krazy Kat (January 9, 1936)

Polly and Her Pals (January 9, 1937)

# ? Nov 25, 2017 06:18

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

Tiggum posted:

That fish thing - how does converting lactic acid to alcohol help with a lack of oxygen?

The same way alcohol helps with everything else.

# ? Nov 25, 2017 07:20

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

# ? Nov 25, 2017 14:56

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

I don't want to step on anyone's toes or mess with anyone's OCD but Mary Worth made me laugh harder than anything in the paper has for weeks:

# ? Nov 25, 2017 15:06

Pastry of the Year: Apr 12, 2013

Arlo and Janis

Tina's Groove Classic (April 21-22, 2006)

Arlo and Janis Classic (April 22, 1996)

Garfield Classic (April 21-22, 1986)

# ? Nov 25, 2017 15:10

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

Family Circus

Rose is Rose

One Big Happy

Foob

Compu-Toon

Bizarro

Dilbert

# ? Nov 25, 2017 16:02

Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

Nancy

Dustin

Mandrake

# ? Nov 25, 2017 16:09

BigglesSWE: Dec 2, 2014; How 'bout them hawks news huh!

Nancy is the holocaust of humor as always, but I�ll be honest, that Dustin made me laugh. A good punchline.

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Cricken_Nigfops: Oct 25, 2011; CROM!

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

Thanksgiving Catch-up!

BC

Phoebe

Baldo

Some super-wonky art on the very serious hand in that third panel.

Some super-wonky art all around, honestly. One weird thing about Baldo is that every recurring non-Baldo-family character always looks like they came from a different strip. Mr. Rod is straight-up Least I Could Do.

Those are both extremely common names, though.

Wizard of Id offers the rare "some gizmo/trendy food" twofer:

Big Nate

Wallace, still in a kilt

Curtis

Baby Blues

# ? Nov 25, 2017 17:39

Haifisch: Nov 13, 2010; Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!; Taco Defender

Flashback Gordon

2004 Spiderman

NEXT: ENTER CYBERTOOTH!

The Amazing Van

# ? Nov 25, 2017 17:56

Johnny Aztec: Jan 30, 2005; by Hand Knit

Huh. Where is Baby Blues set in? Florida, I am guessing?

# ? Nov 25, 2017 18:09

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

Today's Garf

Zippy

Ripley's

# ? Nov 25, 2017 18:58

Angular Cyrus: May 29, 2007; everything is so much harder than it looks

Nekonaughey

# ? Nov 25, 2017 20:05

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Buni

Rhymes with Orange

Pros and Cons

# ? Nov 25, 2017 20:13

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

Darthemed posted:

Ripley's

Yes because it was created as a anti-counterfeting LEO, and had nothing to do with Presidential security until 1902! :argh:

# ? Nov 25, 2017 20:28

Tunicate: May 15, 2012

BigDave posted:

Yes because it was created as a anti-counterfeting LEO, and had nothing to do with Presidential security until 1902!

At first they only protected dead presidents.

# ? Nov 25, 2017 20:34

treasureplane: Jul 12, 2008; throwing darts in lovers' eyes, &c.

King Aroo (June 17, 1952)

Wash Tubbs (April 3, 1930)

Gasoline Alley (April 30, 1924)

Lil' Abner (December 30, 1937)

# ? Nov 25, 2017 20:54

treasureplane: Jul 12, 2008; throwing darts in lovers' eyes, &c.

Barney Google (May 3, 1923)

Alley Oop (August 2, 1934)

Oaky Doaks (July 29, 1935)

Dickie Dare (September 11, 1933)

# ? Nov 25, 2017 20:54

treasureplane: Jul 12, 2008; throwing darts in lovers' eyes, &c.

Bringing Up Father (January 11, 1940)

Krazy Kat (January 10, 1936)

Polly and Her Pals (January 11, 1937)

# ? Nov 25, 2017 20:54

someone awful.: Sep 7, 2007

Angular Cyrus posted:

Nekonaughey

This strip is usually pretty good but this batch is extremely good

# ? Nov 25, 2017 23:03

Poil: Mar 17, 2007

Selachian posted:

Do... they understand how tripods work?

# ? Nov 25, 2017 23:13

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Angular Cyrus posted:

Nekonaughey

Why did Nekonaughey go nuclear? Did Blue Cat take the good bit?

You loving assholes.

# ? Nov 25, 2017 23:35

TofuDiva: Aug 22, 2010; Playin' Possum; Muldoon

sweeperbravo posted:

Won't you tell me how to get, how to get to Ballard Street??????

I'd move there in a New York minute.

According to his bio, Jerry Van Amerongen started out in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I went a-googling a while back and there is a Ballard Street there. It seems to be just a few blocks long, and the houses do look kind of familiar.*

In the meantime, it's another sunny day and the air is sweet on Ballard Street

_{*I can't seem to get a googlemap link to post correctly, but just google "Ballard Street Grand Rapids MI."}

# ? Nov 25, 2017 23:49

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# ? May 28, 2024 11:22

Odonata: Nov 5, 2009; Nap Ghost

Pastry of the Year posted:

Arlo and Janis

I don't get it . How can she be ordering spicy food without transforming into a wild demon biker chick? Doesn't the artist understand the forbidden passions burning within the secret heart of the modern American housewife?

# ? Nov 26, 2017 00:24

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