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"Balloonatic" is one of my favorite Modesty strips. Guido's not my favorite recurring cast member (he's one of the go-to examples of a character who's introduced because somebody has to gently caress everything up and it's not going to be the hyper-competent protagonists), but the sequence where his girlfriend has to drive to Rome has stuck with me for years for some reason. I also get a kick out of Modesty's challenge only working because one of Smythe's confederates gets mad over sex discrimination. Welcome back to 1983, I guess. (There's a really handy chart in the back of all the Titan Books "Modesty" reprints that details the dates on which each strip ran. "Balloonatic" is September 1982 through February 1983.)
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Angular Cyrus posted:Nekonaughey Same. If someone broke up a brick of dried ramen in front of me, I'd be paralyzed with bewilderment. Why, other cat, why?
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I don't know what it is about it, but Nekonaughey is right up there with Wallace the Brave for me.
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King Aroo (June 20, 1952)![]() Wash Tubbs (April 7, 1930) ![]() Gasoline Alley (May 3, 1924) ![]() Lil' Abner (January 3, 1938) ![]()
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Barney Google (May 7, 1923)![]() Alley Oop (August 6, 1934) ![]() Oaky Doaks (August 1, 1935) ![]() Dickie Dare (September 14, 1933) ![]()
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Tuxedo Ted posted:Same. If someone broke up a brick of dried ramen in front of me, I'd be paralyzed with bewilderment. My dad always did that when I was growing up and it was the worst.
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Some Guy TT posted:Would anyone be interested in reposting Weapon Brown? When I first came to this thread it was just finishing, so I never really understood why anyone was excited so much by it- the hiatus between page updates didn't help. But now that it's done, it could easily make for a more accessible regular contribution, especially with the new year's thread coming up. Wasn't it drawn by a goon? Yeah, it would be good to see Weapon Brown in this thread again. The author did post here, I can't remember his username though.
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Say Nothing posted:Yeah, it would be good to see Weapon Brown in this thread again. The author did post here, I can't remember his username though.
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SuperKlaus posted:I'm happy to see it posted here because it's such important comics history, and it owns the poo poo out of a lot of the trash comics the weirdos religiously "contribute," but... Krazy Kat's an interesting one in that its story, while present, is secondary to its aesthetics. The zen-like triangle connecting the characters makes the strip easy to grasp, but the interest really lies in the way Herriman plays with the triangle in endless inventive variations. There's also that dream-like mood he creates: ever-shifting backgrounds, bold colors (in the Sunday strips, anyway), radically simple scenery that manages to feel magical rather than desolate. And of course there's Krazy's wild, loose hybrid dialect and his/her offhand, often-allusive poetry, which IMHO is close in spirit to what Gertrude Stein was writing at the time: a sort of playful deconstruction of language born out of a love of words. Bringing Up Father (January 15, 1940) ![]() Krazy Kat (January 14, 1936) ![]() Polly and Her Pals (January 14, 1937) ![]()
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treasureplane posted:Bringing Up Father (January 15, 1940) Bringing Up Father became so popular in Finland that a movie was made in 1939. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139719/ ![]() ![]()
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Tuxedo Ted posted:Same. If someone broke up a brick of dried ramen in front of me, I'd be paralyzed with bewilderment.
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The bowls at my work aren't big enough for it to submerged otherwise.
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Say Nothing posted:Yeah, it would be good to see Weapon Brown in this thread again. The author did post here, I can't remember his username though. Maybe the webcomics chat crew thread. I don't think it's a good fit here.
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FrumpleOrz posted:
Matt Lauer, Garisson Kiellor...now Hagar. drat.
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Heathcliff![]() Piranha Club ![]() Dick Tracy ![]() Judge Parker ![]() 9 Chickweed Lane ![]()
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Kennel posted:Bringing Up Father became so popular in Finland that a movie was made in 1939. Hey, do you think these Salt and Pepper shakers are characters from Bringing up Father? ![]()
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Intelligent Life![]() Take It From the Tinkersons ![]() Dark Side of the Horse ![]() Viivi & Wagner ![]()
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Kennel posted:Bringing Up Father became so popular in Finland that a movie was made in 1939. No discussion of "Bringing Up Father" can be complete without MAD Magazine's brutal 1954 deconstruction. ![]() ![]()
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Johnny Aztec posted:Hey, do you think these Salt and Pepper shakers are characters from Bringing up Father? This is my favorite mystery on the forums.
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Why do the preditors want to kill Lindisfarne for reasons besides eating again? And if the cops are watching the bunnies dad why wouldn't they be watching him too?
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Arlo and Janis![]() Tina's Groove Classic (April 28-29, 2006) ![]() ![]() Arlo and Janis Classic (April 29, 1996) ![]() Garfield Classic (April 28-29, 1986) ![]() ![]()
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Kennel posted:Nancy Good thing Gilchrist drew the sight-line there, otherwise I'd never know what Nancy was looking at!
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Aardmania posted:Heathcliff Evil Mastermind posted:Good thing Gilchrist drew the sight-line there, otherwise I'd never know what Nancy was looking at! F Minus ![]() Mark Trail ![]() So is James Allen just ending the other story abruptly with them in that cave? Mary Worth ![]() The Phantom ![]() Pooch Cafe ![]() Rex Morgan MD ![]() He's going to identify Rene by the style here, isn't he? Apartment 3-G ![]()
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That Big Bird looks like it’s had a lot of whiskey and Xanax bars!
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Johnny Walker posted:Rex Morgan MD Was Rene Sarah's art teacher, who abruptly pulled off his wig and jumped out the window and ran away when the Mafia came for him?
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Johnny Walker posted:Mark Trail Close. He's ending it with them not in a cave because there's a cool bear in there and fun adventures are not allowed. ![]() You could try talking to her like she's a person. I hear they're letting fat people have normal human interactions these days!
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Greg Evans can't seem to decide how fat he wants Tiff to be even between goddamn panels. Come on, Greg. You're ostensibly a professional cartoonist. Get your poo poo together.
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King Aroo (June 21, 1952)![]() Wash Tubbs (April 8, 1930) ![]() Gasoline Alley (May 5, 1924) ![]() Lil' Abner (January 4, 1938) ![]()
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Mister Mind posted:Was Rene Sarah's art teacher, who abruptly pulled off his wig and jumped out the window and ran away when the Mafia came for him? ![]() Edit: Here's the big reveal when we find out he's the one making Horrible Hank forgeries, in case you missed that. ![]() Murdstone fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Dec 1, 2017 |
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