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Sally Forth Skippy catlord posted:You know, sometimes I read this thread and for one reason or another don't want to put too much effort into it and I'll skim or skip some of the more wordy comics. Unfortunately, because of this, at some point I completely lost the thread on Skippy. What is going on there? Skippy's trying to organize the rest of the town against a kid mafia. And now, let us pray. (October 22, 1930)  Peanuts (December 29, 1970)  Funky Winkerbean  "Didn't you and Les used to have kids?" "(sign) I don't even know anymore, blondie..." Crankshaft  Rip Haywire  Out Our Way (January 16-17, 1931)   Thimble Theater (July 11, 1931) 
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Thirteen is way too old to realize your parents were once teenagers too
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Calaveron posted:Haven't read Rip Haywire in a while. S the comic is now a prototypical Lockhorns where Rip openly expresses his resentment and contempt at having to take care of their child? Selachian posted:There's a gang called the Jacketeers, led by a tough kid named Spumone, who are trying to take over Skippy's street, and Skippy is putting together his own group, the Revolkalutionists, to fight them. It's gone on that way for quite a while and is starting to drag, frankly. F Minus  Mark Trail  Maybe you would draw less attention if you didn't look like a 60s Batman villain. Wilbur Kelrast  This totally not-creepy behavior is sure to win her back! The Phantom  Pooch Cafe  That's cute. Rex Morgan MD  Apartment 3-G 
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Pastry of the Year posted:Garfield Classic (May 19-20, 1986) 
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FrumpleOrz posted:Kevin & Kell FFFFfffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucccccccckk you
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EasyEW posted:
Skippy is always a real cool time capsule imo. All this stuff about having to unite with the kids on the other side of the street even though they go to the wrong Sunday school reminds me of this short with Sinatra from right after World War II, though this is specifically about Jews. Skippy's neighborhood is probably a real hodgepodge of squareheads and wops and pollacks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpO6mpYvyqQ
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EasyEW posted:Skippy's trying to organize the rest of the town against a kid mafia. And now, let us pray. (October 22, 1930) Selachian posted:There's a gang called the Jacketeers, led by a tough kid named Spumone, who are trying to take over Skippy's street, and Skippy is putting together his own group, the Revolkalutionists, to fight them. It's gone on that way for quite a while and is starting to drag, frankly. Ah, ok. Skippy's really neat, but some of those huge text walls can be... exhausting.
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Johnny Aztec posted:The idea of a middle aged woman saying "bunnykins" straight up turns my stomach. I dislike pretty much everyone in Luann, but come on, dude, let people be lovey-dovey. Pet names are nice.
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I know this was from about 4-5 pages ago but I'm catching up on the thread. About traditional wedding gifts and stuff, my wife and I celebrated 5 years a few months back. As a minor bit of backstory, I take off my wedding ring every night before bed and put it back on in the morning because I have trouble falling asleep in it for whatever bizarre reason. So, 5th anniversary being the "Wood" anniversary, my wife got me this: (arguably  ) https://smile.amazon.com/Pipik-Ring-Valentine-Jewelry-Organizer-Bachelorette/dp/B01B16RYSCIt is amazing.
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Selachian posted:There's a gang called the Jacketeers, led by a tough kid named Spumone, who are trying to take over Skippy's street, and Skippy is putting together his own group, the Revolkalutionists, to fight them. It's gone on that way for quite a while and is starting to drag, frankly. It's all an attack on Al Capone. At this point in his life Percy Crosby had begun to see himself as a self-styled crusader (he was virulently against Communism and after initially supporting FDR's first Presidential election, turned on Roosevelt for what he saw as unmitigated power grabs and not doing enough about Prohibition). The New Republic called him the "Mad Patriot" and when newspapers wouldn't print his editorials, he submitted them as paid ads. He refused to draw humorous cartoons for Life unless they ran his political cartoons as well. And he incorporated his causes into his comic strip. From Jerry Robinson's Skippy and Percy Crosby: The life and work of a great American cartoonist: quote:In an ad published simultaneously in the New York World and the Washington Times, Crosby attacked the Chicago racketeer: "You cannot salute your flag with a clear conscience until Al Capone is knocked off the throne erected by the Anti-Saloon League. I ... refuse to pay homage to this Chicago monarch. He has neither enough money nor enough lead to make me change my mind. By this plurality of one vote, I make myself the leader opposing the existing gunman autocracy in the United States." ... The crusading cartoonist was soon invited to give his views at a banquet of the Universal Fellowship Foundation in Chicago. Crosby explained in his speech that he was merely carrying on the campaign he had waged in his strip for three months.
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Pastry of the Year posted:Garfield Classic (May 19-20, 1986)
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Drakyn posted:This storyline is still easily my favourite thing Garfield ever did. It's great! It's insanely stupid and Jim Davis leans into it fully. It's just nonsense and it defies comic strip tradition of the time by not getting resolved by Sunday (I actually thought that little fakeout on 5/18/1986 was smart). "Let's kill her." "Shut up, Garfield."
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Ballard Street goes back to basics today 
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Darthemed posted:Today's Garf This is amazing.
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I'm calling that as Odies first words.
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Kennel posted:Nancy I guess if you're a drunken pill popper it makes sense to think that a wolfman would be interested in playing with a ball of string.
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Kennel posted:Nancy Ignoring the string thing, what the gently caress is garlic repellent? It's garlic, it doesn't have the faculties to a) understand danger, or a sense of unwantedness, and 2) the ability to flee from whatever is supposed to 'repel' it.
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Man, it's almost like Nancy is a poo poo comic. Speaking of! The Dinette Set is shopping for value.  Working Daze is lost in the crowd.  Super-Fun-Pak Comix is a secret to everyone.  e: I wonder how close to a circle the Venn diagram is of "unironic Working Daze fans" and "Ready Player One fans" is.
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Johnny Walker posted:Wilbur Kelrast
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My favorite strip in this thread right now is definitely old Popeye, drat it's good. And I can't believe Mary Worth is interesting.
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Arlo and Janis Tina's Groove Classic (May 21, 2006)  Arlo and Janis Classic (May 21, 1996)  Garfield Classic (May 21, 1986) 
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Congratulations to Sandwiches McCombover on his new personality trait of "stalker"
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Intelligent Life Take It From the Tinkersons  Dark Side of the Horse  Viivi & Wagner 
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Catchin' up on the thread.Aardmania posted:Dick Tracy I don't think I've seen this mentioned, but this seems like a really close reference to an actual incident which happened in London a few months ago FrumpleOrz posted:Old New Yorker Cartoons Is there a joke besides this guy is big, hairy, and presumably not Anglo Saxon, and therefore is discriminated against at work? Indolent Bastard posted:I read it as saving her from rape/gets to kill her himself as the "joke". The thing is, that sort of arithmetic isn't new, it's a staple of colonial literature. My belief is that the joke is that he shot their great aunt, rather than their grandmother. So it's an infidelity joke.
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Pastry of the Year posted:Tina's Groove Classic (May 21, 2006)  Buni  Sninja! Rhymes with Orange  Pros and Cons 
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You know, I think this comic is really cute, and I like it a lot, but the humans having the same unbroken green voids for eyes that the cats have is sort of off-putting for some reason.
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SpacePig posted:You know, I think this comic is really cute, and I like it a lot, but the humans having the same unbroken green voids for eyes that the cats have is sort of off-putting for some reason. I agree. I like this comic but whenever the humans are involved it just gets cloyingly saccharine.
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Mr. Squishy posted:
Alright, I stepped back for a bit and shelved my sarcastic answer. You do need to address your " seeing racism in everything" issue though. The Joke is thus: Dude B does not fit the stereotype of an office worker. He is large, tall, and , presumably, muscled. Whether Dude B is doing a poor job, or they are just uncomfortable having a Chad around doesn't matter. The Boss is saying " Mr Gridley doesn't feel you fit in" because The Boss is apprehensive of Dude B and wishes to deflect any sort of anger or resentment onto someone else.
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Family Circus Rose is Rose  One Big Happy  Foob  Compu-Toon  Bizarro  Dilbert 
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Johnny Aztec posted:
Racism is everywhere, dude. It's in the air we breathe, the water we drink.
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Johnny Aztec posted:The Joke is thus: Dude B does not fit the stereotype of an office worker. He is large, tall, and , presumably, muscled. I thought the joke was that the guy physically did not fit in the office, since it looks like he only just barely fits between the desk and the door.
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