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StrixNebulosa posted:Can Rex Morgan drag this storyline out any slower? oh my god come on already Now hold on, I’m not entirely sure whether or not Mindy thinks she’s too worried to get a good night’s rest, we could use a few more strips to really establish it. Zanzibar Ham posted:Getting kind of uncomfortable with the current Phantom storyline, to be honest. The comic's doing its best to justify it, but it's still some weirdo assaulting a couple of sleeping women in the middle of the night. Yeah, I’m not liking this bit. Although it’s not as bad as couple storylines ago in Rip Haywire where Rip beat up 3 women while cracking a joke about how his fists can only tell that they’re villains, not that they’re women, which was really weird and I was kind of surprised it didn’t get remarked on at the time. I guess comics are going through a phase
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Chuck Buried Treasure posted:Yeah, I’m not liking this bit. Although it’s not as bad as couple storylines ago in Rip Haywire where Rip beat up 3 women while cracking a joke about how his fists can only tell that they’re villains, not that they’re women, which was really weird and I was kind of surprised it didn’t get remarked on at the time. I guess comics are going through a phase I skip past Haywire more than I do Phantom, so I must have missed that one.
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Kennel posted:Nancy Sigh. NuNancy had so much promise, but this ain't it. I get that pendulums must swing. I get that Whatshisface's Nancy was cloyingly and obsessively sentimental, one-dimensional and altogether awful, and that it was good to get as far away from that as possible. But NuNancy seems to be in a very deep rut with Nancy as an almost completely un-kid-like caricature of a self-absorbed jerk, and there's no reason to care about a character that's this thoroughly unlikeable. There were so many early flashes of really good stuff, too. I want Jaimes to succeed at this, I really do, but IMNSHO NuNancy is really pretty disappointing.
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Zanzibar Ham posted:Getting kind of uncomfortable with the current Phantom storyline, to be honest. The comic's doing its best to justify it, but it's still some weirdo assaulting a couple of sleeping women in the middle of the night. Like I'm not even saying the Phantom should go easier on the women, just that the writers should be aware of uncomfortable overtones and set the scenario appropriately.
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PetraCore posted:I'm not sure if the writers even thought about that, considering all the weirdo assaults on sleeping men in the middle of the night. Like, I'm not saying it's directly comparable, because there's an additional fear for the woman, and I think he could have done this one in a way other than dragging her out of her tent by an ankle. They could have even done something as simple as, like, putting pants on that lady.
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PuddingKnight posted:Heathcliff So they both fell asleep with turkey legs in their mouths?
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Julet Esqu posted:No! gently caress you! Tiff was a bad person in high school and she is having the bad Thanksgiving she deserves! Bad! Bad! Bad! This thread has honestly had a biiiiiit of a hair trigger lately as far as thinking that comic creators are gleefully malicious by including conflict in their stories. Not that the Evanses haven't unreasonably piled on Tiffany in the past, but we're clearly supposed to feel bad for her here, and a week of "Tiffany has a nice Thanksgiving with her dad" strips would be boring as sin.
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Tuxedo Ted posted:I wish I had Lunker as a co worker when I was in retail. Every store needs a Lunker button.
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Kennel posted:Surgeon's Tales That was exactly my reaction, what the actual gently caress dude? You used to be cool! Also Luann please stop making GBS threads on Tiff. She doesn't deserve it.
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StrixNebulosa posted:why is dustin mom complaining about that Selachian posted:Retail TofuDiva posted:There were so many early flashes of really good stuff, too. I want Jaimes to succeed at this, I really do, but IMNSHO NuNancy is really pretty disappointing. Nikaer Drekin posted:a week of "Tiffany has a nice Thanksgiving with her dad" strips would be boring as sin.
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She gives a poo poo because that will get her fired, because capitalism will not even give retail workers the shabby dignity of apathy.
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Mr. Maltose posted:She gives a poo poo because that will get her fired, because capitalism will not even give retail workers the shabby dignity of apathy. This, and because the customer is fully prepared to shout down at a woman for half an hour or more until he gets his way at the cost of her job.
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Tiggum posted:As usual, my sympathy is entirely with the customer here. Why does she give a poo poo? Just sell the things. The characters in the comic strip complain, but they're all bootlickers, every one.
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Mr. Maltose posted:She gives a poo poo because that will get her fired, because capitalism will not even give retail workers the shabby dignity of apathy. Also, it's the Day After Thanksgiving. If she sells five to this guy, that's two more customers who will be in later looking for the same deal who will yell at her for not having any in stock.
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Also,those kinds of people tend to be complete scummy bastards. People did that with the Switch, with the NES mini,and so on and so on. Buy up a bunch, then jack the price up 2-3 times retail
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Tiggum posted:As usual, my sympathy is entirely with the customer here. Why does she give a poo poo? Just sell the things. maltesh posted:Also, it's the Day After Thanksgiving. If she sells five to this guy, that's two more customers who will be in later looking for the same deal who will yell at her for not having any in stock. Tuxedo Ted posted:This, and because the customer is fully prepared to shout down at a woman for half an hour or more until he gets his way at the cost of her job. Mr. Maltose posted:She gives a poo poo because that will get her fired, because capitalism will not even give retail workers the shabby dignity of apathy. As someone who does retail in a less stressful situation, yeah, all of these. Your boss sees you selling more than you're supposed to, you're hosed. If she sells too many thats another two or three people who will be yelling about those being advertised but not available/false advertising in an hour or less. And that guy probably wants a fight, to have people try to argue with him so he can play the Martyr online or just gently caress someone else's day/job/life up. I live in Canada, this poo poo happens regularly to me, I don't want to imagine what its like in America on Black Friday.
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Mikl posted:That was exactly my reaction, what the actual gently caress dude? You used to be cool! Considering he hired and condoned that bailiff... how long was he really cool for? I'm interested in the ideology and intent behind this, from its original writer--there's some interesting irony at play, at first framing Pertillä's philosophy that there should "only be kings and peasants" - that nobility beyond the direct highest authority is a waste - as entirely senile ramblings, then begin to actually prove it right by demonstrating how giving Bertel some power and privilege, then incentivizing him to chase more of it no matter the cost, has turned him into a ruthless monster. Wikipedia indicates to me that the original was very much a Romantic work aimed at building up national sentiment, as... well, a great deal of literature written when this was written is, which does confuse the matter, whether Bertel is supposed to be a founder or traitor of the nation. There's always this tendency among the Romantics to sort of throw digressive details out, to have flourishes of excess and madness that don't directly relate to the point intended to be made, but instead to just evoke raw feeling. Without knowing the ending or any notes on it, of course, I can't say for sure whether the dramatic irony of Pertillä's 'prophecy' is intended to read one way or the other, as I'd have to... you know, be told something about what Topelius felt was the national character of the Finns at the time, but I think that's definitely the core of what's happening with Bertel right now. His father pronounced a doom upon him, and in the classical fashion, it is coming to roost. Mister Olympus fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Nov 30, 2019 |
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Given the way it's set up, I think we're about to find that the other female "hiker" (who, reminder, is explicitly a special forces operative moving through the country to spring a war criminal) was the one with a gun.
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I can't put into words how much I've enjoyed the Wilbur arc, the rollercoaster of emotions I had... but this is as close as I can get to showing it: 
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Luxrage posted:I can't put into words how much I've enjoyed the Wilbur arc, the rollercoaster of emotions I had... That's beautiful, thanks for sharing it
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Luxrage posted:I can't put into words how much I've enjoyed the Wilbur arc, the rollercoaster of emotions I had...
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These are great. Great edit.  Iris' look of "are you making GBS threads me?" is pure gold.Chuck Buried Treasure posted:Yeah, I’m not liking this bit. Although it’s not as bad as couple storylines ago in Rip Haywire where Rip beat up 3 women while cracking a joke about how his fists can only tell that they’re villains, not that they’re women, which was really weird and I was kind of surprised it didn’t get remarked on at the time. I guess comics are going through a phase I probably haven't started reading Rip Haywire back then, but I do remember this storyline of Rip escorting a prisoner and how he kept calling her "lady" despite her constant insistence to stop doing that. Or how he was a dismissive rear end in a top hat to his (ex?) wife trying to explain why she moved on with her life and then benching her from a world-saving mission out of pettiness. Oh, geez. Didn't expect this out of Footrot Flats.  Nikaer Drekin posted:This thread has honestly had a biiiiiit of a hair trigger lately as far as thinking that comic creators are gleefully malicious by including conflict in their stories. Not that the Evanses haven't unreasonably piled on Tiffany in the past, but we're clearly supposed to feel bad for her here, and a week of "Tiffany has a nice Thanksgiving with her dad" strips would be boring as sin. Honestly, the strip wanting us to feel bad for Tiff and Team Evans dumping on her aren't mutually exclusive. Luann's got issues with dating but now she's flexing her TA authority. Gunther's got a girlfriend and is charging Tiff 50% from what she gets from selling her clothes. Bernice hasn't been eaten by a bear yet. It's just really noticeable that Tiff is Team Evans' punching bag because most of the time we focus back on her it's to see new ways her life can get lovely. Luxrage posted:I can't put into words how much I've enjoyed the Wilbur arc, the rollercoaster of emotions I had... 
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Nikaer Drekin posted:This thread has honestly had a biiiiiit of a hair trigger lately as far as thinking that comic creators are gleefully malicious by including conflict in their stories. Not that the Evanses haven't unreasonably piled on Tiffany in the past, but we're clearly supposed to feel bad for her here, and a week of "Tiffany has a nice Thanksgiving with her dad" strips would be boring as sin. A week of "Tiffany establishes respectful boundaries about her dad's abusive girlfriend" would work. I think everyone feels bad for Tiff in spite of anything the Evanses planned because "abusive step parent" is a pretty wide net that hits deep in the gut. She's usually played for laughs, even her entry into a business program was after Bernie ratted out her side hustle and was portrayed as the decision of an excitable fool. I see your point but I think a traditional long running work would include some back and forth, hardships and growth, conflicts and resolutions. Aside from Luann's habit of never committing to any storyline long enough for a satisfying conclusion before cutting away to another, Tiffany has been in a downward spiral since exposing Ann's counterfeit lingerie sales. It'd be nice to see Tiff become roommates with her business economics friend and stop associating with people who hurt or tear her down.
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Zanzibar Ham posted:I skip past Haywire more than I do Phantom, so I must have missed that one. amigolupus posted:I probably haven't started reading Rip Haywire back then, but I do remember this storyline of Rip escorting a prisoner and how he kept calling her "lady" despite her constant insistence to stop doing that. Or how he was a dismissive rear end in a top hat to his (ex?) wife trying to explain why she moved on with her life and then benching her from a world-saving mission out of pettiness. Found it   I could be okay (if slightly  ) about most of it but I feel like it really could have done without the burly man protagonist just straight-up punching the woman in the jaw.
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And, as we all know, nothing weathers the civilizational chaos, impact shock waves, and potential global firestorms of a cometary impact like a straw nest in a tree in the middle of a city.
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Nikaer Drekin posted:This thread has honestly had a biiiiiit of a hair trigger lately as far as thinking that comic creators are gleefully malicious by including conflict in their stories. Not that the Evanses haven't unreasonably piled on Tiffany in the past, but we're clearly supposed to feel bad for her here, and a week of "Tiffany has a nice Thanksgiving with her dad" strips would be boring as sin. Luxrage posted:I can't put into words how much I've enjoyed the Wilbur arc, the rollercoaster of emotions I had...
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In today's Corto Maltese: Puck has sticky fingers, or Corto suffers a bit of deja vu, or Our revels now have ended!  And so ends our tale A Mid-Winter Morning's Dream! Join us next time, won't you, for... 
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