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It's a little weird to have a bunch of men in their 20s-30s falling over themselves trying to impress a...how old is Mildred again? 16 or 17? Just a reminder that we're supposed to be on week 8 of that whole Bull suicide awareness storyline. We never got to see what Linda's going through from losing her husband, and she's actively covering up that he killed himself. Hell, they're supposed to have kid(s) and we've never even seen Bull's kid at all in this mess. You'd think it would be easy pathos to show the kid breaking down over their dad's death and everything. It's really gross just how much Batiuk doesn't give a poo poo and just used Bull's death as a talking point to get him featured on the NYTimes. It just hit me, but Rudy's supposed to be in college, isn't he? It's weird that the baby got a redesign to look older, while Rudy's still shorter than his mom and looks like a middle-schooler.
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amigolupus posted:It's a little weird to have a bunch of men in their 20s-30s falling over themselves trying to impress a...how old is Mildred again? 16 or 17? 17 is legal in Britain 
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Still weird!
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Transmodiar posted:Did you even read the strip? He's not saying crying is bad. Now that's the good poo poo.
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DC Money posted:good eye! i learned about corto through this thread and now have 8-9 books (all the ones i could get for reasonable prices) plus a book of his (pratt's) man from the great white north character - jesuit joe - well worth getting if you run into it. Hooray! I'm tres glad to hear that, and I'll keep an eye out for Jesuit Joe if I can get my grubby mitts on it. Remember everyone! If you want better scans, do as DC Money has done and support the Pratt estate by getting the books yourself, or even asking your local library to pick them up. ...On that note, in today's Corto Maltese: Oh God, Corto what the hell can Cain do to help you in this situation, eh?, or Whozagoodboy? Whozagoodboy?! It's YOU! It's YOU!, or Manfred makes sure to get in touch with Mama   
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sweeperbravo posted:The Hayden strips are better if you imagine Hayden is Ed's biological son and Dustin is the cool young involved Step Dad and Ed's really bitter about it In my headcanon Dustin is actually Hayden's father from a high school fling and we're watching them hang out on the days he has custody. It at least gives Ed a reason to think his son is an irresponsible bum. Not a super good reason, considering how Dustin's still working at so many jobs he falls asleep at them from sheer exhaustion, but it's better than nothing.
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amigolupus posted:It's a little weird to have a bunch of men in their 20s-30s falling over themselves trying to impress a...how old is Mildred again? 16 or 17? I doubt it's meant to be like that at all, because it is created by John Allison and not Guy Gilchrist. There's probably a sensible plot-related explanation coming up. (Jack is meant to be insecure because that's just Jack)
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In my fanfic Hayden is Dustin's son but also Jeremy from Zits' step-brother.
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Pastry of the Year posted:
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fisting by many posted:I doubt it's meant to be like that at all, because it is created by John Allison and not Guy Gilchrist. There's probably a sensible plot-related explanation coming up. Yeah, I don't think John Allison is saying this is a positive thing or something. Just that it looks weird for a bunch of adult men to flock around a 16-17 year old girl's desk like that. Jack and Linton do seem to trade who gets to be insecure on a
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EasyEW posted:
This is an outrage! I attend a piano concert to enjoy the subtle art of two classically trained performers rutting like the beasts of the field, not to see them a-feudin' and a-fussin' like drunken hillbillies.
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EasyEW posted:
Given the timeframe, I assume it’s referencing this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Entente Hoover Dam posted:I think we're looking at Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany, who are hanging out waiting to see how the first Balkan War is going to shake out in terms of regional alliances (answer: not well). Italy quits first and fights with the Allied forces during WWI. Or that, yeah Green Intern fucked around with this message at 13:26 on Dec 3, 2019 |
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Ghostlight posted:I like Viivi & Wagner, but I also feel that if a strip has run its course then it should be allowed to rest a while. I kinda like Vivi and Wagner, but let it rest if we're at the end. I giggled at this. 
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Transmodiar posted:Did you even read the strip? He's not saying crying is bad. Haifisch posted:Pros and Cons guy has so little benefit of the doubt left that it's hard to blame people for jumping to the worst conclusions, tbh. Basically this yeah. It's how I read the strip. Family Circus  Rose is Rose  One Big Happy  Foob  Compu-Toon  Bizarro 
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Some Guy TT posted:Cheer Up Boss Dharma Holy poo poo this one's a keeper
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Old School Peanuts (Apr 13, 1951) Have I mentioned yet how much I hate the mud pie thing in early Peanuts? JFC Schulz we get it, MOVE ON! Calvin and Hobbes (Oct 3-4, 1986)   Robbie and Bobby (Oct 14-15, 2014)  
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fisting by many posted:I doubt it's meant to be like that at all, because it is created by John Allison and not Guy Gilchrist. There's probably a sensible plot-related explanation coming up. Someone asked about this on Gocomics, and Allison responded: 
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Manuel Calavera posted:Bizarro
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Charlotte Grote is getting her own comic book - even though Allison continues to pawn off the artwork to lesser talent: Her transformation into a 21st century Modesty Blaise nears completion. Speaking of:  
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Transmodiar posted:Charlotte Grote is getting her own comic book - even though Allison continues to pawn off the artwork to lesser talent: Aw yisssssss. quote:Ah, I see. A thug, but also a wise man, who knows he would get turbomurdered if he dared lay a hand on Modesty.
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Transmodiar posted:Charlotte Grote is getting her own comic book Transmodiar posted:even though Allison continues to pawn off the artwork to lesser talent:  Oh No
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My sister was as bad if not worse than me about a messy room. Especially the dishes thing. I couldn't stand leaving dirty dishes in my room, but we would run out of bowls or spoons or whatever and find them in her room. I like the idea of a Lottie book but I'm not sure how I feel about the style. F Minus   Mark "Words" Trail  Mary Worth  "Did you ask him why you are lazy, fat, and bald?" The Phantom  Pooch Cafe  Rex Morgan MD  Oh my God Buck shut up. Andertoons  Apartment 3-G 
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Johnny Walker posted:Mark "Words" Trail Hahahahaha, look at that fat body he pasted Dr. Camel's/my head onto. Look at the the loving giraffe neck on Mark. Mr. "Prove I use clip art" has two loving shrunken heads in this panel.
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Transmodiar posted:Charlotte Grote is getting her own comic book - even though Allison continues to pawn off the artwork to lesser talent:  2016 Spiderman        1977 Spiderman  Dick Tracy  Locher Tracy  Origins of the Sunday Comics  Footrot Flats 
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Bad Machinery quote:Wendlefield, a town on the move! Can you spot another contemporary, baffling, mobile phone use case? Collect the set! Fans of the monthly Giant Days series will know all about Esther's employer, Bakermax. Transmodiar posted:Charlotte Grote is getting her own comic book - even though Allison continues to pawn off the artwork to lesser talent: 
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Surgeon's Tales Southern regions of (modern) Sweden were part of Denmark up until the 17th century.  Nancy   Dustin  Mandrake 
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Is calling Max Sarin a lesser talent meant to be sarcastic? She's incredible.
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Transmodiar posted:Charlotte Grote is getting her own comic book - even though Allison continues to pawn off the artwork to lesser talent: Aww, I like Max's art! I think they do a really good job of translating Allison's style and characters into something more traditionally "comic book-ey" in Giant Days, if that makes any sense. AND gently caress YEAH MORE LOTTIE Also, I wonder if the announcement of this new Grote series is why I can't find the kinda-sorta-ish Bad Machinery sequel about Linton and Mildred (or maybe Shauna, I can't remember) he was posting as part of Bobbins (I think?) on his website anymore. I actually went looking for it last night because I hadn't finished it and couldn't find it. ...I was actually gonna request it be posted/post it myself after BM ends. asecondduck fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Dec 3, 2019 |
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asecondduck posted:Also, I wonder if the announcement of Grote series is why I can't find the kinda-sorta-ish Bad Machinery sequel about Linton and Mildred (or maybe Shauna, I can't remember) he was posting as part of Bobbins (I think?) on his website anymore. I actually went looking for it last night because I hadn't finished it and couldn't find it. Allison cryptically posted a while back that The Great Unboxing "Shouldn't have been published" but didn't really elaborate. Which is a bummer, it had some great stuff and I already loved the next generation of Tackleford kids. RIP Fit Mum
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JethroMcB posted:Allison cryptically posted a while back that The Great Unboxing "Shouldn't have been published" but didn't really elaborate. Which is a bummer, it had some great stuff and I already loved the next generation of Tackleford kids.  Heh, if any webcomic series should have a part of it that mysteriously disappears under suspicious circumstances, it's Scary-Go-Round. And yeah, Mystery Kids: TNG were pretty great. Hopefully they're happily living the suburb of other forgotten characters (or, even better, will appear in the Lottie comic).
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FrumpleOrz posted:Frazz This child's maths irritates me. The ~90 figure is reachable if you round up every day, but continuing to do that for another 30 days gets you up over 1700. The 300 figure after two months makes sense if you're doing a straight 1.1^60 calculation, but then the first month would top out at ~17. Yes, I have thought more about this than the author, but that is standard around here.
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Transmodiar posted:Charlotte Grote is getting her own comic book - even though Allison continues to pawn off the artwork to lesser talent: Awesome, awesome, friggin awesome. Allison had said he was working on something after Steeple, and he had posted this picture on his Instagram recently:  JethroMcB posted:Allison cryptically posted a while back that The Great Unboxing "Shouldn't have been published" but didn't really elaborate. Which is a bummer, it had some great stuff and I already loved the next generation of Tackleford kids. My theory as to why Allison unmade The Great Unboxing: The ending of that strip effectively ended the Bad Machinery kids time at Griswalds, and he might have wanted to do more with the cast
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asecondduck posted:Aww, I like Max's art! I think they do a really good job of translating Allison's style and characters into something more traditionally "comic book-ey" in Giant Days, if that makes any sense. It's not bad art, it's just not as good as what Allison was doing by the end of his run on Bad Machinery:   I don't like the way the characters are posed or the the facial expressions; Lottie and her mom look like they smelled a fart. The expressions in BM connote something else entirely.
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