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Parahexavoctal posted:... so if I understand this correctly, Everett believes that wristwatches are so self-evidently feminine that any man wearing one should be a) addressed as 'her' , and b) beaten for doing so? Until WWI, wrist watches were considered feminine; men wore pocket watches. Then during the war, someone realized 'wtf are we still doing pocket watches for?' and switched to wrist watches.
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FrumpleOrz posted:
Excuse me, but there is no New Blortfield, MN 
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In this installment of The Timid Soul (September 30, 1926), this isn't the only time Webster uses this joke. I have no idea whether those monetary figures are historically accurate, but it wouldn't surprise me if they were. 
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Yes, they were legit currencies, still were when I lived overseas in the '70s. ___ Nightcrawlers - 1957   (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Liebman_Spectaculars)  Nineteen fifty-seven's equivalent to an Apple Genius that makes house calls.   
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PainterofCrap posted:___ When will people stop making killer souffles?
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BigDave posted:Until WWI, wrist watches were considered feminine; men wore pocket watches. Yeah, soldiers found wristwatches easier to manage than pocket watches on the battlefield and continued using them in civilian life, which is why it's a watch-wearing soldier that convinces Everett to stay his wrath. Something similar happened with cigarettes, incidentally -- before World War I, cigarettes were considered effete and real men smoked cigars or pipes. But then the military found cigarettes easier to transport and manage, and the stigma disappeared.
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PainterofCrap posted:Yes, they were legit currencies, still were when I lived overseas in the '70s. No, I realize that. What I'm wondering about is the numbers re: the note circulation in 1914, the gold reserves, etc.
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RoboRodent posted:Bonsai kittens, anyone? I believe this is supposed to be a take on the 'duck in a bottle' koan. Anyway, in today's Blueberry: It never rains, but it pours, or Since these people are identified as Navajo, I took the liberty of using the term Belagana, which I have later learned should be spelled Bilagáanaa, meaning 'white men', or 'Each day I face/the barren wastes/without the trace/of water.... Kyweeeeeel water   
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Slammy posted:
holy poo poo lol
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Parahexavoctal posted:... so if I understand this correctly, Everett believes that wristwatches are so self-evidently feminine that any man wearing one should be a) addressed as 'her' , and b) beaten for doing so? I'm mainly puzzled on why Everett seems to think he needs to hit a woman with his umbrella. He seems to disapprove of even a woman wearing a wristwatch, cause if he wanted to ask the time, surely he'd... just... ask? Also goddamn On The Fasttrack is awful because the boss never seems to get any comeuppance, at best Dethany just does things outside of her knowledge, like a cartoon mouse sneaking crumbs out of the kitchen.
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davidspackage posted:I'm mainly puzzled on why Everett seems to think he needs to hit a woman with his umbrella. He seems to disapprove of even a woman wearing a wristwatch, 'cause if he wanted to ask the time, surely he'd... just... ask? There's no woman. He's being hypocritical: first deliberately misgendering someone as female, and then intending to beat that person even though he doesn't normally attack women physically.
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Daddy Daze Take It From the Tinkersons  Dark Side of the Horse 
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Parahexavoctal posted:There's no woman. He's being hypocritical: first deliberately misgendering someone as female, and then intending to beat that person even though he doesn't normally attack women physically. Ahhh, now I get it. I thought somehow Everett mistook the man for a lady on account of the wristwatch. I hope Mrs. True kicked his rear end when he came home 
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It's weird to see Hobbes addressing Calvin by name. I don't think it happens very often at all in the ten years the strip ran.Parahexavoctal posted:... so if I understand this correctly, Everett believes that wristwatches are so self-evidently feminine that any man wearing one should be a) addressed as 'her' , and b) beaten for doing so?
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My Lovely Horse posted:Everett True is a protofascist thug whose targets regularly include what he perceives as pacifists, socialists and effeminate men. Let's not justify it because we like how he beats up movie theater talkers. Everett True is a loving cartoon character
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Elly Patterson, Calvin's parents, Big Ick, One Big Happy grandpa and Dilbert are loving cartoon characters
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Arguably since Elly Patterson is explicitly an author self-insert, it's fair to say that Lynn Johnston is an abusive mother. I'm not sure if Everett True is an author self-insert or not.
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lucky I didn't claim Condo himself was a protofascist thug who regularly targets pacifists, socialists and effeminate men, then. Just that he certainly was quite consistent in writing a character who is, and quite careful in making him also relatable.
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Classic Kevin & Kell (April 3-7, 2000)     Ding ding!  Gotta say, I like the joke in strip #4. (Also, this is the second mention of the "rabbit license" thing, which apparently is something that can be taken away by the Rabbit Council for serious transgressions; the first time it showed up, if you'll remember, Kevin was at risk of losing it because he's too unfit to properly run away from threats.)
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Surgeon's Tales  Nancy  Dustin  Mandrake 
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Mikl posted:Classic Kevin & Kell (April 3-7, 2000) Ahhh a nigh perfect expression of Holbrook's warped liberal sympathies. Kel is a good person because she doesn't want to cheat when hunting rabbits, preferring to murder them based on her own skill. Whereas R.L. is a bad person because he's fine with cheating as long as it lets him murder more rabbits. As you might have noticed many antagonists in Kevin and Kel, particularly the nameless ones who just get one-shotted by the overpowered abomination baby, are identified as evil solely because they're not very competent and picking on what they believe to be an easy target. But Kel is codified as good, despite having a higher body count than all these walk-on parts put together, because she follows the rules. Which in the liberal conceptualization, is more important than the actual outcome.
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It’s a wolf and bunny loving.
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Beastars is a ripoff of K&K
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Crab Dad posted:It’s a wolf and bunny loving.
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Arlo and Janis Tina's Groove Classic (July 12, 2009)  Arlo and Janis Classic (July 12, 1999)  Garfield Classic (July 12, 1989) 
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F Minus Mark Trail  Mary Worth  But what do they think of dogs? The Phantom  Pooch Cafe  Rex Morgan MD  Andertoons  Apartment 3-G  Women love it when you compare them to your mother on dates.
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Johnny Walker posted:
 Johnny Walker posted:Rex Morgan MD this is so tiresome
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Vargo posted:
It can not be stated how much I love this comic and how wonderful it is to see this strip in particular on a nice Saturday morning.
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Nancy 1946 
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loving snitch
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LvK posted:It can not be stated how much I love this comic and how wonderful it is to see this strip in particular on a nice Saturday morning.
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Mämmilä (October 20, 1990) New major character, and a problematic one at that! Meet Muhammed al-Zomal, the new owner of the Ylä-Mämmilä farm. All I can say is that from today's viewpoint the character is pretty "90s progressive" but ultimately Koivisto means well. On a culinary note, muikkukukko (or more commonly kalakukko) is a traditional Finnish food particularly connected to Savonia region (Savo). It's a kind of pie with a rye crust, filled with fish and pork.
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Teaching kids to cook is good! Ugh shut up Zits writer. Family Circus  Rose is Rose  One Big Happy  Foob  Compu-Toon  Bizarro 
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Professor Wayne posted:The Far Side
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