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Medenmath posted:Prince Valiant Schultz and Yeats really deserve credit; new Valiant holds up.
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Deathless Deer 1/18-20/43   Para, the Meghan Markle of the first millennium BC.
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Johnny Walker posted:I think women subtly being in control of men is a theme in these old Val strips. There was that story a while back about the woman who wanted the big blonde guy and manipulated him into falling for her, for example. To build on this, I’ve been really pleased with modern Val. The last few storylines have been: —African leaders negotiate governance and romance between themselves (Val does nothing, tries to fight lions instead) —A group of independent, financially successful women are persecuted as witches (Val does nothing, Aleta does witchcraft) —Rory Redhood has instituted full socialism with excellent results at Lockbramble, inciting the peaceful rebellion of nearby serfs (Val nods sternly, Gawain swoons about) And now we have an old-fashioned swords and armor knight fight which is VERY fun, but is all in service of defending a woman-led socialist commune! And the art is still fantastic. The Lockhorns has also grown subtly like this. The art is still clean and sharp while staying interesting, and it’s become much more diverse in both strip regulars and backgrounds. Also they never draw the bimbo-type women that were all over the strip until at least the 90s, and now focus those types of jokes on Leroy’s shortcomings rather than the woman’s perceived sluttiness. For all the times that legacy strips degrade or get stale, there are a few that retain their best qualities while quietly keeping up with the times. Classic Zits 
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LazyQ posted:Mämmilä (April 4, 1992) Oh yeah they bailed out the banks, but the people had to keep on paying their loans anyway, I know people who had their wages garnished to pay off those loans until a few years ago, basically their whole working lives. That really struck me as hosed up, and that more people don't think the only good banker is a dead one.
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Bibliotechno Music posted:To build on this, I’ve been really pleased with modern Val. The last few storylines have been: The very first thing I remember seeing of Modern Val, years ago, was some dude trying to get one up on Val by taking several women hostage. He doesn't think of actually checking who he's taking hostage, or even searching them for weapons, because he thinks women are beneath him. Among the hostages is Karen, Val's kid, and as soon as the dude turns his back, Karen swiftly separates his head from his shoulders with a precise swing of her sword.
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LazyQ posted:Mämmilä (April 16, 1992) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKgOhbBIKu4
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F Minus Mark Trail  Mary Worth  The Phantom  "This place is much better now that you've gotten rid of the wood hangers." Pooch Cafe  Rex Morgan MD  Great so the next few weeks is setting up a zoom call. Whoop-de-poo poo. Flash Gordon  Flash Forward   Andertoons will likely return tomorrow.
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Moomin and the Comet  Yeah, same. Johnny Walker posted:Mark Trail 20 feet, surely. 20 meters is like 5+ stories. SubNat fucked around with this message at 21:08 on May 2, 2021 |
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The Dinette Set spins me right round baby right round. Working Daze tempts fate, I guess.  Super-Fun-Pak Comix calls us out.  Cul De Sac figured that out, thank you. 
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Yeah, I was reacting more to the accompanying image of a "2-story house", complete with a '20 m' marker. That's the part that made me lose it. Makes me wonder if the intention was to have the tree tower over it, but something got mixed up.
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Weembles posted:For christ's sake. He's an independently wealthy doctor who take photos as a hobby being propositioned by a blond with nice tits to take "modeling photos." Why the hell would he get pissy about it? Regardless of their wealth, you can't just get paid an 'IOU' here. She's not just asking him to do an impromptu shoot, she's also asking him to use up a day when he's not busy at the hospital to do yet more work. The other thing is that Ashlee's setting off red flags here. Try looking back at their conversation but flip their genders: A female doctor's eating alone at a diner when she gets approached by a waiter acting overly friendly and knows her by name. The doctor's confused and doesn't recall meeting this guy before, and he says he recognizes her face from following her on Instagram. Oh, and she's way more beautiful in person and maybe she should post more selfies. The guy keeps asking the doctor questions about herself, yet the only thing he mentions in return is that he wishes to be more popular in social media and wants to be a model. He then sits across the doctor, without her invitation, and asks her if she can photograph him for free. And when she hesitates, the guy guilts her into agreeing by bringing up how she's a doctor and isn't she supposed to help others. Hostile V posted:Well, that Crankshaft saga could've been worse and thank Christ it wasn't, but also what the gently caress is the point of Funky Winkerbean telling this story at AA. Agreed. The Crankshaft storyline still isn't very good since it just shows the kid for one strip (and doesn't get a line, too) before ditching them to focus on Ed again, but that's still better than Batiuk trying for some hamfisted touching storyline.
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You don't have to read this far into Mary Worth, just wait for the twist that sends it careening into total crazytown. Besides, she probably is conning him, remember when Wilbur met a hot, perfect Latina surfer while "on a break" from Iris?
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Ballard Street     These last two might be a rare example of a continuing arc on Ballard Street. I for one welcome it and hope to see more of this relationship!
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amigolupus posted:Regardless of their wealth, you can't just get paid an 'IOU' here. She's not just asking him to do an impromptu shoot, she's also asking him to use up a day when he's not busy at the hospital to do yet more work. Ok, Gunth. I stand corrected.
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Evil Mastermind posted:
Alright, fun pax. If we're playing the "taking the comic situation seriously" angle, he's on a sandy island, that has not eroded away in the time it takes for a palm tree to grow. That means he's on a sandbar island on a continental shelf that's part of a chain. A populated island is almost certainly visible from where he's sitting and I have little sympathy for his unwillingness to make an attempt to swim there. He's not stuck on a volcanic island in the middle of the pacific.
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~Coxy posted:B Kliban B Kliban   Eskimos, always funny!
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Johnny Walker posted:Mary Worth It could be a pretty fun story with some further twists, like the defrauded Wilbur story we enjoyed. I fear, though, it's going to end up with some very bland drama and a shallow lesson about social media being shallow. ikanreed posted:Alright, fun pax. If we're playing the "taking the comic situation seriously" angle, he's on a sandy island, that has not eroded away in the time it takes for a palm tree to grow. curtadams fucked around with this message at 01:52 on May 3, 2021 |
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Way behind on the thread right now but I just have to quote this, because while my retail experience was unusually positive (I was in the union and there were almost no customers on the night shift so I just put small items neatly onto shelves for six hours while listening to audiobooks, I read 139 books that year, it ruled) the pallet jack was my nemesis. I managed to go like three months before they finally made me use the drat pallet jack. Until then I got other people to do it for me because I didn't want to. There's still a blue streak on one of the shelves coming out of the back room where I consistently dragged the painted wood pallets against the corner trying to steer. Cooper was a fool to try to do anything fun with a pallet jack, because every pallet jack hates you, except that one that someone drew a smiley face on with sharpie that everyone always fights over. Pallet jacks!! 
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Crab Dad posted:Brutal. I think they were talking about print quality due to having to find a different source. Because, yeah, it's only gotten better since Bootsie joined the war.
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Everett False posted:Way behind on the thread right now but I just have to quote this, because while my retail experience was unusually positive (I was in the union and there were almost no customers on the night shift so I just put small items neatly onto shelves for six hours while listening to audiobooks, I read 139 books that year, it ruled) the pallet jack was my nemesis. I managed to go like three months before they finally made me use the drat pallet jack. Until then I got other people to do it for me because I didn't want to. There's still a blue streak on one of the shelves coming out of the back room where I consistently dragged the painted wood pallets against the corner trying to steer. Cooper was a fool to try to do anything fun with a pallet jack, because every pallet jack hates you, except that one that someone drew a smiley face on with sharpie that everyone always fights over. I rode a pallet jack for fun less than a week ago They are zoomy and the best part of a warehouse
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The Bloop posted:I rode a pallet jack for fun less than a week ago I just finished up my time on a ship with a bunch of pallet jacks. I had a blast watching people who insisted they knew what they were doing while trying to push or pull them around incorrectly and dump loads or run them into things. I used them twice daily for years in an old job along side various forklifts. So much fun.
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Sally Forth Pearls Before Swine  Peanuts (May 5, 1974)  Funky Winkerbean, in which Harry Dinkle joins in the "We suffered with you offstage" parade.  Crankshaft  Mutt and Jeff  Life (With Skippy) gives us a frickin' story this time around. (April 23 (timged for  ) and 30, 1925)  Elsewhere in the issues: Another fun time with Fred G. Cooper...  ...and T.S. Sullivant. 
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Esplanade posted:I think they were talking about print quality due to having to find a different source. Because, yeah, it's only gotten better since Bootsie joined the war. And He Did! (May 9, 1918)  Outbursts of Everett True (July 6, 1918)  Banana Oil! (March 11, 1924)  Gay and Her Gang (June 20, 1929)  Oaky Doaks (November 20, 1935)  Mopsy (January 20, 1937)  Dark Laughter (June 23, 1945)  Those Were the Days (February 19, 1953)  Dinky Fellas (August 10, 1965)  Wee Pals (August 10, 1965) 
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2017 GRONNNK 1979 comics      Locher Tracy  Origins of the Sunday Comics  The Lockhorns  Footrot Flats 
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Garfield Heathcliff.....in black and white?  Overboard  Monty  For Better or For Worse  Compu-toon  Rae The Doe, which you can support by pledging to the author's Patreon 
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Slammy posted:Dark Laughter (June 23, 1945) adding my love for "bootsie goes to war"
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Haifisch posted:Locher Tracy Oh gently caress off, Dick. That's a super flimsy reason for you to go after him. Classic Kevin & Kell (February 5-11, 2001)       
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Arlo and Janis Tina's Groove Classic (August 22, 2009)  Arlo and Janis Classic (August 22, 1999)  Garfield Classic (August 22, 1989) 
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EasyEW posted:Elsewhere in the issues: Another fun time with Fred G. Cooper... I really love this, the pig's little face is cracking me up.
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Jucika "39 - Jucika's Good Will" "Jucika and the Glass Door" 
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 5/2/01  Brenda Starr 5/23-25/46    Smokey Stover 11/24/40  Richard's Poor Almanac 
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EasyEW posted:Crankshaft people really do this and i hate them for it
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