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EasyEW posted:The whole "conflating science and marketing" thing bugs me to no end, but it'd be easier to take if she tied it back into the overarching theme of "capitalism makes everything worse". Which she doesn't. Not in so many words, anyway. Parts of her politics have aged better than expected, but the anti-science stuff was rotten back then and it's even worse now. Zereth posted:I mean, somebody should probalby be enforcing the traffic laws.
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riderchop posted:hey check this 9CL out Who did it better, 9 Chickwood Lane or Moon Over June? If you don't know what the latter is, for the love of GOD do not bother looking.
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quote:Mark Trail Hey there we go, a good strip and tidied up writing. Nicely done. Cherry as a hot-headed sometimes-idiot who actually thought unleashing feral hogs as revenge was a good idea because it felt good at the time and apologizes and tries to make amends is pretty good. Even works in Violet as a real person instead of "HOA Bad Woman." I wonder if Mark's half of the story can tidy up in the same way(though the nonsense car chase/fake heist are much more insane.) quote:Pooch Cafe Pffft hahahahahaha. When Pooch Cafe sticks the landing it's great.
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Kennel posted:Dustin Mikl posted:It's seriously baffling. It's happened several times already. He loving knows the portions at fine dining, high class restaurants won't fill him up. I just have to ask: my dude, have you ever heard of "pregaming"? Just eat a sandwich or something beforehand, so you'll be able to enjoy the food while still being full at the end of the night.  CommonShore posted:One of the things that bugs me the most about Dustin - among many things that bug me about Dustin - is how they seem to represent the family as a regular everyday middle class family when in reality he's a rich loving lawyer and she's a quasi-celebrity radio host, meaning that they're multimillionare bourgeois shitbirds.
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Johnny Walker posted:
Ah, that good old classic. Sure, just call out to your friend/coworker. Don't loving call in a missing guard that left their gun on the floor, or anything.
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CommonShore posted:One of the things that bugs me the most about Dustin - among many things that bug me about Dustin - is how they seem to represent the family as a regular everyday middle class family when in reality he's a rich loving lawyer and she's a quasi-celebrity radio host, meaning that they're multimillionare bourgeois shitbirds. You vastly overestimate how much local radio personalities get paid. They're well off, mostly thanks to his job, but they're not _that_ well off. Haifisch posted:I missed this earlier, but: gently caress you Ed. I've been to fancy restaurants 2, maybe 3 times in my life and I understand that the point is the ambiance and the quality of food. If you're just looking to get the most food for your buck, there's a billion chain restaurants, buffets, and cheap diners you could have gone to instead. The thing that surprises me about fine dining every time I do it is that the portions look small, but there are always several courses so at the end I'm pleasantly satiated.
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Haifisch posted:I've said it in the BSS discord and I'll say it here: I'd 100% expect Steph to be an antivaxxer(covid or otherwise) because she cares more about ~natural~ than anything else, doesn't trust info that comes from other people, and assumes that science is just there to create excuses for poisoning people. Not that she'd mind how many people that'd kill because her dream world requires 99% of the population to die anyway. "The following perspectives & attitudes are reflected in her work: PRO: Earth, people, defiance, tropical fruit, love, plants, worker solidarity and rebellion, wildlife, kindness, realness, open hearts of good cheer, the smell of the ocean, classlessness, autonomy, the conscious universe, sincerity, connection, mutuality ANTI: exploitation, oppression (racism, patriarchy, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, etc), ecocide, colonialism, the capitalist mode of production, feudalism, speciesism, self-centered mean greediness, alienation, arrogance, fakery, brainwashing, class-divided social organization"
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Safety Dance posted:You vastly overestimate how much local radio personalities get paid. They're well off, mostly thanks to his job, but they're not _that_ well off. Same for lawyers, generally. Ed is probably a poo poo tier lawyer at a mid tier firm. He's not a partner in a Grisham novel To be clear they are FINE financially, but not 1%er multi millionaires or anything. Their constant complaints about money make them total poo poo heads though
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Doomykins posted:Hey there we go, a good strip and tidied up writing. Nicely done. Cherry as a hot-headed sometimes-idiot who actually thought unleashing feral hogs as revenge was a good idea because it felt good at the time and apologizes and tries to make amends is pretty good. Even works in Violet as a real person instead of "HOA Bad Woman." I wonder if Mark's half of the story can tidy up in the same way(though the nonsense car chase/fake heist are much more insane.) Maybe Jules'll be able to get this strip going in a good direction after all. Anyways, here's the first ten days of Apartment 3-G: 1976 (except Sunday)       So that's how it is in that family.   
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Thranguy posted:"Bernice and Nil are just now realizing that they're exhibitionists"
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My Lovely Horse posted:surely they knew already I mean that's where they had the date boo
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Bernice sucks but the joke this week is definitely shaming her for being a prude. There are layers to how badly it's being handled but they'll be available to unpack once this storyline inevitably fizzles out with no payoff.
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By the end of next week Luann won't be able to sleep for the noise of them wearing each other like gloves for their onlyfans.
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I was so much happier before the return of Holbrook. It's the pain I can't make myself scroll past. Breaking Cat News  Phoebe and Her Unicorn  Wallace the Brave  Curtis 
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Sally Forth Pearls Before Swine  Peanuts (July 27, 1974)  Funky WinkerCon never got around to answering the only question all of us had.  The Crankshaft "Thin Blue Line" week ends in a flurry of gibberish, which matches the other five days, honestly.  Mutt and Jeff  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (February 23, 1938)  Out Our Way (January 25-27, 1937)    And that's where we stop for the moment...
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EasyEW posted:Funky WinkerCon never got around to answering the only question all of us had. This has been a really pointless storyline. I don't understand who this is supposed to appeal to other than Batiuk himself.
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Batiuk writes a story in which Batiuk congratulates Batiuk on being a story-telling inspiration. Business as normal.
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:This has been a really pointless storyline. I don't understand who this is supposed to appeal to other than Batiuk himself. that's right
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Writing comic strip storylines where characters you invented win prestigious awards is pretty Chris-Chan like.
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:Writing comic strip storylines where characters you invented win prestigious awards is pretty Chris-Chan like. WOAH thats a strong internet flashback, forgot all about that guy
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:This has been a really pointless storyline. I don't understand who this is supposed to appeal to other than Batiuk himself. old people who think that print comics still matter (i say, posting in a forum thread about newspaper comics)
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Johnny Aztec posted:Has ANYONE here actually had moth larva eat some of their clothes? Clothes moths definitely exist and the larvae definitely eat wool and they're definitely a pain in the rear end to get rid of.
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Mikl posted:Classic Kevin & Kell in: deception (September 2-8, 2002) Yeah, this entire storyline was just awful. Bad enough they forced the guy who's been victim of racist stereotyping to pretend to be a rabbit, but then George is fine with it if it gets him laid. It's not even a badly-mangled metaphor. They straight out say that everyone mistakes George for a different race because of his ears. Vargo posted:Wallace the Brave Wallace in the last panel is enjoying being chased and egged by the farmer.  Haifisch posted:I missed this earlier, but: gently caress you Ed. I've been to fancy restaurants 2, maybe 3 times in my life and I understand that the point is the ambiance and the quality of food. If you're just looking to get the most food for your buck, there's a billion chain restaurants, buffets, and cheap diners you could have gone to instead. Has Ed ever taken his kids to dine in a fancy restaurant? Because that adds a layer of awfulness to him complaining about this petty poo poo.
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2018 Spiderman 1979 comics    As much as 70s Rex Morgan spins its wheels, it still manages to be leagues ahead of modern RM. Not that that's a high bar to clear.  Locher Tracy  Origins of the Sunday Comics  Footrot Flats  The Lockhorns   Mandrake  Johnny Hazard  90s Overboard  and a peek into the world of the people who comment on comics that are over 20 years old: 
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Cobalt-60 posted:No re-introduction for Gawain? Not even a "Hi" or a catching-up? Gawain would probably take up a lot of the story if he got a proper speaking role here. Also Arthur was blonde the last time we saw him I think, but I like the red hair for his design. Prince Valiant 
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Mikl posted:It's seriously baffling. It's happened several times already. He loving knows the portions at fine dining, high class restaurants won't fill him up. I just have to ask: my dude, have you ever heard of "pregaming"? Just eat a sandwich or something beforehand, so you'll be able to enjoy the food while still being full at the end of the night. They're doing it because it's an old sitcom trope that hasn't applied for some time ever since the restaurant industry diversified from "that one fancy French place you take the wife every so often when she complains that you never go out anymore."
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Caphi posted:Bernice sucks but the joke this week is definitely shaming her for being a prude. There are layers to how badly it's being handled but they'll be available to unpack once this storyline inevitably fizzles out with no payoff. They've gone so far with it that she now just seems to have major issues in need of treatment. They aimed for comic exaggeration and have landed at "Oh I think she may have some issues she needs to deal with." Also, regarding the Funky storyline- the thing that grabs me is that this would have been like new and relevant thirty-odd years ago. See, Batiuk is still thinking of the Silver Age when all this happened, late 50s through the 60s, and most of the major creators from that era? Are dead. Kirby? Lee? Ditko? Curt Swan? Gardner Fox? Carmine Infantino? All gone. They're not around to receive this acclaim. The comics industry knows that these were guys who never got what they deserved for creating characters that major corporations have made billions from, and this is still a going concern in the industry, only now the focus is on artists and writers who did major work in the 70s and 80s and onward. This scene that he's laying out is a scene that could have taken place at a comic book convention in 1991. What Silver Age talents have survived to this day (at a glance Roy Thomas is still kicking) are well aware that they've had an influence on the generations who came after, and now they'd like some goddamn residuals please. I can see Batiuk thinking that this is a way of bringing awareness to the reader of all these guys who made the characters that are everywhere in the media, but like- the present situation has shifted.
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Selachian posted:Brenda Starr 11/26/46  riderchop posted:For Better or For Worse
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Classic Kevin & Kell in: welp we're done with that storyline I guess  (September 9-15, 2002)       Modern Kevin & Kell 
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Kennel posted:Nancy Nancy has a Spanish language edition. Sometimes they make more of an effort, and sometimes they don't. 
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Resident Idiot posted:Nancy has a Spanish language edition. Well, it is much funnier than the original.
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Kennel posted:Dustin Eat poo poo, you rear end in a top hat. I know perfectly well you're the kind of person who ogles women when they go running without a shirt, wearing just a sports bra. Don't even try to deny it. quote:Cruel Little Stories Guillottine.
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