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| I enjoy reading contemporary newspaper comics. |
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64 | 26.02% |
| I hate reading contemporary newspaper comics. |
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| I enjoy reading historical newspaper comics. |
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| I enjoy reading newspaper comics from foreign countries. |
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52 | 21.14% |
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Jan 22, 2022 02:09
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:Couldn't resist: I love it! But instead of MP he should have a hunger meter IMO. Honestly I would play that game. I hope people speculating that he's like a quarter mile down the beach from a town or resort are right. I want him to be found half starved in a shoddy coconut frond lean-to by a kindergartener carrying a plastic bucket.
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Jan 22, 2022 02:18
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I think reading Ethan Frome in school is probably a mostly American-exclusive thing? The only place I've ever even heard of it is
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Jan 22, 2022 02:34
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We did not read Ethan Frome in my 11th grade American Literature class. We did, however, read The Scarlet Letter, which is an absolute turd of a book. The lesson here is that if you have to read any book about some dour New Englanders, brother, it's gonna suck!NRVNQSR posted:I think reading Ethan Frome in school is probably a mostly American-exclusive thing? The only place I've ever even heard of it is Forget about his essay, Charlie Brown, you need to be asking Linus "I remember when you were a newborn baby; why are we in the same grade now? I remember Lucy was a baby too, and I was already me then. What's happening? Am I in Hell?"
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Jan 22, 2022 02:42
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Medenmath posted:I love it! But instead of MP he should have a hunger meter IMO. Honestly I would play that game. Good idea! I didn't think of that. I'd play it too, if only for Wilbur's wacky hijinx.
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Jan 22, 2022 02:47
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I really love both Ethan Frome and The Scarlet Letter, I like that New England turmoil so much. Why even living in New England now, I'm constantly on the prowl for turmoil. A regular Mo.
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Jan 22, 2022 03:00
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Crabgrass is on break. Old School Peanuts (Apr 22, 1953)  Calvin and Hobbes (Aug 9-10, 1990)    Blind Alley  https://kumerish.com/blind-alley
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Jan 22, 2022 03:09
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Please have a coconut fall on Wilbur's head, killing him and then his corpse devoured by coconut crabs.
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Jan 22, 2022 03:18
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JethroMcB posted:Forget about his essay, Charlie Brown, you need to be asking Linus "I remember when you were a newborn baby; why are we in the same grade now? I remember Lucy was a baby too, and I was already me then. What's happening? Am I in Hell?" MariusLecter posted:Please have a coconut fall on Wilbur's head, killing him and then his corpse devoured by coconut crabs.
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Jan 22, 2022 03:22
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MariusLecter posted:Please have a coconut fall on Wilbur's head, killing him and then his corpse devoured by coconut crabs. He then wakes up from his nightmare to find he’s blinded from methanol poisoning due to ingesting fermented coconut water.
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Jan 22, 2022 03:25
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Bruceski posted:Oh God he's still writing. I thought Phantom had read enough and decided to go anyway and that was why we had the quick recap! Just the dumbest way to tell a story. What's the endgame supposed to be, here? Phantom reads the whole thing and goes "welp, guess I won't," rendering this entire arc pointless? Or forges ahead anyway with a two-panel "And He Did" anticlimax? Or some SHOCKING TWIST only made possible by this ridiculous, straight-rear end-seeing-the-future deus ex machina poo poo? I'm just invested enough in the outcome to be really loving annoyed with how they've chosen to get there.
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Jan 22, 2022 03:56
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Mutts  Forths All The Way Down   Pearls Before Swine   Skippy (May 7-8, 1934)   Peanuts (January 22-23, 1975)   Funky Winkerbean   Crankshaft   Mutt and Jeff   Rip Haywire   Thimble Theater (August 22-23, 1938)   Out Our Way (February 3-5, 1938)    Toonerville Folks (August 15-17, 1918)    Dok's "Call Me 'Suavecito'" Duck (December 11, 1913)  Little Lefty (December 16-18, 1935)    Blondie (From Zero) (July 27-29, 1931) 
EasyEW fucked around with this message at 04:11 on Jan 22, 2022 |
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Jan 22, 2022 04:06
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JethroMcB posted:We did not read Ethan Frome in my 11th grade American Literature class. We did, however, read The Scarlet Letter, which is an absolute turd of a book. The lesson here is that if you have to read any book about some dour New Englanders, brother, it's gonna suck! Friendly reminder for people new to the thread that the Peanuts kids are all part of a government research program designed to breed eternally young supersoldiers (also other genetic abominations) and are living on a military base somewhere that functions as a fake town where their development (or lack thereof) can be monitored. The program was pretty lovely though and ultimately failed in it's intended purpose which is why the kids all stop aging around 9 years old and are kind of messed up. Evidence: -The kids clearly all age into the same age cohort but don't progress further including many who are introduced as literal babies. -In addition to seeing the kids age in real time people will also occasionally comment on the year or current events which are always those happening at the time the strip was printed in. Which means time is passing normally and not being extended out for dramatic effect. -Snoopy evolves over the course of the strip from a normal dog into something somewhat resembling a person. Eventually he is capable of sentient thought and writing books. -There is at least one tree in town that is sentient, can move, and has a real beef with kites for some reason. -Many of the kids posses unusual talents. Schroeder is a piano prodigy, Lucy is a shrewd manipulator, and Linus is shown later in the early strips to have superhuman intelligence. -Many of the kids experience mental instability indicative of either bad genetics or just not coping well with being a 40 year old elementary student. For example CB is depressed, Lucy is a sociopath, and Linus has an inclination towards violence and conspiratorial thinking. -Lucy at one point confirms that her grandmother worked with the military in some capacity during WWII. Which does... interesting things to the timeline but I won't get into that now. The important thing is that she has a family member with military connections which you'd expect if the strip takes place on a military facility of some kind. -Lucy herself is confirmed in one strip to be taking monthly checks from the CIA for an undisclosed reason (my guess is doing some MK Ultra poo poo on CB) -Some of the kids have literal numbers for names, 555 95472 being the most prominent. OPEN YOUR EYES SHEEPLE!  (No I won't ever shut up about this. Weird Peanuts lore too fun to not bring up when given an opportunity.) readingatwork fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Jan 22, 2022 |
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Jan 22, 2022 04:24
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The Far Side     Pickles  Oh my god I haven't had an artichoke in forever that wasn't in dip form Zits 
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Jan 22, 2022 04:29
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I've forgotten almost all of my childhood and what I do remember is a hazy mess, but the only books I remember reading in school for English class were Johnny Tremain and A Tale of Two Cities. I didn't care much for either one. I'm glad this woman is as unamused and tired of this guy's bullshit as we are, though we're probably supposed to hate her rather than thinking she's the only good character. readingatwork posted:-There is at least one tree in town that is sentient, can move, and has a real beef with kites for some reason. Hey don't forget that the school building itself is sentient, and at one point dropped a brick from itself onto the head of someone who insulted Lucy, seeing as how it likes her.
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Jan 22, 2022 04:31
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Twelve by Pies posted:Hey don't forget that the school building itself is sentient, and at one point dropped a brick from itself onto the head of someone who insulted Lucy, seeing as how it likes her. I also forgot to mention that Linus has an identical twin brother born [redacted] years later who is literally named "Rerun". Methinks somebody was trying to make Linus again but do it right this time. 
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Jan 22, 2022 05:01
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That would explain why we never see Rerun and Linus/Lucy together, they don't want Linus to know that they're trying to replace him, and they want to make sure that Lucy's abuse doesn't cause Rerun to fail the same way Linus did.
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Jan 22, 2022 05:25
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Wait, how's he going to get the coconut open?
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Jan 22, 2022 07:05
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Presto posted:Wait, how's he going to get the coconut open? That's another whole week of comics written.
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Jan 22, 2022 07:17
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Daddy Daze Take It From the Tinkersons is horizontal again even though every other strip of theirs has retroactively been turned vertical, man I don't know   Macanudo  Dark Side of the Horse 
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Jan 22, 2022 07:22
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Garfield Heathcliff  Overboard  Monty  For Better or For Worse  Compu-toon  On The Fastrack  Safe Havens  Rae The Doe, which you can support by pledging to the author's Patreon 
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Jan 22, 2022 07:45
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In today's Blueberry: Wile E. Coyote nods in sympathy, or "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds", or Blueberry's in trouble... again  
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Jan 22, 2022 07:50
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Jan 22, 2022 07:54
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Poil posted:Tiff remembers that guy's name, knows his usual, has a nickname for him and even remembers the names of all of his grandchildren... And they are taking if not his name then certainly his image in vain 
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Jan 22, 2022 10:37
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riderchop posted:
This is literally his hometown. Has he never been anywhere except home and school?
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Jan 22, 2022 10:59
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Drimble Wedge posted:This is literally his hometown. Has he never been anywhere except home and school? Lynn Johnston's entire immediate family hates her because she spent decades portraying them as idiots. makes u think
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Jan 22, 2022 11:17
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Nancy 1947
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Jan 22, 2022 13:22
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Drimble Wedge posted:This is literally his hometown. Has he never been anywhere except home and school? I mean, to be fair, remember the first time you drove at night? Even during the day for a while my town, that I grew up in, looked different when I was behind the wheel and not chilling in the passenger seat. Hell, my niece and nephew go to the same drat restaurant every chance they get to pick eat-out dinner, and despite having done so for years, and they are teenagers and one old enough to drive, they still couldn't remember where the drat place was. Two miles from their house, it may as well have been another country. I remember driving in two or three cities before we had Google Maps or Mapquest, and it was insane trying to remember where the streets were. My overall city is based on a grid system, so easy enough if you know where you're going. But driving at night when you can't remember if Stapley is west or east of Chandler Heights is something else. Not to mention you can't ask anyone for help since you're not supposed to be there in the first place.
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Jan 22, 2022 14:33
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Drimble Wedge posted:This is literally his hometown. Has he never been anywhere except home and school? Good point. He had all the side streets to get on the highway but then was too silly to get off it.
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Jan 22, 2022 14:36
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/21/02  Stephen Collins  Brenda Starr 1/8-10/48    Smokey Stover 9/30/45  Everyday Movies 10/8/34  "He's simply dying to marry me but he can't get a divorce because he's afraid it would give his wife an inferiority complex." (Washington Square Park in the background)
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Jan 22, 2022 14:44
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Strontium posted:Dark Side of the Horse 
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Jan 22, 2022 14:53
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Jan 22, 2022 15:03
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Into Ilves  Nancy  Dustin  Mandrake 
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Jan 22, 2022 15:03
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Modern Mandrake, you're alright. More generally good fanart today! Jucika But Modern   
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Jan 22, 2022 15:24
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When I started driving, I definitely remember it taking a little while for me to develop a full grasp of how to get places I was already familiar with. As a passenger you get used to certain landmarks, but it's not until you're driving yourself that there's an actual incentive to remember exactly which turns and exits to use or how places actually are located in relation to each other. Even if you know it's easy to second guess yourself if you're nervous. Anyway the real issue with this Foob strip in particular is that it highlights even more clearly that this is an old strip in reruns. I can't remember the last time I saw a paper road map. Vintage Valiant (May 29, 1949)   
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Jan 22, 2022 15:24
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MariusLecter posted:Oh, it's like the difference between 'flirting and sexual harassment' comic. Seeing "Modern Jucika" has made me appreciate even more just what a perfect line the original Jucika walked between cute/lewd but never (okay rarely) outright misogynistic. Breaking Cat News   Phoebe and Her Unicorn   Wallace the Brave   Curtis  There's a good 30-40 years between the popularity of either of those groups, but whatever.
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Jan 22, 2022 15:26
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This Val arc has been constant laughs. Those last two panels and that body language.  Vargo posted:Seeing "Modern Jucika" has made me appreciate even more just what a perfect line the original Jucika walked between cute/lewd but never (okay rarely) outright misogynistic. Yeah, I really disliked a lot of the pure porn strips where there's not even an attempt at a punchline, it's just "look at what a slut this hot woman is!" It's amazing how fast they bleed over into incel anger.
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Jan 22, 2022 15:29
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readingatwork posted:OPEN YOUR EYES SHEEPLE! I thought Death Ray was banned?
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Jan 22, 2022 15:30
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Cowslips Warren posted:I mean, to be fair, remember the first time you drove at night? Even during the day for a while my town, that I grew up in, looked different when I was behind the wheel and not chilling in the passenger seat. Hell, my niece and nephew go to the same drat restaurant every chance they get to pick eat-out dinner, and despite having done so for years, and they are teenagers and one old enough to drive, they still couldn't remember where the drat place was. Two miles from their house, it may as well have been another country. Medenmath posted:When I started driving, I definitely remember it taking a little while for me to develop a full grasp of how to get places I was already familiar with. As a passenger you get used to certain landmarks, but it's not until you're driving yourself that there's an actual incentive to remember exactly which turns and exits to use or how places actually are located in relation to each other. Even if you know it's easy to second guess yourself if you're nervous. And there's also the factor that he's driving a different car for the first time, a car that's much more powerful than Mom's station wagon. A car that his father is deeply protective of. A car that he knows he wouldn't be trusted to be driving at all if not for the strange circumstances. And he knows his dad is waiting on tenterhooks at home, counting the minutes it should take for him to get back. He should have been back by this time and here he is on the highway, helplessly speeding out of town going further and further from home and oh god he's never actually driven out this way before, especially not at night, how does he even get home from here, Dad's going to murder him for this! There's plenty to criticize Lynn about, but I think this storyline is fine. Bizarro  The Family Circus 
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Doomykins posted:Yeah, I really disliked a lot of the pure porn strips where there's not even an attempt at a punchline, it's just "look at what a slut this hot woman is!" It's amazing how fast they bleed over into incel anger. It's so disheartening.
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