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| I enjoy reading contemporary newspaper comics. |
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64 | 26.02% |
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| I enjoy reading historical newspaper comics. |
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88 | 35.77% |
| I enjoy reading newspaper comics from foreign countries. |
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Crabgrass is on break. Old School Peanuts (Apr 25, 1953)  Calvin and Hobbes (Aug 15-16, 1990)   Blind Alley  https://kumerish.com/blind-alley
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Has this Mary Worth plot turned stupid as hell? Yes. Has it also been riveting? Yes. To me, anyway. As far as I'm concerned, if Moy wants to veer this strip hard into balls-out crazy, that's fine with me. Just don't expect Mary to ever give good advice or for the "happy endings" to actually be happy to anyone who isn't a meddling old bag. Anyways, today Estelle and Wilbur Jr are bawling their eyes out, but Mary's eyes are dry as the desert. She lives for this poo poo. 
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And He Did! February 13, 1919 Outbursts of Everett True February 12, 1919  Gay and Her Gang February 24, 1930  Oaky Doaks July 25, 1936  Mopsy October 2, 1937  Up Front November 6, 1944  Dark Laughter September 16, 1950  So It Seems April 8, 1952  Those Were the Days May 15, 1958  Wee Pals April 16, 1966  Dogbert November 16, 1966 
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Jan 25, 2022 04:17
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Slammy posted:So It Seems April 8, 1952 Still accurate.
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Jan 25, 2022 04:27
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Some Guy TT posted:Hm? I must have missed that one. I only remember the ones where he went after Little Orphan Annie. It was slipped into the same arc.
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Alhazred posted:The Good Innvandrer In truth, recognizing that I can set boundaries, have the right to set boundaries and that I don't have to first justify the boundaries out loud to set them has not only helped establish myself, it has also helped me respect other people's boundaries. F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:Mary should call Frank Drebin to help console them: I thought you were gonna post this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYdUZfHGP04&t=654s Samovar fucked around with this message at 06:15 on Jan 25, 2022 |
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Mutts  Sally Forth   Pearls Before Swine   Skippy (May 9, 1934)  Peanuts (January 26-27, 1975)   Funky Winkerbean featuring AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH GODDAMMIT LES MOORE!   Crankshaft   Mutt and Jeff   Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (August 25, 1938)  Out Our Way (February 10-12, 1938)    Toonerville Folks (August 19-21, 1918)    Dok's Swivel-Hips Duck (December 13, 1913)  Little Lefty (December 23-25, 1935)    And as a Red Xmas "treat" here's an excerpt from a "real letter" to Santa published under that last strip. Mom went to the hospital, dad lost his poverty wages WPA job, they got kicked out of their apartment for nonpayment. The stuff they don't sing carols about. quote:I'm not telling Mamma that I'm writing to you, because she just came out of the hospital, and she feels terrible anyway, she's so sure we won't get anything for Christmas. I don't blame her much, because we really have been having an awful time since Pop went on the WPA. And that's where I leave you for tonight, cos Depression-era Commies don't screw around. e: because I stopped typing too soon last night. Yes, again. Sorry. EasyEW fucked around with this message at 16:03 on Jan 25, 2022 |
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Jan 25, 2022 06:08
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about mom's condition sending her to the hospital, and that's why dad lost his job, and the grocer gave them credit but the Relief Bureau ran them off of him. It goes on like that.)
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EasyEW posted:Funky Winkerbean featuring AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH GODDAMMIT LES MOORE! "Penny for your thoughts, Les." "Dying. Illness. Impending Death." "Jesus Christ, always with this poo poo."
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Slammy posted:Those Were the Days May 15, 1958
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EasyEW posted:Pearls Before Swine ...does... Does this person have ANY brain?! Samovar fucked around with this message at 06:44 on Jan 25, 2022 |
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Daddy Daze Take It From the Tinkersons  Macanudo  Dark Side of the Horse 
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EasyEW posted:Crankshaft Crankshaft says that people who didn't wear masks were ignoramuses, yet they're all talking about how it's nice to not have to wear masks anymore when we are still in a loving pandemic (and many places still have mask mandates). Curious! Tom Batuik is not very intelligent at all.
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JethroMcB posted:Wilbur washed ashore on an island like 12 hours after falling off the boat also gently caress you crankshaft STOP DOING COVID STRIPS
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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 25, 2022 08:22
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Samovar posted:...does... Does this person have ANY brain?! This is your brain on centrism
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Vargo posted:Curtis 
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Jan 25, 2022 10:03
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somepartsareme posted:This is your brain on centrism But... He recognizes that the position he writes about would be considered communism... Does he not think communism is leftist?! Is he... What is he saying?!
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Jan 25, 2022 10:54
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readingatwork posted:Calvin and Hobbes (Aug 15-16, 1990) A while back, people were saying that Calvin acts out because he can tell that his parents subconciously don't want him. I thought people were reading too much into things. I had forgotten this strip. e: riderchop posted:On The Fastrack The most unbelievable thing to happen in a strip where people turn into mermaids or whatever. Mr. Squishy fucked around with this message at 11:31 on Jan 25, 2022 |
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Jan 25, 2022 11:28
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Into Ilves  Nancy  Dustin  Mandrake 
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Samovar posted:But... He recognizes that the position he writes about would be considered communism... Does he not think communism is leftist?! Is he... What is he saying?! He's saying that culture war stuff is promoted to distract from the growing financial inequality. For example, during the Trump administration, Bezos was held up as a hero of (some segment of) "the left" because his newspapers were critical of Trump. It's not a particularly complicated message, and I wouldn't say it's typical centrism. I would guess the confusion has arisen because nobody knows what anybody means when they say "the left".
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Jan 25, 2022 11:40
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Jan 25, 2022 11:40
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Pastis isn't wrong that rich assholes are happy to let us poor folks fight among ourselves because it keeps us from trying to make them less rich. The problem is that he apparently thinks that if we came together and actually did something about those rich assholes, that society would be harmonious and wonderful. Except, you know, even if we succeeded in getting rid of billionaires, right wingers would still want to deport non-whites and ban gay and trans people. e: not even getting into the fact that our political system is set up to make it impossible to vote for people who actually want to do something about rich assholes not getting taxed enough
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Kennel posted:
I've only ever really used one food delivery app, but my general impression is that by the time the delivery person is at your door, you've long since paid for the meal, and you'd need to directly contact the company to carry out a threat of "I'm not going to pay for this."
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/24/02  Brenda Starr 1/15-17/48    Smokey Stover 10/21/45  Everyday Movies 10/11/34  "Georgie don't wear tops, so I get the large size and make his father wear the tops, and Georgie wears the pants." (I was a bit confused by this one, but my guess is that they're talking about two-piece pajamas.)
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Jan 25, 2022 13:06
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Arlo and Janis Tina's Groove Classic (March 24, 2010)  Arlo and Janis Classic (March 24, 2000)  Garfield Classic (March 24, 1990) 
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EasyEW posted:Little Lefty (December 23-25, 1935)  riderchop posted:On The Fastrack If the social media accounts can be managed by two employees on a part time basis, why do you need a separate LLC for this? Is this some kind of weird tax dodge or something? Pastry of the Year posted:Arlo and Janis Oh crap I do this Mr. Squishy posted:He's saying that culture war stuff is promoted to distract from the growing financial inequality. For example, during the Trump administration, Bezos was held up as a hero of (some segment of) "the left" because his newspapers were critical of Trump. It's not a particularly complicated message, and I wouldn't say it's typical centrism. I would guess the confusion has arisen because nobody knows what anybody means when they say "the left". I'm always a little suspicious of anyone who compares the far left and far right like this. I don't think people who want a more equitable society necessarily have much in common with people who want an ethnostate, even if they both dislike the current system. Anyway, here's Val. Vintage Valiant (Jun. 12, 1949)   
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Medenmath posted:If the social media accounts can be managed by two employees on a part time basis, why do you need a separate LLC for this? Is this some kind of weird tax dodge or something? Holbrook also doesn't seem to know what a "side hustle" is.
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Jan 25, 2022 14:06
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I think you guys are overthinking the Pearls Before Swine. Polarization drives engagement in all forms of media and it does in fact drive people apart even if there are irreconcilable differences between people in the lower class it definitely behooves the wealthy to keep us all at our own throats. Hate watching the news, youtube videos, tiktok, doomscrolling, etc all drives ad revenue. Delicious delicious ad revenue. e; Of course there's a lot more things going on but Pastis just has the space of a newspaper comic to work with.
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Jan 25, 2022 14:10
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Val has been on such a hot streak, every strip is a pinch of joy in my day. Speaking of: Jucika 1 - Jucika and Mud  2 - Jucika Goes To The Theater  Me in the center in panel 2.
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Poor kid is basically a Val squire now. He'll be dead soon no matter what Gawain tries.
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MariusLecter posted:I think you guys are overthinking the Pearls Before Swine. Pastis has been slowly turning more and more conservative over the years as he gets older, in the sense of "everyone is so offended, why can't I say things I wanna say?" so I'm not really willing to give him the benefit of the doubt when he says "far left is just like far right." He's exactly the kind of dipshit who would believe in horseshoe theory and swear he's a liberal. FBI-mily Circus was funny though Breaking Cat News  Phoebe and Her Unicorn  Wallace the Brave  Curtis 
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Pastry of the Year posted:Arlo and Janis Lol
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Sir Kuuno de Ruyter
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Vargo posted:Pastis has been slowly turning more and more conservative over the years as he gets older, in the sense of "everyone is so offended, why can't I say things I wanna say?" so I'm not really willing to give him the benefit of the doubt when he says "far left is just like far right." He's exactly the kind of dipshit who would believe in horseshoe theory and swear he's a liberal. I don't know anything about Pastis, I'll take your word for it.
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EBB posted:Sir Kuuno de Ruyter 
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Vargo posted:Pastis has been slowly turning more and more conservative over the years as he gets older, in the sense of "everyone is so offended, why can't I say things I wanna say?" so I'm not really willing to give him the benefit of the doubt when he says "far left is just like far right." He's exactly the kind of dipshit who would believe in horseshoe theory and swear he's a liberal. F Minus  Mark Trail  Mary Worth  Actually, Estelle, I believe he went over the bars and hit the water. Also Estelle's going to give in and they're going to get married aren't they?  The Phantom  Pooch Cafe  That's kind of sweet really. Rex Morgan MD  Andertoons  Apartment 3-G 
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Samovar posted:But... He recognizes that the position he writes about would be considered communism... Does he not think communism is leftist?! Is he... What is he saying?! Most people, even fairly left-leaning ones, don't read theory or know what terms like "communism", "leftist" or "liberal" actually mean because most people just read the newspaper a bit in the morning or watch MSNBC over dinner. That said, I think the author is commenting on the way the media avoids talking about class issues rather than actually commenting on communism. The "communism" comment is less about the actual political theory and more a commentary on the way the right will shut down any left wing idea under the pretext of it being communist regardless of it's actual content. Which is true so I don't think it's fair to call Pastis a centrist just yet (at least based on this strip alone).
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readingatwork posted:That said, I think the author is commenting on the way the media avoids talking about class issues rather than actually commenting on communism. The "communism" comment is less about the actual political theory and more a commentary on the way the right will shut down any left wing idea under the pretext of it being communist regardless of it's actual content. Which is true so I don't think it's fair to call Pastis a centrist just yet (at least based on this strip alone). No, I don't think it's fair at all. He correctly reframes the issue away from "left vs. right" to "ruling class vs working class" and only adds the jab at Family Circus to keep things light.
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