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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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88 | 35.77% |
| I enjoy reading newspaper comics from foreign countries. |
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52 | 21.14% |
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Calaveron posted:... Are they talking about Wilbur? The same Wilbur who fell off a boat in a drunken stupor? "oh, he gave me this dog" lady he adopted the dog, decided he didn't want it because it wasn't immediately easy, and dumped it on you
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Bad Machinery John Allison posted:The cellar incident! Summarised in this then-mystifying strip. We're going to solve these mysteries. Solve 'em all up.
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Murdstone posted:Mary Worth My hope is that Wilbur bursts in through the door, screams "I'M SAFE!" then all three strangle him and then go back to mourning sandwich boy
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Jan 26, 2022 21:02
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Vater und Sohn: Brains vs. brawn (44/1936)
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Jan 26, 2022 21:46
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Murdstone posted:I honestly don't think the art is that bad. Certainly not Wallace-level but it's not the worst thing I've seen. It serves it's purpose. Yeah the art in Tinkersons has even improved in some ways, like someone pointed out that the mom doesn't have the weird bird hair anymore when she has her hair down at night. Murdstone posted:The Phantom I sort of try to follow the weekday Phantom strips although it's been hard with how much this story has been dragging rear end and they seem to refuse to get to the fireworks factory, but I'm going to take a stab at it and say that the reason the Phantom line will end is Savarna is going to go get Kit Jr. here. Savarna will tell him that his father died and he has to be the Phantom now, he'll give it a shot and fail miserably and die somehow, and with no other sons in the Walker family to take up the mantle, that's it for the Phantom. This will I guess be averted because now that the Phantom knows he won't actually die due to reading Mozz's story, he won't tell Savarna about Kit Jr. Binary Badger posted:My hope is that Wilbur bursts in through the door, screams "I'M SAFE!" then all three strangle him and then go back to mourning sandwich boy If he's already declared legally dead then you can't be charged with murder, they're completely in the clear! (IANAL)
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Jan 26, 2022 22:33
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Uramachi Sakaba  Drakyn posted:I can't believe Chako hadn't murdered and eaten the sun yet. ChaCha Chako   Night Visitors 
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Jan 26, 2022 22:50
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Giant Ethicist posted:Uramachi Sakaba  quote:She was trying to make soup, and...  quote:Night Visitors 
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Jan 26, 2022 23:30
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Giant Ethicist posted:Night Visitors make sure to use a rubber 
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Jan 27, 2022 00:40
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Cheer Up Boss Dharma
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Jan 27, 2022 01:10
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Comic Strips 2022: Hng!
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Jan 27, 2022 01:16
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The Far Side     Pickles  Zits 
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Jan 27, 2022 01:23
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Professor Wayne posted:
Those bushes in the last panel are flipping us off
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Jan 27, 2022 02:51
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Professor Wayne posted:The Far Side The end for Wilbur we deserve
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Jan 27, 2022 03:20
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And He Did! February 15, 1919 Outbursts of Everett True February 15, 1919  Gay and Her Gang February 26, 1930  Oaky Doaks July 28, 1936  Mopsy October 5, 1937  Up Front November 8, 1944  Dark Laughter September 30, 1950  So It Seems April 10, 1952  Those Were the Days June 12, 1958  Wee Pals April 19, 1966  Dogbert November 21, 1966 
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Jan 27, 2022 03:26
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Slammy posted:Dark Laughter September 30, 1950 September 27, 1950: Ezzard Charles retained his World Heavyweight Championship against Joe Lewis
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Jan 27, 2022 03:48
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Cowslips Warren posted:Iiii don't know. She probably would have some words about him not being true to his current wife (whatever her name is. Not-Lisa). I think it's Kayla
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Jan 27, 2022 04:10
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Mutts Sally Forth  Pearls Before Swine  Skippy (May 11, 1934)  Peanuts (January 29, 1975)  Funky Winkerbean  Crankshaft  Mutt and Jeff  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (August 28, 1938)  And now we have reached a turning point in the legend of Popeye, because this is the last daily strip signed by series creator Elzie Segar. His illnesses were gaining ground again, and he would succumb to a combination of leukemia and liver disease on October 13, 1938. So please take off your hat in memory of the master...  ...and try not to be too horrified by the Popeye golem carrying him away. This brings us to an interesting point of departure, because in both sets of Thimble Theater books that reprinted this story, the end of Segar's participation was the rather abrupt cutoff point. As a tribute to a singular artist, it makes a certain type of sense to cut things off when he leaves the stage. But as someone who roots around in old newspaper scans for something I haven't seen before, I kind of want to see how this story ends. So obviously, I'm very interested in seeing how Comics Kingdom handles the permanent creative team transition. Out Our Way (February 17-19, 1938)    Toonerville Folks (August 26-28, 1918)    Dok's "Suspiciously Rapid Recovery" Duck (December 15, 1913)  Little Lefty (December 30, 1935-January 1, 1936)    Blondie (From Zero): Now with violence! (August 3-5, 1931) 
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Jan 27, 2022 04:15
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EasyEW posted:Peanuts (January 29, 1975) You have no idea how alone you are, Snoopy
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Jan 27, 2022 04:28
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Jan 27, 2022 05:10
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Tiff evolution as a character reflects the Evanses evolution as writers. Pathetic.
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Slammy posted:Wee Pals April 19, 1966 I'm reminded of the whining about "common core math" that's been going on for a while when I read this (though I know that this strip talking about "the new math" has been going on for a few days). Anyway I'm not accusing Morrie of being against it, he's just making a joke, like I said I just got reminded of all the whining. Anyway a bit on topic, but I should link Tom Lehrer's excellent song about new math. EasyEW posted:Funky Winkerbean It's nice to know even the birds didn't want to be around Les. EasyEW posted:This brings us to an interesting point of departure, because in both sets of Thimble Theater books that reprinted this story, the end of Segar's participation was the rather abrupt cutoff point. I'm interested to check it out too. Thimble Theater has been a fun read, to see how it went from the adventures of Olive's brother to focusing almost exclusively on someone who was introduced as a side character, and maybe I'm alone on this but I feel like this story arc has just been dragging horribly. The stuff about the demons seems interesting, and Sweepea being a king is kind of funny, but it's mostly just turned into characters standing around saying "Oh things sure are bad!" "Yep they sure are!" and this rival king getting mad over raspberries. I'd like to see if whoever took over starts having things actually happen.
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Jan 27, 2022 06:07
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Just peeked at tomorrow's Mary Worth and all I can say is gently caress youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
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Jan 27, 2022 06:37
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EBB posted:Just peeked at tomorrow's Mary Worth and all I can say is gently caress youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu I swear to God That better be the Dog talking
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Jan 27, 2022 06:39
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2018 Spiderman 1979 comics    Do not adjust your television set. Everything is correct. Locher Tracy  Origins of the Sunday Comics  Footrot Flats  The Lockhorns  Mandrake  Johnny Hazard  90s Overboard really needs to find another joke for its repertoire. 
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Jan 27, 2022 07:09
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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 27, 2022 07:21
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Crabgrass is on break. Old School Peanuts (Apr 27, 1953)  I think this is one of my favorite Peanuts strips based on that sad expression alone. Calvin and Hobbes (Aug 19-20, 1990)   No Blind Alley today.
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Jan 27, 2022 08:20
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EBB posted:Just peeked at tomorrow's Mary Worth and all I can say is gently caress youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu  The Beastie Boys?
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Jan 27, 2022 08:31
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Daddy Daze Take It From the Tinkersons  Macanudo  Dark Side of the Horse 
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Jan 27, 2022 08:32
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Oh no. Carl!
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Jan 27, 2022 08:40
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Haifisch posted:1979 comics So having read the entire Encyclopedia Brown Encyclopedia tumblr, this is a common theme in many of the solutions. This is a classic example of "gave unnecessary information." If the guy had just said "I've been driving on route 102 all day," they would have had nothing on him. There was no need for him to add the part about driving south. And it's obvious that this still isn't enough to arrest him just because he said he was driving south on an even numbered route, at least in the real world, but this is Idaville and nothing makes sense in this town. The cops are openly corrupt and will arrest anyone and everyone as long as a ten year old boy says they're guilty. He is their god king. riderchop posted:For Better or For Worse They showed the map in one of the previous strips, the place was like two blocks from their house! How could it have been a forty minute round trip? And the answer can't be "because he was supposed to wait for Elizabeth and pick her up" because he headed back for home immediately after dropping her off. Strontium posted:Take It From the Tinkersons What are you doing, man?! That's Carl! Looking forward to the future arc where Carl gets arrested for murdering Helen.
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Jan 27, 2022 10:54
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Arlo and Janis Tina's Groove Classic (March 26, 2010)  Arlo and Janis Classic (March 26, 2000)  Garfield Classic (March 26, 1990) 
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Jan 27, 2022 12:12
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Twelve by Pies posted:So having read the entire Encyclopedia Brown Encyclopedia tumblr, this is a common theme in many of the solutions. This is a classic example of "gave unnecessary information." If the guy had just said "I've been driving on route 102 all day," they would have had nothing on him. There was no need for him to add the part about driving south. Speaking as a godless Yankee, Encylopedia Brown is just confirming my stereotypes about law enforcement in small-town Florida.
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Jan 27, 2022 12:41
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/26/02  Brenda Starr 1/19-21/48    Smokey Stover 11/4/45  Everyday Movies 10/13/34  "No, I put you on the spot. You couldn't have bumped me off -- you haven't got a gat." Bonus Ad! Selling cigarettes with dwarf judo!  (Johnny Roventini was a real person -- although probably not judo-trained.)
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Jan 27, 2022 13:07
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Pastry of the Year posted:Garfield Classic (March 26, 1990) First Chako destroys the sun, now this!  Giant Ethicist posted:Uramachi Sakaba  Thanks for posting this recipe by the way.  I couldn't find perilla leaves so I chopped up some mint just for the photo. I don't know if it was worth it since I'm not all that good at making food look nice anyway.Vintage Valiant (Jun. 26, 1949)   I love this kid's fantasy where he ages but Aleta doesn't. I also like that his character concept at this point is "Val from the beginning of the strip, but without the advantage of being the protagonist."
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Jan 27, 2022 13:26
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Medenmath posted:
it's an extremely good detail to the daydream
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Jan 27, 2022 13:40
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I am upset my today's Mary Worth as well. It better be a fakeout.
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Jan 27, 2022 14:05
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Shugojin posted:it's an extremely good detail to the daydream I was gonna say, that's actually kinda cute.
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Jan 27, 2022 14:13
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Friday: It's Wilbur! Saturday: Oh crap it's Wilbur! Sunday: Ritual disembowelment and sacrifice of Wilbur.
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We don't see Wilbur in-frame yet because he's got a cyborg eye and a robot arm after defeating the nefarious mad scientist who had taken over the island with a mechanical fortress.
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