Comic Strips 2022: Girls Are People!

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I enjoy reading contemporary newspaper comics.	64	26.02%
I hate reading contemporary newspaper comics.	42	17.07%
I enjoy reading historical newspaper comics.	88	35.77%
I enjoy reading newspaper comics from foreign countries.	52	21.14%
Total:	246 votes

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Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

Into Ilves

Nancy

Dustin

Mandrake

# ? Jan 29, 2022 22:20

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# ? May 28, 2024 07:07

The Bloop: Jul 5, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Was at my local gigantic used bookstore and spotted some thread friends

# ? Jan 29, 2022 22:47

Giant Ethicist: Jun 9, 2013; Looks like she got on a loaf of bread instead of a bus again...

Uramachi Sakaba

I like the background-setting her reaction gives. Myoga is the flower bud of a ginger variety - you could probably substitute regular ginger for it, but in smaller amounts, as it's pretty mild.

EBB posted:

So ChaCha's world was made for her too? That's interesting.

This is the chapter where things really do start coming together into a story in ChaCha Chako.

Night Visitors

I tell you what, I almost gave up on this one, and in the end (as you can probably guess from the way the jokes work) had to almost completely rework it.

# ? Jan 29, 2022 22:56

CommonShore: Jun 6, 2014; A true renaissance man

For all of the translators:

It's ok if a comic descends into nonsense in translation. That's actually interesting in itself. Just explain what the joke is supposed to be if this happens. I for one will embrace it.

# ? Jan 29, 2022 23:13

Twelve by Pies: May 4, 2012; Again a very likpatous story

Pastry of the Year posted:

Arlo and Janis Classic (March 28, 2000)

I wonder if this is going to end up like the Futurama episode where Fry falls in love with a mermaid.

# ? Jan 29, 2022 23:48

readingatwork: Jan 8, 2009; Hello Fatty!; Fun Shoe

Crabgrass is on break

Old School Peanuts (Apr 30, 1953)

Can you though? You're really bad at flying things.

Calvin and Hobbes (Aug 25-26, 1990)

No Blind Alley today

# ? Jan 30, 2022 00:44

Giant Ethicist: Jun 9, 2013; Looks like she got on a loaf of bread instead of a bus again...

CommonShore posted:

For all of the translators:

It's ok if a comic descends into nonsense in translation. That's actually interesting in itself. Just explain what the joke is supposed to be if this happens. I for one will embrace it.

Well, if I translated the ginger one literally, it'd be:

Ginger: Good evening!
Q-Rais: Ah, it's ginger.
Ginger: Don't call me ginger, that's lame. Call me ginger!
Q-Rais: Ginger...
Q-Rais: Ginger!
Ginger: And don't say it like "Shin-chan"!

...which seems to lack a certain something. There are one or two coming up that are basically un-localizable, though.

# ? Jan 30, 2022 01:11

Twelve by Pies: May 4, 2012; Again a very likpatous story

readingatwork posted:

Remember, though, Calvin would definitely never egg Susie's house. Steal her toys and send her a ransom note, sure, but egging would just be too far.

# ? Jan 30, 2022 02:05

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Mister Kingdom posted:

What is that he's playing?

Stultus Maximus posted:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_(card_game)

I have a vague memory of trying that game as a kid and eventually rejecting it because it has too much math. And now that I have remembered that I will look up the rules and see how much math child me considered to be too much.

...

....

.....

Jesus Christ, Kid. :ughh:

# ? Jan 30, 2022 02:50

Shiroc: May 16, 2009; Sorry I'm late

Giant Ethicist posted:

Night Visitors

I tell you what, I almost gave up on this one, and in the end (as you can probably guess from the way the jokes work) had to almost completely rework it.

Feels like it is approaching a Ray Jay Johnson joke as is, which as a Simpsons meme thread reader, I appreciate.

# ? Jan 30, 2022 03:30

EasyEW: Mar 8, 2006; I've got my father's great big six-shooter with me 'n' if anybody in this woods wants to start somethin' just let 'em--but they DASSN'T.

Mutts

Sally Forth

Pearls Before Swine

Peanuts (February 1, 1975)

Les Moore Can't Tell The Different Between His Neighbor And His Dead Wife

Crankshaft

Mutt and Jeff

Rip Haywire

Thimble Theater (August 31, 1938)

Out Our Way (February 28 - March 2, 1938)

Toonerville Folks (September 2-4, 1918)

Dok's Dippy Unfair Business Practices (December 17, 1913)

Little Lefty (January 6-8, 1936)

Hey, just because you're in a permanent state of revolution against the capitalist overlords, that doesn't make you immune to a little cross-promotion.

And that's where we leave off for a bit...

# ? Jan 30, 2022 04:33

Drakyn: Dec 26, 2012

EasyEW posted:

Out Our Way (February 28 - March 2, 1938)

March 15th, 1938: Goldie is buried. As the friends and relations line up to pay their respects, these three guys are standing by the graveside loudly talking about how gosh lookit how nice his coffin is and how folks like Goldie look better dyin' than folks like us do livin'.

# ? Jan 30, 2022 05:37

Weembles: Apr 19, 2004

CommonShore posted:

For all of the translators:

It's ok if a comic descends into nonsense in translation. That's actually interesting in itself. Just explain what the joke is supposed to be if this happens. I for one will embrace it.

I agree. The explanations were half the fun of reading Fingerpori.

# ? Jan 30, 2022 05:43

Presto: Nov 22, 2002; Keep calm and Harry on.

# ? Jan 30, 2022 05:44

Murdstone: Jun 14, 2005; I'm feeling Jimmy

The rarely seen Mary Worth eye-roll.

# ? Jan 30, 2022 06:28

Vox Valentine: May 31, 2013; Solving all of life's problems through enhanced casting of Occam's Razor. Reward yourself with an imaginary chalice.

Oh thank god Estelle will probably not marry Wilbur.

# ? Jan 30, 2022 06:30

CommonShore: Jun 6, 2014; A true renaissance man

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# ? Jan 30, 2022 06:34

Presto: Nov 22, 2002; Keep calm and Harry on.

"My daughter and friends are probably sick with grief. But wouldn't it be funny to just walk in without calling?! Tee hee!"

# ? Jan 30, 2022 06:49

Shiroc: May 16, 2009; Sorry I'm late

Murdstone posted:

The rarely seen Mary Worth eye-roll.

lmao

Mary Worth delivering hit after hit

# ? Jan 30, 2022 07:19

Strontium: Aug 28, 2009; Dexter didn't much care for the party.

Daddy Daze

Take It From the Tinkersons

Macanudo

Dark Side of the Horse

# ? Jan 30, 2022 07:37

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

God drat it Wilbur at least try lying

# ? Jan 30, 2022 07:49

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

EBB posted:

God drat it Wilbur at least try lying

he is lying

he doesn't want to tell them that he took three extra days to get back because he got lost inside the airport and couldn't work up the nerve to ask anyone for help

# ? Jan 30, 2022 07:51

Medenmath: Jan 18, 2003

Prince Valiant

# ? Jan 30, 2022 08:32

Tiggum: Oct 24, 2007; Your life and your quest end here.

Murdstone posted:

I hope all those who criticised or complained are suitably ashamed of their words and deeds. :razz:

# ? Jan 30, 2022 09:19

Yvonmukluk: Oct 10, 2012; Everything is Sinister

Bobbins

quote:

The guy with the moustache is Drew, a character who appeared a very few times, early on in the original Bobbins. His background is mysterious. He�s the babes only in the home man.

I only just realised that Drew's idea of a babe Elliot talks about in that linked issue is literally on a poster in Drew's wall. Got nothing to do with this strip, but it's a neat detail I missed the first time.

# ? Jan 30, 2022 09:49

davidspackage: May 16, 2007; Nap Ghost

Tiggum posted:

I hope all those who criticised or complained are suitably ashamed of their words and deeds.

I mean, I don't know. Wilbur still isn't dead and buried beneath a colossal mound of rank feces and offal.

# ? Jan 30, 2022 10:40

Mikl: Nov 8, 2009; Vote shit sandwich or the shit sandwich gets it!

Okay, life situation should be mostly sorted out. Sorry for the hiccup. Can't promise it won't happen again, but you know. Try my best.

I'm not reading back through the thread tho, did I miss something important in the last *checks* five hundred posts? Like, since last Monday? What's been up with Wilbur?

Classic Kevin & Kell in: relocating (August 8-14, 2005)

Modern Kevin & Kell catch-up.

# ? Jan 30, 2022 11:11

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Okay its not Wilbur missing forever but it's okay given the circumstances.

# ? Jan 30, 2022 12:02

algebra testes: Mar 5, 2011; Lipstick Apathy

# ? Jan 30, 2022 12:12

Twelve by Pies: May 4, 2012; Again a very likpatous story

Fooled you, Estelle! Made you think I was dead! I wasn't though. But you thought I was. And that's why it's so funny.

# ? Jan 30, 2022 12:13

Pastry of the Year: Apr 12, 2013

Arlo and Janis

Tina's Groove Classic (March 29, 2010)

Arlo and Janis Classic (March 29, 2000)

Garfield Classic (March 29, 1990)

# ? Jan 30, 2022 13:46

His Divine Shadow: Aug 7, 2000; I'm not a fascist. I'm a priest. Fascists dress up in black and tell people what to do.

Green Intern posted:

This kid's coming back a hero or a corpse.

Why not both?

# ? Jan 30, 2022 14:15

Green Intern: Dec 29, 2008; Loon, Crazy and Laughable

Murdstone posted:

The rarely seen Mary Worth eye-roll.

This is a decent compromise to "wilbur ate a strange shellfish and died hallucinating."

Edit: Now propose to Estelle again, get rejected again, and fall off a hot air balloon or something.

Green Intern fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Jan 30, 2022

# ? Jan 30, 2022 14:16

Mr. Squishy: Mar 22, 2010; A country where you can always get richer.

Mikl posted:

Modern Kevin & Kell catch-up.

I don't get this one. Is it about loving?

# ? Jan 30, 2022 14:37

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; I'm meat on the hoof

Mr. Squishy posted:

I don't get this one. Is it about loving?

Yeah, the rabbit is charging up his battery

# ? Jan 30, 2022 14:48

manero: Jan 30, 2006

Nancy 1947

# ? Jan 30, 2022 15:16

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

Mikl posted:

Modern Kevin & Kell catch-up.

Mr. Squishy posted:

I don't get this one. Is it about loving?

It was a horny update overall

# ? Jan 30, 2022 15:24

Samovar: Jun 4, 2011; I'm 😤 not a 🦸🏻‍♂️hero...🧜🏻

'Cause I feel like I've got a big enough back-log, an additional Blueberry! Wherein today: Yet another group finds out about the treasure, or 'Treason is punishable by death!' states ex-Confederate officer and noted irony-understander Finlay, or Blueberry makes his last stop before crossing the border...