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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Shaman Tank Spec: Dec 26, 2003; *blep*

EasyEW posted:

Toonerville Folks (October 14-16, 1918)

Eh, the war's gonna be over before the package even gets to the guy, relax.

# ? Mar 2, 2022 09:03

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# ? May 29, 2024 20:18

Pastry of the Year: Apr 12, 2013

Arlo and Janis

Tina's Groove Classic (April 12, 2010)

Arlo and Janis Classic (April 12, 2000)

Garfield Classic (April 12, 1990)

# ? Mar 2, 2022 11:49

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Rotti

Rhymes with Orange

Get Fuzzy 3/1/02

Brenda Starr 4/8-10/48

Smokey Stover 6/30/46

Everyday Movies 11/23/34

"Such a funny fella you are, Meyer. So even if business IS good, do you hafta tell Ginsberg?"

# ? Mar 2, 2022 13:16

Medenmath: Jan 18, 2003

Vintage Valiant (Jan. 15, 1950)

I really like this scene. In another story Geoff, or Arf rather, is the protagonist and this is a very dramatic moment. But Arf isn't the protagonist, so he just looks ridiculous. I don't know if this is the right term, but he almost feels like a deconstruction of Prince Valiant (the character). He's honestly still a pretty impressive person, stealing the king's horses to run messages to and from a combat zone and all that, it's just in a way that's a bit more down to earth than the typical adventuring hero.

I also like Boltar's reaction. I don't think he's deliberately trying to save Arf from embarrassment. He's the kind of guy who just says whatever he really means or feels.

# ? Mar 2, 2022 13:32

Doomykins: Jun 28, 2008; Didn't you mean to ask about flowers?

Jucika "66 - Jucika and the Rain in May" NSFW Nudity

"67 - Jucika, The Wild Rower"

# ? Mar 2, 2022 13:40

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

EasyEW posted:

Toonerville Folks (October 14-16, 1918)

lmao this kid owns :allears:

Classic Kevin & Kell in: :capitalism:

(February 6-12, 2006)

Modern Kevin & Kell

Mikl fucked around with this message at 16:42 on Mar 2, 2022

# ? Mar 2, 2022 14:09

Zamboni Rodeo: Jul 19, 2007; NEVER play "Lady of Spain" AGAIN!

Murdstone posted:

Rex Morgan MD

I swear, every stupid storyline in this godawful strip always manages to end with some contrived reason for people to give the Morgans more money.

# ? Mar 2, 2022 14:14

Cowslips Warren: Oct 29, 2005; What use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy's warren and paying his price?; Grimey Drawer

Goddamn it I love Prince Val. The art, the faces, it really is a shame that poo poo like Peanuts and FOOB and Funky is all over the comics pages. Imagine Val with a full page.

# ? Mar 2, 2022 14:18

The Bloop: Jul 5, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Cowslips Warren posted:

Goddamn it I love Prince Val. The art, the faces, it really is a shame that poo poo like Peanuts and FOOB and Funky is all over the comics pages. Imagine Val with a full page.

As a kid I skipped Val because it was boring poo poo my Grandpa reads like Rex Morgan or whatever

What a fool I was!

(of course I'm technically old enough to be a grandpa now myself so)

# ? Mar 2, 2022 14:53

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

Medenmath posted:

Vintage Valiant (Jan. 15, 1950)

I really like this scene. In another story Geoff, or Arf rather, is the protagonist and this is a very dramatic moment. But Arf isn't the protagonist, so he just looks ridiculous. I don't know if this is the right term, but he almost feels like a deconstruction of Prince Valiant (the character). He's honestly still a pretty impressive person, stealing the king's horses to run messages to and from a combat zone and all that, it's just in a way that's a bit more down to earth than the typical adventuring hero.

I also like Boltar's reaction. I don't think he's deliberately trying to save Arf from embarrassment. He's the kind of guy who just says whatever he really means or feels.

Boltar really appreciates the kid's honesty and emotion, and probably sees a lot of Val in him as well.

# ? Mar 2, 2022 15:54

Owl at Home: Dec 25, 2014; Well hoot, I don't know if I can say no to that

Medenmath posted:

Vintage Valiant (Jan. 15, 1950)

Loving Val's '...okay' expression in panel four.

# ? Mar 2, 2022 16:00

The_Other: Dec 28, 2012; Welcome Back, Galaxy Geek.

Giant Days x Batman

John Allison's Patreon John Allison's Gumroad store
Forward Slash Scare website for Allison's side comics

# ? Mar 2, 2022 16:06

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

Slammy posted:

Mopsy November 3, 1937

What am I supposed this framework? Own to do with build my turkey around it.

Giant Ethicist posted:

(No, they are never ever ever going to kiss.)

I'm mad irl.

riderchop posted:

Safe Havens

This guy was a snake until a few hours ago. He saw mice only as prey. He ate mice. Why is he suddenly horny for a woman mouse? If I got turned into a bull or something I don't think I'd suddenly go "Welp guess I want to gently caress cows now."

Mikl posted:

Modern Kevin & Kell

I quoted the post just to make sure, you seem to have forgotten something.

# ? Mar 2, 2022 16:08

rannum: Nov 3, 2012

Giant Ethicist posted:

(No, they are never ever ever going to kiss.)

no!!!
i refuse this reality!!!!

quote:

ChaCha Chako

I should have time to get back to Night Visitors over the next couple few days, thanks for your patience.

The Mom awkwardly poking out of her god portal is fantastic

# ? Mar 2, 2022 16:08

Technowolf: Nov 4, 2009

Mikl posted:

Modern Kevin & Kell

Did you just forget or did it not update yet?

# ? Mar 2, 2022 16:08

CommonShore: Jun 6, 2014; A true renaissance man

Technowolf posted:

Did you just forget or did it not update yet?

ssh

# ? Mar 2, 2022 16:09

The Bloop: Jul 5, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Technowolf posted:

Did you just forget or did it not update yet?

everybody died

all of them

# ? Mar 2, 2022 16:26

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

Twelve by Pies posted:

I quoted the post just to make sure, you seem to have forgotten something.

Ah poo poo, thanks. Copy-paste of the image link went awry somehow.

Fixed, and here it is:

# ? Mar 2, 2022 16:42

Darthemed: Oct 28, 2007; "A data unit?
For me?"; College Slice

Docks

Retail

Popcom

# ? Mar 2, 2022 16:48

My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

Vater und Sohn: Shaving with a buzz (1936)

# ? Mar 2, 2022 16:53

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

# ? Mar 2, 2022 16:58

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

My Lovely Horse posted:

Vater und Sohn: Shaving with a buzz (1936)

This is probably the best case scenario for shaving with a straight razor while drunk.

# ? Mar 2, 2022 17:15

Professor Wayne: Aug 27, 2008; So, Harvey, what became of the giant penny?

They actually let him keep it.

Pickles

Zits

# ? Mar 2, 2022 17:27

Shaman Tank Spec: Dec 26, 2003; *blep*

The_Other posted:

Giant Days x Batman

John Allison's Patreon John Allison's Gumroad store
Forward Slash Scare website for Allison's side comics

I love that the coffee is addressed to "Susen".

# ? Mar 2, 2022 17:41

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

Selachian posted:

Gotta be the dark-haired guy, who's quite pointedly keeping his hand in his jacket pocket all this time. Trying to hide the fact he's wearing a glove to avoid leaving fingerprints on the gun?

Yeah something like this is my guess too.

Mikl posted:

So the deer hooked up with a car. Ok.

F Minus

Mark Trail

Mary Worth

The Phantom

Pooch Cafe

Rex Morgan MD

Yesterday, revealing the guy wasn't a lawyer in the way they did was funny. Explaining it further like this is not funny and ruins yesterday for me.

Andertoons

Apartment 3-G

gleebster posted:

Not really

Well I guess they'll explain what he's doing there in the next few days. Unless the answer is "We need it for the story," but I feel like the writing in Classic A3G is better than that usually.

# ? Mar 2, 2022 18:08

Nostalgamus: Sep 28, 2010

Storm P

# ? Mar 2, 2022 18:09

JethroMcB: Jan 23, 2004; We're normal now.
We love your family.

Thank you to whoever pointed out the weird emphasis usage in Mary Worth a while back, I notice it all the time now and it's great. Even in a strip like this where the emphases are used in a pretty natural way, you still get fun stuff like

HA!...
�� BICYCLE!

# ? Mar 2, 2022 18:19

Powered Descent: Jul 13, 2008; We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Professor Wayne posted:

Zits

A friend of mine used to mess with the smtp headers so that the timestamp on the message would always be exactly 11:59:59. Not to cheat, it was always actually sent with hours to spare. He just did it to mess with the instructors, to make them think he was doing what Jeremy's doing here, every single time, and never missing.

# ? Mar 2, 2022 18:26

F_Shit_Fitzgerald: Feb 2, 2017

Getting assignments in at the very last minute is an important skill for college.

# ? Mar 2, 2022 18:27

Powered Descent: Jul 13, 2008; We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Bizarro

The Freudian Circus

# ? Mar 2, 2022 19:02

JethroMcB: Jan 23, 2004; We're normal now.
We love your family.

F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:

Getting assignments in at the very last minute is an important skill for college.

In my Junior and Senior years I never wrote a paper until the night before. I'd mentally outline it ahead of time, then wait until like 8 PM to go to the computer lab at the student union and crank the entire thing out in one sitting. (I found it useful to write on a public computer where I wasn't, say, logged in to The Something Awful Forums to keep myself focused.) Never received a mark below a B.

# ? Mar 2, 2022 19:03

Vargo: Dec 27, 2008; 'Cuz it's KILLIN' ME!

Breaking Cat News

Phoebe and Her Unicorn

Wallace the Brave

Curtis

# ? Mar 2, 2022 19:27

Alhazred: Feb 16, 2011

Murdstone posted:

The Phantom

The Phantom looks really annoyed.

# ? Mar 2, 2022 19:30

Countblanc: Apr 20, 2005; _{Help a hero out!}

RIP Spud

# ? Mar 2, 2022 19:36

Alhazred: Feb 16, 2011

TegneHanne

(basically there's a really old norwegian show for kids where they just drew a song)

Alhazred fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Mar 2, 2022

# ? Mar 2, 2022 19:50

Haifisch: Nov 13, 2010; Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!; Taco Defender

Alhazred posted:

M

(basically there's a really old norwegian show for kids where they just drew a song)

Also Mein Teil is about the Armin Meiwes incident. Extremely kid friendly!

# ? Mar 2, 2022 19:59

Fighting Trousers: May 17, 2011; Does this excite you, girl?

Alhazred posted:

TegneHanne

Sometimes it be like that.

# ? Mar 2, 2022 20:16

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

Twelve by Pies posted:

This guy was a snake until a few hours ago. He saw mice only as prey. He ate mice. Why is he suddenly horny for a woman mouse? If I got turned into a bull or something I don't think I'd suddenly go "Welp guess I want to gently caress cows now."

Mouse pussy got him actin' unwise.

# ? Mar 2, 2022 20:35