Comic Strips 2022: Girls Are People!

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

Murdstone posted:

Rex Morgan MD

drat. Guess I'm stuck continuing to post this strip then.

I'll wager 600 quatloos that the name they picked was also, entirely by chance, Sarah's top suggestion.

# ? Mar 24, 2022 18:39

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# ? May 28, 2024 05:13

maltesh: May 20, 2004; Uncle Ben: Still Dead.

I guess Doc? If Lee had turned on the gas, Joe would have smelled it. Also, as a comic chain-smoker, she might have set the gas on fire?

If Doc actually has a cold, he might not have. So I suspect he administered some sort of sedative while treating the victim, and turned on the gas, and is using his fake cold to claim that he wouldn't have smelled the gas a previous visitor supposedly activated, but I can't work out why. Possibly "A doctor would never visit a patient while he himself is sick?"

# ? Mar 24, 2022 18:39

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

As much as this Phantom storyline has dragged I do appreciate that Mozz finally made his point and it is a pretty good one.

# ? Mar 24, 2022 18:40

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

maltesh posted:

I guess Doc? If Lee had turned on the gas, Joe would have smelled it. Also, as a comic chain-smoker, she might have set the gas on fire?

If Doc actually has a cold, he might not have. So I suspect he administered some sort of sedative while treating the victim, and turned on the gas, and is using his fake cold to claim that he wouldn't have smelled the gas a previous visitor supposedly activated, but I can't work out why. Possibly "A doctor would never visit a patient while he himself is sick?"

I'll go the other way and say it's Joe. He would have known that the victim couldn't smell gas with a freshly-broken nose, so he took the opportunity to turn it on before he left. And by chance, the Doc who came by a little later had a cold and couldn't smell the gas building up either.

# ? Mar 24, 2022 18:46

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

Darthemed posted:

Retail

Ahhh, the eye-patch is flipping.

Also, don't doxx me, Lockhorns.

# ? Mar 24, 2022 18:51

Raskolnikov38: Mar 3, 2007; We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

Alhazred posted:

The timing of this strip continues to be the worst.

thankfully none of this actually happening and is a complete waste of time and ink

# ? Mar 24, 2022 18:54

Raskolnikov38: Mar 3, 2007; We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

Doomykins posted:

As much as this Phantom storyline has dragged I do appreciate that Mozz finally made his point and it is a pretty good one.

WHAT POINT?!?!?!

# ? Mar 24, 2022 18:55

Potsticker: Jan 14, 2006

Raskolnikov38 posted:

WHAT POINT?!?!?!

If the Phantom lets Savarna out she'll go kill one of her abusers and that will cause the Phatom's Son to die in a retaliatory bombing raid. Good moral.

How does Mozz know all these details about Savarna's past and that guy she kills in his story? Assuming he's not making all of it up.

# ? Mar 24, 2022 18:59

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Jungle medicine man drugs.

# ? Mar 24, 2022 19:01

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

The point is that it feels good to enact justice for Savarna and free her from superjail and then for her to get some really righteous vengeance buuuuuuut good intentions and unintended consequences something something entire city bombed to hell and your son dies, dude.

How Mozz knows this in this much detail is a stretch to tell the story to us readers but he's a something something prophetic wiseman.

# ? Mar 24, 2022 19:05

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

Samovar posted:

Ahhh, the eye-patch is flipping.

Also, don't doxx me, Lockhorns.

The inventory guy is a fighting game character and they have to keep his sprite consistent for readability.

# ? Mar 24, 2022 19:37

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

For his neutral special, he wields a scan gun

# ? Mar 24, 2022 19:39

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

They actually let him keep it.

Pickles

Zits

# ? Mar 24, 2022 20:04

Potsticker: Jan 14, 2006

Doomykins posted:

The point is that it feels good to enact justice for Savarna and free her from superjail and then for her to get some really righteous vengeance buuuuuuut good intentions and unintended consequences something something entire city bombed to hell and your son dies, dude.

How Mozz knows this in this much detail is a stretch to tell the story to us readers but he's a something something prophetic wiseman.

If you let any story about how things can have unintended consequences prevent you from acting, you will never do anything.

# ? Mar 24, 2022 20:05

Maxwell Lord: Dec 12, 2008; I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.; Grimey Drawer

They really found the most perfunctory way to wrap up that Luann storyline, didn't they?

"Oh wait this dog is missing!" "Oh wait it's Luann's dog! Guess that solves that."

Writer got bored QUICK with that one.

# ? Mar 24, 2022 20:06

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

Doomykins posted:

The point is that it feels good to enact justice for Savarna and free her from superjail and then for her to get some really righteous vengeance buuuuuuut good intentions and unintended consequences something something entire city bombed to hell and your son dies, dude.

How Mozz knows this in this much detail is a stretch to tell the story to us readers but he's a something something prophetic wiseman.

Mozz licks the toads

# ? Mar 24, 2022 20:06

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

Potsticker posted:

If you let any story about how things can have unintended consequences prevent you from acting, you will never do anything.

Hopefully the 6+ months of build time on this one makes it worthwhile.

Cut to Phantom doing it anyway tomorrow.

# ? Mar 24, 2022 20:11

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

"Dear Kit, Please neutralize all artillery at the attached coordinates. Love, Dad"

# ? Mar 24, 2022 20:17

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Maxwell Lord posted:

They really found the most perfunctory way to wrap up that Luann storyline, didn't they?

"Oh wait this dog is missing!" "Oh wait it's Luann's dog! Guess that solves that."

Writer got bored QUICK with that one.

I did appreciate the gag at the end, though.

# ? Mar 24, 2022 20:17

maltesh: May 20, 2004; Uncle Ben: Still Dead.

Powered Descent posted:

I'll go the other way and say it's Joe. He would have known that the victim couldn't smell gas with a freshly-broken nose, so he took the opportunity to turn it on before he left. And by chance, the Doc who came by a little later had a cold and couldn't smell the gas building up either.

I'd wonder: Why didn't Poole object to Joe coming into his house, after punching him in the nose, and fiddling in his kitchen? If he hung around long enough, he'd know that Poole was calling in a doctor, and would expect the Doc to be able to smell the fumes, wouldn't he?

Though, thinking about your solution leads me to another potential option that Enyclopedia's "J'accuse!" doesn't seem to be pointed at. Poole turned on the gas himself, possibly to cook something, and was unable to smell the pre-existing gas leak because of the nasal injury. Possibly before the Doctor with a cold arrived. Doc left before enough gas filled the house that he'd feel symptoms. Poole succumbed during the night.

maltesh fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Mar 24, 2022

# ? Mar 24, 2022 20:18

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

maltesh posted:

I guess Doc? If Lee had turned on the gas, Joe would have smelled it. Also, as a comic chain-smoker, she might have set the gas on fire?

If Doc actually has a cold, he might not have. So I suspect he administered some sort of sedative while treating the victim, and turned on the gas, and is using his fake cold to claim that he wouldn't have smelled the gas a previous visitor supposedly activated, but I can't work out why. Possibly "A doctor would never visit a patient while he himself is sick?"

I think it's Joe. The smoker would have set off the gas and the doc couldn't smell it because of his cold (the dead guy couldn't because of his nose).

Murdstone fucked around with this message at 20:36 on Mar 24, 2022

# ? Mar 24, 2022 20:33

Transmodiar: Jul 9, 2005; You're a terrible person, Mildred.

Murdstone posted:

Rex Morgan MD

drat. Guess I'm stuck continuing to post this strip then.

What's worse, though - her choosing the name, or the strip wasting a week or so of real time only for Vidpa to say, "naw, I'm good"?

# ? Mar 24, 2022 21:03

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

Transmodiar posted:

What's worse, though - her choosing the name, or the strip wasting a week or so of real time only for Vidpa to say, "naw, I'm good"?

When it turns out

Powered Descent posted:

I'll wager 600 quatloos that the name they picked was also, entirely by chance, Sarah's top suggestion.

That's gotta be it. I refuse to believe it won't be that.

# ? Mar 24, 2022 21:23

Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

Into Ilves and we're starting the third storyline.

There isn't and will not be any explanation of how Mikko knows about Into at this point.

Tomorrow: Racism!

Nancy

Dustin

Mandrake

# ? Mar 24, 2022 22:14

My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

More Vater und Sohn should be coming soon-ish but I bought a new computer and I'm still transferring and setting up all my poo poo, you know how it is. Was expecting to be up and running by now, but evidently I'm not so I thought I'd better say something. No need to worry about those two!

# ? Mar 24, 2022 22:33

F_Shit_Fitzgerald: Feb 2, 2017

Darthemed posted:

Retail

I guess we now know what Dan Crenshaw was doing before the military and politics.

# ? Mar 24, 2022 22:37

Good Listener: Sep 2, 2006; Ask me about moons
Fact #1 The Moon is really cool

Toy Galaxy did a vid on Calvin and Hobbes which is pretty good~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sBVRM3Lv6Y

He also did one for Far Side a while back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ha2TDtuVsw

# ? Mar 24, 2022 22:54

Yvonmukluk: Oct 10, 2012; Everything is Sinister

Bad Machinery

# ? Mar 24, 2022 23:22

ukonvasara: Aug 16, 2012; a mixture of gravity and waggery

Murdstone posted:

Mark Trail

man, this poo poo sucks.

# ? Mar 24, 2022 23:25

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

Funny Online Hounds of Love

# ? Mar 24, 2022 23:31

Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

Cheer Up Boss Dharma

# ? Mar 25, 2022 00:33

Zereth: Jul 9, 2003

Potsticker posted:

If the Phantom lets Savarna out she'll go kill one of her abusers and that will cause the Phatom's Son to die in a retaliatory bombing raid. Good moral.

How does Mozz know all these details about Savarna's past and that guy she kills in his story? Assuming he's not making all of it up.

He'll tell her because he's delirious with fever and thinks he's going to die without anybody else knowing how to contact his son.

Note that after reading that part he promptly told his wife how to contact his son. So he wouldn't do that, being secure in the knowledge that his wife knows how to contact his son, and thus wouldn't tell Savarna about it. This entire thing is pointless. He's already canceled this possible future.

# ? Mar 25, 2022 01:04

Medenmath: Jan 18, 2003

The only hope for this storyline is if after actually springing Savarna (which he had drat well better do) he goes with her to Nepal to find a way to deal with the cop without collateral damage.

# ? Mar 25, 2022 01:46

rannum: Nov 3, 2012

he's going to take care of the guy before freeing savarna

then she just gets to be out there enjoying life as told to us at length by moz for the next 3 years

# ? Mar 25, 2022 02:14

Sweaty IT Nerd: Jul 13, 2007

My Lovely Horse posted:

More Vater und Sohn should be coming soon-ish but I bought a new computer and I'm still transferring and setting up all my poo poo, you know how it is. Was expecting to be up and running by now, but evidently I'm not so I thought I'd better say something. No need to worry about those two!

Thanks for posting them!

# ? Mar 25, 2022 02:32