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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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Haifisch
Nov 13, 2010

Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!



Taco Defender
2018 Spiderman


1979 comics



OK, fine, here's the real one


Locher Tracy

"You will be occupied by purchases this season. You are a good vaguely-christian consumer."
Alternatively: "Know where your credit cards and money are, or else you'll be an annoyance to the cashier. This Crimestoppers brought to you by the Retail team."

Origins of the Sunday Comics


Footrot Flats


The Lockhorns


Mandrake


Johnny Hazard


Computoon: Origins

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riderchop
Aug 10, 2010

av by @daikonquest!
Garfield


Heathcliff


Overboard


Monty


Compu-toon


On The Fastrack


Safe Havens


Rae The Doe, which you can support by pledging to the author's Patreon


For Better or For Worse



Classic Arlo and Janis (May 15, 2000)

Haifisch
Nov 13, 2010

Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!



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riderchop posted:

Classic Arlo and Janis (May 15, 2000)

Did you know: Arlo & Janis gently caress.

Samovar
Jun 4, 2011

When I want to relax, I read an essay by Engels. When I want something more serious, I read Corto Maltese.

Haifisch posted:

Did you know: Arlo & Janis gently caress.

Big if true.

Shaman Tank Spec
Dec 26, 2003

*blep*



Fingerpori

My Lovely Horse
Aug 21, 2010

curtadams posted:

So, while Rivera's MT has lots of faults, it's very very different from Allen's.
I'll very happily agree with different, but in the end, she's not making a better comic strip than Allen. And consider how easy a task that is.

Murdstone posted:

Look at this from the first week with Jules:



And this one from last week with somewhat similar panels.


good god. You'd expect it to go exactly the other way around.

I can't shake this nagging feeling that somewhere there might be someone - like, an actual person who was in the running - who would have made a decent environmental adventure strip but didn't get the job because they weren't as outspokenly sassy on twitter.

davidspackage
May 16, 2007

Nap Ghost
On the topic of Mark Trail, this panel of Big Chungus Cherry still cracks me up

Kennel
May 1, 2008

BAWWW-UNH!
IIRC it took max two weeks before Mark Trail started to look sketchy. My early reaction was "this doesn't look good, but maybe it'll grow on me".

Unfortunately that thread is still in Far Side prison, so I can't check.

computer angel
Sep 9, 2008

Make it a double.

Haifisch posted:

Did you know: Arlo & Janis gently caress.

Well not this time. Arlo was looking at the tv.

Samovar
Jun 4, 2011

When I want to relax, I read an essay by Engels. When I want something more serious, I read Corto Maltese.

computer angel posted:

Well not this time. Arlo was looking at the tv.

Excuse me have you never heard about multi-tasking.

Selachian
Oct 9, 2012

Rhymes with Orange



Get Fuzzy 4/21/02



Brenda Starr 8/5-7/48



You know this story would be over if Brenda actually looked behind the screen -- but no, we've gotta drag it out further!




Smokey Stover 7/22/47



Everyday Movies 1/25/35



"I've lost all I had so I've got to keep on betting until I can win enough to go home on."

Hialeah Park Racetrack near Miami used to be a regular winter destination for pony players when the racing season ended up north -- although I think it's just a casino now.

Selachian fucked around with this message at 12:43 on Apr 22, 2022

Medenmath
Jan 18, 2003

Giant Ethicist posted:

Haraiso Days


End Chapter 2! I do agree that Miss Haru is being kinda presumptuous and manipulative here, but then the trope is "the bartender knows her customers better than they themselves do," so within the text she was doing explicitly the right thing. :shrug: As an immigrant, personally I'm more ehh about the idea that "people who are not from here should stick together and eventually go home, since it suits them better."

It's a bad thing to do IRL but in the case of an obviously contrived story like this I think it works.

Giant Ethicist posted:

Night Visitors


I love this so much

Giant Ethicist posted:

Monya the Grey: Chapter 7


When I first shared this, someone pointed out that Tonda here is actually on the right track - the weird dog tentacle thing is basically star-shaped.

:ohdear: (Monya is such a cute comic :3:)

Hostile V posted:

Everybody's A God drat Parent Now





It's super weird to me that the girls on this sports team analog are wearing skirts. Maybe it's just meant as a visual shorthand but it makes it feel like they go to a weird religious school.

Vintage Valiant (Nov. 19, 1950)



I wanted to do a Spiderman joke but I'm too distracted by panel seven being, uh, a little suggestive

manero
Jan 30, 2006

Nancy 1947


A rare pin-up moment from Bushmiller

Huxley
Oct 10, 2012



Grimey Drawer

manero posted:

Nancy 1947


A rare pin-up moment from Bushmiller

No, Nancy. FEWER dishes.

A+J


e: M .... murray?

Huxley fucked around with this message at 13:39 on Apr 22, 2022

Vargo
Dec 27, 2008

'Cuz it's KILLIN' ME!

Huxley posted:


e: M .... murray?



Oh I really like this.

Breaking Cat News


Phoebe and Her Unicorn


Wallace the Brave


Heart of the City


Curtis

maltesh
May 20, 2004

Uncle Ben: Still Dead.

riderchop posted:


Safe Havens



The water bottle in the cage they both lived in was filled with serum to make the transformations permanent, wasn't it? That's why they couldn't turn him back into a snake before?

Powered Descent
Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Medenmath posted:

Vintage Valiant (Nov. 19, 1950)

I wanted to do a Spiderman joke but I'm too distracted by panel seven being, uh, a little suggestive

I am astounded that Hal got away with that.


Bizarro


The Family Circus

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


Skippy (July 23, 1934)


Peanuts (April 27, 1975)

Never mind the whole "birds don't have lips" thing.

Funky Winkerbean


Crankshaft


Mutt and Jeff


Rip Haywire


Thimble Theater (November 22, 1938)


Out Our Way, in which forget about being a future titan of industry, Goldie's starting a pawn shop. (August 25-27, 1938)




EasyEW fucked around with this message at 15:54 on Apr 22, 2022

The_Other
Dec 28, 2012

Welcome Back, Galaxy Geek.
Solver Spring Special

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

John Allison posted:

There’s a lot to parse in today’s comic, I think it’s best you just take it slowly.

Evrart Claire
Jan 11, 2008

riderchop posted:

Safe Havens


Again, this is treating someone as being in the wrong for being hesitant to come out as their original species to someone openly talking about how they would kill and eat that species. Considering how much Holbrook loves species as race/gender/sexuality metaphors this is a really lovely arc.

Nostalgamus
Sep 28, 2010

Storm P
And now, inventions. These get wordy.

Transmodiar
Jul 9, 2005

You're a terrible person, Mildred.
Modesty Blaise #05: The Mind of Mrs. Drake





Also, Will Henry has a new volume of Wallace coming out in a few weeks - preorder now!

Transmodiar fucked around with this message at 17:13 on Apr 22, 2022

Darthemed
Oct 28, 2007

"A data unit?
For me?
"




College Slice
Docks




Retail




Popcom


F_Shit_Fitzgerald
Feb 2, 2017




When this lady first appeared I thought, "Well, maybe she's an older lady who just needs someone to talk to". I should have known that if Marta dreaded a customer coming in, there was probably a good reason for it.

Murdstone
Jun 14, 2005

I'm feeling Jimmy


F Minus



Mark Trail



Mary Worth



The Phantom



Mozz doing a little rules-lawyering.

Pooch Cafe



Rex Morgan MD



Andertoons



Apartment 3-G



*hangs up* "Did you hear? Frank Barto was just hit by a bus!"

Kennel
May 1, 2008

BAWWW-UNH!
Into Ilves



Nancy


Dustin


Mandrake

Alhazred
Feb 16, 2011




TegneHanne

L-Innsikt

Pondus

Julet Esqu
May 6, 2007




Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012




see also: platypus, blobfish, armadillo, etc

Smets
Nov 4, 2009

How many drat vases do they have in this store

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003




Okay this is definitely a kink thing. (Not shaming.)

Zereth
Jul 9, 2003



Smets posted:

How many drat vases do they have in this store
Grumbles did not seem like the kind of store that has enough vases you CAN spend an hours showing somebody blue ones.

Zerilan posted:

Again, this is treating someone as being in the wrong for being hesitant to come out as their original species to someone openly talking about how they would kill and eat that species. Considering how much Holbrook loves species as race/gender/sexuality metaphors this is a really lovely arc.
It's not like the mongoose-mouse was up front about it to the snake-mouse either. It was a while into their relationship that they mentioned it.

Mister Beeg
Sep 7, 2012

A Certified Jerk
https://twitter.com/phoebeandheruni/status/1517554907913416704

In case anyone's wondering about "Phoebe" this week

Strontium
Aug 28, 2009

Dexter didn't much care for the party.
Intelligent Life







Daddy Daze


Take It From the Tinkersons


Macanudo


Dark Side of the Horse

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

Sagebrush posted:

see also: blobfish

live blobfish in their natural deep-sea habitat look just like a regular old fish; in the much lower pressures on the surface their bodies basically explode

Fighting Trousers
May 17, 2011

Does this excite you, girl?

F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:

When this lady first appeared I thought, "Well, maybe she's an older lady who just needs someone to talk to". I should have known that if Marta dreaded a customer coming in, there was probably a good reason for it.

You've got the ones who just want to talk, and then you've got the ones whose need to talk turns into a power trip.

F_Shit_Fitzgerald
Feb 2, 2017



Fighting Trousers posted:

You've got the ones who just want to talk, and then you've got the ones whose need to talk turns into a power trip.

Yep, and unfortunately "The Customer Is Always Right" encourages that sort of behavior.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Hwurmp posted:

live blobfish in their natural deep-sea habitat look just like a regular old fish; in the much lower pressures on the surface their bodies basically explode



I knew that, but this is my first time seeing a picture and that's less "regular old fish" than I expected.

Side view looks better, just an odd angle.

Bruceski fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Apr 22, 2022

Doomykins
Jun 28, 2008

Didn't you mean to ask about flowers?

I really appreciate the timing on this strip after yesterday's discussion. What a stinker.

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Yvonmukluk
Oct 10, 2012

Everything is Sinister


Bad Machinery

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