Comic Strips 2022: Girls Are People!

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

The_Other posted:

Also, Allison's various social media, apparently the copyright on Conan the Barbarian has expired in Europe, thus;

I don't think Allison is really going to go through with a Lottie/Conan crossover, but then again I never thought he'd do the previous Giant Days/Batman comic. I can't see how a Conan and Lottie story could work, but stranger things have happened. Conan has crossed over with the Marvel universe in various comics, most recently Marvel's Savage Avengers, which has him interacting with some of the more morally dubious �heroes� (The Punisher, Wolverine, Black Widow). The issue where he has to team up with Doctorss Strange and Doom was fun too.

If Conan did show up in one of Allison's works, I could see him working better with the Steeple cast, if only because that series is more action-oriented. I could see Conan and Penrose bonding while fighting monsters, although Penrose might have stop Conan from killing Magus Tom.

1: Conan is a cunning thief and adventurer more than he is a big strong barbarian, maybe Lottie and Conan are on opposite sides of the law with him trying to steal something she's trying to protect.
2: Lottie is at a museum learning about the Hyperborean Age and reads a story of the great king Conan and tries to solve an unfinished saga's ending.
3: Lottie and Conan team up to deal with a magician type and Lottie wants to debunk it while Conan would rather just cut his foul sorcerous head off.

# ? May 16, 2022 19:40

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# ? May 28, 2024 23:36

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

EasyEW posted:

I've been sifting through some older OOW panels for style references, and that last one just lingers with me.

Mutts

Hmmm this looks an awful lot like....
Breaking Cat News

Phoebe and Her Unicorn

Wallace the Brave

Heart of the City

Curtis is in reruns again.

# ? May 16, 2022 19:43

howe_sam: Mar 7, 2013; Creepy little garbage eaters

Hostile V posted:

1: Conan is a cunning thief and adventurer more than he is a big strong barbarian, maybe Lottie and Conan are on opposite sides of the law with him trying to steal something she's trying to protect.
2: Lottie is at a museum learning about the Hyperborean Age and reads a story of the great king Conan and tries to solve an unfinished saga's ending.
3: Lottie and Conan team up to deal with a magician type and Lottie wants to debunk it while Conan would rather just cut his foul sorcerous head off.

Conan shows up in Tackleford to pay a visit to his nephew Zebus.

# ? May 16, 2022 19:44

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

2018 Spiderman

1979 comics

Love a good ol' fashioned "drug dealers secretly lace cheap drugs with more expensive drugs" plot.

Locher Tracy

Footrot Flats

The Lockhorns

Mandrake

Johnny Hazard

Computoon: Origins

# ? May 16, 2022 19:47

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

EasyEW posted:

Mutts

That third panel dialogue seemed unnecessary.

# ? May 16, 2022 19:55

Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

Into Ilves

Nancy

Dustin

Mandrake

# ? May 16, 2022 19:56

The Bloop: Jul 5, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

# ? May 16, 2022 20:17

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

I'm brave enough to say I laughed at a Dustin. Can't they all be like that?

The Bloop posted:

LAFFO

Jucika "218 - Jucika's Tactical Move"

"219 - Jucika's Summer Vacation (Morning Workout)"

# ? May 16, 2022 20:23

rannum: Nov 3, 2012

Murdstone posted:

The Phantom

good news moz he's already told her where he is we can end the story now actually

# ? May 16, 2022 20:51

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

Monya the Grey: The final chapter

As for how much time has passed, last time we saw gourd guy he looked like this:

# ? May 16, 2022 22:03

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

howe_sam posted:

Conan shows up in Tackleford to pay a visit to his nephew Zebus.

God you're right, how did I forget Zebus.

# ? May 16, 2022 22:31

kidcoelacanth: Sep 23, 2009

i'm going to beat up qrais

# ? May 16, 2022 22:42

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

Haifisch posted:

1979 comics

Ah, Ye olde Bugs Meaney Frame job.

I don't think the TIgers have "Boy, look at all this"-money, so I guess Bugs:
1 - Stole Encyclopedia's New Theory of Relativity
2 - Found or pickpocketed the wallet, and planted it by the statue
3 - Called up Encyclopedia and gave him the cryptic message to get him to come to the statue.
4 - Called up the wallet owner and gave him a similarly cryptic message.
5 - Hid in the bushes, counting on Encyclopedia to arrive first, find the wallet, and only then be noticed by the wallet's actual owner, who is also willing to come to the park in the dark. The owner would then jump to the conclusion that the World's Greatest Boy Detective was the thief, or be prodded into it by Bugs Meaney, Upright Citizen Witness.

Tune in next week to find out how this airtight scheme fails!

# ? May 16, 2022 22:48

Ardeem: Sep 16, 2010; There is no problem that cannot be solved through sufficient application of lasers and friendship.

I'm glad that at least the scarecrows have gotten a happy ending.

# ? May 16, 2022 23:17

coronatae: Oct 14, 2012

kidcoelacanth posted:

i'm going to beat up qrais

# ? May 16, 2022 23:17

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

Rudy Becomes A Crisis Actor But Like In A Good Way I Guess

# ? May 17, 2022 00:04

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

Thranguy posted:

Helen is quitting her job without notice, leaving the yearbook prominently centered on her desk. This isn't over yet. (Will it also involve a suicide attempt and/or a forged scandalous inscription?)

They'll find her dead in a crushed car at Kelrast's Curve

# ? May 17, 2022 00:33

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

Hostile V posted:

Rudy Becomes A Crisis Actor But Like In A Good Way I Guess

They call this "trouble" but idk this looks like a lot of fun.

# ? May 17, 2022 00:37

Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

# ? May 17, 2022 00:55

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

They actually let him keep it.

Pickles

Zits

# ? May 17, 2022 02:22

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.

Our Boarding House (January 12-14, 1922)

Toonerville Folks (April 3-5, 1919)

We did this for Katrinka, how about one for Tomboy Taylor, too.

Dok's Dippy Boatjacking (February 21, 1914)

Yeah, skipped another one...

Little Lefty (August 17-19, 1936)

Blondie (From Zero) gives us "Well, that settles that." (February 11-13, 1932)

# ? May 17, 2022 02:34

Slammy: Mar 30, 2011; Great speech.
PPHPFT!!

Outbursts of Everett True May 19, 1919

And He Did! May 29, 1919

Cat Tales April 28, 1925

Oaky Doaks October 27, 1936

Mopsy January 5, 1938

Up Front April 23, 1945

Bootsie�s Big �50s

So It Seems July 17, 1952

Those Were the Days July 28, 1960

Wee Pals July 20, 1966

Dogbert April 18, 1967

# ? May 17, 2022 02:57

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

# ? May 17, 2022 03:44

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

Big Nate Year 1 (Apr 23-24, 1991)

Old School Peanuts (Jul 20, 1953)

Calvin and Hobbes (Feb 3-4, 1991)

Blind Alley

Support Adam's Patreon here.

I mean...

# ? May 17, 2022 03:57

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

Haifisch posted:

Love a good ol' fashioned "drug dealers secretly lace cheap drugs with more expensive drugs" plot.

I could be wrong, but I suspect there's going to be more to it than that. They've got some goal other than selling drugs.

Haifisch posted:

So she was hit, but only after she hit (a child) first? No sympathy for this woman.

# ? May 17, 2022 04:26

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Tiggum posted:

I could be wrong, but I suspect there's going to be more to it than that. They've got some goal other than selling drugs.

The girl and her mother inherited a fortune from the dad, right? Get her hooked and out of the picture, then marry the mother and arrange an accident. Given her fear of him despite the amnesia, I figure she found something out.

# ? May 17, 2022 06:01

davidspackage: May 16, 2007; Nap Ghost

Giant Ethicist posted:

Monya the Grey: The final chapter

# ? May 17, 2022 06:11

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Who is the letter from in the next to last panel? Only person I can think of is it's an old letter from Baba Yaga, suggesting Monya was originally intended to be a sacrifice.

# ? May 17, 2022 06:19

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

# ? May 17, 2022 06:32

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Strontium posted:

Dark Side of the Horse

Dark Side of the Horse often gets a hearty chuckle from me, and it's interesting that I so easily parse its repetition as variations on a theme instead of recycling old jokes Heathcliff-style. I think it's because even if the setups are similar there's often some minimum effort of wit to reach the end.

# ? May 17, 2022 06:40

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

Bruceski posted:

Who is the letter from in the next to last panel? Only person I can think of is it's an old letter from Baba Yaga, suggesting Monya was originally intended to be a sacrifice.

This is it, yes - TBH it was a bit of a bear to translate and I had to muddy things to shorten it enough to make it fit on the tilted page, but a more direct translation would look like:

more of less full text of the letter posted:

-ing Monya
I had to leave you
I can't ask you to forgive me
But I couldn't kill you to become the G-
This is all I can do for you

# ? May 17, 2022 06:41

riderchop: Aug 10, 2010; av by @daikonquest!

thank you for posting Monja.......it's really good the second time around.

Heathcliff

Compu-toon

Garfield

Overboard

Monty

For Better or For Worse

Classic Arlo and Janis (June 09, 2000)

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

On The Fastrack

Safe Havens

# ? May 17, 2022 07:31

fondue: Jul 14, 2002

Strontium posted:

Take It From the Tinkersons

Brussel sprouts are awesome! Both of my kids are hooked on them and get disappointed if we bring vegetables to the table and sprouts aren't amongst them. We toss them in vegetable oil and salt and oven roast them.

When I was a kid the only kind that came to the table were frozen and soaked in butter. They were gross and I didn't like them but in this century you can get them fresh at the grocer and can prepare them without soaking them in a sea of butter.

# ? May 17, 2022 08:26

Zereth: Jul 9, 2003

fondue posted:

Brussel sprouts are awesome! Both of my kids are hooked on them and get disappointed if we bring vegetables to the table and sprouts aren't amongst them. We toss them in vegetable oil and salt and oven roast them.

When I was a kid the only kind that came to the table were frozen and soaked in butter. They were gross and I didn't like them but in this century you can get them fresh at the grocer and can prepare them without soaking them in a sea of butter.

Also in the last, 10-20 years, somebody developed a new, much less bitter cultivar, IIRC, so brussels sprouts these days are genuinely better than what, say, the author remembers from being a kid were.

# ? May 17, 2022 08:33

~Coxy: Dec 9, 2003; R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD

# ? May 17, 2022 09:45

Medenmath: Jan 18, 2003

Vintage Valiant (Apr. 15, 1951)

# ? May 17, 2022 10:00

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

fondue posted:

Brussel sprouts are awesome! Both of my kids are hooked on them and get disappointed if we bring vegetables to the table and sprouts aren't amongst them. We toss them in vegetable oil and salt and oven roast them.

When I was a kid the only kind that came to the table were frozen and soaked in butter. They were gross and I didn't like them but in this century you can get them fresh at the grocer and can prepare them without soaking them in a sea of butter.

They're still just not-as-good cabbage though. They're fine, but cabbage is literally the same thing but better.

# ? May 17, 2022 10:03