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| I enjoy reading contemporary newspaper comics. |
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64 | 26.02% |
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| I enjoy reading historical newspaper comics. |
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| I enjoy reading newspaper comics from foreign countries. |
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His Divine Shadow posted:Btw. How does the Phantom hide his boner? Is there some ancient jungle wisdom for it?
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Bizarro The Family Circus 
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Jun 15, 2022 12:57
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Twelve by Pies posted:Did old timey people really want to beat the poo poo out of actors for no apparent reason? I'm assuming in this case, most actors seemed to be snake oil salesmen peddling bullshit that didn't work. I could be wrong though.
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Jun 15, 2022 13:45
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Good Listener posted:I'm assuming in this case, most actors seemed to be snake oil salesmen peddling bullshit that didn't work. I could be wrong though. You can see some of the same attitude with the treatment of Dugan & Dixon in Our Boarding House. Actors, and show folk in general, were seen as weird, untrustworthy, and worst of all, frequently broke and unable to pay their bills. Plus, most performers were constantly traveling from town to town, which meant they never put down roots and were outsiders wherever they went.
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Jun 15, 2022 14:29
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Good Listener posted:I'm assuming in this case, most actors seemed to be snake oil salesmen peddling bullshit that didn't work. I could be wrong though. “But now - WOW!” [cartoon of actor shilling crypto investments] (I expect Selachian has the right idea, really)
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Jun 15, 2022 14:32
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Doomykins posted:Nancy and Trail are barely better than their predecessors by default and at times not. I think new Trail is genuinely worse than the greatly entertaining diabetes yeti "I can draw, I don't trace!" fever dream we got. Thimble Theatre works because its pace is slow enough to become a gag-a-day strip on a moving background and premise, arguably a forerunner to how modern strips do gag weeks. The narrative strips become agonizing because they're repetitive and not individually entertaining. I'll still take modern Trail because it's weird at times and not just clip art faces staring at each other.
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Jun 15, 2022 14:55
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Jun 15, 2022 15:06
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Huxley posted:A+J 
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Jun 15, 2022 15:19
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Solver Autumn Special John Allison's Patreon John Allison's Gumroad store Steeple website John Allison posted:Karen Grote has done her best with Lottie. As parenting tasks go, it’s been like trying to herd cats made of mercury in the dark. The_Other fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Jun 15, 2022 |
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Jun 15, 2022 16:00
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CommonShore posted:Thimble Theatre works because its pace is slow enough to become a gag-a-day strip on a moving background and premise, arguably a forerunner to how modern strips do gag weeks. The narrative strips become agonizing because they're repetitive and not individually entertaining. Oh yeah, Segar had a knack for variations on themes inside of his overall stories, and when he hits that sweet spot you don't mind that the plot's idling. Of course, when everything isn't clicking you spend an eternity with the fooey hound. Mutts  Sally Forth  Skippy (September 6, 1934)  Peanuts, in which Chuck reconnects with the hero he deserves. (June 18, 1975)  Funky Winkerbean  Crankshaft  Mutt and Jeff  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (January 14, 1939)  Out Our Way (February 2-4, 1939)   
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Jun 15, 2022 16:12
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Jun 15, 2022 17:07
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Jun 15, 2022 17:47
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Huxley posted:A+J Aww, poor Arlo.
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Jun 15, 2022 17:58
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Cheer Up Boss Dharma
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Jun 15, 2022 18:00
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Vater und Sohn: Now this here - that's gold A thaler was a coin in use through the 15th through 19th century (extremely roughly), so long out of use by the 1930s. Müller is possibly the most generic name in the German language and it tickles me to think of the equivalent to "the Dread Pirate Bob."
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Jun 15, 2022 18:02
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Jucika "278 - Jucika Makes You Want To Do The Job" "279 - Jucika In An Open-Air Theater" 
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Jun 15, 2022 18:23
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F Minus Mark Trail  Mary Worth  You got your Intelligent Life in my Mary Worth! The Phantom  Pooch Cafe  Rex Morgan MD  Andertoons  I always thought it was 'font' in this context, but apparently 'fount' and 'font' are interchangeable. Apartment 3-G 
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Jun 15, 2022 18:24
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Murdstone posted:
This Savarna feels really off.
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Jun 15, 2022 18:30
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A Single Sphink posted:This Savarna feels really off. It's around the third or fourth distinct model I've seen.
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Jun 15, 2022 18:34
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A Single Sphink posted:This Savarna feels really off. Yeah, I was about to say.
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Jun 15, 2022 18:38
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You know, the first time I saw Sara wearing that hubba hubba crop top shirt I immediately thought it was odd that this would be the uniform for a camp employee. Nevertheless, I remain annoyed that she's wearing an appropriate one now. For uh, continuity reasons, I assure you.
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Jun 15, 2022 18:41
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Selachian posted:You can see some of the same attitude with the treatment of Dugan & Dixon in Our Boarding House. Actors, and show folk in general, were seen as weird, untrustworthy, and worst of all, frequently broke and unable to pay their bills. Plus, most performers were constantly traveling from town to town, which meant they never put down roots and were outsiders wherever they went. That makes sense! Thanks for the info~
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Jun 15, 2022 18:42
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"Meat The Press" was right there Holbrook!!! Augh!!!
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Jun 15, 2022 18:45
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A Single Sphink posted:This Savarna feels really off.
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Jun 15, 2022 18:52
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Twelve by Pies posted:Did old timey people really want to beat the poo poo out of actors for no apparent reason? Good Listener posted:I'm assuming in this case, most actors seemed to be snake oil salesmen peddling bullshit that didn't work. I could be wrong though. May I recommend a seminal work on the subject
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Jun 15, 2022 19:08
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Vargo posted:Yeeeaaahhh but incognito modes don't let me use my handy-dandy "upload to imgur" plugin, and I don't wanna bother putting back in all my passwords after clearing my cookies. This is all too much effort for Curtis. Is there any particular reason why you don't just forage for them in a different browser you don't normally use so there's no passwords for the cookies to clear?
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Jun 15, 2022 19:08
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you want me to handle curtis, chief
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Jun 15, 2022 19:37
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Murdstone posted:Yeah I noticed that, and now that you mention it, Mike Manley's name has been removed from the signatures in the strip all this week. I suspect someone else is drawing it, whether that's temporary or not I don't know. Moz has taken control!
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Jun 15, 2022 19:40
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Haifisch posted:1980 comics OK, so help me out if I missed something here, but Warbucks is inventing the Lazarus Process to save us from peak oil, right? And he's offering it to the government for free, since he just wants people to use it? So why does he care if anyone else uses it without permission? Isn't the whole point of the plan to get people to use it? I'm asking that question because it's a better question than Annie's very stupid one. Because he wants money too you dummy! quote:I am in eager anticipation of a premise as silly as, what if Spider-Man attempted to try out for a professional football team? Haifisch posted:Computoon: Origins "Assorted Colors" is killing me here.
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Jun 15, 2022 19:45
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Into Ilves  Nancy  Dustin  Mandrake 
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Jun 15, 2022 19:53
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Giant Ethicist posted:Q-Rais Talks to Himself Hm. I can't tell whether the sweat drop reaction is to the gorillas or the alligators. I find I like this comic more when it's disconnected anecdotes like this, rather than awkward build-up to some random recipe.
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Jun 15, 2022 19:56
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Some Guy TT posted:Hm. I can't tell whether the sweat drop reaction is to the gorillas or the alligators. I find I like this comic more when it's disconnected anecdotes like this, rather than awkward build-up to some random recipe. Mostly what I've gotten from this is that she's been haunting him long enough to know his parents old dog.
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Jun 15, 2022 20:00
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Some Guy TT posted:OK, so help me out if I missed something here, but Warbucks is inventing the Lazarus Process to save us from peak oil, right? And he's offering it to the government for free, since he just wants people to use it? So why does he care if anyone else uses it without permission? Isn't the whole point of the plan to get people to use it? Warbucks wants to give it to the American government, not some foreigners! As for Annie's question, I think they said the process revives exhausted oil wells, so maybe it can't produce new ones out of nothing.
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Jun 15, 2022 20:08
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Darthemed posted:Docks Oof. Not so fondly remembering the earliest days of Obama hype. Everyone knows that he gave the bestest of all possible speeches at the 2004 DNC Convention but even at the time I don't think anyone could tell you what that speech was even about. quote:Retail Cooper's self-loathing and Marla's encouraging that self-loathing are fascinating to me, since we don't exactly have a lot of reason to think that Val is that far out of his league. They're both working the same terrible retail job after all, even if Val cleans up nice. It's actually kind of sweet in a way, that this is obviously coming from their both just having really high personal opinions of Val but comparably deflated ones about Cooper. quote:Popcom Even for an infrequently posted serial strip this is remarkably incomprehensible.
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Jun 15, 2022 20:10
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Some Guy TT posted:OK, so help me out if I missed something here, but Warbucks is inventing the Lazarus Process to save us from peak oil, right? And he's offering it to the government for free, since he just wants people to use it? So why does he care if anyone else uses it without permission? Isn't the whole point of the plan to get people to use it? warbucks is offering it to the us government free on the condition that they enact strong market controls to ensure fuel prices stay artificially low
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Jun 15, 2022 20:42
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Selachian posted:Brenda Starr 12/9-11/48 I'm giggling like an idiot over the incredible stupidity of a name like Chug-Chug Jones being juxtaposed with nearly every character treating him like a national hero.
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Jun 15, 2022 20:43
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Doomykins posted:Nancy and Trail are barely better than their predecessors by default and at times not. I think new Trail is genuinely worse than the greatly entertaining diabetes yeti "I can draw, I don't trace!" fever dream we got. New Nancy has had its ups and downs, but your memory is failing you if you think it's ever been worse than Guy Gilchrist's slop. I'm more inclined to agree about new Trail, though James Allen's run also started off surprisingly strong--remember the exploding jet-ski chase? Maybe the secret is to just reboot it every three months.
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Jun 15, 2022 21:01
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Bad Machinery
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Jun 15, 2022 21:18
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ukonvasara posted:New Nancy has had its ups and downs, but your memory is failing you if you think it's ever been worse than Guy Gilchrist's slop. I'm more inclined to agree about new Trail, though James Allen's run also started off surprisingly strong--remember the exploding jet-ski chase? Maybe the secret is to just reboot it every three months. Gilchrist nancy was at least better looking and worth a hate read. The best Nancy strips of all time barely have any words. The new ones can barely fit the crudely drawn faces next to all the words
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Murdstone posted:Yeah I noticed that, and now that you mention it, Mike Manley's name has been removed from the signatures in the strip all this week. I suspect someone else is drawing it, whether that's temporary or not I don't know. https://twitter.com/chronicle_tweet/status/1536606876347121665?s=21&t=KR3XbV9OATDnCrTmd5SMdA
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