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| I enjoy reading contemporary newspaper comics. |
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64 | 26.02% |
| I hate reading contemporary newspaper comics. |
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| I enjoy reading historical newspaper comics. |
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88 | 35.77% |
| I enjoy reading newspaper comics from foreign countries. |
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52 | 21.14% |
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Murdstone posted:It bothers me when this strip does the semi-realistic heads and the cartoon bodies. It's somehow unsettling to me. Yeah, it's got real bitmoji vibes.
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 Crabgrass goes live in actual newspapers today! Grab a copy if you get a chance!(I got mine! I’ll post photos when I’m not getting annihilated at work) E: https://imgur.com/a/KfK561c (Apologies for lovely lighting, Also why does the Imgur app make it so hard to get bb code links!?) readingatwork fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Jun 27, 2022 |
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rannum posted:Phantom comically chill about the "i got sarvana pregnant" addition by Mozz For the ghost who impregnates.
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Jun 27, 2022 20:03
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MyronMulch posted:In the American south-east, going outside barefoot was (and maybe still is) a great way to get hookworm, a parasite that attaches to your small intestine and sucks your blood and eventually makes you stupid. So not completely far-fetched that it's something kids might ask permission to do in the Family Circus Universe. Not to mention stuff like ants So many ants... Though I never asked, it was just assumed you'd go out with at least some sandals on.
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Jun 27, 2022 20:31
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Into Ilves  Nancy  Dustin  Mandrake 
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Jun 27, 2022 21:03
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Cheer Up Boss Dharma
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Jun 27, 2022 21:18
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Haraiso Days --  Q-Rais Talks to Himself  --  I Like Ducks
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Bad Machinery His Divine Shadow posted:For the ghost who impregnates. Seems like he's also the ghost who ghosts in this timeline. And what's the problem with Savarna becoming the matriarch of the Phantom line, again? I mean presumably they'd still be Walkers genetically...
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Murdstone posted:Rex Morgan MD "Walk in the other room and keel over from a massive coronary, that's what I need to do!"
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Jun 27, 2022 21:56
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Jucika "302 - Jucika As An Attendant" "303 - Jucika As A Poster"  "Európa-Bajnokság = European Championship"
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Jun 27, 2022 22:07
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Murdstone posted:Mary Worth Somewhere deep in Mary's lair, the meddle alarm starts flashing urgently.
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Jun 27, 2022 22:33
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Presto posted:Somewhere deep in Mary's lair, the meddle alarm starts flashing urgently. "wont someone think of their future babies?"
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Jun 27, 2022 23:59
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readingatwork posted:
How dare you use this as an opportunity to sneak Candorville into this thread.
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Jun 28, 2022 00:12
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Alhazred posted:L-Innsikt that's a shame, the aesthetic was really great
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Jun 28, 2022 00:57
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rannum posted:Phantom comically chill about the "i got sarvana pregnant" addition by Mozz christ almighty
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Jun 28, 2022 01:21
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Guess what's back in the rotation, baby!?  Crabgrass  Something I notice right off the bat is that the colors have been tweaked from their previous versions. This is probably because newspapers have a limited range of colors they can print. Also I forgot to mention it but the newspapers I picked up this morning were $3 a pop for an absolutely tiny amount of paper (about 12 double-sided sheets in total). Christ, newspapers really are dying aren't they? Big Nate is sticking around but now that I have an idea what it's about I want to run the recent stuff for a bit and see how well it compares. We can do a power run of the old strips down the line at some point if people are craving it that badly.  Incredible comedic wit. Already love that I'm potentially committing to years of posting this. Old School Peanuts (Aug 9-10, 1953)  Calvin and Hobbes (Mar 13-14, 1991)   Blind Alley  Support Adam's Patreon here. Transmodiar posted:How dare you use this as an opportunity to sneak Candorville into this thread. Yes, I see... Fascinating. I wonder what would happen if I... Candorville  I kid of course, I would never do that to myself.
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Jun 28, 2022 01:49
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readingatwork posted:Calvin and Hobbes (Mar 13-14, 1991) These are both great So is crabgrass
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Jun 28, 2022 01:52
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*Desdemona From "On The Circle Of Life"       
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Jun 28, 2022 02:05
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For how much longer can blind alley drag out Kenny watching the surveillance footage? Or the dog and the hobo bindle making their way to wherever, or the feral child also doing whatever they're doing
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^^^ E: Honestly I think it's fine. The focus is supposed to be on the mundane slice of life stuff with the weird bits being a slow buildup in the background designed to create a weird tone. It's not trying to be a rip roaring adventure. I think the real problem is more that the pace of new pages is once or twice a week which makes things feel more dragged out than they would if you were reading this in a book collection. This is only page 118 which would be less than 4 months of traditional newspaper strips for context. We've actually covered a lot of ground plot-wise all things considered. Something else I notice about the newspapers I picked up is that there was literally no mention of the new strip in it anywhere. It struck me as odd because if another media service like Netflix had a new series or something out it would be all over the front page to give potential new subscribers a reason to join. No, it doesn't surprise me that that a newspaper doesn't operate like a streaming service, but... maybe it would be a good idea if they did? At least a little? If the news alone isn't enough to attract readers and advertisers to your print versions then maybe you should pump up and elevate the content people can't get (as easily) online? And not just comics either, start adding puzzles, poems, and short stories from popular genre writers and poo poo. Get gimmicky and weird so that people have a reason to actually pick the paper up every day. Yeah, you may end up with an entertainment zine with a news section but at least it might be self-sustaining and not need billionaire money to operate. Damnit now I actually want to go and make this happen. If only I had a few hundred grand to spare... readingatwork fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Jun 28, 2022 |
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Jun 28, 2022 02:29
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It's like, where do you even look for news about the newspaper itself?
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Jun 28, 2022 02:29
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When I took my last newspaper job in 2003, we were a smaller midsize paper with a daily circulation around 65k. If you transported that same paper to 2022, we'd be in the top 20 nationally.
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Jun 28, 2022 02:47
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Outbursts of Everett True June 27, 1919 And He Did! July 10, 1919  Cat Tales June 11, 1925  Oaky Doaks December 5, 1936  Mopsy February 15, 1938  Sweatin’ It Out June 21, 1945  Bootsie’s Big ‘50s  So It Seems August 26, 1952  Those Were the Days June 22, 1961  Wee Pals August 29, 1966  Dogbert June 20, 1967 
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Jun 28, 2022 02:53
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readingatwork posted:^^^ E: Honestly I think it's fine. The focus is supposed to be on the mundane slice of life stuff with the weird bits being a slow buildup in the background designed to create a weird tone. It's not trying to be a rip roaring adventure. I think the real problem is more that the pace of new pages is once or twice a week which makes things feel more dragged out than they would if you were reading this in a book collection. This is only page 118 which would be less than 4 months of traditional newspaper strips for context. We've actually covered a lot of ground plot-wise all things considered. The primary effect for me is that whenever I see it in the thread I don't have the slightest clue what's going on, and the sparseness of both style and appearance don't provide a lot to actually hook into my memory.
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Jun 28, 2022 03:34
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EasyEW posted:Sally Forth If this ends with Sally's workplace unionizing because of Alice's toxic leadership, I'll be thrilled.
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Jun 28, 2022 04:00
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ukonvasara posted:The primary effect for me is that whenever I see it in the thread I don't have the slightest clue what's going on, and the sparseness of both style and appearance don't provide a lot to actually hook into my memory. same here; i started following the thread again a few months ago and while its taken me a bit to grok the john allison strip bonanza where it switches storylines every couple days i at least am starting to get an idea of three or four sub-stories, but whatever blind alley is parses as incomprehensibly as frank bolle's apartment 3g
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Jun 28, 2022 04:03
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Murdstone posted:The Phantom MyronMulch posted:In the American south-east, going outside barefoot was (and maybe still is) a great way to get hookworm, a parasite that attaches to your small intestine and sucks your blood and eventually makes you stupid. So not completely far-fetched that it's something kids might ask permission to do in the Family Circus Universe. readingatwork posted:If the news alone isn't enough to attract readers and advertisers to your print versions then maybe you should pump up and elevate the content people can't get (as easily) online? And not just comics either, start adding puzzles, poems, and short stories from popular genre writers and poo poo. Get gimmicky and weird so that people have a reason to actually pick the paper up every day. Yeah, you may end up with an entertainment zine with a news section but at least it might be self-sustaining and not need billionaire money to operate.
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Jun 28, 2022 04:10
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Our Boarding House (May 1-3, 1922; spoilered over the standard issues.)   Toonerville Folks (July 17-19, 1919)   The possibility of long-haul flights by dirigible was very much in the news in July 1919. The British R-34 was the first lighter-than-air craft (and the second aircraft of any kind) to successfully complete a trans-Atlantic flight on July 6th.  Dok's Dippy Civil Servant (March 24, 1914)  Little Lefty (July 3-6, 1936)     Time got tight, so Blondie tomorrow.
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Slammy posted:
Tiggum posted:And yet Americans talk about Australia being full of terrifying wildlife. Oh no, you might see a spider! A spider won't burrow into your intestine (via your foot!?) and live there. There's a reason most people in developed countries wear shoes whenever we go outside.
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 Hooray for Crabgrass' triumphant return! Slammy posted:Those Were the Days June 22, 1961 GFY, Beeman  Oh my god this whole conversation they've been having is so embarrassing
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2018 Spiderman 1980 comics  Honestly Annie is doing nothing for me(the ambient racism isn't helping at all) but I'm going to stick it out at least till the end of this arc. At least the blatant-pandering-to-contemporary-concerns factor is amusing.     The paper I'm grabbing these from puts their recipes in the "weekender" Saturday addition to the paper. Recipes vary from blagh(gelatin  ) to honestly pretty alright(protip: recipes for baked goods are timeless).Locher Tracy  Footrot Flats  The Lockhorns  Computoon: Origins 
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Jun 28, 2022 06:14
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Docks  Retail   Popcom (double G-Men edition)  
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Jun 28, 2022 06:19
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Julet Esqu posted:
"I should dress like a Greek goddess?" "Let's just start with not borrowing clothes from Gunther."
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Jun 28, 2022 06:48
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My Lovely Horse posted:Well, I think this one deserves a higher res version - click through for original size. Thanks for sharing it! Kennel posted:Mandrake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2e0wHbgIQ8
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Jun 28, 2022 07:30
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Obligatory "shut the gently caress up Beeman" post.
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Jun 28, 2022 07:38
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Slammy posted:Cat Tales June 11, 1925
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Jun 28, 2022 07:41
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Murdstone posted:Must be the Midvale School for the Gifted. Not so loud, Larson might hear you and DMCA Jeffrey over the sanctity of ~*his children*~ again
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Jun 28, 2022 08:37
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Stop saying “muse” you goddamn dorks.
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Giant Ethicist posted:Haraiso Days ...the hell does the department of Health have to do re. crimes?
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