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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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riderchop
Aug 10, 2010

av by @daikonquest!
Heathcliff


Compu-toon


Garfield


Overboard


Monty


For Better or For Worse


Classic Arlo and Janis (August 13, 2000)


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


On The Fastrack


Safe Havens

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Haifisch
Nov 13, 2010

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



Taco Defender
2018 Spiderman


1980 comics







Locher Tracy


Footrot Flats


The Lockhorns


Computoon: Origins

Tiggum
Oct 24, 2007

Your life and your quest end here.


I'm with Charles. I don't want to hear any more from this high-school principal about "shapely" and "mature looking" teenagers, either.

ukonvasara
Aug 16, 2012

a mixture of gravity and waggery

No one would ever accuse this strip of having competent art, but, uh, where's the bottom of the boat in the second panel? Also, when your self-given drawing prompt is "bags and a diaper" and you cannot convincingly depict either, you may need to admit that art is not for you.

riderchop posted:

On The Fastrack


No one would ever accuse this strip of having competent writing, but this is a real tour de force of Holbrookian moon logic, bafflingly phrased setups, and punchlines that only make sense if you can already take as read multiple elements of in-universe lunacy. Fi (whose full name is "Fistula Breech") proofread something by typing it ("letter by letter") on a computer and running autocorrect, causing her stepson to decide that she "became" "autocorrect" (which he already understands to be a sentient bee that lives in the computer), causing him to desire honey ("...on bread", for some reason). Also the only reason the kid knows that autocorrect is a sentient computer bee is that he specifically got a computer to do his homework on because he's dyslexic, and autocorrect is supposed to help this, which raises the question of why he would be doing homework in some other manner in the first place.

It's already complete nonsense if you're approaching it de novo, but if you know all the details of what's going on it actually gets orders of magnitude more incoherent. Really impressive stuff!

ukonvasara fucked around with this message at 07:21 on Jul 21, 2022

davidspackage
May 16, 2007

Nap Ghost

Tiggum posted:

Mary Worth


Got me again, Tiggum, you fiend

Twelve by Pies
May 4, 2012

Again a very likpatous story

ukonvasara posted:

No one would ever accuse this strip of having competent art, but, uh, where's the bottom of the boat in the second panel? Also, when your self-given drawing prompt is "bags and a diaper" and you cannot convincingly depict either, you may need to admit that art is not for you.

What are you talking about? That's an excellent cider jug in the second panel.

davidspackage posted:

Got me again, Tiggum, you fiend

I wanted so badly for it to be real yet I knew in my heart it was too perfect to be.

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



Legend of Bill




Tiggum
Oct 24, 2007

Your life and your quest end here.


Strontium posted:

Legend of Bill
gently caress. This. poo poo.

She's not. Wearing. Chain mail.

My Lovely Horse
Aug 21, 2010

riderchop posted:

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

more like two-tone artist

riderchop posted:

For Better or For Worse

That one's actually kinda clever and funny. Credit where it's due.

manero
Jan 30, 2006

Nancy 1947

Welcome to FARM WEEK on Nancy. Enjoy your stay, avoid the billy goats.

Alhazred
Feb 16, 2011




L-Innsikt

Pondus

Medenmath
Jan 18, 2003
Vintage Valiant (May 11, 1952)

Zamboni Rodeo
Jul 19, 2007

NEVER play "Lady of Spain" AGAIN!






It's not often you see Tom Petty "Don't Come Around Here No More" cosplay. Well done.

Vargo
Dec 27, 2008

'Cuz it's KILLIN' ME!

Ghostlight posted:

Vargo, will you only be happy once you've had juvenile diabetes in every comic strip?

I'll be aroun' in the dark. I'll be everywhere-wherever you look. Wherever there is a nature comic artist that has never seen an octopus, I'll be there. Wherever there is a old man beatin' off to cartoon teens written by his daughter, I'll be there...I'll be in the way kids laugh when they pull a football away from a blockhead. An' when our folk read the classic knight strips and they learn to love the Tinkersons —why, I'll be there.


Breaking Cat News


Phoebe and Her Unicorn


Wallace and His Unicorn


Heart of the City


Curtis

LvK
Feb 27, 2006

FIVE STARS!!

Medenmath posted:

Vintage Valiant (May 11, 1952)



oh gently caress me running that's gorgeous (almost as gorgeous as Rufus Regan)

Green Intern
Dec 29, 2008

Loon, Crazy and Laughable

Tiggum posted:

Mary Worth


Holy poo poo lmao

Doomykins
Jun 28, 2008

Didn't you mean to ask about flowers?
"You once fell asleep in the fire place." Ice cold burns in BCN today.

Marry Worth: As obviously unlovable as a responsible, kind-hearted nurse? Well he's also a dork and the writing has made him into a big jealous workplace policy violating doofus for this storyline but pretty funny that Daughter of Wilbur really wears the Wilbur on her sleeve.

That dating world poison, the mature adorkable nerdy guy.

I really like the subtle touch of Boltar being one of the few willing to risk a stink eye from his gods to show respect to Valiant and his family.

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 (October 6, 1934)


Peanuts (July 24, 1975)


Funky Winkerbean gives us "Oh no. OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO."


Crankshaft


Mutt and Jeff


Rip Haywire


Thimble Theater (February 20, 1939)


Out Our Way (May 22-24, 1939)


Related reading: A brief history of gas stations.



Murdstone
Jun 14, 2005

I'm feeling Jimmy


F Minus



Mark Trail



Mary Worth



Dawn is definitely Wilbur's daughter.

The Phantom



Pooch Cafe



Rex Morgan MD



And her car joins Aldo's and Bull's at the bottom of a ravine.

Andertoons



Apartment 3-G

Doomykins
Jun 28, 2008

Didn't you mean to ask about flowers?
Wow, that secretary immediately noticed some hack was trying to plagiarize Hal Foster's legendary and immediately recognizable work and binned it! Give her a raise!

gently caress you, Batiuk. At least nut up and reproduce some Foster panels in your own style. I might not like it but I'd respect it.

Mark Trail cryptid sighting in panel 3. And... Yup! A really stupid option two. "Mark, do you want to track a rampaging elephant or go to a spa retreat to write a marketing piece?" Why even have the deadline, will the spa go out of business in the next week?

Transmodiar
Jul 9, 2005

You're a terrible person, Mildred.

EasyEW posted:

Sally Forth


Cool, a fun one-off visual gag driven into the ground over the course of a week!

Modesty Blaise: The Head Girls



Angry_Ed
Mar 30, 2010




Grimey Drawer

Doomykins posted:

The elephant would be tranq'd within a day or two, it's an elephant rampaging through suburbs. Could be tracked by somebody on foot, especially when it stops to eat and sleep. Reminds me of how odd the latest Jurassic Park story beats are. Oh no, big animals? We solved animal aggression awhile ago.

Maybe Jules just discovered Only Fools and Horses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOQwBX7Ush4

Doomykins
Jun 28, 2008

Didn't you mean to ask about flowers?
Jucika "350 - Jucika Prepares For A Test"


"351 - Jucika And The Crime Fiction Novel"


Angry_Ed posted:

Maybe Jules just discovered Only Fools and Horses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOQwBX7Ush4

New Trail would really play to its strengths if it leaned into being an action comedy about a bunch of genuinely dim, well-meaning eco-terrorists.

Doomykins fucked around with this message at 17:30 on Jul 21, 2022

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.

Medenmath posted:

Vintage Valiant (May 11, 1952)



Oh, wee Arn being told not to pull at his mother's skirt for her attention, that's a really cute attention to detail.

davidspackage
May 16, 2007

Nap Ghost
So Dawn is mad because she hedged her bet on Jared thinking he was way out of his league with her. Wow everyone in Mary Worth sucks.

riderchop
Aug 10, 2010

av by @daikonquest!

Vargo posted:


Wallace and His Unicorn



that's a knee-slapper

Powered Descent
Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Bizarro

Love the tonsure and robe on the little UFO guy. (Also, the candle fixture on the wall feels like a missed opportunity for an O2.)

The Family Circus

Yvonmukluk
Oct 10, 2012

Everything is Sinister


Bad Machinery

Shaman Tank Spec
Dec 26, 2003

*blep*



Doomykins posted:

"351 - Jucika And The Crime Fiction Novel"


This might be my favourite Jucika, and the competition is tight.

Professor Wayne
Aug 27, 2008

So, Harvey, what became of the giant penny?

They actually let him keep it.
Pickles


Hagar the Horrible


Zits

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

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

This Phantom storyline has been going on way too long and sucked all the suspense out of it by being a story that's not gonna happen, but I have to say that "our commander says he'd like us to stop being shot" is a good line and good characterization. It would've been easy to paint Kit as going down the wrong path into zealotry, sacrificing everyone for revenge (nevermind that this is currently a tragic misunderstanding), but that's the sort of charisma and leadership worthy of the Phantom.

Huxley
Oct 10, 2012



Grimey Drawer
A+J

Kennel
May 1, 2008

BAWWW-UNH!
Into Ilves



Nancy


Dustin


Mandrake

Huxley
Oct 10, 2012



Grimey Drawer
Sometimes this gag still makes me laugh.

Doomykins
Jun 28, 2008

Didn't you mean to ask about flowers?
Into Ilves has really grown on me, particularly this machismo duel over sweating it out in a spa.

Giant Ethicist
Jun 9, 2013

Looks like she got on a loaf of bread instead of a bus again...
Haraiso Days


Cthulhu and Girl

Slammy
Mar 30, 2011

Great speech.
PPHPFT!!
Well, I enjoyed a great vacation, then came home with very unenjoyable covid. In conclusion, life is a land of contrasts.

Outbursts of Everett True July 12, 1919


And He Did! July 12, 1919


Cat Tales June 13, 1925


Oaky Doaks December 8, 1936


Mopsy February 17, 1938


Sweatin’ It Out June 26, 1945


Bootsie’s Big ‘50s


So It Seems August 28, 1952


Those Were the Days July 6, 1961


Wee Pals August 31, 1966


Dogbert June 22, 1967

Powered Descent
Jul 13, 2008

We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Slammy posted:

Well, I enjoyed a great vacation

Welcome back! Been missing Mopsy and Mauldin.

Slammy posted:

then came home with very unenjoyable covid.

Oof. A speedy recovery to you.

Vox Valentine
May 31, 2013

Solving all of life's problems through enhanced casting of Occam's Razor. Reward yourself with an imaginary chalice.

Ceci n'est pas les Funny Online Animals.



Incisive No Child Left Behind Commentary!

















I do not remember when the gently caress they bought this car.

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readingatwork
Jan 8, 2009

Hello Fatty!


Fun Shoe
Crabgrass



Old School Peanuts (Aug 31, 1953)



Calvin and Hobbes (Apr 26-27, 1991)





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