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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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42 | 17.07% |
| 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:Rex Morgan MD Oh, I've seen this. She suddenly wakes up and swallows him whole. 
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~Coxy posted:Once we had a paper aeroplane contest and the winner was the kid who took all the rest of the plasticine and made a rock out of it and his sheet of A4 paper. My high school physics class had an assignment once where we had to drop an egg from the top of the bleachers without cracking it. I just could not get it to work right at all with the suggested tools so I just gave up and duct taped it to a pillow, deliberately throwing it down as fast as I could. The concept was surprisingly solid, although I would have done better if I had been able to find a smaller pillow.
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Jul 22, 2022 20:26
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~Coxy posted:Once we had a paper aeroplane contest and the winner was the kid who took all the rest of the plasticine and made a rock out of it and his sheet of A4 paper. Did his dad work on the F-4 for McDonnell-Douglas?
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Jul 22, 2022 20:32
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readingatwork posted:Calvin and Hobbes (Apr 27, 1991) As much as I love C&H, it always bothers me that Susie Derkins has almost no imagination. There’s one tea party when she swipes Hobbes plus the soap strips, but otherwise she’s a dull stick in the mud. She should have had at least a suggestion that she can be as weird or creative as Calvin.
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~Coxy posted:Once we had a paper aeroplane contest and the winner was the kid who took all the rest of the plasticine and made a rock out of it and his sheet of A4 paper. I feel like every school had a variant of this kid. In my class, he wrapped the paper around a golfball.
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Jul 22, 2022 20:48
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don Jaime posted:As much as I love C&H, it always bothers me that Susie Derkins has almost no imagination. There’s one tea party when she swipes Hobbes plus the soap strips, but otherwise she’s a dull stick in the mud. She should have had at least a suggestion that she can be as weird or creative as Calvin. Seeing as the comic is mostly told from Calvin's POV, I doubt he'd ever see an icky girl as weird or creative. He's usually pretty nasty to her. So we don't really get to see her with her own Hobbes, etc. She's a girl doing boring dumb girl things. I still hate the babysitter though. At least don't spend the night talking to your boyfriend, watch a drat movie or play with the kid, then do homework once he's gone to bed!
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Jul 22, 2022 21:06
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maltesh posted:Also, I'm pretty sure the Dodos had a second chick the last time we got updates on them... The first one went off to join the Murderous Martian Mermaids, so he's probably fine. I mean, I wouldn't wanna talk about this stuff to the people who randomly adopted me after terraforming my rear end.
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Jul 22, 2022 21:14
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Good Listener posted:I mean, I wouldn't wanna talk about this stuff to the people who randomly adopted me after terraforming my rear end. but mars seems to love talking to them!
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riderchop posted:Safe Havens Now that I'm looking at this again, in the first (or second?) strip the blue dodo said they couldn't see the other one because she was the camera. I guess you could assume that the final panel in this one is not the view they're seeing at the computer, but for the benefit of the reader, except if that's the case why is the dodo facing completely backwards from the camera? Kennel posted:Dustin I'm guessing the majority of Ed's work is as a public defender, which would explain his disdain for his clients (they're not the ones paying him) and why he would have below average income (public defender work pays way less). It would also make sense since he's an rear end in a top hat and a lovely lawyer (public defender work usually doesn't attract good lawyers, because good lawyers can get better paying clients). EasyEW posted:Funky Winkerbean I hate this I hate this I hate this I hate this I hate this gently caress you Batuik gently caress you.
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Jul 22, 2022 22:03
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Cowslips Warren posted:Seeing as the comic is mostly told from Calvin's POV, I doubt he'd ever see an icky girl as weird or creative. He's usually pretty nasty to her. So we don't really get to see her with her own Hobbes, etc. She's a girl doing boring dumb girl things. Contrasting Calvin's internal zaniness with all the adults around him is most of the strip, but it's worth noting that the one time Rosalyn actually stepped into his world and earnestly played a game of Calvinball, she not only had fun, she got one over on him in a way he was entirely happy to accept. (This was also the final Rosalyn arc of the entire strip, and I think Watterson knew it would be when he wrote it.)
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Jul 22, 2022 22:16
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Twelve by Pies posted:I'm guessing the majority of Ed's work is as a public defender, which would explain his disdain for his clients (they're not the ones paying him) and why he would have below average income (public defender work pays way less). It would also make sense since he's an rear end in a top hat and a lovely lawyer (public defender work usually doesn't attract good lawyers, because good lawyers can get better paying clients). And the people who become public defenders because they genuinely want to help people and be force for good in the world? There are some who stick with it, but a lot more get burned out quickly as the system grinds their idealism down to a nub.
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Jul 22, 2022 23:22
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Twelve by Pies posted:
That's very charitable of you. My assumption was that Ed considers his income to be way below average because it's "being wasted on feeding and housing his terrible Millennial son."
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Jul 22, 2022 23:52
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He pays the radio station a fortune for his wife's slot.
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Jul 23, 2022 00:08
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Interesting game that Moy is playing, making us root for the domestic abuse counselor who dates his own patients and the Weston to get back together since they only deserve each other
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Jul 23, 2022 00:14
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I won't be here tomorrow, so here's Into Ilves: 
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Jul 23, 2022 01:02
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The First Strip Makes Me Miss Pants Donkey       
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Jul 23, 2022 01:32
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Crabgrass Old School Peanuts (Sep 1, 1953)  Calvin and Hobbes (Apr 28-29, 1991)   Big Nate 
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Jul 23, 2022 02:01
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Modesty Blaise: The Head Girls  
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Jul 23, 2022 03:02
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Our Boarding House (June 22-24, 1922)   Toonerville Folks (September 8-10, 1919)    Dok's "Stick Out Your Can, Here Comes The Garbage Man" Duck (April 8, 1914)  Little Lefty (January 25-27, 1937)    Blondie From Zero (July 11-13, 1932) 
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Jul 23, 2022 03:07
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i love boarding house and the duck because sometimes they make me say out loud "who the gently caress actually talked like this????" e: frame up a nice smack of lemonade. seriously Mister Olympus fucked around with this message at 05:41 on Jul 23, 2022 |
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Jul 23, 2022 05:37
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Cowslips Warren posted:Seeing as the comic is mostly told from Calvin's POV, I doubt he'd ever see an icky girl as weird or creative. He's usually pretty nasty to her. So we don't really get to see her with her own Hobbes, etc. She's a girl doing boring dumb girl things. There's a handful of strips that start with Susie and Calvin playing together (the ones that start in a soap opera strip style), and it is always broken by Calvin getting bored and throwing a tantrum or stripping down to play Tarzan or something. The bigger problem with Susie is that Calvin seems to be her only friend (and they do seem to be friends in several strips - there's a strip where Calvin's forced outside and he goes over to Susie's to watch TV, she's the only other kid Calvin is shown playing with, etc), to the point where she comes off as desperately lonely.
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Jul 23, 2022 05:39
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Aaaaah hahahahahahahahaha I took a sneak peak on today’s Funky Winkerbean and this thread will be some good content once y’all see it.
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Jul 23, 2022 05:59
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Fie on you, Jack, I ain't ever readin' that poo poo again!
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Jul 23, 2022 06:58
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Flyin' Jenny, The Shadow, and Dinky still being astonishingly racist, gently caress Mar 20-22, 1941        
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Jul 23, 2022 07:03
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Well, I guess I have to then: 
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Jul 23, 2022 07:26
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“It’s nice to see you” is a weird way for your secretary to greet you, I feel.
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Jul 23, 2022 07:28
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Heathcliff Compu-toon  Garfield  Overboard  Monty  For Better or For Worse  Classic Arlo and Janis (August 15, 2000)  Rae The Doe, which you can support by pledging to the author's Patreon  On The Fastrack  Safe Havens 
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Jul 23, 2022 07:56
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Got time to post these after all. Nancy  Dustin  Mandrake 
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Jul 23, 2022 08:22
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Cowslips Warren posted:
In her last appearance she actually plays Calvinball with him.
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Jul 23, 2022 09:58
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Daddy Daze Take It From the Tinkersons  Macanudo  Dark Side of the Horse 
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Darthemed posted:Docks Boy did THIS age differently...
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Jul 23, 2022 10:33
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L-Innsikt Pondus 
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Jul 23, 2022 13:07
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Sundae posted:I feel like every school had a variant of this kid. In my class, he wrapped the paper around a golfball. But a golfball isn't a paper aeroplane material! He's breaking the rules!
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Jul 23, 2022 13:40
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Strontium posted:Macanudo  Vintage Valiant (May 25, 1952)   
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Jul 23, 2022 14:31
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Nancy 1947
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Jul 23, 2022 14:46
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Outbursts of Everett True July 1, 1919 And He Died! July 14, 1919  Cat Tales June 15, 1925  Oaky Doaks December 9, 1936  Mopsy February 18, 1938  Sweatin’ It Out June 27, 1945  Bootsie’s Big ‘50s  So It Seems August 29, 1952  Those Were the Days July 13, 1961   Wee Pals September 1, 1966  Dogbert June 26, 1967 
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Jul 23, 2022 15:14
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And he died, lol.
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Jul 23, 2022 15:23
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But now - COW!
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Jul 23, 2022 15:34
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Breaking Cat News Phoebe and Her Unicorn  Wallace the Brave  Heart of the City  Curtis 
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Slammy posted:
Would be real nice if this comic wasn't still apt.
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