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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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Twelve by Pies posted:Please, please, please, please let this be leading into Mary saying "You're dating one of your patients? That's unbelievably unethical and inappropriate!" Like Mary Worth cares about ethics. 
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Murdstone posted:The Terrible Tempered Mr Bang is a dick who terrorizes his family and everyone around him. Why do they put up with it? Why does he have such power over the people of Toonerville? He snapped his own legs after he'd snapped everyone else's, just so he could get angrier than ever when it was still hard to catch them.
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Jul 29, 2022 01:51
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Facts and Logic Online Animals Shut Up About Buying A New Car        
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Jul 29, 2022 02:28
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Crabgrass Old School Peanuts (Sep 6, 1953)  Calvin and Hobbes (Currently on Hiatus) (May 8-9, 1991)   Big Nate 
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Jul 29, 2022 03:09
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Outbursts of Everett True July 4, 1919 And He Did! July 18, 1919  Cat Tales June 18, 1925  Oaky Doaks December 12, 1936  Mopsy February 22, 1938  Sweatin’ It Out July 3, 1945  Bootsie’s Big ‘50s  So It Seems September 2, 1952  “Steve” lol Those Were the Days August 17, 1961  Wee Pals September 5, 1966  Dogbert June 29, 1967 
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Jul 29, 2022 03:14
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readingatwork posted:
I was ten years old when the sabbatical took place. Each morning, my father would open the paper and read the first line of the strip and 99% of the time I could give the rest of the lines. I'm not sure what this says about me. But the comic strip threads are why I paid  so...
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Jul 29, 2022 03:26
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 She just has everyone's poo poo jumbled all together in a big pile? That's going to be interesting when it's time to give it back.
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Jul 29, 2022 04:03
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Julet Esqu posted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0gb9v4LI4o
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Jul 29, 2022 04:53
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Murdstone posted:Rex Morgan MD 2018 Spiderman  1980 comics       Locher Tracy  Footrot Flats  The Lockhorns  Computoon: Origins 
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Jul 29, 2022 06:15
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 7/28/02  Brenda Starr 3/3-5/49    Smokey Stover 3/27/49  Everyday Movies 5/27/35  "I wish that Relief check would come this morning -- I got a sure thing in the fourth race." -
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Jul 29, 2022 11:46
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Vintage Valiant (Jun. 29, 1952)  
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Jul 29, 2022 12:05
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Here's the cover for next Monday's new Lottie story, Solver: Green Door John Allison's Patreon John Allison's Gumroad store Steeple website John Allison posted:Here’s a cover to conjure with. Good luck interpreting this one. I’m sure you’ll have worked it out by Monday – see you then.
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Jul 29, 2022 12:49
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Intelligent Life   Daddy Daze  Take It From the Tinkersons  Macanudo  Dark Side of the Horse 
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Jul 29, 2022 12:50
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Strontium posted:Take It From the Tinkersons Lowest score means he won, and either shouldn't be on the hook for drinks or wouldn't need to have cheated. If you can't even get a golf joke right, how can you call yourself a newspaper cartoonist?
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Jul 29, 2022 12:59
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ukonvasara posted:Lowest score means he won, and either shouldn't be on the hook for drinks or wouldn't need to have cheated. If you can't even get a golf joke right, how can you call yourself a newspaper cartoonist? Honestly, it makes me respect him more.
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Jul 29, 2022 13:09
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Julet Esqu posted:
I'm assuming this story ends when her dad comes home early to a house full of other people's poo poo
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Jul 29, 2022 13:36
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Nancy 1947 THAT'S A NICE FISH 
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Jul 29, 2022 13:37
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Drimble Wedge posted:Scary Gary That side-eye Leopold's mug is giving him in the 3rd panel. 
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Jul 29, 2022 14:30
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Jul 29, 2022 15:43
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Docks  Retail   Popcom  
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Jul 29, 2022 15:47
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Bizarro The Family Circus  You know, most of the bridges I can think of are flat.
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Jul 29, 2022 16:24
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Having never worked American retail I'm nonetheless positive that - they will be the exact same videos - reviewing the "new" videos will be mandatory
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Jul 29, 2022 16:33
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My Lovely Horse posted:Having never worked American retail I'm nonetheless positive that Not only is this exactly true but when I worked at my retail job they made me watch the DVDs to make sure they worked all the way through then a week later watch them for training since the first time didn't count since it wasn't for training. Stewart in retail is very real to me.
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Jul 29, 2022 16:40
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Mutts Sally Forth  Skippy (October 13, 1934)  Peanuts (August 1, 1975)  Funky Winkerbean  Crankshaft  Mutt and Jeff  Thimble Theater (February 28, 1939)  Out Our Way (June 15-17, 1939)   
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Jul 29, 2022 17:01
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My Lovely Horse posted:Having never worked American retail I'm nonetheless positive that You missed the third bullet point, which is that the video review will be scheduled at either 5AM before the store opens, or 1AM after they close. But hey, you should be happy about the extra paid hour!  (I worked at Sears during college summers a million years ago. "Retail" screams absolutely true to me, every time I read the series.)
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Jul 29, 2022 17:01
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Modesty Blaise: The Head Girls 
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Jul 29, 2022 17:29
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Slammy posted:And He Did! July 18, 1919
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Jul 29, 2022 17:43
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Calaveron posted:Nu Mary Worth gives out unbelievably bad advice though so she would probably recommend to Jared to invite her and a beau to a double date as soon as possible God, please let this happen. It would be so good to see Dawn take a page from Wilbur's book and get absolutely plastered and horrible at a restaurant.
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Jul 29, 2022 18:23
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Into Ilves  Nancy  Dustin  Mandrake 
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Jul 29, 2022 18:35
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So I figure I'd try posting this strip. I posted it years ago but it was haphazard because I only had scattered random strips, but I was able to obtain most of the strips (how I did it I won't go into it, but still). So Arnold was a strip by Kevin McCormick that ran 1982 to 1988. I don't know how to describe the strip other than that it's about a middle-school boy who is, to put it mildly, not right in the head. A notable aspect of the strip is that very few characters appeared on-panel. The only other recurrers were Tommy, Arnold's best friend, and their teacher, Mr. Lester. Early in the run there was a girl named Heather in the class (she's in the last strip), but she disappeared after a while because Tommy filled the "straight man" role better for Arnold. The strip would get more and more unhinged as time goes on. It came out during the early days of strips like "The Far Side" and "Bloom County", when comics with edgier themes were gaining momentum. However, "Arnold" never caught on. The strip was rather controversial because of the gross-out themes (which is tame by today's standards, but very different in the 1980s mainstream newspapers), so a lot of papers cancelled it over time. However, the strip gained a cult following in places that kept it going, especially in Detroit, which ran the strip until the bitter end. When "Arnold" ended the Detroit paper devoted a full-page article announcing its retirement, even running a special drawing by Kevin thanking the fans weeks after the final strip ran. I'm gonna go chronological (to the best of my ability. While I have most of the strips in varying quality, there are still a bunch I'm missing) from the beginning. The strip is tame early on, but overtime it becomes more and more unhinged. One last note: After the strip ended Kevin McCormick became a gag writer for "Garfield" from the late 1980s to early 1990s. I have a theory that Kevin was the person who wrote the infamous "litter of puppies" strip with Jon; the strip came out when Kevin was still involved in the strip, and the type of humor is something you'd see in "Arnold" (in fact, there's a strip that has a similar set up, although that came out later in the strip's run). Eventually Kevin McCormick gave up on comic strips and became a church pastor. No, I'm not making that up; in fact, for all the bizarre themes in "Arnold" the strip would occasionally feature religious references. You'll see them pop-up, especially during Christmas and Easter. Arnold (December 13-18, 1982)  
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TyrsHTML posted:Not only is this exactly true but when I worked at my retail job they made me watch the DVDs to make sure they worked all the way through then a week later watch them for training since the first time didn't count since it wasn't for training. Stewart in retail is very real to me.
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Jul 29, 2022 19:28
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Bad Machinery
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Jul 29, 2022 19:31
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Transmodiar posted:Modesty Blaise: The Head Girls One of the things I love about this strip is how the cheesecake is balanced by the tension and Modesty’s competence. Something about it totally undermines what might be a…prurient interest in the art. Mister Beeg posted:Arnold (December 13-18, 1982) Thanks for posting this! I always love seeing a new strip coming in (except for Big Nate, which is mostly meh but sometimes just awful). Anyway, sorry I forgot to post yesterday! Here’s a double dose to make up for it, including the Aragoneses I finally scanned and edited. ¡Aragones!, new chapter!    Life in Hell   Sylvia   Marlys!  No idea where the second one went, my Imgur albums are a bit of a mess rn 
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Jul 29, 2022 19:47
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Pondus  New comicStorefri, which roughly translates into Lunch break, is a comic set in the norewegian equivalent to the US junior high created by a teacher. The characters are an incompetent teacher, a competent teacher who hates working as a teacher, the stereotypical sensible female teacher and a competent but naive arts and crafts teacher.  L-Innsikt 
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Jul 29, 2022 19:48
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I think L-Innsikt really came into its own with the format change. The art is still distinct but a four panel set-up forces more thought be put into it than the stuff I'd nearly glossed over before. And of course that's a pretty good strip today! Jucika "366 - Jucika And The Asphalt Outlaw"  A reminder that asphalt outlaw is an awesome cultural translation of catcaller. "könyv = book, cselgáncs = judo" "367 - Jucika Starts The Heating Season"  Always love the cute cooperation ones so much. 
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Jul 29, 2022 20:47
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Endless Mike posted:I'm assuming this story ends when her dad comes home early to a house full of other people's poo poo I'm thinking the house gets burgled thanks to Tiff's "Here's how rich I am and my exact address" TikTok and she'll have to deal with the theft of not only her own stuff, but all the stuff she was storing for other people as well. It's the worst possible outcome, therefore the "good" characters will fall all over themselves to tell Tiff all the ways she deserves it. 
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Jul 29, 2022 21:11
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Julet Esqu posted:I'm thinking the house gets burgled thanks to Tiff's "Here's how rich I am and my exact address" TikTok and she'll have to deal with the theft of not only her own stuff, but all the stuff she was storing for other people as well. It's the worst possible outcome, therefore the "good" characters will fall all over themselves to tell Tiff all the ways she deserves it. Sort of an updated version of Out Our Way's Moonfixer / Goldie pawn arc.
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Jul 29, 2022 21:22
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ukonvasara posted:Lowest score means he won, and either shouldn't be on the hook for drinks or wouldn't need to have cheated. If you can't even get a golf joke right, how can you call yourself a newspaper cartoonist? I have a feeling the joke is that the boss got the highest score and he's now claiming lowest score buys beer so he doesn't have to buy it. In which case Ted would have cheated to give himself a higher score (which also wouldn't have worked, because then the boss would just say highest score buys beer).
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Jul 29, 2022 21:46
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On the topic of ancient one panel comics with weird phrasing I like whistle the patter,.
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Doomykins posted:I think L-Innsikt really came into its own with the format change. The art is still distinct but a four panel set-up forces more thought be put into it than the stuff I'd nearly glossed over before. And of course that's a pretty good strip today! Agreed, it initially seemed like someone’s college art final. Watching it evolve into a real strip has been really fun!
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