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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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Bibliotechno Music posted:So interesting to see the divided opinions on Marlys/Ernie Pook! (Btw I call it Marlys! instead of the proper title because I’m posting from the book “The! Greatest! Of! Marlys!”) I admit my comics are on the wordy side, but I love them so poo poo to you if you hate my posts! (jk I love everyone in this thread) I’ll also remind y’all that I started posting Sylvia out of spite when someone started posting Minimum Security. IIRC Sylvia was also spite posted and universally hated years and years ago, I think in response to Oh Baby? But I grew up with it and unironically like it, and it seems some other posters do too. Success! There's lots not to like in Sylvia but I like the cat and Sylvia's ridiculous attire. I guess it's wordy but I like the writing so that's fine with me. Marlys! Is definitely wordy but it's giving me lots of insight into girl stuff and kid stuff. Stuff I find mostly charming but there is some sad stuff in there.
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i forgot working daze existed! hope i forget soon!
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Aug 19, 2022 00:53
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CommonShore posted:seriously if anyone has any Groo that would be a great counterbalance to the Legend of Bill. I have some old Groo comics around somewhere. Of course, you could always start posting using this collection... Modesty Blaise: The Magnified Man  
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Aug 19, 2022 01:28
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Our Boarding House, in which the Major has one kind favor to ask of you. (August 21-23, 1922)   Toonerville Folks (November 6-8, 1919)    Dok's "Not The Greatest Season For Tourism" Duck (April 22, 1914)  Little Lefty caps off another week with a pledge drive. (March 25-27, 1937)    Blondie From Zero, in which Not-Dagwood starts his inevitable circle of the drain. (September 8-10, 1932) 
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Aug 19, 2022 02:14
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riderchop posted:i forgot working daze existed! hope i forget soon! even if the evil scientist lady of safe havens made a chimera out of 9 chickweed lane and funky i world still hate it less than working daze
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Aug 19, 2022 03:06
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Outbursts of Everett True July 21, 1919 And He Did! August 4, 1919  Cat Tales July 6, 1925  Oaky Doaks December 28, 1936 Spoilered for offensive racist stereotypes.  Sweatin’ It Out July 25, 1945  Bootsie’s Big ‘50s  So It Seems September 17, 1952  Those Were the Days February 15, 1962  Wee Pals September 20, 1966  Dogbert July 25, 1967 
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Aug 19, 2022 03:32
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Crabgrass Welp. Old School Peanuts (Sep 24, 1953)  Calvin and Hobbes (Mar 7-8, 1992)   Big Nate 
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Aug 19, 2022 03:40
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That is a straight up whacking off joke in the funny pages lol
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Aug 19, 2022 04:13
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riderchop posted:i'm back btw thank you, Powered Descent, i hated reading the poop flower strip Comic Strips 2022: i hated reading the poop flower strip riderchop posted:Safe Havens Good plan, having the aggrieved party and her boyfriend being the ones moderating this dispute. Luann is terrible all around, but at least it is terrible in interesting ways. It is my favorite hate read.  God, gently caress off, Bernice.
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Aug 19, 2022 04:24
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EasyEW posted:Our Boarding House, in which the Major has one kind favor to ask of you. (August 21-23, 1922) 2018 Spiderman  1980 comics       Locher Tracy  Footrot Flats  The Lockhorns  Computoon: Origins 
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Aug 19, 2022 06:40
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Arnold (July 11-17, 1983)       Ben Cartwright is a character from a long-running TV series "Bonanza", played by Lorne Greene, who did in fact appear in dog food commercials when these strips ran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH7l56FC3xI
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Aug 19, 2022 08:21
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readingatwork posted:Crabgrass Son 'batin', so what?
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Aug 19, 2022 09:29
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EasyEW posted:Anyway, we got so hung up on this "Saint Lisa redux" bullshit, it almost got away from me that things have taken a turn in Sally Forth. Was Alice always portrayed this antagonistically? I remember them being friends earlier.
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Aug 19, 2022 09:36
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Maryls! is... It can tell really good stories, I've no complaints there - but I would say that I think it could be better... Laid out? Better planned? It is extremely busy and cramped at times. But the stories it shares can be so very, very good.
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Aug 19, 2022 10:29
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I know it was just the done thing back in the day and nobody really thought about it, but god drat these "the lighter side of your father beating on you as a stand-in for parenting" jokes are rough from today's perspective.
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Aug 19, 2022 11:38
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 8/18/02  Brenda Starr 4/21-23/49    Smokey Stover 8/21/49  Everyday Movies 6/26/35  "What have you got to take the place of exercise?"
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Aug 19, 2022 11:50
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His Divine Shadow posted:Was Alice always portrayed this antagonistically? I remember them being friends earlier. They were work-friends back when they were on level-pegging - not super close, but friendly. Then Alice got weird when she was promoted.
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Aug 19, 2022 11:52
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Vintage Valiant (Nov. 02, 1952)  
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Aug 19, 2022 11:55
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They're going to capture Tillicum. It will not end well for them.
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Aug 19, 2022 12:13
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Tilicum starts the fight and is handling it, Boltar shows up and they become the couple that slays together to finish it.  I don't read Sally Forth all that often but I did pick up by osmosis that Alice turned into an insane micro-managing jackass. Like "unironically believes soft quitting is a thing" terrible boss. I thought it was weird the snake and other mongoose or whatever were chosen to judge the guy but don't read Holbrook consistently enough to remember the characters. Haifisch posted:It's a shame that this guy apparently comes to dominate the strip, because I find I enjoy it a lot more when he's not in it. He's not terrible but he's definitely the weakest part of the cast imo. Same. What I've enjoyed most here is none of the guys falling for his usual shtick. My favorite character by far is Buster, he's got a great attitude and lines and it's amazing that given the dates of these strips that he's a confident guy who isn't the butt of a majority of the jokes.
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Aug 19, 2022 12:38
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Haifisch posted:1980 comics  I've been waiting for something like this. This arc's been a bit of a pacing nightmare but I can't argue with the soap opera formula here.
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Aug 19, 2022 13:07
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Breaking Cat News Look, Georgia, I know this is the joke everyone makes when they pick up a stud finder, I have made this joke, but it's been three days Phoebe and Her Unicorn  Wallace the Brave  Heart of the City  Curtis 
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Aug 19, 2022 13:09
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Solver: Green Door in which Claire misses her chance! John Allison's Patreon John Allison's Gumroad store Steeple website John Allison posted:I still think the Nuisance is relatable. I’m sorry. I’m on her side.
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Aug 19, 2022 13:26
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Her’s last night, tonight will be on our regular schedule. ˇAragones!   Life in Hell  Sylvia  Marlys! 
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Aug 19, 2022 14:05
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Bibliotechno Music posted:ˇAragones!
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Aug 19, 2022 14:08
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Tiggum posted:Why does the horse have a shiny ring on it? Cutie mark.
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Aug 19, 2022 14:35
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Tiggum posted:Why does the horse have a shiny ring on it? Iirc, Native Americans tribes would paint their horses.
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Aug 19, 2022 15:02
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Intelligent Life   Daddy Daze  Take It From the Tinkersons  Macanudo  Dark Side of the Horse 
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Aug 19, 2022 15:22
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Haifisch posted:It's a shame that this guy apparently comes to dominate the strip, because I find I enjoy it a lot more when he's not in it. He's not terrible but he's definitely the weakest part of the cast imo. It's understandable, but I suspect the main issue here is that the Major hasn't achieved his final form. I mean, that's not even his final nose. But if it helps, those other guys are still in for the long haul. Shaman Tank Spec posted:I know it was just the done thing back in the day and nobody really thought about it, but god drat these "the lighter side of your father beating on you as a stand-in for parenting" jokes are rough from today's perspective. The things people take for granted in old strips are a history lesson. One of the occasional themes in the first few years of OOW was someone putting kittens/puppies in a burlap sack and driving out to the river.  Anyway, I might owe Tom Batiuk a partial apology, because I fell into the trap of trying to get ahead of him. Today in Funky Winkerbean:  Even if it doesn't overwrite the original story as much as I was afraid it would, it's still a completely pointless retcon that lessens the original moment by making it more about poor, pitiful Les Moore, but it does so in a way that also buries him just a little bit, and I'm here for that. And with that out of the way, diagram Harry's first line. I dare you. Mutts  Sally Forth isn't having any of it this morning.  Skippy (October 31, 1934)  Peanuts (August 22, 1975)  Crankshaft  Mutt and Jeff  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (March 21, 1939)  Out Our Way (August 17-19 (83 years ago today), 1939; timg'd over the usual issues)   
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EasyEW posted:Anyway, I might owe Tom Batiuk a partial apology, because I fell into the trap of trying to get ahead of him. Today in Funky Winkerbean: "Noun verb cancer"
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Aug 19, 2022 16:21
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Do you think he thought the Foundation series would be good?
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Aug 19, 2022 16:24
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goatface posted:Do you think he thought the Foundation series would be good? If you mean the TV series, I thought the part with the clone emperors (i.e. the stuff that has almost nothing whatsoever to do with the books) was goddamn fantastic, even if it didn't quite stick the landing. All the parts that had to do with the books (e.g. Seldon, Dornick, Terminus, Hardin) were goddamn garbage -- not because they diverged from the books, but because the storylines made no sense and I hated all the characters.  Anyway, what thread are we in? Oh yeah. Bizarro  The Family Circus 
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Aug 19, 2022 17:03
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Tiggum posted:Why does the horse have a shiny ring on it? Picture it in colored paint, as a stylized pattern that resembles a bulls-eye.
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Aug 19, 2022 17:12
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Fun Fact: Women don't ever stand up. They are constantly squatting just a bit, like they're trying to poop without sitting. Powered Descent posted:Bizarro F Minus  One of those would likely explode on my dog. Mark Trail  I didn't know this but apparently for a few weeks every summer Canada geese cannot fly. Mary Worth  The Phantom  OK so he's not dying yet. Pooch Cafe  Rex Morgan MD  Andertoons  Apartment 3-G 
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Aug 19, 2022 18:39
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Aug 19, 2022 18:42
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Murdstone posted:Huh? As his shirt indicates, he's there to give the patrons a feeling of security, so he offers a security blanket, teddy bear, etc. Not the greatest joke, but it's a serviceable bit of wordplay.
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Aug 19, 2022 18:48
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Jucika "408 - Jucika's New House" "Altató = sleeping pill" "409 -Jucika's Success"  Murdstone posted:Mark Trail "What's the strength of a visual medium? Dedicating 50% of the screen space to describing what I'm drawing. Now that'll make a good light action sequence!" Is there really nobody in Jules' life willing to look at her work and give her a single sentence of critical advice? The funny bit is that the art for this and the last strip suddenly jumped up in quality, but there's the Mark Trail narration box to butcher things anyway. 
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Aug 19, 2022 18:49
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Murdstone posted:The Phantom lol he's going to get shot in the dick
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PainterofCrap posted:Picture it in colored paint, as a stylized pattern that resembles a bulls-eye. This horse appears to be an Oregon Ducks fan.
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