Comic Strips 2022: Girls Are People!

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goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

She's really wasting seconds watching him.

# ? Aug 19, 2022 19:05

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# ? May 30, 2024 00:56

Alhazred: Feb 16, 2011

TegneHanne

L-Innsikt

Zelda

# ? Aug 19, 2022 19:16

Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

Into Ilves

Nancy

Dustin

Mandrake

# ? Aug 19, 2022 19:16

Murdstone: Jun 14, 2005; I'm feeling Jimmy

Powered Descent posted:

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.

I knew there was something I wasn't getting. Yeah, not great but it makes sense now, thanks.

Doomykins posted:

"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.

From what I've seen of Jules, she's pretty insufferable and would probably not take constructive criticism well.

kidcoelacanth posted:

# ? Aug 19, 2022 19:18

Transmodiar: Jul 9, 2005; You're a terrible person, Mildred.

Modesty Blaise: The Magnified Man

# ? Aug 19, 2022 19:33

Transmodiar: Jul 9, 2005; You're a terrible person, Mildred.

Bad Machinery: The Case of the Fire Inside

Wanted to share some of the materials that bookend the strip in its collection form; mostly some additional information about some of the characters and some adorable seal wallpapers if you want something fun on your desktop. Apologies in advance for the large size:

# ? Aug 19, 2022 19:38

Maxwell Lord: Dec 12, 2008; I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.; Grimey Drawer

I love the Energy Crow sidebar.

# ? Aug 19, 2022 19:51

riderchop: Aug 10, 2010; av by @daikonquest!

Vargo posted:

Heart of the City

i do hate canada post

Heathcliff

Compu-toon

Garfield

Overboard

Monty

For Better or For Worse

Classic Arlo and Janis (September 11, 2000)

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

On The Fastrack

Safe Havens

# ? Aug 19, 2022 19:53

rannum: Nov 3, 2012

EasyEW posted:

Sally Forth isn't having any of it this morning.

# ? Aug 19, 2022 20:11

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

IT IS TOTALLY OKAY TO NOT WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH YOUR EX, EVEN IF THE RELATIONSHIP WAS BETTER OFF ENDED.

There. I know Mary Worth is specially crafted to be infuriating, but I still had to say it. Also, Wilbur stays friends with his exes, so if Dawn wants to NOT be like Wilbur, telling Mr. "My Patients Are My Dating Pool" to eat poo poo is the best thing she can do. Okay.

# ? Aug 19, 2022 20:14

Haifisch: Nov 13, 2010; Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!; Taco Defender

Luann(both the strip and the character) will never have the guts to meaningfully call Bernice on her poo poo and that's one of many ways it sucks.

# ? Aug 19, 2022 20:25

JethroMcB: Jan 23, 2004; We're normal now.
We love your family.

Transmodiar posted:

I don't think "Prostitute 80" met the criteria of the Comics Code circa 1980, starting with the title.

Maxwell Lord posted:

I love the Energy Crow sidebar.

Energy Crow was born into a cruel world, man. (That is why he is always smoking.)

# ? Aug 19, 2022 20:30

Vox Valentine: May 31, 2013; Solving all of life's problems through enhanced casting of Occam's Razor. Reward yourself with an imaginary chalice.

Baby's First...Race...Faking...I Guess Magic Pheromones Isn't A Thing Yet In This Comic

# ? Aug 19, 2022 20:32

Hippocrass: Aug 18, 2015; That third panel of the first comic just makes it. It's still funny if you remove it, but that panel included just makes it top tier.

Hostile V posted:

Is that ... Cat? we'll call him a cat for convenience.
Is that cat part insect?

gently caress you Holbrook.

# ? Aug 19, 2022 21:06

Professor Wayne: Aug 27, 2008; So, Harvey, what became of the giant penny?

They actually let him keep it.

Pickles

Hagar the Horrible

Zits

# ? Aug 19, 2022 21:19

riderchop: Aug 10, 2010; av by @daikonquest!

Hippocrass posted:

Is that ... Cat? we'll call him a cat for convenience.
Is that cat part insect?

gently caress you Holbrook.

he works as a dung beetle and wears those as his digsuise, on top of pheromones

# ? Aug 19, 2022 21:23

Yvonmukluk: Oct 10, 2012; Everything is Sinister

Transmodiar posted:

Bad Machinery: The Case of the Fire Inside

Wanted to share some of the materials that bookend the strip in its collection form; mostly some additional information about some of the characters and some adorable seal wallpapers if you want something fun on your desktop. Apologies in advance for the large size:

Thanks for this!

And without further ado:
Bad Machinery

# ? Aug 19, 2022 21:42

Giant Ethicist: Jun 9, 2013; Looks like she got on a loaf of bread instead of a bus again...

Uramachi Sakaba

timg�d just in case for sauciness, although it�s nothing worse than we see on the regular in Jucika.

Cthulhu and Girl

# ? Aug 19, 2022 22:04

Mister Beeg: Sep 7, 2012; A Certified Jerk

Arnold (July 18-24, 1983)

# ? Aug 19, 2022 22:08

coronatae: Oct 14, 2012

Thank you for posting The Case of the Fire Inside. I had never read it before, I loved it and am getting a copy for myself and as a Christmas gift for a friend.

Also Marlys! is super crowded at times but I love its energy. She really captures the mindset you have at Marlys' age, especially in these school reports

# ? Aug 19, 2022 22:15

someone awful.: Sep 7, 2007

The messiness, chaos, and cramped form of Marlys is, like, entirely the point of it. Marlys completely and accurately sells the way that kids write stories and try to imitate the media they've seen but do a poor job of it. I remember making comics as a like, 10-year-old, that honestly felt a lot like some of these strips in composition. The ones where she's writing essays are pretty funny and goofy, but what really gets me are the comics that capture the hectic emotional state of being adolescent -- they just get into my bones in a way not a lot of other stuff does.

Like this one, I had to just sit there and feel for a moment after reading it:

Bibliotechno Music posted:

Marlys!

I will admit that Marlys/Lynda Barry in general definitely reads worse on a computer screen (or, even more terribly, a phone screen), and it's absolutely worth picking up in print if you're enjoying it.

# ? Aug 19, 2022 22:52

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

octopus balls

# ? Aug 19, 2022 23:16

Bibliotechno Music: Dec 30, 2008

^^^this one gets it

E: lmao, both of y�all get it

�Aragones!

Life in Hell

Sylvia

Marlys!

# ? Aug 19, 2022 23:18

Transmodiar: Jul 9, 2005; You're a terrible person, Mildred.

Not that we need even more people posting the oeuvre of John Allison, but would people want to see Murder She Writes? Or any of the other Bobbinsverse one-off comics?

# ? Aug 19, 2022 23:45

Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

Cheer Up Boss Dharma

# ? Aug 20, 2022 00:34

The_Other: Dec 28, 2012; Welcome Back, Galaxy Geek.

Transmodiar posted:

Not that we need even more people posting the oeuvre of John Allison, but would people want to see Murder She Writes? Or any of the other Bobbinsverse one-off comics?

I'd vote no, if only because most of those comics are for sale on his Gumroad site, while the comics we post here are the ones he releases for free.

# ? Aug 20, 2022 01:27

riderchop: Aug 10, 2010; av by @daikonquest!

https://twitter.com/mmmaruoka/status/1556150242629668865

would kill for this emi shirt

# ? Aug 20, 2022 01:42

Darthemed: Oct 28, 2007; "A data unit?
For me?"; College Slice

Docks

Retail

Popcom

# ? Aug 20, 2022 01:43

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.

Our Boarding House (August 24-26, 1922)

Toonerville Folks (November 10-12, 1919)

Dok's "Invasive Species" Duck (April 24, 1914)

When other strips go gag-a-day, it's a sign they're settling in. When Little Lefty goes gag-a-day, you're tempted to ask Del to tap the phone twice if he can't speak freely. (March 29-31, 1937)

Blondie From Zero continues "Countdown To Infinite Dagwood". (September 12-14, 1932)

# ? Aug 20, 2022 02:13

JethroMcB: Jan 23, 2004; We're normal now.
We love your family.

Darthemed posted:

Docks

...then the Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch commercial quickly became a beloved pop culture touchstone, and Darius Rucker pivoted to a very successful country music career. Martha Stewart wound up doing multiple projects with Snoop Dogg and was apparently quite comfortable making winking acknowledgements to her prison stint, recently releasing a wine under the 19 Crimes label (like Snoop.)

JethroMcB fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Aug 20, 2022

# ? Aug 20, 2022 02:14

Giant Ethicist: Jun 9, 2013; Looks like she got on a loaf of bread instead of a bus again...

riderchop posted:

https://twitter.com/mmmaruoka/status/1556150242629668865

would kill for this emi shirt

I kinda want this one for real.

# ? Aug 20, 2022 02:29

Professor Wayne: Aug 27, 2008; So, Harvey, what became of the giant penny?

They actually let him keep it.

Do they not ship outside Japan? I kind of want one too

# ? Aug 20, 2022 02:46

Kid Fenris: Jan 22, 2004; If someone is reading this...
I must have failed.

Mister Beeg posted:

Arnold (July 18-24, 1983)

The creator of this strip went on to become a pastor, you said?

# ? Aug 20, 2022 04:26

readingatwork: Jan 8, 2009; Hello Fatty!; Fun Shoe

Crabgrass

Old School Peanuts (Sep 25, 1953)

Calvin and Hobbes (Mar 9-10, 1992)

Big Nate

# ? Aug 20, 2022 04:34

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.

Well, thank you everyone for your input re. Blueberry - I'll continue to upload it as before, unless there's a sudden outcry against it for some reason.

On that note, in today's Blueberry: The boys make their way back to sunny Chihuahua! - well, it'll be sunny when it's not night!, or Jim and Red get put on a budget, or La Casa Roja? More like... La Alfombra Roja... that was bad. Get back to me