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Powered Descent posted:
When Val first landed there (Feb. 02, 1941), Aleta gave him a letter claiming "no stranger may land on these shores and live." Later he watched his crew get killed by the islanders, but he was unaware that this was because they had attacked the port before (Nov. 23, 1941). When he finally got back to the Isles to kidnap Aleta (Nov. 19, 1944), we got some narration telling us that centuries of pirate attacks led the Misty Isles to attack anyone who lands on their territory, "except only at the well-fortified seaport. There honest traders may bring their goods, but sentinels stand, night and day, year in and year out, on every headland." Vintage Valiant (Jan. 31, 1954)     1/3 2/3 3/3
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Someone please correct me if I'm misremembering, but aren't the Misty Isles such a hermit kingdom that they ruthlessly murder any stranger who accidentally turns up on their shores?
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Rhymes with Orange  Get Fuzzy 11/2/02  Brenda Starr 10/6-8/49    "Yes, your being a tramp is what's ruining the country!" Also ... "in spite of their brains"? Smokey Stover 1/7/51  Everyday Movies 9/28/35  "Your husband is a man after my own heart."
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Selachian posted:Also ... "in spite of their brains"? At the time, women weren't supposed to be smart, just good little housekeepers.
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poo poo DP Have a splash page from Cadillacs & Dinosaurs:  PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 14:22 on Nov 3, 2022 |
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Samovar posted:Maybe I'm an uncultured swine - in fact, I'm fairly sure I am - but wouldn't eating fluffy potatoes with chopsticks be the culinary equivalent of Sisyphus at the bolder? Easier than eating rice... Selachian posted:
I will speak for the US only: Generally, cis men are intimidated by intelligent, free-thinking women. Look around at today's political landscape. Troglodytes are trying desperately to make it acceptable for cis women to be second- or third-class citizens again (and eliminate non-cis)
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Samovar posted:Maybe I'm an uncultured swine - in fact, I'm fairly sure I am - but wouldn't eating fluffy potatoes with chopsticks be the culinary equivalent of Sisyphus at the bolder? These are "fluffy" potatoes in that the surface of the diced potatoes get roughed-up during the boil and again when you mix in the other ingredients, giving the exteriors a kind of puffy texture. Still big chunks, like standard potato salad, but with some fluffed texture to the exterior. (To really amplify this effect, add a tiny amount of baking soda to the water before boiling.)
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Julet Esqu posted:Is What's-Her-Face Cherry's boss? I thought she was just an annoying-rear end clueless HOA lady. Even if she's hiring Cherry to do some landscaping, that doesn't make her the boss, it makes her a client. My name is Vincent. Pronounced like "Vincent". A Patrick Rothfuss Cartoon
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everyone wear hats now posted:The Creeps lol, the Creeps is/are great
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The Creeps got two laughs out of me this morning. Also I'm super on board for this Prince Val story - it's the best one in a while. I'm looking forward to Val showing up ready to massacre everyone and when he arrives finding Aleta sitting and cheerfully sewing on a pile of already dismembered limbs.
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Medenmath posted:When Val first landed there (Feb. 02, 1941), Aleta gave him a letter claiming "no stranger may land on these shores and live." Later he watched his crew get killed by the islanders, but he was unaware that this was because they had attacked the port before (Nov. 23, 1941). When he finally got back to the Isles to kidnap Aleta (Nov. 19, 1944), we got some narration telling us that centuries of pirate attacks led the Misty Isles to attack anyone who lands on their territory, "except only at the well-fortified seaport. There honest traders may bring their goods, but sentinels stand, night and day, year in and year out, on every headland." So I was close, but I'd forgotten some important details. Thanks for the refresher. Bizarro  Alt The Family Circus  Alt
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Shugojin posted:My name is Vincent. Pronounced like "Vincent". Can't Ruin What's Already hosed  Hellworld Hot Topic Probably Eats All Those Poor Cool Shoplifting Teens        Fenton really showing his power level here. 
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Mutts Sally Forth  Skippy (January 2, 1935)  Peanuts (November 6, 1975)  That sinking feeling when you realize this week's Funky Winkerbean is just a sitcom clip show.  Crankshaft  Mutt and Jeff  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (June 5, 1939)  Olive & Popeye (Randy's day on)  Out Our Way (April 1-3, 1940)   
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Retail site is still having issues. Docks   Popcom  
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Strontium posted:Take It From the Tinkersons  F Minus  I'm OK with that. Mark Trail  Mary Worth  The Phantom  Phantom is giving this poor woman a real-life trolley problem. What an rear end. Pooch Cafe  Rex Morgan MD  poo poo MY PANTS RIGHT THERE ON STAGE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT Andertoons  Apartment 3-G 
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Murdstone posted:
Hmmm.... IS Mark's story as bad as Cherry's story (in terms of how much the story sucks, not what Cherry means here.) Both stories start with something much more interesting, like a rampaging elephant or a mystery animal illness, and both drop that for "these two tertiary characters are/might be loving!" I think Cherry's story is ultimately more boring, but I think Mark's is much worse because of its overreliance on a two-year-old Netflix series to explain what is bad, and also the standard "forgetting that Mark can talk to animals" deduction. But then again, in Cherry's story, Jules has forgotten their characters' relationship to one another so I don't know. Breaking Cat News  Phoebe and Her Unicorn  Wallace the Brave  Heart of the City  Curtis 
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Murdstone posted:F Minus Hey, now and then I've taken a day off work for exactly that reason.
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In today's Blueberry: I've been guilty of a beer (or two) in the bath, but a smoke in the bath? That's just a bit too much, Pearl, or I'm honestly quite proud of that rhyme, if you don't mind me tooting my own horn or Boy, things just seem to devolve into people pointing guns at each other in this place, don't they?  
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Uramachi Sakaba  Register Cat  (Convenience stores offer pickup for FedEx-analog shipping services.) Cthulhu and Girl  Ajara  
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Bruceski posted:Did I miss a setup somewhere? It seems to have gone straight into "how can we prove the dodos are still somewhere in their cyborg bodies" without an establishing strip raising the question of whether they are.  went back to look and yeah it does come out of nowhere huh Giant Ethicist posted:Uramachi Sakaba the last...... riderchop fucked around with this message at 02:26 on Nov 4, 2022 |
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Our Boarding House rings in 1923. (January 1-3, 1923)   Toonerville Folks (March 25-27, 1920)   "After bragging how easy it would be for him to carry her across, Jimmy finally induced his sweetheart to let him try."  Dok's "Hostilities Have Resumed" Duck (June 8, 1914; spoilered for the usuals)  Little Lefty (July 29-31, 1937)    Blondie From Zero: End-of-the-Beginning-Game, and we're finally closing in on the moment of truth. (January 30-February 1, 1933) 
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2018 Spiderman 1980 comics       Locher Tracy  Footrot Flats  The Lockhorns  Computoon: Origins  Legends in the Heights 
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readingatwork posted:Crabgrass
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Heathcliff  Compu-toon   Garfield   Overboard   Monty   For Better or For Worse   Classic Arlo and Janis (November 29, 2000)   Rae The Doe, which you can support by pledging to the author's Patreon   On The Fastrack   Safe Havens  
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Solver: The Urn John Allison's Patreon John Allison's Gumroad store Forward Slash Scare website for Allison's side comics John Allison posted:High action, the way you like it. I really had to learn how to draw a bull the day I made this comic.
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 11/3/02  Brenda Starr 10/9/49   "Welcome to How-to-Get-a-Manology 101. If you'll look at your syllabus, this semester we'll be covering topics such as 'Standards: How High Is Too High?,' 'Yes, You Can Fix Him After You Get Married,' and 'Orgasms, Who Needs Them?' Now let's warm up by practicing our nodding and saying 'Yes, dear.'" Smokey Stover 1/14/51  Everyday Movies 9/30/35  "Listen, I've packed the china, rolled up the carpets and stacked the furniture -- would you mind taking care of your shaving outfit?"
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CommonShore posted:Also I'm super on board for this Prince Val story - it's the best one in a while. I'm looking forward to Val showing up ready to massacre everyone and when he arrives finding Aleta sitting and cheerfully sewing on a pile of already dismembered limbs. I'm a big fan of Aleta-heavy stories. Vintage Valiant (Feb. 07, 1954)     1/3 2/3 3/3
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A dangerous play. Should have loaded the ship with poisoned food and water.
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Aleta is gonna have part two of her plan ready to go the instant that ship returns. Something like amnesty for the half the army she sent away that makes them instantly hers again. Dionysus doesn't even realize he's on the strings yet.  Poisoning half the army to death would leave every member of the civilian populace related to them pretty sore.
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