Comic Strips 2022: Girls Are People!

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I enjoy reading contemporary newspaper comics.	64	26.02%
I hate reading contemporary newspaper comics.	42	17.07%
I enjoy reading historical newspaper comics.	88	35.77%
I enjoy reading newspaper comics from foreign countries.	52	21.14%
Total:	246 votes

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Tendales: Mar 9, 2012

I'm vaguely amused that what's his name there has a calculator watch.

# ? Nov 5, 2022 20:19

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# ? May 29, 2024 07:54

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Tendales posted:

I'm vaguely amused that what's his name there has a calculator watch.

....or more likely a smartwatch

# ? Nov 5, 2022 22:06

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

Selachian posted:

Brenda Starr 10/10-12/49

Brenda Starr is really hard to take sometimes. It's interesting because this is what the attitude about women at the time was I assume, but geez.

F Minus

Mark Trail

Mary Worth

"The answer's still 'No.'"

The Phantom

Pooch Cafe

Rex Morgan MD

Andertoons

Apartment 3-G Saturday and Sunday

# ? Nov 5, 2022 22:37

Green Intern: Dec 29, 2008; Loon, Crazy and Laughable

What the gently caress is going on in Brenda Starr. Jesus.

# ? Nov 5, 2022 22:54

Doomykins: Jun 28, 2008; Didn't you mean to ask about flowers?

quote:

Mark Trail

I think the thought bubbles are getting pretty out of hand here. "What if the reader doesn't know in context who the Tiger Queen is? What if they've never seen an elephant? Twice?"

quote:

The Phantom

Getting downright hackish here.

quote:

Rex Morgan MD

Come on! What's the point of comedic conflict if you just skip the conflict?!

# ? Nov 5, 2022 22:56

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

Hmm,

FreeImgHost :china:

is denying my requests to upload � maybe we�ve collectively hit a limit somewhere?

Uramachi Sakaba

Register Cat

Cthulhu and Girl

Ajara: Three pages to finish the chapter

I like how one of the ghosts is the one with the hat that was killed on the TV show.

# ? Nov 5, 2022 23:17

Mister Beeg: Sep 7, 2012; A Certified Jerk

Arnold (July 22-28, 1985)

Bullwinkle

# ? Nov 5, 2022 23:20

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Mister Beeg posted:

Bullwinkle

Any other comic I'd call out the redundancy in "the Werewolf Man". Bullwinkle I'll believe it's on purpose.

# ? Nov 6, 2022 00:05

somepartsareme: Mar 10, 2012; Diggle Hell is a Real
(Swingin') Place

Doomykins posted:

I think the thought bubbles are getting pretty out of hand here. "What if the reader doesn't know in context who the Tiger Queen is? What if they've never seen an elephant? Twice?"

I think Jules just finished Steel Ball Run (big spoilers for JJBA part 7)

# ? Nov 6, 2022 00:47

Doomykins: Jun 28, 2008; Didn't you mean to ask about flowers?

A wonderful Uramachi, hah. Oh my goodness Register Cat is a good cat. And the odd little hamster cartoon is growing on me.. if nothing else it is surreal and cozy and makes me feel comfortable.

somepartsareme posted:

I think Jules just finished Steel Ball Run (big spoilers for JJBA part 7)

A shame I can't click that yet but like JJBA is a show where an arc might have 20+ significant characters before another 20+ villains running around so a little reference makes a bit of sense. Jules just develops increasingly silly tics, it seems.

# ? Nov 6, 2022 02:27

Zereth: Jul 9, 2003

Doomykins posted:

A wonderful Uramachi, hah. Oh my goodness Register Cat is a good cat. And the odd little hamster cartoon is growing on me.. if nothing else it is surreal and cozy and makes me feel comfortable.

A shame I can't click that yet but like JJBA is a show where an arc might have 20+ significant characters before another 20+ villains running around so a little reference makes a bit of sense. Jules just develops increasingly silly tics, it seems.

It has a character referring to people have little pictures of their heads inside his word balloon.

One of the characters appearing as a little head is the person speaking.

# ? Nov 6, 2022 02:30

Doomykins: Jun 28, 2008; Didn't you mean to ask about flowers?

Zereth posted:

It has a character referring to people have little pictures of their heads inside his word balloon.

One of the characters appearing as a little head is the person speaking.

Ah, I love Jojo so much.

If it's really a deliberate reference than it's a shame it makes this Mark Trail arc seem like it has gotten a little dumber instead.

# ? Nov 6, 2022 02:34

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

My House Came On My Head While I Slept And Other Newlywed Follies

# ? Nov 6, 2022 02:40

Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

The Demons of Baseball

Some Guy TT fucked around with this message at 03:03 on Nov 7, 2022

# ? Nov 6, 2022 02:45

Cowslips Warren: Oct 29, 2005; What use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy's warren and paying his price?; Grimey Drawer

Has Rudy ever called Kevin dad? I am sure Holbrook did the stepson/son thing with his usual tact.

# ? Nov 6, 2022 03:11

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.

Some Guy TT posted:

[b]The Demons of Baseball/[b]

His first no-hitter!

# ? Nov 6, 2022 03:12

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.

Because I haven't forgotten about The Secret Life Of Popeye (featuring a turn-of-phrase that has aged impressively badly, and not for the Usual Reasons)...

UNWRITTEN CHAPTER FROM LIFE OF "POPEYE" AT SEA

Chapter Four

Careful students of Popeye's history should study the accompanying picture. Here you see the famous sailorman in one of his gentler moods. Notice that he has caressed the big bully with his LEFT hand, which he is able to control because his left optic is intact. if he had hit with his right, under the missing peeper, the recipient of the blow might have disintegrated into thin air.

As a matter of fact, Popeye doesn't know his own strength to this day. He has sought introductions on many occasions, but always has met with a chaste rebuff. In the old days, when Popeye made his nightly rounds winding the anchor watch of the "Josie Lee," always careful to stay in front of the mast so he could say afterwards, "Blow me down! I spent four years before the mast!"--in those days it was a brave mariner who would incur Popeye's wrath.

One of the famous salt's chief characteristics was his gallantry. He never hit a woman without some justification. Whenever the talk in the glory hole of the "Josie Lee" turned to the fair sex, Popeye would take off his hat and one sock, turn his eyes reverently to the sky and say with real emotion, "Blow me down!" So all the sailors knew Popeye was a gentleman.

There was the time when an albatross alighted on deck to refuel and "The Ape," bloodthirsty cook of the "Josie Lee," seized the poor bird and was about to make off with him. "Off" was a kind of gruel, a dish that was a favorite among the crew. "The Ape" could make "off" with almost anything. He frequently boasted that before taking to the sea he was so talented he could make "off" very nicely with a bag of old silverware!

Popeye, noticing from the tiny slippers which the albatross wore that the bird was a girl, or "albatress," unwound a quick right to The Ape's jaw and rescued the hapless creature.

"Blow me down!" said Popeye, bowing deeply before the little lady, "maybe you is somebody's sister, tha's a fack! Nobody but a criminal would do a hurt to anybody's sister!"

EasyEW fucked around with this message at 03:36 on Nov 6, 2022

# ? Nov 6, 2022 03:34

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.

EasyEW posted:

Because I haven't forgotten about The Secret Life Of Popeye (featuring a turn-of-phrase that has aged impressively badly, and not for the Usual Reasons)...

UNWRITTEN CHAPTER FROM LIFE OF "POPEYE" AT SEA

Chapter Four

Careful students of Popeye's history should study the accompanying picture. Here you see the famous sailorman in one of his gentler moods. Notice that he has caressed the big bully with his LEFT hand, which he is able to control because his left optic is intact. if he had hit with his right, under the missing peeper, the recipient of the blow might have disintegrated into thin air.

As a matter of fact, Popeye doesn't know his own strength to this day. He has sought introductions on many occasions, but always has met with a chaste rebuff. In the old days, when Popeye made his nightly rounds winding the anchor watch of the "Josie Lee," always careful to stay in front of the mast so he could say afterwards, "Blow me down! I spent four years before the mast!"--in those days it was a brave mariner who would incur Popeye's wrath.

One of the famous salt's chief characteristics was his gallantry. He never hit a woman without some justification. Whenever the talk in the glory hole of the "Josie Lee" turned to the fair sex, Popeye would take off his hat and one sock, turn his eyes reverently to the sky and say with real emotion, "Blow me down!" So all the sailors knew Popeye was a gentleman.

There was the time when an albatross alighted on deck to refuel and "The Ape," bloodthirsty cook of the "Josie Lee," seized the poor bird and was about to make off with him. "Off" was a kind of gruel, a dish that was a favorite among the crew. "The Ape" could make "off" with almost anything. He frequently boasted that before taking to the sea he was so talented he could make "off" very nicely with a bag of old silverware!

Popeye, noticing from the tiny slippers which the albatross wore that the bird was a girl, or "albatress," unwound a quick right to The Ape's jaw and rescued the hapless creature.

"Blow me down!" said Popeye, bowing deeply before the little lady, "maybe you is somebody's sister, tha's a fack! Nobody but a criminal would do a hurt to anybody's sister!"

I believe the correct form is 'albatrix'.

# ? Nov 6, 2022 04:30

Mister Beeg: Sep 7, 2012; A Certified Jerk

Crawford

Todd Kausen is Chuck Jones's grandson. Todd was interviewed here, where he discusses that strip (and other stuff)

# ? Nov 6, 2022 04:31

Drimble Wedge: Mar 10, 2008; Self-contained

Scary Gary (click for alt host)

# ? Nov 6, 2022 06:00

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

Heathcliff

Compu-toon

Garfield

Overboard

Monty

For Better or For Worse

Classic Arlo and Janis (December 02, 2000)

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

On The Fastrack

No Safe Havens on Sundays!

riderchop fucked around with this message at 07:32 on Nov 7, 2022

# ? Nov 6, 2022 06:17

Medenmath: Jan 18, 2003

Prince Valiant

The last panel here is amazing

edit:

Also, from the Christmas 1938 strip:

Medenmath fucked around with this message at 06:59 on Nov 6, 2022

# ? Nov 6, 2022 06:36

davidspackage: May 16, 2007; Nap Ghost

Giant Ethicist posted:

Hmm, FreeImgHost is denying my requests to upload – maybe we’ve collectively hit a limit somewhere?

Uramachi Sakaba

Aaahhhof course.

(might as well have dreamt the antiques guy kissing you, boss lady)

Giant Ethicist posted:

Register Cat

Delightful!

# ? Nov 6, 2022 07:05

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

Crabgrass

Old School Peanuts (Dec 4, 1953)

Calvin and Hobbes (Jul 27-28, 1992)

Big Nate

# ? Nov 6, 2022 07:24

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

https://twitter.com/Snack_Memories/status/1525830860871766017

# ? Nov 6, 2022 07:28

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

Haifisch posted:

https://twitter.com/Snack_Memories/status/1525830860871766017

The only breakfast cereal on the aisle guaranteed to have cancer

But with dozens of :smug:

in every bowl

# ? Nov 6, 2022 08:00

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.

In today's Blueberry: Blueberry regales his... Captors? With his well-documented and translated adventures or I do hope the barkeep had insurance or Pearl makes her move

# ? Nov 6, 2022 08:13

His Divine Shadow: Aug 7, 2000; I'm not a fascist. I'm a priest. Fascists dress up in black and tell people what to do.

Some Guy TT posted:

[b]The Demons of Baseball/[b]

I'm trying to follow this, but it feels really disjointed and strange. I get the gist of the overall plot but in these few last panels I don't really know what's going on. There's a game going on, and maybe planck is fumbling it on purpose to mess with this other guy?

# ? Nov 6, 2022 08:38

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.

Medenmath posted:

Prince Valiant

The last panel here is amazing

edit:

Also, from the Christmas 1938 strip:

That poor, poor horse.

# ? Nov 6, 2022 08:49

Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

Triple Cannon Dick Emi is canon.

# ? Nov 6, 2022 10:26

Twelve by Pies: May 4, 2012; Again a very likpatous story

His Divine Shadow posted:

I'm trying to follow this, but it feels really disjointed and strange. I get the gist of the overall plot but in these few last panels I don't really know what's going on. There's a game going on, and maybe planck is fumbling it on purpose to mess with this other guy?

The other guy is the director, and yeah Planck seems to be throwing games in order to upset him. The last update had the director accuse him of doing it to get back at him for what the director did to his father, but I have a feeling it's probably something else.

# ? Nov 6, 2022 10:27

Kavak: Aug 23, 2009

Kennel posted:

Triple Cannon Dick Emi is canon.

# ? Nov 6, 2022 10:42

Strontium: Aug 28, 2009; Dexter didn't much care for the party.

Daddy Daze

Take It From the Tinkersons

Macanudo

Dark Side of the Horse

# ? Nov 6, 2022 10:54

Ghostlight: Sep 25, 2009; maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me