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Zulily Zoetrope posted:I gotta admit, I don't really get the point of the badass games. Did they truly not realize that Cornelius would obviously sweep the whole thing, or is it all a setup to prove some point? The point is to examine the idea of masculinity, which is a theme that Achewood often touches on.
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Tree Bucket posted:That green is beautiful. Blackula Vs. Tarantula posted:That last panel face is great Absolutely the two best things about the series. Chapter 2:    
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vyelkin posted:This comic in particular reminded me to once again recommend Kate Beaton's Ducks to anyone itt who hasn't read it yet, because this specific comic is definitely an early version of parts of her memoir and it's excellent. Strongly seconding Ducks for what it's worth. Amazing autobio and astonishingly sad. I would like to trigger warning for sexual assault themes before anybody runs down to Barnes & Noble for it.
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Yeah, I got a copy for Christmas. It is very good and also very brutal. I'm a cis het dude, so I don't have the kind of personal experience Beaton would have, but I feel like the absolutely omnipresent grinding and degrading atmosphere of that workplace environment/culture really comes through in the book. Like, there's a bit where she gets dragged to a strip club by some coworkers. When she makes a pretty neutral comment about something one of the dancers is doing, the dudes she's sitting with all start dumping on her for being a bitchy buzzkill. You know, the dudes who dragged her there in the first place.
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Last volume, only 5 chapters left! Last time on Joey's Special Experience by Hirohiko Archie: Joost catches the snakes, then uses his unparalleled body control (taught to him by Cepelis) to force the venom out of his blood! He uses heroin to send the snakes back at Dream, and leaves him to die as he goes to confront God! Read right to left: Volume 5 - God Bless You Chapter 38 - Delete Chapter 3 3      Part 1 has a lot of these Joost/God side-by-sides, which I like
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Kill Six Billion Demons  Alt text: Homecoming quote:“Next I wyll speak on the Ymps, or Blue Devyls. Ymps are flymsy of Body but possesseth a Tongue most vyle and skylfull in the Art. The Blue Devyl possesseth Skin of nyght-hue, hyr Mask is royal, and hyr Blood is ebon. Ymps have a certyn Fondness for Lyquor and Vyce that suiteth a crafty Sum’ner well should he wysh to gayn Employment of these Fiends.” Cio's a blue devil  Alt text: War Devils are for this reason among the most numerous and exist in diminished form throughout throne as demi-imps quote:“Next I wyll speak on those Devyls most pryzed and sought by Kyngs, Rulers, and those Fools who clasp for earthly Power. The Crymson Devyl, or War Devyl, is massyve of Form and Syze and myddlyng of Wyts. Hys Flesh is ebon or royal, he is well Furred, hys Mask sanguine, his Blood ebon. He hath powerful Fangs, Horns, or other natural Weaponry for whych to dysmember his Enemeys, for the war devyl is extremely fond of Vyolence. He is greatly pryzed in thys Matter, synce for the pay of a few bottles of Lyquor or feeble Trynkets he wyll dysmember well-trained Soldiers from Dusk until Dawn for he does not partake in Sleep. A sum’ner may consyder hym a dull Creature until they fynd he has exployted some Loophole in theyr Contract and feasts upon their Entrayls.” e: shorter update this time for flow Kit Walker has a new favorite as of 19:04 on Jan 4, 2023 |
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Co Cola is probably my favorite character in Kill Six Billion Demons. Or by her full name, Coca Cola. edit: I don't think this comes up in the comic, but she has a cousin with a pretty good name, too https://killsixbilliondemons.tumblr.com/post/132611467260/does-cio-have-anyone-in-their-family-by-name-of Chainclaw has a new favorite as of 19:23 on Jan 4, 2023 |
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CrocodileKingSaysNO posted:LAST TIME ON BACK       
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Swanboy is delayed because Imgur keeps shrinking them and making them even more unreadable. Is there another easy to use host? E: or someone tell me what I’m doing wrong, I am very dumb RandolphCarter has a new favorite as of 20:19 on Jan 4, 2023 |
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RandolphCarter posted:Swanboy is ... even more unreadable. Apparently God *can* make a stone so heavy he cannot lift it.
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RandolphCarter posted:Swanboy is delayed because Imgur keeps shrinking them and making them even more unreadable. Is there another easy to use host?
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i dunno if there are multiple Ripley's Believe it or Not Museums but my parents took me to one as a kid when we were visiting family near Seattle. I remember thinking it was pretty cool.
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There's one in Copenhagen, which leads me to believe that they're quite ubiquitous. E: like, downtown, across from the courthouse, right in the fuckin middle of the city, believe it or not Zulily Zoetrope has a new favorite as of 21:41 on Jan 4, 2023 |
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This one's really good
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Lucky naughty Ouroboy.
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Early Swan Boy really was something special. It's still good, but just not quite at that level.
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My favorite swan boy is actually pretty late in the run (the Kart Racing Saga)
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projecthalaxy posted:My favorite swan boy is actually pretty late in the run (the Kart Racing Saga) Same.
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Turtie Needs Work     That's it for Turtie, unfortunately. The same author, Steve Wolfhard, also did 'Cat Rackham' http://koyamapress.com/projects/cat-rackham/ which doesn't seem to be online anymore.
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fritz posted:That's it for Turtie, unfortunately. I accidentally missed the previous update, so my entire Turtie experience consisted of finding out the comic exists, spending about a minute enjoying it, then being sad to find out it had ended. Oh well.
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Captain Hygiene posted:I accidentally missed the previous update, so my entire Turtie experience consisted of finding out the comic exists, spending about a minute enjoying it, then being sad to find out it had ended. Oh well. This is also most people's experience of actual turtles, they have notoriously short lifespans.
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:The point is to examine the idea of masculinity, which is a theme that Achewood often touches on. it also comes right after the great outdoor fight, a story about a lot of things, but in part a meditation on how the valorized ideas of masculinity that gen-x Onstad grew up with are, in actuality, depressing and pitiable (shades of Mad Men tbh) reading the comic as a secular crisis of faith in midcentury popular masculinity, the badass games feels like a coda where the author finds and expresses the source of that crisis: the loss of thoughtful gentility in favor of michelob-fueled violent chaos
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fritz posted:Turtie Needs Work Oh poo poo, Cat Rackham! I remember that, pity we can't do a reread.
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the holy poopacy posted:This is also most people's experience of actual turtles, they have notoriously short lifespans. the candle that burns half as fast burns twice as fast
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Uramachi Sakaba    Reiwa 8 is the year 2026 AD
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I obviously get the authorial intent of the Badass Games, and am insincerely puzzled at the characters' motivations thereof, suggesting that they are secretly scheming to celebrate Cornelius after reflecting on how being Tight Since Childhood turned out to be stronger than any kind of machismo in the wake of the Great Outdoor Fight.
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Zulily Zoetrope posted:I obviously get the authorial intent of the Badass Games, and am insincerely puzzled at the characters' motivations thereof, suggesting that they are secretly scheming to celebrate Cornelius after reflecting on how being Tight Since Childhood turned out to be stronger than any kind of machismo in the wake of the Great Outdoor Fight. They all wanna prove they’re the biggest badass, that’s all. None of them have the perspective to realize that of course it’s gonna be Cornelius, because he doesn’t fit the mold they have in their head of what a badass is supposed to look and act like I don’t remember if there’s any specific intention behind it from Ray or Roast Beef, but having this follow after the GOF and the previous arc is pretty fitting Kit Walker has a new favorite as of 00:07 on Jan 5, 2023 |
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Kit Walker posted:They all wanna prove they’re the biggest badass, that’s all. None of them have the perspective to realize that of course it’s gonna be Cornelius, because he doesn’t fit the mold they have in their head of what a badass is supposed to look and act like
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The only justification I needed for the badass games arc is the line it starts with:quote:Every man believes that, given the right provocations, his innate skills will emerge and he will be capable of tremendous feats. This is utterly true for every man for at least a small portion of his life. Anyways time for an extremely not masculine comic: Drop-Out     Livin that sad fat idiot life, very familiar to me.
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These skills are why the king hired him.
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Peanut Butler posted:it also comes right after the great outdoor fight, a story about a lot of things, but in part a meditation on how the valorized ideas of masculinity that gen-x Onstad grew up with are, in actuality, depressing and pitiable (shades of Mad Men tbh) Appreciating this post
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 These are the four cars that define a man's soul  Who better to symbolize Father's Day than Magnus Intactus  Cornelius also has a field trip van with clerestory windows  The monogrammed hankies ploy is calculated to get Cornelius over in a hurry.
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e-dt posted:
The raddest bus
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that's another aspect I'd forgotten: Cornelius is so loving manly that he wins without showboating or even exerting himself. this is a homeboy.
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