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Some Guy TT posted:It's always extremely funny when some ancient thread lore pops up that I don't even slightly remember only to see that oh right that's because it predates my forums registration. Yeah in a vacuum I wouldn't mind the new Popeye strips, but the characters aren't really Popeye characters anymore to me. I don't want emotional depth from any of them! It's funny that Thimble Theater Wimpy dumped a mermaid fiancee because she doesn't like onions and it's weird when modern Bluto is a doting uncle to his niece. I'll be an old crank about this forever.
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Powered Descent posted:Bizarro This actually happened when I was a kid, my parents took us to see Weird Al at a state fair and my little sister was disappointed because she thought she was going to see a giant weird owl. BigglesSWE posted:I have a soft spot for Bizarro. He will draw any and all puns that runs through his mind and I applaud him for it. This is why I hate Bizarro, most of these aren't really puns or even jokes or really anything. Also sometimes he's weirdly pretentious and judgemental but that hasn't happened for a while. EasyEW posted:
Arcamax definitely has different color settings on its image files than CK does. When I posted Curtis from there for a few days it looked like everyone was wearing day-glo spandex. riderchop posted:i've never seen this type of tentacled animal in my life Chip Dunham account spotted. Breaking Cat News   Tommy continues to be best cat. Phoebe and Her Unicorn   Wallace the Brave   Heart of the City   Curtis   Billingsley does the "I'd rather have x food" "do you have money for x food" joke about once a month but the "my dad beat me" part is new!
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Doomykins posted:it's funny because a teenager turned down 20 grand earlier for his retro beater and now the universe has punished him for no reason. riderchop posted:i've never seen this type of tentacled animal in my life  Vargo posted:This actually happened when I was a kid, my parents took us to see Weird Al at a state fair and my little sister was disappointed because she thought she was going to see a giant weird owl. 
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everyone wear hats now posted:The Creeps Hahaha manero posted:Nancy 1943 That's right, bitch
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Mercury Hat posted:Yeah in a vacuum I wouldn't mind the new Popeye strips, but the characters aren't really Popeye characters anymore to me. I don't want emotional depth from any of them! It's funny that Thimble Theater Wimpy dumped a mermaid fiancee because she doesn't like onions and it's weird when modern Bluto is a doting uncle to his niece. Don't worry, I'm right there with you. It's fine giving funny characters a bit of emotional depth, but if you do too much it just slides over into bathos, and you end up with Funky Winkerbean. Rhymes with Orange  Get Political 1/13/03  Double Collins   Brenda Starr 3/16-18/50    Smokey Stover 4/6/52  Everyday Movies 12/28/35  "I wish we'd given the elevator man something for Christmas so now we wouldn't feel ashamed to face him." Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 7/18-20/40   
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Selachian posted:Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 7/18-20/40 I love this stupid strip.
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Murdstone posted:
Another entry in the Characters That Are Cooler Than The Phantom list: A native woman with a bow.
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EasyEW posted:Sally Forth I have to admit, I am super glad that Ces is tackling this issue. I was kind of aggravated with the strips where Hil found Steve in the woods over the holidays and it at first seemed like they were suggesting that all her problems were magically solved when she got that photo, especially given the build-up beforehand.
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My Lovely Horse posted:This really raises a few questions about the nature of Hobbes Right? The possibility of Hobbes being imaginary always makes you question Calvin's sanity a bit but this arc is like fight club for kids. readingatwork fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Jan 14, 2023 |
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Vargo posted:
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Little kids in this comic are always drawn as if their tongues are just too massive for their own mouths. It's so disconcerting.
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Luann You always start reading books from the middle?  I mean, your current novel you're working on is about how your brother got sooooooooo hot. I don't think you have any room to criticize. Gil Thorp   Gil Thorp is super boring me, you guys. I thought it might be fun to post because the new writer seemed like he was trying to update things and be more inclusive, but storylines never go anywhere. There don't even seem to really be storylines; things just happen. I don't know how much longer I'm going to hang with this one.
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Zamboni Rodeo posted:I have to admit, I am super glad that Ces is tackling this issue. I was kind of aggravated with the strips where Hil found Steve in the woods over the holidays and it at first seemed like they were suggesting that all her problems were magically solved when she got that photo, especially given the build-up beforehand. Same here. Be way too easy to pull a Funky magic "let's call Clinton to stop ICE" strip or two to make the problems go away.
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Has Gil Thorp ever had storylines? I feel like every time I saw it as a kid it was just a random scene from a randomly seasonal sport.
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Crabgrass Old School Peanuts (Jan 28, 1954)  Calvin and Hobbes (Nov 14-15, 1992)   Big Nate  E: Saving this for later: 
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Vargo posted:This actually happened when I was a kid, my parents took us to see Weird Al at a state fair and my little sister was disappointed because she thought she was going to see a giant weird owl. F Minus   Mark Trail  Mary Worth  The Phantom  Pooch Cafe  [b]Rex Morgan MD  [b]Andertoons 
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Murdstone posted:[b]Mark Trail[b] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WelFLZQiYCo&t=32s
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BSS: Bisexual Super Son › Comic Stripes 2023: Don't be a simple dimple, Iggy
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Giant Ethicist posted:The Antique Dealer’s Tale I'm sure that being given a strange ring from a shapeshifting magic being has never turned out bad for anyone else before.
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Technowolf posted:I'm sure that being given a strange ring from a shapeshifting magic being has never turned out bad for anyone else before. In many folklores, it's dangerous to NOT accept a token given in gratitude by a magical creature
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Some Guy TT posted:The Demons of Baseball Hope this isn’t flight 007
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Medenmath posted:Vintage Valiant (Mar. 06, 1955) I wonder whether this whole trip back from the Mediterranean via the Dnieper was inspired by the novel The Long Ships (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Ships#Adaptations). The timing is right for Foster to have read it, I believe that the book was pretty popular, and it contains a very similar section where the Viking protagonists have to portage their ships while dealing with Pecheneg harassment.
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Julet Esqu posted:Gil Thorp is super boring me, you guys. I thought it might be fun to post because the new writer seemed like he was trying to update things and be more inclusive, but storylines never go anywhere. There don't even seem to really be storylines; things just happen. I don't know how much longer I'm going to hang with this one. karmicknight posted:Has Gil Thorp ever had storylines? I feel like every time I saw it as a kid it was just a random scene from a randomly seasonal sport. the football storyline ended with the villain coach winning the game, but being unsatisfied in his win because thorp was being a good sport about losing. right now we are starting up basketball season and also advancing the gil thorp's marriage is crumbling storyline with what is looking like a surprise twist lesbian affair with the honestly i am loving loving gil thorp after forcing myself to actually read it, BUT i will say the biggest flaw in it is the sports. because gil thorp is in fact a high school gym coach his professional and personal life are kinda gonna by necessity revolve around high school sports. so far it looks like the writer is trying to keep the sports shown accurate for what would be played in high school at the time, which puts a fairly severe limit to how the sport-sided storylines can and must progress; its the holiday problem i pointed out earlier but very unfortunately baked into the premise i dunno, maybe im making excuses, but i genuinely do like gil thorp and im glad it gets posted 
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Of Childrens' Toys That Simulate Violent Death By Digestion and Eating Clogs Out Of The Drain       
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MarxCarl posted:Wallace the Brave from Jan 13th Getting Lost in the Zone for the first time on an actual factual Twilight Zone machine was an absolutely transcendent experience. You become one with all the little silver balls and the Powerball too.
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