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Drakyn posted:I'm just impressed that Hagar ever conveyed actual slapstick humour in motion. Tragic to see how even the most lifeless zombie strip once was a work of enthusiasm. Hm, maybe it'd be worth a Hagar From Zero thing if anybody has a suitable source.
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I always wanted to post Hagar from the beginning but could never be arsed to dig up a sorce. Read a ton of it as a kid, though, it was one of those strips that were marketed in book form on these shores, like Garfield and Peanuts.
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So, I'm a long time comic strip thread lurker and wanted to post my thoughts. This could be a while. A) Wallace the Brave is great. B) Unpopular opinion, but has Zits gotten more mediocre lately? I've been getting annoyed with the recurring jokes, but the sasquatch and van arcs kind of put me off the comic. C) Intelligent Life is awful, and the other fantasy comic the author's doing is awful too. D) A+J is better than I thought now that I'm older. Now all the jokes make sense! E) Gil Thorp is way too disjointed plotwise. F) Burning Cat News is good. G) So glad 9CL and Working Daze aren't posted anymore. H) Is Crankshaft just Funky Winkerbean 2.0 now? Why even end Funky Winkerbean if they were just migrating the cast? I) Foob is more terrible now as an adult. NVTrainee fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Feb 6, 2023 |
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Bruceski posted:You ask A "What would B say if I asked them if their hallway was safe". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLhKLfEyDQ0
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NVTrainee posted:H) Is Crankshaft just Funky Winkerbean 2.0 now? Why even end Funky Winkerbean if they were just migrating the cast? Starting to look that way, isn't it?  Anyway, It's A Sketchy Life for February 3, 1927! And it's a salute to the newspaper comics, with a John Held Jr. wrapper.  And in case you've forgotten what that means to a fancy-schmancy late 1920s magazine doodler, it means excruciating puns, rear end-over-elbows PLOPs and physical violence! As illustrated by...um...Lynd. Whoever that is.   Albert Levering:  Towze (another name I can't place):  Two from Herb Roth:   Frederick Strothmann:  Al Frueh:  A bunch of little LJ Holton panels (at least I think that's his squiggle) that dotted this issue like measles, so I bundled them into a single page for convenience...  ...except for this one, which got away until the last minute.  (That's Brodie as in Steve, by the way.) And then there's this Ellison Hoover spread, which was supposed to be the most ludicrous thing imaginable, and not so accurate a prediction of the future that I couldn't decide which cartooning museum should get the "who's the wise guy now?" link.  Oh, and as usual, we ignored many, many words to get to the pictures.  (The one I didn't recognize.)
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EasyEW posted:And in case you've forgotten what that means to a fancy-schmancy late 1920s magazine doodler, it means excruciating puns, rear end-over-elbows PLOPs and physical violence! As illustrated by...um...Lynd. Whoever that is. The first name that came to mind was Lynd Ward, but checking his bio it looks like he was overseas studying in Germany in late 1926-mid 1927. I think it's more likely to be J. Norman Lynd; the signature looks similar, with the period following it.
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Solver 9: Boys Like Fun Part 1 John Allison's Patreon John Allison's Gumroad store Forward Slash Scare website for Allison's side comics John Allison posted:Romance has entered Lottie’s life and we are just going to have to get used to it. The Swamp King resembles the "mermen" from Allison's Steeple Hwurmp posted:show us the gourds John  gourds
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The_Other posted:
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EasyEW posted:Towze (another name I can't place): I looked this up, Socony is the Standard Oil Company Of New York, later to become ExxonMobil after a few mergers. No idea what 1920s context is needed for the
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NVTrainee posted:So, I'm a long time comic strip thread lurker and wanted to post my thoughts. This could be a while. i've been feeling like there's way more bad strips lately than before for a while, yeah. it's still got some bangers here and there but much more few and far between
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EasyEW posted:A bunch of little LJ Holton panels (at least I think that's his squiggle) that dotted this issue like measles, so I bundled them into a single page for convenience... I appreciate the Solomon joke is just "this dude hosed."
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NVTrainee posted:So, I'm a long time comic strip thread lurker and wanted to post my thoughts. This could be a while. Your opinions are very much in line with the thread zeitgeist, so you'll find a welcoming community here if you'd like to continue commenting. In other words: come on in, stay a while.
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B. Virtanen ANSU    Fingerpori  Devil's Jam (Paholaisenhillo in Finnish) is a seemingly Finland-only condiment, basically jellied/pickled red peppers. Here's a recipe: https://www.instructables.com/Devils-Jam/ quote:For Devil's Jam you need:  quote:Use Devil's Jam with cheese, meat, ice-cream, pancakes, bread... Devil's Jam goes almost with anything.
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Murdstone posted:Mary Worth
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Heathcliff Compu-toon  Garfield  Overboard  Monty  For Better or For Worse  Classic Arlo and Janis (March 05, 2001)  Rae The Doe, which you can support by pledging to the author's Patreon  On The Fastrack  Safe Havens 
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Hippocrass posted:Is it illegal to have sex in your own apartment in Finland? Nah, but making a lot of noise, especially after 9-10 PM, is usually not allowed. Loud sex in badly-soundproofed apartments is a fairly classic story E: Just last week or so there were some news articles about the culture of leaving passive-aggressive post-it notes on apartment doors/noticeboards or slipping messages via the mail slot. Hempuli fucked around with this message at 11:28 on Feb 6, 2023 |
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EasyEW posted:Popeye Cowslips Warren posted:And I do like how the standard D&D player does:
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EasyEW posted:Herb Roth: So, from left to right, top to bottom: Barney Google, Sluggo from Nancy in the hat. Flip from Little Nemo talking to a kid in a tie and an ostrich, neither of whom I recognize. Nize Baby being carried, Oh Poppa throwing away a revolver, someone I don't know with a shotgun. Well, not sure about any of them. I'm not confident IDing either of the wives with rolling pins. Katzenjammer Kids, a very off-model Ignatz from Krazy Kat, and two guys I don't recognize.
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readingatwork posted:Big Nate Going back a few days to respond to this, but this schtick about teachers being failures who couldn't succeed at anything else can go right into the garbage can where it belongs, thanks. I wouldn't be so bothered if it was Nate saying it, but his friend seems usually to be characterised as more sensible. Weembles posted:Did we already pass the storyline that explains why everyone in camelot wears an image of a pterodactyl on their chest? It does look like that! But I assume it's meant to be a dragon for Arthur's crest. EasyEW posted:Starting to look that way, isn't it? Thanks for posting Life, I really enjoy it, and for obvious reasons, this one in particular. Vintage Valiant (Aug. 21, 1955) 
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Mr. Squishy posted:So, from left to right, top to bottom: Barney Google, Sluggo from Nancy in the hat. Flip from Little Nemo talking to a kid in a tie and an ostrich, neither of whom I recognize. Boob McNutt in the patterned pants and little hat in the lower right corner. Pizzaroni  Rhymes with Orange  Get Fuzzy 2/5/03  Brenda Starr 5/8-10/50    Next: Brenda acquires an eating disorder! Or not. Smokey Stover 10/12/52  Everyday Movies 1/28/36  "What's the big idea, Mopey? Who's coming here today?" Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 10/7-9/40    Fire up those dueling banjos and pass the moonshine jug, 'cause Scarlet is going among the hillbillies!
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So, what's the thread consensus on Prince Valiant lately? I remember many threads ago that it was more negative, but it could've been different people talking about it opposed to now. Compared to other comic strips, the art is gorgeous and I love the weekly story updates.
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NVTrainee posted:So, what's the thread consensus on Prince Valiant lately? I remember many threads ago that it was more negative, but it could've been different people talking about it opposed to now. Compared to other comic strips, the art is gorgeous and I love the weekly story updates. We're all in favour. Mostly because the strip has been posted from the beginning, and it had a really strong start which tailed off as the decades rolled on.
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NVTrainee posted:So, what's the thread consensus on Prince Valiant lately? I remember many threads ago that it was more negative, but it could've been different people talking about it opposed to now. Compared to other comic strips, the art is gorgeous and I love the weekly story updates. It's a bit old-fashioned, but on the whole it's good, and the art is astounding.
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Mr. Squishy posted:We're all in favour. Mostly because the strip has been posted from the beginning, and it had a really strong start which tailed off as the decades rolled on. So roughly, when does it start to decline?
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NVTrainee posted:So roughly, when does it start to decline? When newspapers started shrinking it. John Cullen Murphy wasn’t Hal Foster but he was still drat good. The problem was trying to make something with that format in a much smaller space.
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