Comic Strips 2023: It's not a fetish or anything, I swear

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My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

There's a bit in Transmetropolitan where Spider Jerusalem is writing his first new column in the middle of a riot, full of anger and precisely analyzing the social tensions behind the riot, and later they make a movie out of it where Spider is a musclebound action hero holding a laptop aloft on the roof yelling "I'm telling them that it's... WRONG!"

and that second bit is what Jules thinks journalism is

# ? Aug 16, 2023 11:59

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# ? May 30, 2024 06:27

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

riderchop posted:

Classic Arlo and Janis (September 12, 2001)

Arlo really deserved that one. Also jesus christ the suspense of when the comic's buffer gets paused.

# ? Aug 16, 2023 12:28

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Buni

Rhymes with Orange

Get Fuzzy 8/15/03

Brenda Starr 7/8/51

Another reference to pet alligators from Florida, and the return of the paper dolls!

Smokey Stover 4/8/56

Everyday Movies 9/7/36

"Oh, let the cop get him!"

Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 1/4/42

# ? Aug 16, 2023 12:53

manero: Jan 30, 2006

Nancy 1943

Get ready for FARM WEEK!

Pluggers

* I'm in this and I don't like it

# ? Aug 16, 2023 12:53

Shaman Tank Spec: Dec 26, 2003; *blep*

manero posted:

Genuinely a bit surprised to see Nancy doing jujutsu in 1943, and it being portrayed as a positive thing. Maybe the "COMMANDO TACTICS" thing is there to soften the blow of using un-patriotic Japanese martial arts during the war?

Or did the American public just not know that jujutsu was Japanese?

# ? Aug 16, 2023 13:36

Powered Descent: Jul 13, 2008; We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.

Selachian posted:

Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 1/4/42

I have questions.

Bizarro

I like the cameo by Mr. Yuk.

The Family Circus

Slylock Fox

# ? Aug 16, 2023 14:14

F_Shit_Fitzgerald: Feb 2, 2017

readingatwork posted:

Blind Alley

Uh....what?

# ? Aug 16, 2023 15:00

Malachite_Dragon: Mar 31, 2010; Weaving Merry Christmas magic

F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:

Uh....what?

The end!
No moral.

# ? Aug 16, 2023 15:08

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

The adult is dying, the child does not seem overly upset about this situation.

# ? Aug 16, 2023 15:13

Huxley: Oct 10, 2012; Grimey Drawer

A+J

# ? Aug 16, 2023 15:16

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

Jucika "204 - Jucika Is Polite"

"205 - Jucika As A Quality Inspector"

# ? Aug 16, 2023 15:22

Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

Genuinely a bit surprised to see Nancy doing jujutsu in 1943, and it being portrayed as a positive thing. Maybe the "COMMANDO TACTICS" thing is there to soften the blow of using un-patriotic Japanese martial arts during the war?

Or did the American public just not know that jujutsu was Japanese?

Then again, Jiu Jitsu already had decades of history in America and had been advocated by people like Teddy Roosevelt.

# ? Aug 16, 2023 15:31

Alterian: Jan 28, 2003

There was also this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffrajitsu

# ? Aug 16, 2023 15:43

Darthemed: Oct 28, 2007; "A data unit?
For me?"; College Slice

Retail

Popcom

# ? Aug 16, 2023 15:51

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.

manero posted:

Nancy 1943

Get ready for FARM WEEK!

And somewhere, something awakens in a young Guy Gilchrist.

Alterian posted:

There was also this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffrajitsu

They even made a board game out of it.

Hippocrass fucked around with this message at 15:59 on Aug 16, 2023

# ? Aug 16, 2023 15:53

maybeadracula: Sep 9, 2022; by sebmojo

Darthemed posted:

For anyone who doesn't recognize it, this is the Scout Law, the list of adjectives Boy Scouts (of America) pledge to live up to

Not "hard worker", the rest

I guess the hand gesture is just meant to convey :lofty:

# ? Aug 16, 2023 16:03

theironjef: Aug 11, 2009; The archmage of unexpected stinks.

maybealabia posted:

For anyone who doesn't recognize it, this is the Scout Law, the list of adjectives Boy Scouts (of America) pledge to live up to

Not "hard worker", the rest

I guess the hand gesture is just meant to convey

I landed at least one or two jobs as a kid by being able to rattle that dumb thing off, but that star fell a while ago. I don't even get the discount for car insurance from being an Eagle Scout anymore. Welp, time for my liniments.

# ? Aug 16, 2023 16:30

Zereth: Jul 9, 2003

goatface posted:

The adult is dying, the child does not seem overly upset about this situation.

Oh I thought that was like, writing on the adult's shirt. A band name or something. I had absolutely no idea what was going on.

# ? Aug 16, 2023 16:36

PetraCore: Jul 20, 2017; 👁️🔥👁️👁️👁️BE NOT👄AFRAID👁️👁️👁️🔥👁️

Zereth posted:

Oh I thought that was like, writing on the adult's shirt. A band name or something. I had absolutely no idea what was going on.

Oh, I realized what was going on from 'the adult is dying'. We know Ten's mother has been really sick for a long time, so I'm guessing that's his mom and probably his dad. I think it's less that he doesn't care because we know he's been upset about his mom being sick, and more that it's been going on so long he's resigned to it and used to it. It's become his normal background that he just has to live in.

It's still a weird strip because I'm not sure why the super prolonged glance back ending it out, maybe it'd read better in sequence, idk.

# ? Aug 16, 2023 16:42

Zereth: Jul 9, 2003

Gonna be honest: I can't keep track of anything in that comic. I don't think I ever learned anybody's name, and if I did, I'd forgotten it.

# ? Aug 16, 2023 16:55

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

readingatwork posted:

Blind Alley

tie.jpg

# ? Aug 16, 2023 16:59

maybeadracula: Sep 9, 2022; by sebmojo

readingatwork posted:

Blind Alley

This whole time this was a Starlord origin story

# ? Aug 16, 2023 17:04

Professor Wayne: Aug 27, 2008; So, Harvey, what became of the giant penny?

They actually let him keep it.

Pickles

Hagar the Horrible

Zits

# ? Aug 16, 2023 17:11

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

Zereth posted:

Gonna be honest: I can't keep track of anything in that comic. I don't think I ever learned anybody's name, and if I did, I'd forgotten it.

I can remember the characters by their designs but remembering anything specific about any character is a lost cause. I'm fine with it as a slice of life vibes comic, but it moves so glacially slowly that stuff like this falls flat because you've long since forgotten the info that was supposed to be building up to it.

# ? Aug 16, 2023 17:21

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

Malachite_Dragon posted:

Alternate title: The Turtle Helmet Stays On During Sex

YOU DID THIS, YOU MOTHERFUCKER

# ? Aug 16, 2023 17:34

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.

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

Genuinely a bit surprised to see Nancy doing jujutsu in 1943, and it being portrayed as a positive thing. Maybe the "COMMANDO TACTICS" thing is there to soften the blow of using un-patriotic Japanese martial arts during the war?

Or did the American public just not know that jujutsu was Japanese?

Jujutsu had been a thing in the west for decades by this point, especially in the military. I clearly remember a Fibber McGee and Molly radio show joke around this time about Wallace Wimple's "big old wife" teaching it to the Marines, and next to Nancy you can't get more mainstream than that during the 1940s.

Mutts

Sally Forth

Skippy (August 28, 1935)

Peanuts (August 18, 1976)

Crankshaft, featuring the smile of a man who has doomed humanity with an exploding grill.

Mutt and Jeff

Rip Haywire

Thimble Theater, featuring what pro wrestling fans call "firing the overbooking torpedoes". (March 20, 1940)

Out Our Way (July 27-29, 1942)

Even playtime goes on war footing. Which one gets to be the bull of the woods?

EasyEW fucked around with this message at 17:54 on Aug 16, 2023

# ? Aug 16, 2023 17:41

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

theironjef posted:

I don't even get the discount for car insurance from being an Eagle Scout anymore.

Wait, that's a thing we can get?

# ? Aug 16, 2023 17:43

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

Looking forward to Popeye KO punching that guy again when he wakes up mid cheat. :haw:

EasyEW posted:

Sally Forth

sometimes the very dorky brand of writing for sally forth falls so flat

# ? Aug 16, 2023 18:02

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

Hostile V posted:

Take a closer look at that snout!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvemPyOJZEY

# ? Aug 16, 2023 18:03

Yvonmukluk: Oct 10, 2012; Everything is Sinister

Bad Machinery

# ? Aug 16, 2023 20:26

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

Haraiso Days

Bardiche Hotel

# ? Aug 16, 2023 22:47

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.

Good luck Ronan.

# ? Aug 16, 2023 22:49

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

Hostile V posted:

rudy it's very rude to offer your unsolicited opinions on if someone is passing or not.

# ? Aug 16, 2023 22:57

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

Safety Dance posted:

I sure am glad we got to read however many weeks it's been of teenage girls moralizing about looking at a boy instead of these camping stories!

Tiggum posted:

I'm always glad to not be reading a comic strip about Gunther.

Wait... you weren't being ironic were you? You don't actually want to see more of Gunther, surely?

Listen, gang. When it comes to Luann, there's nobody there that you actually want to see.

Luann

Gil Thorp

Home Free

# ? Aug 16, 2023 23:00

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

Julet Esqu posted:

Listen, gang. When it comes to Luann, there's nobody there that you actually want to see.

Luann

Why is he pissed? It�s not even his van.

# ? Aug 16, 2023 23:20

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Green Intern posted:

Why is he pissed? It�s not even his van.

The car bomb failed to go off.

# ? Aug 16, 2023 23:21

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

I get the feeling Al is about to try to punish these two consenting adults who are romantically interested in each other for *adjusts papers* possibly banging out of wedlock and a white man being attracted to a colored woman.

I'm sure at one point the dumbass boomer writing Al thought he had relatable parenting concerns.

# ? Aug 16, 2023 23:22