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Well I'll be horsewhipped. It's the good mirror universe's version of Doobie's Dog House.The_Other posted:As someone on the Comics Curmudgeon pointed out, goatface might not be that far off;
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I have read ahead in Luann and it is simultaneously better and worse than what we are theorizing here.
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Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 8/18/03  Stephen Collins  Brenda Starr 7/15/51  Smokey Stover 4/29/56  Everyday Movies 9/10/36  "You told me you read the paper for the 'Help Wanted' and for three days in succession I've caught you reading 'Hints to the Lovelorn.'" Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 1/11/42  Doctor Spin? The phrase "spin doctor" wouldn't enter the language for another forty-odd years, but that's a funny coincidence. Bonus Ad! "We close early during the Christmas rush so our employees will be well-rested to help you!" That's an interesting marketing strategy.  As far as I can tell, Bowman's was one of those local department stores that got wiped out by consolidation and mallification in the 70s/80s.
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Green Intern posted:I have read ahead in Luann and it is simultaneously better and worse than what we are theorizing here. He crashed the van and killed her because she was recording a bit and had taken off her seatbelt?
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They went to Vegas and Gunt was spotted by his old cougar friends, got married to one of them in a comedy of errors, and lost Bets to a professional poker playing influencer manager?
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Bets was caught in Texas trying to get an abortion and now he's come back to beg for enough money to hire a lawyer?
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They were getting it on in a room of middle-aged swingers and he accidentally called her Luann?
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Mary Worth told them miscegenation was wrong and made them break up?
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amigolupus posted:I know siblings mess with each other, but the way Lynn portrays it comes across as toxic. Like, I can't think of a single instance where Michael had Liz's back on anything. It's always been uncomfortable for me to read, too. It IS a typical portrayal of brother - sister dynamics, especially in mainstream media and especially in the 80s, but it's pretty deeply rooted in sexism and misogyny imo. The brother messing with the sister because she's into makeup or a boyfriend or her feminine clothing. Probably in a majority of strips he doesn't even call her by her name, it's an insulting nickname. The aggression always seems to come from the male side of the equation more often than not and is placidly supported by any parents because that's how boys are and brothers and sisters always fight. It's in the same category of casual misogyny as "men can't stand their wives". Like what am I supposed to take away from this comic? That's just how boys are and they're unaware? They do it to people they actually like? Maybe the girl deserves it sometimes? 
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realtalk i bet gunther messed up her streaming
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EBB posted:realtalk i bet gunther messed up her streaming Or refused to sex premartially Or refused to sex premartially on her streaming
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Gunther's dead in a ditch in Brazil and the last several years have been his fever dream in his lasts moments of life.
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maybealabia posted:Or refused to sex premartially Or did the premarital sex on her streaming and got her kicked from the service for adult content, killing her entire revenue stream/future/personality.
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I look forward to Luann retconning all the way back to high school while still not bringing back Delta.
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maybealabia posted:Or refused to sex premartially never do the gently caress before battle has been won
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Pancho Jueves posted:I look forward to Luann retconning all the way back to high school while still not bringing back Delta. look she's very, very busy being president
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lmao Val. Foster writes petty disputes so well. Jucika "210 - Jucika Is Reading"  "Könyv means Book" "211 - Jucika Goes On Parade"  "Éljen Május 1 roughly translates to Long Live May 1st" Mercury Hat posted:It's always been uncomfortable for me to read, too. It IS a typical portrayal of brother - sister dynamics, especially in mainstream media and especially in the 80s, but it's pretty deeply rooted in sexism and misogyny imo. The brother messing with the sister because she's into makeup or a boyfriend or her feminine clothing. Probably in a majority of strips he doesn't even call her by her name, it's an insulting nickname. The aggression always seems to come from the male side of the equation more often than not and is placidly supported by any parents because that's how boys are and brothers and sisters always fight. Me and my sister were equally rude to each other growing up so the popular media portrayal made more sense. The brother could be a boor and the sister a pest or vice versa. Making it one sided is pretty nasty. In the example strip I get that the sister is trying to sneak a listen in on his conversation but I've seen enough Foob to agree that Michael is an rear end in a top hat. manero posted:Nancy 1943 DESTROYED 
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Greg and Karen Evans sent out a message to the Luann faithful yesterday afternoon about what's about to drop that starts out "Do you trust us?" And first of all, no, but more importantly, hell no. Mutts  Sally Forth  Peanuts (August 21, 1976)  Crankshaft  The punchline is unexamined middle-class white privilege! Mutt and Jeff  Rip Haywire  Thimble Theater (March 23, 1940)  Out Our Way (August 6-8, 1942)   
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EasyEW posted:Greg and Karen Evans sent out a message to the Luann faithful yesterday afternoon about what's about to drop that starts out "Do you trust us?" And first of all, no, but more importantly, hell no.  I'm not reading ahead because I want to experience this shitfest with the rest of the thread.
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kidcoelacanth posted:If you want to trawl the archives for Gene and Mary Lou's whole deal, I'm digging through now to pin down some dates (instead of doing my actual work job): Hey thanks for doing this, reading the whole thing together like this really highlighted what a sweet long-form slow burn this is, it makes all the characters feel more real and honestly really shows off what a long-form medium like comicstrips are capable of. A & J is good. Also, Evans team what the gently caress are you doing. Breaking Cat News   I don't know who Wicket is and I don't care please just get back to nightly reports about the food bowl jesus christ Phoebe and Her Unicorn   Wallace the Brave   Heart of the City   You know what, I have never understood the hate that the art in this comic got in the early years. It's cute. It looks cute. Curtis  "Or I could do it right now, on this phone, that's in my hand."  Having a hard time believing that Curtis knows 50 Cent but doesn't know Shaquille O'Neal played basketball. Vargo fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Aug 19, 2023 |
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Selachian posted:Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 1/11/42
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My Lovely Horse posted:Okay so Doctor Spin the famous eye surgeon successfully fools his own blind brother into thinking he is a different doctor using a false beard and I would presume also disguising his voice in order to do what exactly I surely don't know, but I tell you what, I am here to find out They're going to write a couple of bopping early 90's hits before fading back into the obscurity they came from.
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I AM GRANDO posted:Suddenly Aaron Hill bolts awake in algebra class, perplexed at his strange dream. He is yelled at by the bald teacher with glasses. Toni wakes up, realizing she almost kissed Santa Brad.
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Gunther stands in front of the collected cast in their lovely cafe and informs them that TJ burned down the van for the insurance money.
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 fondue posted:I just can't get past how much this looks like Day by Day.  Yeah it's a little jarring. I have a mini-panic every time I see it. But it's not, so I read it, and it's good. Mercury Hat posted:It's always been uncomfortable for me to read, too. It IS a typical portrayal of brother - sister dynamics, especially in mainstream media and especially in the 80s, but it's pretty deeply rooted in sexism and misogyny imo. The brother messing with the sister because she's into makeup or a boyfriend or her feminine clothing. Probably in a majority of strips he doesn't even call her by her name, it's an insulting nickname. The aggression always seems to come from the male side of the equation more often than not and is placidly supported by any parents because that's how boys are and brothers and sisters always fight. F Minus  Mark Trail  Whoa, Jules! One current issue at a time! Mary Worth  The Phantom  Synthbuttrange posted:are we still in old man mozz's story Pooch Cafe  Rex Morgan MD  Andertoons  Apartment 3-G 
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Murdstone posted:The Phantom YOU. CHOSE. THIS. YOU. DENSE. MOTHERFUCKER
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Mary and Doctor Boyfriend getting kind of grim in their meditations on society and nature. I dig it.
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kidcoelacanth posted:If you want to trawl the archives for Gene and Mary Lou's whole deal, I'm digging through now to pin down some dates (instead of doing my actual work job): Thank you for this. I mean it.
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