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The Luann strip is incredibly prudish, perhaps more than any other strip on the comics page. And, like many prudes, also incredibly horny and poorly equipped to handle these normal feelings in a normal way. See: Bernice and Nil writing up an honest-to-god sex contract, including punishments if either of them get naughty and break the rules. Of course it's totally fine to have a kink, but Bernice would claim she can't have a kink because she is a sweet virgin angel who is able to control her urges and the sex contract is a completely rational non-kinky way to exercise that control over herself and her partner. Today's Luann isn't horny. It's just dumb.  I know I always walk around holding hands with people I'm not dating. Gil Thorp  Home Free  And now, blessedly, the Halloween marathon has ceased and we can go back to the normal three times a week schedule. Hope so, anyway.
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Nov 1, 2023 20:22
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I cannot wait for the plot in Luann to just go off like two trucks full of ham colliding into a small press expo.
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Nov 1, 2023 20:23
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Nov 1, 2023 20:31
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Stultus Maximus posted:It’s just a step to the left… I see you shiver with antici...
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Nov 1, 2023 21:01
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Murdstone posted:[ "At least you don't have a skull throne and an entire room solely dedicated for storing a dead pirate's skull." Also, according to official Phantom lore, the Skull Cave was carved by nature and the 1st Phantom only did some light carving to make it even more skull like.
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Nov 1, 2023 21:02
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Shaman Tank Spec posted:I see you shiver with antici... stablishmentarianism
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Nov 1, 2023 21:07
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Pickles Hagar the Horrible  Zits 
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Nov 1, 2023 21:21
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...pation!
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Nov 1, 2023 22:01
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We Are Reproducing I wanted to mention here the comparison someone made with Daddy Daze – the way Uchida does baby babble is so much better than just “BA BA BA BA”. I don’t usually put it in because the text is super cramped and it doesn’t, you know, mean anything, but here in panel 1 the kid is saying “achu dubibbi buduu chuupuu chuupuu,” and in the second panel “hapu hapu,” which IME is a pretty dang accurate representation of baby sounds. If Daddy Daze’s super baby babbled like that I’d probably like the comic about 49% better – I still wouldn’t like it, but I might actually try to read it.  The essays in the book may be a bit rough – my main experience translating long-form prose is with things like brochures and technical manuals, so “introspective essays about the author’s opinions about the patriarchy” is a bit outside my wheelhouse.
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Nov 1, 2023 22:07
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Vintage Valiant (Jan. 17, 1960) Sorry for the delay, I usually post first thing in the morning but today I just plumb forgot 
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Nov 1, 2023 22:43
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Giant Ethicist posted:I wanted to mention here the comparison someone made with Daddy Daze – the way Uchida does baby babble is so much better than just “BA BA BA BA”. I don’t usually put it in because the text is super cramped and it doesn’t, you know, mean anything, but here in panel 1 the kid is saying “achu dubibbi buduu chuupuu chuupuu,” and in the second panel “hapu hapu,” which IME is a pretty dang accurate representation of baby sounds. If Daddy Daze’s super baby babbled like that I’d probably like the comic about 49% better – I still wouldn’t like it, but I might actually try to read it. it also helps that WARbaby's baby talk is...you know, baby talk, and not somehow a coherent conversation
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Nov 1, 2023 22:56
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F Minus Mark Trail  Mary Worth  The Phantom  Pooch Cafe  Rex Morgan MD  Andertoons  Apartment 3-G 
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Nov 1, 2023 22:56
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My second kid was not quite 3 months old for his first halloween. His big brother wanted to be Spider-man so we dressed him up as the Hulk which included drawing on eyebrows. It was hilarious.
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Nov 1, 2023 23:16
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Scary Go Round (January 1-4, 2004)    Happy New Year! Or, uh, I guess... Happy November? New chapter starts tomorrow, starring everyone's favourite secret agent Fallon Young. Also a slight art style change to be a bit more cartoony in the characters' proportions that iirc gets reverted after a few weeks of strips.
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Nov 1, 2023 23:40
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Hwurmp posted:it was a graveyard smash Don't call it a graveyard. Rude. Murdstone posted:Mary Worth Why do I get the feeling that Kitty is about to go mysteriously missing. Shaman Tank Spec posted:I see you shiver with antici... ...SPACE!!!
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Nov 1, 2023 23:46
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Murdstone posted:The Phantom Time until Kit randomly blurts out Jampa's name?
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Pogo 9/20-22/51   Archie 8/9-11/48   
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Nov 2, 2023 00:17
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Hwurmp posted:it also helps that WARbaby's baby talk is...you know, baby talk, and not somehow a coherent conversation I just assumed Daddy Daze was supposed to be the dad going stir crazy and making up the conversations with the baby. Is it actually supposed to be a Garfield thing, except the artist can't even be bothered with the "thought bubbles for non-speaking characters" Garfield trick?
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Nov 2, 2023 00:37
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Antivehicular posted:I just assumed Daddy Daze was supposed to be the dad going stir crazy and making up the conversations with the baby. Is it actually supposed to be a Garfield thing, except the artist can't even be bothered with the "thought bubbles for non-speaking characters" Garfield trick? It's weird and inconsistent. Daddy Daze baby has diagetically baked cookies, for gently caress's sake.
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Nov 2, 2023 00:40
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Huxley posted:A+J https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43QP611zvm0
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Nov 2, 2023 00:42
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"Thank God This Disability Is Gonna Be Temporary And I'll Learn From It Or Something" feat. "Shut The gently caress Up About This Hate Speech Jackoff"        God drat It 
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Nov 2, 2023 00:52
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Giant Ethicist posted:It's weird and inconsistent. Daddy Daze baby has diagetically baked cookies, for gently caress's sake. It reminds me a bit of the lack of hard canon as to whether Stewie Griffin is actually hyper-intelligent and speaks fluent English or if the only one who can understand him is the canonical talking dog, because talking dog powers.
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Nov 2, 2023 01:00
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Kazinsal posted:It reminds me a bit of the lack of hard canon as to whether Stewie Griffin is actually hyper-intelligent and speaks fluent English or if the only one who can understand him is the canonical talking dog, because talking dog powers. i forget what episode it was, but at one point Chris or one of the adults smacks Stewie for something horrible he says, and the baby is shocked. "I thought you couldn't understand me!" Daddy Daze also has the baby acting like a Looney Tunes cartoon. Baby has no personality compared to the WAR baby flailing around and actually acting like a baby.
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Nov 2, 2023 02:02
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Our Boarding House (October 13-15, 1924) "You're wheel". Oy. Just when you assume that syndicates with editorial staffs were better at catching that stuff...   Toonerville Folks (December 26-28, 1921)  Because a good time deserves a closer look...    Dok's "Looks Like That'll Be A 'No'" Duck (December 24, 1914)  Little Lefty, in which Jitterbug finds her way home. (May 18-20, 1939)   
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Nov 2, 2023 03:16
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maybeadracula posted:Oh I'm going to learn about some new product... It's all good, I was a kid in the 70s and recognized them immediately. They have a very muted flavor but aren't flat-out terrible.
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Nov 2, 2023 05:17
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Daddy Daze Take It From The Tinkersons  Macanudo  Dark Side Of The Horse 
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Nov 2, 2023 06:26
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1981 comics      Dick Tracy  Footrot Flats  The Lockhorns  Computoon: Origins 
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Nov 2, 2023 06:27
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Legend of Bill gets spoiler'd for cartoony blood and gore  
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Nov 2, 2023 06:52
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I like how nobody appears to do anything to stop it.
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Nov 2, 2023 07:14
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b]Heathcliff[/b] Compu-toon  Garfield  Overboard  Monty  For Better or For Worse  Classic Arlo and Janis (November 29, 2001)  Rae the Doe, which you can support by pledging to the author's Patreon  On The Fastrack  Safe Havens  Zippy The Pinhead 
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Nov 2, 2023 07:19
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The second spot was considered to be the worst spot to play on a vaudeville bill, because the audience (especially latecomers) were still settling into their seats and not as attentive or responsive as they would be for the acts to come. The third spot was usually a comedy or one-act play featuring up-and-coming stars, so you also had to suffer through that second act to get to some of the people you wanted to see. As with everybody else in this boarding house who strive to keep up appearances through tall tales and spin, Dugan & Dixon are trying their darndest to pretend their crummy situation is the absolute best.
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Nov 2, 2023 08:55
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The Demons of Baseball   
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EasyEW posted:It gets to you, doesn't it. God, this is just vile. Pete springs this sudden career change of resurrecting a failed business on his girlfriend, acts like this pizza golem pervert is going to be a great business partner, gets all huffy and defensive the second he invites his girlfriend to give her opinion of his plan, and then treats the actual marriage proposal like an afterthought. Mindy, have some self-respect and just  While Batiuk's most misogynistic story remains that one with the old comic grandma getting an award in comic-con and then slowly phasing out of existence the second a couple of old men start their drama, Mindy being worn down to accept Pete's pathetic proposal has to be up there. Murdstone posted:Mary Worth This guy spent twenty years being fine on his own, and going by how he didn't care for Mary welcoming him, he doesn't even care for having anyone else as an acquaintance. The only reason this creep is suddenly playing up how much he missed his ex-girlfriend is because she didn't tell him about Kitty. He's acting like a spoiled brat who got denied his favorite toy. riderchop posted:For Better or For Worse FOOB Mom spends all her time shouting, belittling and even blaming the kids if they come to her for anything. And she acts shocked that her son chooses to communicate more with others while he barely talks to her? LOL Get hosed. This strip is also a lot funnier/sadder in context when you know the story of why Lynn's son no longer speaks to her. riderchop posted:On The Fastrack I forgot to comment on the previous strip, but it's insane to me that these two are even raising concerns over Fastrack wanting to implement a nonfraternization policy. Don't companies have that by default to prevent relationship drama from messing up the working environment? And these two talk like the policy is going to ask people to break up with each other or something.
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Nov 2, 2023 10:08
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amigolupus posted:I forgot to comment on the previous strip, but it's insane to me that these two are even raising concerns over Fastrack wanting to implement a nonfraternization policy. Don't companies have that by default to prevent relationship drama from messing up the working environment? And these two talk like the policy is going to ask people to break up with each other or something. Companies SHOULD have a policy like this, but wasn't Fastrack a smaller family-owned business to start with?
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Nov 2, 2023 10:39
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Mercury Hat posted:Companies SHOULD have a policy like this, but wasn't Fastrack a smaller family-owned business to start with? It's impossible to know how big FastRack is because, like Dethany's "piercing ornaments", the other employees are completely invisible.
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Nov 2, 2023 11:10
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Never forget that Baituk had a fake actress win Best Actress Academy Award only for her to give the award to The Most Important Being In The Universe, Les Moore, blessed be his name.
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Nov 2, 2023 11:41
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Nancy 1943 Pluggers 
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