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Hostile V posted:Listen, did they help a notorious serial murderer lie low while also doing bare minimum due diligence to keep future victims safe from him while also letting him make a mockery of the justice system by letting his double die behind bars? Yes. Is the industrialized rapacious murder company now being headed by a substantially more ruthless strategist who wants to commit genocide on her own species because she's a race-faking traitor? Also yes. But consider: That hedgehog has bat wings. Selachian posted:
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Green Intern posted:Yeah just dump oil into the water, no problem. Using oil to quiet down water has a pretty long history, apparently, although it sounds like they used fish or vegetable oil rather than fuel oil.
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I winced but I also laughed because it was just funny thinking of all the early webcomics and seeing how long that trope has actually gone on. I'm sure it's been around since time immemorial but still funny to see it even if it's a bit lame. At least his own SI sucks lol
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kidcoelacanth posted:this is going to shock some people but i don't think holbrook knows what the NCAA is I'm glad you posted this because I had the same thought.
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Powered Descent posted:Flash Gordon Dang, Miing dunking on Earth having a stupid name.
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Just gotta talk again about how good new Flash Gordon is, I love that callout of Flash's bravado both from the villain and his ally. It's such good characterization.Endless Mike posted:Yeah, I haven't actually read through it (beyond going ahead a couple days now and then) and I'm pretty surprised by this. I don't disagree with these thoughts at all, and it's not surprising that it didn't get picked up after he finished college and very surprising that Bone turns out to be as good as it is. In any case, I still think it's pretty interesting to see how he got there. I'm going to continue posting it until it's done, but definitely won't bother to repost in the future unless it gets really good later on. I will say the art is improving, at least. Bone is one of my favorite books of all time, so I see Thorn as a rough draft and a curiousity but not much more. It's something that's nice to see a few pages of as a bonus feature in the back of an anthology, but not something I would seek out otherwise, and I think the reason is: It's not very good. However, by the standards of "college newspaper comic strip made by a 20-year-old sophomore", it's kind of impressive. But yeah, it's just Jeff Smith's experimentation station. His Divine Shadow posted:I've never read this guys previous comics (something positive?), only this and popeye and now I think I hate him and would probably his other comics too. I also never read Something Positive, I listened to a podcast with Randy as guest recently. He seems like a good guy and I think I'd like his webcomic stuff in the Era of Webcomics, but I can't emphasize enough what a bad choice he is for Popeye. He manages to know every detail and minutia about the character's history but not understand what makes the strip good or what makes people like Popeye. I'm not opposed to "Popeye has feelings" comics but the problem is that is all it loving ever is now. There's so much talk and depricating snark and nothing ever happens, and when it does happen, it's a lesson in how not to draw action. There's basically nothing of original Popeye in here. I think Mousetrapped is a little better because he's given more of a blank canvas but even there everyone is sort of wandering around aimlessly muttering about their emotions. gently caress it, I'll say it: Randy Mulholland is tumblr smol bean Guy Gilchrist. Breaking Cat News  Phoebe and Her Unicorn  Wallace the Brave  Heart of the City  Alley Oop  Curtis  ...is that better than a comic character that explains the cartoonists jokes?
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Endless Mike posted:Yeah, I haven't actually read through it (beyond going ahead a couple days now and then) and I'm pretty surprised by this. I don't disagree with these thoughts at all, and it's not surprising that it didn't get picked up after he finished college and very surprising that Bone turns out to be as good as it is. In any case, I still think it's pretty interesting to see how he got there. I'm going to continue posting it until it's done, but definitely won't bother to repost in the future unless it gets really good later on. I will say the art is improving, at least. FWIW I appreciate you posting it, it's kind of fascinating as a sort of artifact related to Bone, but I get why the posters who aren't familiar with Bone wouldn't make much of it. Also the nod to Pogo is funny because the art in Thorn makes it even more apparent that Jeff Smith likely developed his drawing chops initially by mimicking Pogo's art. It's pretty clearly a huge influence, though that's pretty apparent in Bone too, imo MockingQuantum fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Jan 18, 2024 |
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Heart of the City Umm, how big is this school's theater budget? SpongeBob was a Broadway show - it has songs written by John Legend, David Bowie, Sarah Bareilles, etc - I can't imagine the licensing is super cheap. You will need a flying rig for _at least_ one scene, as well as several serious stunts. It has a giant cast (which is great for a summer stock or something like that where you have a bunch of kids and they all need at least one line each, but this is a high school with, presumably, limited kids and a high-school sized stage, crewed by high-school students). What an incredibly odd choice - I'd assumed that SpongeBob was put there as a filler because they thought "kids like that cartoon" and didn't know anything more about the show. But, huh, I guess here we go.
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Ainsley posted:Heart of the City Nah it's not an odd choice at all. Tons of high schools are doing Spongebob now, I haven't seen one but a ton of Broadway shows have modified versions where they write around some of the bigger stunts or technical requirements specifically for high schools and community theaters. And production rights tend to be priced on a sort of sliding scale based on the size of the theater and the type of the institution--most of the time the cost is literally based on the number of seats the theater has. They're still not cheap but even a relatively recent Broadway show can cost around $2000 USD + some flat fee per performance for general production rights for high schools (sometimes more or less depending on where the school is located). The big script houses know they'll make the vast majority of their licensing fees off of a show in the first couple of years after the rights are available, and high schools and colleges constitute a huge amount of that money, so they price newer shows so they price them out so they're expensive but still affordable. Also never underestimate a high school theater director's willingness to reach way beyond their grasp when it comes to producing a show that doesn't fit their stage or the cast they have available. That said, I know a bunch of even the rural high schools around here manage to drum up casts in the dozens, and some of the bigger high schools have 40+.
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Saoshyant posted:You really have nothing else to do right now, uh, Scarlet? It's hilarious that she's been getting paid for this snooping and meddling by working as that guy's model the whole time.
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Haifisch posted:Elsewhere: New comic on the page. Ainsley posted:Heart of the City F Minus  Mark Trail  Nice deer audience take: "Do you believe this poo poo, folks." Mary Worth  Time for a Muffining. The Phantom  Pooch Cafe  Rex Morgan MD  Andertoons  Apartment 3-G 
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Cul de Sac FoxTrot Classix  I just had a box of Rice Krispies for the first time in ages. Every time I poured milk into the bowl, my cat would get VERY concerned about the snapping, the crackling and the popping. Rose is Rose  Murdstone posted:Mary Worth  This better lead to Mary discovering that he killed that fake hippie.
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Samovar posted:Ha-ha! Child Labour! This was incredibly common practice in the 80s and earlier for Mexican-American families and talking to my grandmother it was common for white families too in the 60s as a way to make extra money in the coastal Central Valley of CA. But if you want to talk about truly hosed up the farmers wouldn’t halt their pesticide spraying schedule and would just douse everyone. Ask me about how my grandma died from a rare form of cancer directly linked to strawberry pesticides used as late as the 60s.
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MockingQuantum posted:Nah it's not an odd choice at all. Tons of high schools are doing Spongebob now, I haven't seen one but a ton of Broadway shows have modified versions where they write around some of the bigger stunts or technical requirements specifically for high schools and community theaters. And production rights tend to be priced on a sort of sliding scale based on the size of the theater and the type of the institution--most of the time the cost is literally based on the number of seats the theater has. They're still not cheap but even a relatively recent Broadway show can cost around $2000 USD + some flat fee per performance for general production rights for high schools (sometimes more or less depending on where the school is located). My high school did a Little Shop of Horrors production where we (as in cast and crew highschoolers) designed and built the set and costumes. We had the flowershop on a pivot point with wheels, so it could be turned around for scene changes by just pushing on one end. This did have a flaw, however, when the piece that actually lets it pivot wasn't slotted in place for one show, and 8 people had to shove that thing into position while the live music stalled for time. The Audrey 2 puppets were real good too. That director pushed for all the bells and whistles.
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Zereth posted:I don't think we've seen anything to indicate the hospital is that critically understaffed. It'd be some nurse that does it. Unless..... The Dingbat Family/The Family Upstairs(July 21, 1910)  Baron Bean(January 20, 1916)spoilered again  Positive Polly/Polly and Her Pals(December 19, 1912)  Gasoline Alley(September 8, 1919)  Us Boys(October 18, 1911)  The Gumps(February 15, 1917)  Pharaoh's Horses Krazy Kat(November 13, 1913) 
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Giant Ethicist posted:We Are Reproducing: timg’d for more breast-oriented content Maybe I'm being thick; I suppose she means that if your mammaries are high & firm before pregnancy, then they may return to that form under the care she recommends...but I dated ladies (at 18-19) that had sag at 19-20-years of age, and my wife said hers did the same before she was 21. Maybe it is size-related (just happened that all were somewhat above average in cup & chest). I also remember reading Marjane Satrapi's Persopolis, and how her mother swore by cold rosewater baths to stay firm. No idea if there is anything to that.
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Murdstone posted:F Minus Oh, a diety. Is that when you want to lose weight, but only sorta? quote:Mary Worth Mary just recklessly tempting fate here. Kennel posted:Dustin Boys!!! Shoes!!!!!
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