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I'd say something about how the seal is kinda looking like "hello ladies" but it's actually just as valid for the stock image. Though I do like how you can tell that Jules just gave up at the net.Julet Esqu posted:Also, the "two fists of justice" are best enjoyed as a seasoning, not a main dish, and should never be directly mentioned by name.
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I do feel a little ghoulish for all the jokes I've made about this plotline, and actually seeing it executed does remind me that for all of her many flaws, Lynn has a solid eye for detail in panels. It's a fairly economical and shocking way to have this happen in just three panels and would likely accurately capture the "WAIT, gently caress" nature of the suddenness you'd feel in the moment. I do have to give her that, like when we got the recap of Lisa's Cancer arc. It does show how and why this whole strip got popular. Hhhhowever. April was never real, Lynn never needed to write this arc, it's abundantly and plainly clear just how many points of failure and neglect it took to get to this point (rather frankly too, without advanced knowledge you'd think this is Ellie and John and everyone learning a lesson about not being complacent or lasseiz-faire about having multiple kids) and this is just pure "making up a child to get mad at for literal decades" so LET'S loving GOOOOOOOO
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Lynn is a lot of things but to her credit as an author I'll say she's often quite interesting, even if flawed. I haven't paid attention to FOOB much so I'm quite curious where this goes.  This Mexikid stories feels like a particularly meaningful core memory origin story. Cholas: the beginning of my attraction to strong, aggressive women. Still catching up on my Corto and Blueberry I gotta say wow, an "it was all a dream" that meaningfully wove that into continuing the story. Cool! And boy is Blueberry red hot. I'm already looking up collections online. I got excited reading that story set-up about the dueling train companies... I love cowboy stories so much. 
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I can't say I'm surprised. The strip being posted in a consistent schedule in this thread, rather than sporadically catching it in newspapers, shows a consistent pattern of FOOB mom being negligent when it comes to April's safety. April constantly gets out of the house without any adult supervision, and has even snuck into places that could have hurt her, like the time she slept in the neighbor's dog's shed. The toddler falling into the river feels like a logical endpoint to no one being around to keep an eye on her. Though given the reaction of the others in this thread, I get the feeling this is about to get a lot stupider. And that FOOB Mom is not going to learn any lessons from this.
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Selachian posted:Closer Than We Think! 10/23/60 I don't know, I think scientists in 1960 already had a pretty good guess about the Moon's barometric pressure and wind speed. Bizarro  The Family Circus  Slylock Fox  Flash Gordon 
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There is a je ne sais quoi about all 3 faces in panel 2 of FOOB being identical in composition. Wide eyes, oval nose, triangle mouth.
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I have been enjoying Frank and Ernest but I think it's just the stupid expressions the characters make like...they are manically happy to deliver a lovely pun joke and I can respect it, even if it's kinda ugly drawings lol
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amigolupus posted:Though given the reaction of the others in this thread, I get the feeling this is about to get a lot stupider. And that FOOB Mom is not going to learn any lessons from this.
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Hostile V posted:BEAVER WAKE UP APRIL IS DROWNING YOU CAN SAVE HER 
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Malachite_Dragon posted:Is this before or after the whole "Threw my child out into a howling blizzard because they were being A Child and this is somehow Good Parenting" debacle? Wait is that something she actually did, or something made up for the comic?
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Hostile V posted:I do feel a little ghoulish for all the jokes I've made about this plotline, and actually seeing it executed does remind me that for all of her many flaws, Lynn has a solid eye for detail in panels. It's a fairly economical and shocking way to have this happen in just three panels and would likely accurately capture the "WAIT, gently caress" nature of the suddenness you'd feel in the moment. I do have to give her that, like when we got the recap of Lisa's Cancer arc. It does show how and why this whole strip got popular. That interview where she was like "I had to figure out a way to kill this dog, it's too old" as if having Farley just die of old age wouldn't be it's own sort of Realistic Drama (something the strip was lauded for). Really makes me just kinda shake my head.
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Breadmaster posted:Wait is that something she actually did, or something made up for the comic? You can read the interview (with link to the actual child-throwing excerpt) here. amigolupus fucked around with this message at 14:51 on Apr 8, 2024 |
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Breadmaster posted:Wait is that something she actually did, or something made up for the comic? Actual Lynn Behavior; luckily An Angel told her this was a bad idea after a few seconds. Without divine intervention she would've killed that kid.
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Powered Descent posted:Flash Gordon So I'm assuming that while Flash and Bok are about to get up to some action hero poo poo, Dale and Zarkov will be stopping a coup back at the palace.
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Green Intern posted:That interview where she was like "I had to figure out a way to kill this dog, it's too old" as if having Farley just die of old age wouldn't be it's own sort of Realistic Drama (something the strip was lauded for). Really makes me just kinda shake my head. We had a dog die in her sleep of old age. It was a lot more traumatizing than you'd think because maybe she's just deep in sleep. No, in fact, she was not. The worst part was our city does pickup of such things, but the person we called said to just leave her in the gutter in front of our house. A hundred pound dog. And this was early morning, so all the kids in our neighborhood would walk by and see her on the way to school. Lucky for us, a neighbor was willing to pull her blanket out to the street when the pickup guys came because none of us would be home during the pickup window. I'd much prefer a vet as horrible as that is too. Didn't Charles Schultz get really pissed at her for this arc too? And sweet, Flash's dragon friend Bok has some clothes now!
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Cowslips Warren posted:We had a dog die in her sleep of old age. It was a lot more traumatizing than you'd think because maybe she's just deep in sleep. No, in fact, she was not. The worst part was our city does pickup of such things, but the person we called said to just leave her in the gutter in front of our house. A hundred pound dog. And this was early morning, so all the kids in our neighborhood would walk by and see her on the way to school. Lucky for us, a neighbor was willing to pull her blanket out to the street when the pickup guys came because none of us would be home during the pickup window. I'd much prefer a vet as horrible as that is too. Did some digging and Wayback Machine had given me this article. Seems like that tidbit came from an author who wrote a tell-all biography of Schultz. But the way Schultz's son didn't like the biography and how some information was presented as facts makes me wonder if the part about Charles getting pissed at Lynn for this arc was even true at all.
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I almost kinda wish we hadn't already spoiled the end of Farley because there's like four people on this page saying "I've never paid attention to FOOB, wonder where this is going" and I would have loved to see their reactions. Breaking Cat News  Phoebe and Her Unicorn  Wallace the Brave  Heart of the City  Alley Oop lol is just moving on  Curtis 
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amigolupus posted:Did some digging and Wayback Machine had given me this article. Seems like that tidbit came from an author who wrote a tell-all biography of Schultz. But the way Schultz's son didn't like the biography and how some information was presented as facts makes me wonder if the part about Charles getting pissed at Lynn for this arc was even true at all. I found a Newsweek article with additional details: quote:When the cartoonist who drew "For Better or Worse" told him she was going to kill off a character Schulz liked, Schulz petulantly told her that if she did he would have Snoopy get hit by a car the same day her strip was to run, "and everybody will worry about Snoopy, and nobody's going to read your stupid story, and I'll get more publicity than you will!" That's the kind of anecdote that has deeply upset Schulz's family. They do not deny that it occurred, but feel Michaelis did not properly balance such stories with examples of Schulz's generosity. Maybe he said it in jest! But still...that's a hell of a reaction. I dug around about the book the last time it came up in the thread, about 9 months ago, and found another article where Schulz's daughter talked about her issues with the book where she literally went so far to describe him as "Christ-like". It seems that the family objected to the idea that their father be depicted as a real, multifaceted person - talented and caring, but occasionally aloof and prone to holding grudges, and oh yeah he had an affair with a woman 22 years his junior and proposed to her while simultaneously telling his wife that he wanted to save their marriage - rather than an unimpeachable avatar of light, warmth and wholesome Americana. I think I just need to read this drat book.
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 Mutts  Sally Forth  Skippy (March 11, 1936)  Peanuts (April 11, 1977)  Crankshaft  Rip Haywire  Li'l Abner (April 13-15, 1936)   Thimble Theater (November 11, 1940)  Out Our Way (May 29-31, 1944)   
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Cowslips Warren posted:We had a dog die in her sleep of old age. It was a lot more traumatizing than you'd think because maybe she's just deep in sleep. No, in fact, she was not. The worst part was our city does pickup of such things, but the person we called said to just leave her in the gutter in front of our house. A hundred pound dog. And this was early morning, so all the kids in our neighborhood would walk by and see her on the way to school. Lucky for us, a neighbor was willing to pull her blanket out to the street when the pickup guys came because none of us would be home during the pickup window. I'd much prefer a vet as horrible as that is too. CW: Dog death I have come home to small pets who passed away during the school day. It's loving miserable. A couple of years ago, my own little dog was getting old and had some ongoing neurological problems. Lots of pain, balance issues, and just a terrible quality of life. We ultimately contacted someone who did at-home euthanasia so we could say goodbye as peacefully as possible. It was still a life-altering experience, going through his old age, medical problems and then making the call to end his suffering. There's no perfect solution, and it's going to be up to what's best for the people and the animal in question though. I'm sorry that you had to go through the grief like that.
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Just do it anyway, Marla. What's Stuart going to do, cry about it?
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The Family Upstairs/The Dingbat Family(October 10, 1910) Baron Bean(April 10, 1916)  Polly and Her Pals(March 10, 1913)  Gasoline Alley(December 1, 1919)  Barney Oldfield Us Boys(April 8, 1912)  The Gumps(May 7, 1917) 
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I spent valuable seconds of my day trying to figure out what the tube-shaped object was below april's waist in the middle panel until i finally realized that it is supposed to be legs (i was also looking at the black and white version in an actual honest-to-god newspaper). If you have to take time to try to figure out what the heck the "artist" is trying to draw that's a bad sign.
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