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Tiggum posted:Inspector Danger's Crime Quiz ... Donald Westlake, the mystery novelist?
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Indolent Bastard posted:Mike du Jour So Lester thought the Skarsgard/sneeze guard joke was enough of a knee-slapper to repeat it twice. 
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Wanamingo posted:Nancy "Becoming"? Nice little implication that kids are getting dumber. Always and forever, gently caress you, Gilchrist.
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Manuel Calavera posted:Mother Goose & Grimm Writing a gag about the Mayflower and drawing one of Christopher Columbus's ships. That's some attention to detail, Peters.
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Julet Esqu posted:Luann Yes, that is Tiffany staring out through the fourth wall as she mentions imagining the audience in their underpants. And I'm going to assume that Bernice's "help" involves holding props or something else humiliating because that's how this strip rolls.
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Jun 7, 2014 06:55
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Pidmon posted:See it's totally cool for Warbucks to blatantly bribe a government official to get exactly what he wants irregardless of anyone along the chain of commands' wishes because ... because he's Oliver Warbucks and removing obstacles by sheer force of money is what he does.
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Jun 9, 2014 14:35
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BlankIsBeautiful posted:I know nothing about the "Alley" reference but this wikipedia entry states thusly: You can read a couple of Mr. Am stories here. The one with Mr. Rune is actually kinda good. 
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Darthemed posted:Wouldn't surprise me, but these are from October 1987. So, the 1987 NFL strike then.
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EasyEW posted:
I can make out "Mines" as one of the words on the unreadable one, and "King Solomon's Mines - Rider Haggard" does seem to match the pattern of the words.
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Darthemed posted:Bloom County Kind of funny these should come up now 'cause Pat Oliphant is being kicked around in the DD political cartoon thread.
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Midnight Moth posted:
I have to admit I'm amused by the volume of Chekhov on the shelf in panel two. That's a lot subtler than Holbrook usually gets.
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BlankIsBeautiful posted:
She's an insectivore. 
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I feel like sending Batiuk a copy of Harlan Ellison's "Somehow, I Don't Think We're In Kansas Anymore, Toto." Now THAT'S how you rant about Hollywood ruining your awesome ideas. Les slumping around with the bitchface permanently welded on, muttering petulant little asides about how much he hates everything? Just makes me feel sorry for the people who have to deal with him.
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Darthemed posted:Bloom County 1987 was the McMartin Preschool trial, so that might be what Breathed was talking about here.
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GIANT OUIJA BOARD posted:I haven't read Romeo & Juliet since we had to in sixth grade, but was "Give me, give me!" in the original? Close. I checked Gocomics, and the first R&J comic was July 29, 2013. Nice way to get out of writing dialogue for your comic for a year, huh?
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Jul 3, 2014 15:02
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And I though it was #1, not because of the shadows but if he was painting over at the coast, would he take it home while it was still wet instead of waiting for it to dry?
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TofuDiva posted:I've been thinking... Wee Pals was launched on February 15, 1965. Depending on just how deep Morrie's buffer really is, it's not out of the question that "50 continuous years of a comic strip, without repeats, all by the original author" could be added to his list of accomplishments. (And firsts? Has anybody else ever done that?) Peanuts came close (October 1950 - February 2000). I can't recall Schulz ever doing reruns (except for Rerun, of course!), and the Al Plastino fill-in strips were never actually published so they don't count. The Guinness Book of World Records says that the longest running daily comic strip by a single author is a UK strip called Bristow, which I've never heard of but has apparently been running since 1961. Beetle Bailey has been running since 1950, and Mort Walker is still the official creator, although who knows how much he actually has to do with it these days. Selachian fucked around with this message at 14:18 on Jul 5, 2014 |
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GorfZaplen posted:Classic Prince Valiant Uh, did I miss something or did Val just sell the slaves that were on the pirate ship?
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Wanamingo posted:Four Eyes Who did it better? 
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BlankIsBeautiful posted:Kevin & Kell 
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Wait, what? I wonder if this is some sort of a Safe Havens crossover that we're not understanding because we've not seen Safe Havens lately.
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Jul 11, 2014 11:48
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Evil Mastermind posted:That's because Intelligent Life wants you to identify with the lead character, as depressing a thought as that is. I now want an Intelligent Life/Dilbert crossover just to see how much smug one comic can produce.
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BlankIsBeautiful posted:Heavenly Nostrils is up to date now. Hmm ... I wonder what Lord Splendid Humility thinks about this.
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Probably Magic posted:The Facebook page for Star Trek was trying to promote Intelligent Life as "Finally, a comic strip for geeks!" despite Fox Trot, Dilbert, Gil, etc. existing, and I can't tell you how tempting it was to comment on the story, "NO, DON'T, IT SUCKS, IT SUCKS." The sad thing is, it was probably dropped because of geezer newspaper readers who hate novelty, rather than general lack of quality. But still, a pleasant schadenfreude rush.
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Jul 25, 2014 05:06
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EasyEW posted:Someday we're going to have to explore the difference between a lovable loser and an unbearable downer, because that's the key to why Charlie Brown isn't Les Moore. That and not being allowed to age. Also, Tom Bat is an unbearable prig who is convinced that he's not just drawing a comic strip, he's Doing Art, and it oozes through the tone of the strip (especially when it comes to Les). Schulz was never anywhere near as pompous.
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One of those authentic medieval welcome mats.
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Jul 26, 2014 18:00
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BlankIsBeautiful posted:We had these when I was a kid. Basically sort of horseshoes with steel pointed, plastic finned darts. Probably a decidedly Midwestern lawn game. Also, as you can see, the potential for injury was present. I somehow survived that era without a Jart related injury, though. I once put a hole in the roof of my dad's car with one of those. Miraculously, I survived to adulthood.
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RandomFerret posted:Yeah, it's probably going to blow up and start skipping big chunks of time to introduce a bunch of characters that aren't fleshed out enough to have names so they can get into a big action scene that repeatedly breaks the 180 degree rule and nobody will know what's going on and we'll all hate it again, but for now it's got good pacing, a couple funny jokes, and a story hook that uses the setting well. Someone upthread said ZNJ has been dropped and we're just playing out the string. So maybe the creative staff finally figured out how to create a comic strip just in time to get shitcanned.
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EasyEW posted:The Continuing Misadventures of the Immaculately Pure Artist (otherwise known as Writer Guy) I can hardly wait to see what Les does to endear himself to Token Latino Actor.
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Evil Mastermind posted:Oh good lord I just realized how this is going to end. I was thinking the exact same thing: the actors will take Les's side against the horrible, awful changes inflicted on Les's script by Hack Rewrite Guy/Waiter and Hack Producer, and insist on doing the script exactly as originally written. Beefcake Guy and Blonde Chick will be so exalted by Les's deathless words that they'll turn in performances worthy of Olivier and Streep, and Latino Guy will gracefully accept a role as an extra because there are no Latinos in Westview. And Tom Bat will imagine us readers shedding tears of joy and doing a slow clap as "Lisa's Story" wins a billion Emmys.
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EasyEW posted:Funky Winkerbean continues with "Reveries of a Middle-Aged Doofus". Guest author: Brooke McEldowney.
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Wanamingo posted:Since nobody else has done it yet, I guess I'll post today's actual Nancy. God, it's amazing how easily and naturally the phrase "gently caress you, Gilchrist" has slipped into my vocabulary since this thread started exposing me to modern Nancy. Wanamingo posted:Six Chix That is possibly the most half-assed balloon placement I've seen in quite a while (plus the colorist messed up the balloon tail, so it looks like the woman in the pink blouse is holding a flesh-colored knife between her fingers).
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Christ. Lester's already DONE a week of "What if a salad bar was just like a real bar? Ha ha!" jokes. Is he really going to do it again?
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A HUNGRY MOUTH posted:But she's got a bare midriff! And a t-t-tattoo!! I bet she's not even wearing jorts! Don't forget the black lipstick and heavy eye makeup. RandomFerret posted:Oh my God, he's actually going to reuse the entire week's worth of Trayvon Martin strips with Robin Williams' face pasted on. This is awesome. Bell does the whole "dream subway" bit every so often when a celebrity dies. I can recall him doing it for George Carlin, Michael Jackson, Osama Bin Laden, and his own grandfather.
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Aug 19, 2014 23:08
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Julet Esqu posted:Radio Patrol Who throws a shoe? Honestly.
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Kammat posted:That was remarkably effective. I'm just amused that Modesty and Willie actually have a name for Modesty getting 'em out to distract baddies. It's like their Fastball Special.
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The annual Beloit College freshman mindset list came out today, and the one entry that stuck with me is that they don't know what the big deal is about Saturday morning cartoons. sigh. Old.
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Wanamingo posted:Dick Tracy You can tell it's a government office because the employee is loafing with his feet up. Geez.
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Julet Esqu posted:Meanwhile, in Johnny Hazard, ... and of course the scream is done in "Oriental" font.
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Cricken_Nigfops posted:Poptropica coconuts I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be a Taurus the minotaur is driving. Well played, if so. 
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