Comic Strip Megathread XV: So smile, Margo, and move on.

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SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

The guy with yellow hair seems a bit let down. "Yeah, I mean, it's okay I guess."

# ¿ Oct 5, 2014 07:36

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 17:54

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

DoubleDonut posted:

Comic Strip Megathread XV: TOMORROW: WHY AMAZING

I would seriously read a strip that consisted of nothing but Mandrake cliffhanger panels and captions. They're just so wonderful.

# ¿ Oct 6, 2014 18:29

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

EasyEW posted:

No, wait, let me guess, he forgot because something something misunderstood artist something something wife died something.

SomeMathGuy fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Oct 7, 2014

# ¿ Oct 7, 2014 21:32

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Manuel Calavera posted:

Dork Tower, Powdered Toast Man, and what appears to be Die Fledermaus from The Tick. How does someone who knows sort of obscure comic things fail at making a competent, funny comic?

Actually, I think that's supposed to be Lolbat from PvP. So maybe he accidentally took all of his comedy tips from that. Or Snuffy Smith.

# ¿ Oct 7, 2014 23:46

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

My Lovely Horse posted:

yes, that rich tapestry, painstakingly developed over the ages

He probably just means we should expect each issue to end with "NEXT: WHAT ASTONISHING?"

# ¿ Oct 9, 2014 07:16

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Kennel posted:

That's the left hand! What a terrible artist!

Clearly Val is just so awesome that sheer force of his sword blows can cause enemy appendages to swap, as if by magic.

# ¿ Oct 11, 2014 20:41

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Roland Jones posted:

Why is he the hero of his gift for her? Good grief, he was also the main character of his story about his dead wife, wasn't he? This man cannot stop writing about himself.

Well, you see, everything that's happened to Les is just so interesting that it merits an autobiographical work, and that's definitely not symptomatic of Batiuk congratulating himself.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2014 15:50

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

I have no issues deciphering the baby talk, but it's loving obnoxious. Something about Rose is Rose really rubs me the wrong way, and I think the baby talk is symptomatic of it. Maybe how twee the whole thing is?

# ¿ Oct 14, 2014 20:04

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

BlankIsBeautiful posted:

Jane's World

Wait, what? Flight attendant?

Frankly I'm far more confused as to how she thinks she's married(?) to a woman who has been pretending to be a man(?) but also didn't see the man most of the time because, since he was actually a woman, she spent a nontrivial amount of time with her girlfriend(??) and never once noticed, and now they've just coincidentally run into each other at a gas station(???). Even by the admittedly terrible Jane's World standards of comprehensibility I'm lost as all hell.

# ¿ Oct 16, 2014 19:42

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

WeaponGradeSadness posted:

Talking about Naked and Afraid has caused them to involuntarily imagine each other naked, so they quickly change the subject out of embarrassment. I honestly think it's one of the better MDJs so far, but that's a very low bar to clear.

I'm pretty sure that at this point Lester could put three completely empty panels and it would be one of his five greatest strips.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2014 20:13

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

... Is that last strip implying what I think it's implying? :stare:

# ¿ Oct 20, 2014 01:52

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

GorfZaplen posted:

Mandrake the Magician

Mandrake's dad is just the best. "SHUT UP AND THROW A ROCK AT MY HEAD!"

# ¿ Oct 20, 2014 18:01

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

LtStorm posted:

Read 'em and weep because you didn't care about chemistry in high school and then washed out of pre-med in college because General Chemistry I was too hard and the professor wouldn't just give you an A even though you've never made anything less in a class before and you told them this repeatedly and emailed them and emailed the department chair but they're all stupid and wouldn't listen, so you have no clue what any of those chemicals are or why it matters that they're there. Also you're not inquisitive enough to actually spend a few minutes looking them up on Wikipedia to see why stuff like what guar gum is or why it's found in so much food.

To be... well, fair is the wrong word, but the whole "If you don't know what it is or how to pronounce it you shouldn't be eating it" thing is an incredibly prevalent myth, deeply entrenched in the public psyche by an almost unceasing media association of "chemicals" with "dangerous."

# ¿ Oct 21, 2014 20:51

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Comic Strip Megathread XV: Stand Back and Hurl the Rock at Me - Hard

# ¿ Oct 23, 2014 00:41

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

What about the everything? Child murder is like merely one tip of a multiheaded monstrous iceberg hydra.

Nthing the love for "Tomorrow: WHY AMAZING."

# ¿ Oct 23, 2014 04:51

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

If they actually go through with this and kill him off while he's totally alone, in the jungle, tripping balls from snake venom, I'm going to be drat impressed.

Not as impressed as I am with Mandrake's dad inexplicably knowing someone with a car, but drat impressed.

# ¿ Oct 23, 2014 18:28

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Kid Fenris posted:

This comic was a groundbreaker, according to Toonopedia.

I have to seriously wonder what kind of letters to the editor that prompted. Rage? Approval? Nonchalance because nobody gave a drat?

# ¿ Oct 25, 2014 22:29

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

You Are A Elf posted:

I think David Reddick reads this thread, because how well known is Nemi in the U.S.? I've only ever seen it mentioned here and never knew about it before joining SA.

He's also got a Gil despite that running in (as far as I'm aware) one newspaper. That said, I'm just going to hope he's really up on his current comic strips, because the alternative is horrifying.

# ¿ Oct 26, 2014 17:12

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

GorfZaplen posted:

The Phantom

Alright, credit where credit is due - they did a pretty good job with that cliffhanger, although it ironically backfired a bit because I was sure something more interesting than "And then he got better, whatever" was going to happen.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2014 18:04

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

I figure Mandrake's dad just slipped in the $2k diamond in the illusion. Or he really, really hates the service industry.

# ¿ Oct 28, 2014 18:26

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Tiggum posted:

I was just going to say how much I hate when people share a Facebook account, but then I read the rest of the comic and now I'm confused. He's accusing Janis of being in the stone age because she uses Facebook?

I... think it's a joke about how Facebook is getting somewhat pass� amongst younger folks? Like they can't remember their Facebook password because they never use Facebook anymore.

# ¿ Oct 29, 2014 05:32

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

GorfZaplen posted:

Yeah, I'm going with hates the service industry.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2014 07:01

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Indolent Bastard posted:

Intelligent life

The fact that the utterly banal tripe like "Man I totally eat Halloween candy" is the least annoying part of this strip just speaks volumes. Like, we're talking entire libraries here. And yet I cannot look away. This strip is like one miscarriage plot away from being an ironic phenomenon.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2014 16:11

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Mehuyael posted:

Actually the true story might be that Reddik or what's his name stole Buckley's total crapiness, because CAD is now... Okay. Not something for me since I almost never get the references anymore, but okay for people interested in AAA titles and such.

Perhaps it's like some sort of nonlethal Highlander scenario, and the IL guy absorbed the Lossening. On the other hand, the last time I checked the webcomic thread, CAD was in a very literal sense just words words words, so I'm somewhat skeptical of your assessment.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2014 18:57

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Kismet posted:

Buckley got a colorist recently (Kate Finnegan), who has serious chops and is doing an impressive job of elevating CAD's art.

Personally I still dislike the writing and think he could stand to work a lot harder on his lines, but it's honestly a huge improvement and cool to see him taking his poo poo more seriously.

Well gently caress me sideways, that actually looks decent. Highlander it is.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2014 19:16

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Trent posted:

Guess where I am
I'm calling from the plane

Next: Long-distance charges!

# ¿ Nov 1, 2014 20:39

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Evil Mastermind posted:

Working Daze hasn't updated yet.

An early Christmas present! Santa got my letter.

# ¿ Nov 2, 2014 17:45

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Mister Beeg posted:

And he did better job than the Guy Gilchrist.

I feel like I'd be hard pressed to think of someone who wouldn't do a better job than Gilchrist, barring some kind of armageddon option like Bruce Tinsley. Maybe the Rose is Rose team?

# ¿ Nov 3, 2014 21:25

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

What I'm learning from these John Darlings and Classic Funkys is that the strip where John Darling got shot had literally the only funny joke Batiuk ever wrote.

# ¿ Nov 5, 2014 01:58

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

GorfZaplen posted:

Mandrake the Magician

This is literally the second time they've done this bit and, honestly, we are better for it. :allears:

# ¿ Nov 5, 2014 08:15

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Julet Esqu posted:

The Amazing Spider-Man

Careful how loud you say that, officer. Pointing out to Ock that he was outsmarted by Newspaper Spider-Man could drive him to suicide.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2014 21:13

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

EasyEW posted:

Rip Haywire

I like how, now that he has returned to being a man of action and ever-present danger, Rip's gone back to squinting constantly.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2014 22:47

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Evil Mastermind posted:

Does anyone actually know why this 9CL storyline has been going on for over a loving year? Is he that enamored with whatever the hell's going on there?

Well this is the same man who, immediately after wrapping up and congratulating himself on a terrible adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, promptly began to congratulate himself on the rest of his own work, up to and including the terrible adaptation of Romeo and Juliet that he just congratulated himself over.

I'm going with yes, is what I'm driving at.

# ¿ Nov 11, 2014 17:07

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

ZeeToo posted:

Pearls Before Swine

I'm deeply disturbed by how relatable I find today's strip.

# ¿ Nov 14, 2014 16:46

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Julet Esqu posted:

Modern opinion blogs can cater to idiosyncratic tastes, resulting in an illusory appearance of consensus for minority positions. AG- wait, poo poo, what thread is this?

e: But seriously, is Luann just on a generic "Voting is a thing you should do" kick that I'm reading too much into? It's coming across as a vague condemnation of young voters.

SomeMathGuy fucked around with this message at 03:37 on Nov 15, 2014

# ¿ Nov 15, 2014 03:31

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Thank god he has amnesia and can't show them his trophy rooms.

# ¿ Nov 15, 2014 18:56

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Simian_Prime posted:

The only way I could see a K&K cartoon get produced is if Tim & Eric snatched up the rights and just played up the horror of the setting completely straight.

Stoners on Adult Swim would be watching, all like "Oh hey, a cartoon with talking animals, I wonder- THEY'RE ROUNDING UP THE HERBIVORES INTO CAMPS AND SORTING THEM BY FLAVOR WHAT THE CHRIST!!!"

I'd pay good money to sit in on any hypothetical K&K pitch meetings. "So it's about people who are animals." "Alright, but that's not a sell by itself, what's the gimmick?" "Oh, well, the carnivores all round up and routinely eat the herbivores, including the children." "Get the gently caress out of my office."

# ¿ Nov 16, 2014 23:02

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Wanamingo posted:

I realize it's probably meant to be innocuous, but man, at first read this poo poo is dark. And then Piccolo wonders why everyone who reads Tina's Groove assumes she's perennially depressed.

# ¿ Nov 20, 2014 02:10

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

There was literally no goddamn reason for that plotline save to have fate take a dump on one of the cast regulars. For a guy who's so hung up on being an ~artist~ (because I'm not about to pretend every bullshit thing Les does isn't Batiuk jerking himself off over how great his comic is) he sure doesn't seem to understand how to make plot points feel important. Funky Winkerbean isn't everything wrong with comics, or anything trite like that, but it is one of the few strips in this thread that makes me think newspaper editors are morons for choosing to run such dreck in the first place. I can't even stop reading it because I'm just so fascinated by its sheer wretchedness (See also: Intelligent Life).

GorfZaplen posted:

Mandrake the Magician

... But hey, at least I have you, Mandrake. :allears:

# ¿ Nov 21, 2014 21:21

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 17:54

SomeMathGuy: Oct 4, 2014; The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine.

Really Pants posted:

When have they even had any time for ka-noodling?

Sundays, when no one's watching.

# ¿ Nov 21, 2014 23:05

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