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Transmodiar posted:Modesty Blaise For those (like me) who didn't get the reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Just_Men_(novel) Wikipedia posted:He had to create his own publishing company, Tallis, to publish it and decided to manage a 'guess the murder method' competition in the Daily Mail with a prize of £1,000 (equivalent in purchasing power to at least £93,000 in 2013). Wallace intended to advertise the book on an unprecedented scale, not just in Britain itself but across the Empire. He approached the proprietor, Lord Harmsworth for the loan of the £1,000 and was promptly refused, but Wallace pressed ahead anyway. His alarmed workmates at the Mail prevailed upon him to lower the prize money to £500: a £250 first prize, £200 second prize and £50 third prize, but were unable to restrain him in the privacy of his home. Wallace had advertisements placed on buses, hoardings, flyers, and so forth, running up an incredible bill of £2,000. Though he knew he needed the book to sell sufficient copies to make £2,500 before he saw any profit, Wallace was confident that this would be achieved in the first three months of the book going on sale, hopelessly underestimating the expenses.
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Some Guy TT posted:Hey, that's not a joke, it's just a unadorned recitation of the proverb! I may be missing a joke, but the proverb is "repent at leisure", not repeat.
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Samovar posted:I am curious as to how many get this, since it does involve having to know the unofficial motto of the Canadian Mounties (no, not 'Lets take all First Nation people on starlight tours'), and that ain't common in Europe. I got it more by cultural osmosis from cartoons, probably starring Yogi Bear. I don't think I've been within ten thousand km of Canada.
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That's a pretty good joke for Mandrake.
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Samovar posted:However, I must say first up, I won't be as regular with this series as I was with Corto for a couple of reasons. 1) I have a job, now and 2) Translating a book that is heavy in idioms translated from French into idioms in Swedish into idioms in English is a little tough. Also, this series is published in colour, but I'm uploading in black and white because it is easier for me to edit the words, easier to sharpen images and also provides an impetus for anyone who would be interested in reading more themselves to support the original writers/artists and get the books themselve. If it's too distracting, I could see about changing my attitude, and I also welcome criticism re. text font, size, etc. For mine, I think that font works really well for the material.
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BigglesSWE posted:The way I crop and upload them might not be the best in terms of quality (saving them directly from the site won’t work, it only saves the web address); any tips on how to find a better solution is welcome! If you're pulling them from GoComics, you can view the page source and look for the bit starting "https://assets.amuniversal.com/" - that link will take you to the image in the best resolution GoComics has it, I think. For example that strip is code:
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Transmodiar posted:
That panel of Modesty trying to explain things to an uncaring bureaucracy appeals to me - some problems you can't solve with a Kongo. In other Modesty Blaise news, our friends over at the Daily Cartoonist recently linked to this blog from 2011: http://cloud-109.blogspot.com/2011/05/modesty-forbids-prologue.html which is a multi part series discussing changes in artists over the years. I know it's come up in previous threads, but this is nicely set out for anyone who was both interested and didn't know.
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FrumpleOrz posted:
That third panel is the quintessential Ella panel, and I only regret I'll never have the chance to use it.
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Slammy posted:
This is a Sunday Mopsy that feels like something the weekday Mopsy would have done.
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Kennel posted:Nancy Heh, who says you can't have continuity in a gag strip? Last April 1: 
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Johnny Walker posted:
"I can't tell whether she's happy to see me or not"
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Kennel posted:We'll still have 10 years before his retirement + 2 years before death. I remember the last story being really rough (it was cut short), but unfortunately the images that were posted in the earlier thread are dead.    I can't hate Mandrake because of the egg aliens. They bought a lot of goodwill.
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Kennel posted:
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Johnny Walker posted:
Jules, don't go all Jam Esallan on us! https://santacruzmountains.com/ecotourism/mountain-lions/
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Pancho Jueves posted:This update from Berkeley Breathed's Facebook might be of interest to this crowd: I'm relieved that the comments seem to be all liking Hobbes' appearance, and not agreeing with Opus. It's Berke Breathed, but it's also Facebook and 2021, so I feared the worst.
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Powered Descent posted:What's wrong with what Opus is saying? He's delighted that they're vaccinated and it's safe to ditch the masks. I'm in exactly the same boat. I was thinking any mention of taking off masks tends to bring out the denialists. I guess I've become a little gun shy over the past year or so.
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riderchop posted:
Between Pluggers being born in 1970 and this, it feels like there's been a behind the scenes change in comics, and everyone has suddenly realised what year it is.
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catlord posted:
Post apocalypse stories in the seventies and eighties tended to play to particular tropes, but I think a crosscountry Formula One race may be unique. Even touring cars might have made more sense.
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Jul 4, 2021 10:57
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 I know it gets said all the time, but Prince Valiant is so, so good.
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Jul 20, 2021 12:55
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Kennel posted:Nancy Nancy has a Spanish language edition. Sometimes they make more of an effort, and sometimes they don't. 
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Medenmath posted:Prince Valiant Modern Prince Valiant is a bit of a step down from the OG Val we've been regaled with, but that is a hell of a first panel. Kennel posted:Cruel Little Stories Ouch.
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It's in the public domain, you oik.
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Kennel posted:Nancy Olivia Jaimes can still lift for the Labor Day strips, it seems.
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Zamboni Rodeo posted:
He saw Savarna's eyes, which as far as we know only have conventional powers to freeze a man's blood. The Phantom has always been depicted as still wearing his sunglasses through surgery and such.
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