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Charles Addams was the best and we've been paying for it ever since with all the other New Yorker cartoonists.
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Manuel Calavera posted:
As recently demonstrated.  
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catlord posted:You know, Sherman's Lagoon isn't a very good comic. That said, I've kinda got a soft spot for it. It's charming, even if it's not good. I think it's consistently okay. It's never great, but it's rarely bad. I get a chuckle out of it nearly every day.
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Jan 18, 2021 01:36
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So we're establishing that Mark has hallucinations, right?
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Jan 22, 2021 19:11
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Julet Esqu posted:I'm not normally one to defend Foob, but I do think that in this case Lynn did intend the readers to recognize Gordon's situation as abuse, that his fears are justified, and that the teen mischief he got into doesn't justify his dad beating him up. I know foob gets poo poo on a lot, and often it's justified, but during this era it was justifiably praised for its "very special episodes" which addressed real problems in a realistic way and not in the self-congratulatory Cancerbean melodrama. The "Roseanne" comparison upthread was apt. That show was a superb blend of sitcom and realistic blue collar life and the later seasons going off the rails doesn't erase the quality of the earlier ones.
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Feb 8, 2021 02:42
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Kavak posted:Someone tell us how the rest of this plotline goes so we can know how mad we need to be at Lynn. If you're expecting her characters to be flawless judges of character who always act correctly you're gonna be mad a lot.
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Feb 9, 2021 12:46
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Green Intern posted:WHISKEY Chuck Asay meets Kelly, but unironically. It's amazing and also intolerable.
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Feb 10, 2021 02:50
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Some Guy TT posted:Batiuk has really written himself into a corner on this. With his usual determination to not do any research on anything, he probably didn't realize that people exist who don't take COVID-19 seriously and are interpreting Crankshaft's obvious overreaction as being a vindication of their beliefs. It wouldn't surprise me to learn he's been getting complaints. It also wouldn't surprise me to learn that Batiuk somehow isn't even aware that COVID-19 exists at all and that this entire storyline really is just about the flu. Could be worse... 
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Feb 11, 2021 12:39
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Samovar posted:idgi I assume an argument about politics.
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Feb 15, 2021 19:14
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These aren't called "soap opera strips" because of their sober adherence to realism.
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Feb 16, 2021 21:12
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Green Intern posted:I am pretty sure that’s wheat, Axa. Not corn. Comic was written by speakers of British English.
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Feb 22, 2021 00:59
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Potsticker posted:as a kid I assumed spinach tasted gross because why else would a cartoon try and get you to believe it's good. Some amazing spinach dip and replacing lettuce with spinach on sandwiches later and I can't imagine anyone disliking it if they've actually eaten it in a dish before. Spinach ravioli and in lasagna is also great. A lot of boomers and silent generation grew up with vegetables being something out of a can.
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Feb 23, 2021 19:03
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Slammy posted:Wee Pals (May 24, 1965) His gastronomic rapacity knows no satiety!
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Feb 26, 2021 03:40
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:I did too. As a kid I was fascinated by audio recording and made tapes of myself blathering on about nothing. I remember some of the tapes I made at that age and am really happy I taped poo poo off the radio on to them. Which is probably not a lot less embarrassing but...
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Feb 28, 2021 23:42
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CommonShore posted:gently caress you Ending is better than mending. The more stitches, the less riches.
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Mar 1, 2021 19:00
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Haifisch posted:I'm into this "nobody actually wants (great) grandma's fine china" arc. It's pretty awesome. I got a full set of antique fine china for daily use for less than a good dinner set at Macy's would cost at an antique store. And if they break, there's plenty more where that came from.
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Mar 3, 2021 02:29
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riderchop posted:so i shouldn't pick up 9CL? bc i can! and would! dooooo iiiiiiiitttt.
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Mar 4, 2021 12:42
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Slammy posted:
Morrie Turner is easily my favorite of all the older artists these threads introduced me to.
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Mar 13, 2021 04:42
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I don't get the "land shrimp" thing. Shrimp are crustaceans; crickets are insects.
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Mar 14, 2021 21:30
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Calvin and Hobbes was not supposed to be any more realistic than Peanuts, guys. Haifisch posted:"And my grandpa lived to 90 and he smoked! What's the big deal with this 'smoking causes cancer' banana oil?" To be fair, "scientific eating" in the early to mid 20th century was a horror of processed foods because those were "scientifically created" rather than that nasty unpredictable fresh stuff.
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Mar 16, 2021 13:17
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EBB posted:Val's dad is just so super stoked that his son loves somebody, anybody "She's the queen of an island of brutal savages!" "So you're saying she's royalty"
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Mar 24, 2021 00:57
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Johnny Walker posted:I assume I'm missing something important here but I guess going barefoot is one way to find teeth. Personally, I don't think you just come across many in general though. I have so many questions about the 1970s now.
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Mar 27, 2021 22:58
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sweeperbravo posted:When I've seen other artists include cameos of the Lockhorns in their own style, they draw Leroy with a moustache, a scruffy and thin one, not a big robust one. That said, my mind refuses to parse Leroy in his own universe as having a moustache. I always read it as a grumpy lip and even knowing the likely truth cannot undo decades of self-reinforced belief. 
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Mar 28, 2021 15:28
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I don't want this responsibility, but all this talk about hate comics just makes me need to spread my misery back around.
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Apr 6, 2021 23:39
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Vargo posted:Ah crap, I actually kinda like that lawnmower strip. If you don't let the grass get crazy and you have one of those small suburban yards like in the strip, push-reel mowers are pretty nice. Low maintenance, no noise, no pollution, and they work just fine. I used one for years until I got a secondhand electric from someone who was upgrading.
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Apr 10, 2021 14:30
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Watterson always gave Calvin weird age-inappropriate assignments. It's just part of the strip.
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Apr 14, 2021 14:22
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goatface posted:Deathless Deer is reminding me of Fletcher Hanks. Yes! I couldn't remember his name!
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Apr 16, 2021 00:15
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dismas posted:hell yeah beric Beric isn't in the modern strip so I always get worried about when he'll get killed off. 
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Apr 17, 2021 19:42
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Johnny Aztec posted:How could I forget about "THE BUM BOAT? One of the greatest fictional restaurants. Dr. Jeff is eating at the Bum Boat tonight! 
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Haifisch posted:
The good news is, after military sexual harassment scandals in the 90s, Mort Walker decided to send General Halftrack to sensitivity training and write out the gross jokes like this.
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readingatwork posted:
That third panel has always been a favorite.
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I think it's that the kids are all blocking their mother from the camera shot, so mother is not going to be in the mother's day picture.
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May 9, 2021 22:41
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Selachian posted:The thing is, when Zits first started running, I remember quite a few pissy letters to the editor about what a nasty, unpleasant kid Jeremy was. When your point of comparison for comic strip teens is Archie, or Blondie and Dagwood's kids, or even, God save us, Michael Patterson, Jeremy's sighing and eye-rolling at his parents looks like a shocking act of rebellion. Zits started when I was 16 and my mom though it was perfect. nishi koichi posted:but pumpkin pie doesn't have a top crust Custard pies are a category of pie which do not have a top crust. ...now how about Gedeckter Apfelkuchen?
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May 13, 2021 00:18
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dismas posted:Did you ever know anyone who majored in psychology because if not I have some stereotypes to share I know one guy who is an awesome social worker so...?
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May 27, 2021 00:35
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Presto posted:Suddenly I'm imagining Bernice on her wedding night. Bernice Ruskin.
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May 28, 2021 11:40
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dismas posted:
Because for most of its run it was a good and in some ways groundbreaking strip which unfortunately took a bad turn in its last years.
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May 28, 2021 22:39
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CzarChasm posted:From a few pages back Could be getting the imagery confused with the bulls in the china shop.
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Jun 4, 2021 23:13
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Kazinsal posted:Lynn "I am incapable of being vaguely aware of the world around me and what my children are actually doing and it's all their fault" Johnston Poil posted:How did she manage to not hear a bowl of dry dog food being emptied upside down? I don't think the strip is meant to imply that she was unaware of all of that, but that she chose to let the kid make a mess that she'd deal with later rather than keep interrupting the cooking and ruin the meal.
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amigolupus posted:This is extremely cursed. Living in a childproofed house is pain in the dick. I only have the cabinet with the chemicals safetied, my kids can get into the dishcloths and pots and pans all they want. It beats having to deal with the safety lock every drat time.
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