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Vater und Sohn is a strip from 1930s Germany about a father/son pair and their mostly extremely wholesome everyday adventures. It was originally published in a weekly Berlin paper, in the early years of the Nazi regime - well before the war, but well into the time period, too. For the most part, that's background information, as the strip itself is almost pointedly apolitical. Actually, about that: I've been noticing gaps in my collection here and there, but I just now came across a tiny one-man publisher who sourced strips from the original papers for his own complete edition, and he claims to include some that have been traditionally omitted by publishers where the historical background comes through a little more clearly. His ebooks are very cheap, I'm probably going to look into this. Goethe - respect! (28/1936)  Actually in this one you could probably draw some political conclusions on the featured books and how they're treated. I'm not sure if I can assume everyone's familiar: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is the German writer, on par with Shakespeare in terms of their significance in literature, history etc. Interestingly enough, one whose writings and ideas the Nazis never quite managed to fit into their program of German cultural superiority. My Lovely Horse fucked around with this message at 21:24 on Jan 1, 2022 |
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Vater und Sohn: The doctor told him: not too strong (29/1936)
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Jan 2, 2022 10:18
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Huh, a foob that is good in part for resisting the temptation to spin it into MY KIDS ARE SO UNGRATEFUL like it usually does, but also just in general, who'd have thought.
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Jan 2, 2022 19:09
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Vater und Sohn: The shot putter is an Olympics guest  1936 politics are showing through again. The Summer Olympics in Berlin were taken as a huge propaganda opportunity, and the Nazis were very keen on them, so much like the Winterhilfe in an earlier strip (you remember: the no-Jewish-recipients forced charity), Erich Ohser was made to advertise the Olympic games in the two weeks leading up to the event. I think he managed it quite well, though. It's much more Vater und Sohn with an Olympics background than an Olympics comic with Vater und Sohn shoved in. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be a particular athlete. Berlin policeman Hans Woellke did win gold, breaking the record held by Jack Torrance (no relation, one presumes), but I don't know if he was handled as the clear favourite or what, and it might very well just be a generic athlete figure. My Lovely Horse fucked around with this message at 19:45 on Jan 3, 2022 |
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Jan 3, 2022 19:35
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Slammy posted:So It Seems March 19, 1952 God forbid we introduce a new character.
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Jan 4, 2022 08:44
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Nostalgamus posted:For the people in this thread who are scanning old comic books: What do you use?  They take fairly high-res photos of the pages from above with even lighting, and they usually do a decent job of straightening out any bends in the image from spine curvature, although it's a bit hit or miss. Some models have additional features like a glass plate that presses the pages flat. If you have a university or scientific library around you, they'll probably have one that you can use, and public libraries may as well.
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Jan 4, 2022 21:27
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manero posted:I currently use a flatbed but I've been contemplating cobbling one of these together: https://www.instructables.com/Bargain-Price-Book-Scanner-From-A-Cardboard-Box/
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Jan 5, 2022 08:24
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Vater und Sohn: Fear gets you into gear (31/1936) not pictured: Jesse Owens
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Jan 5, 2022 20:27
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Yeah so how did he pull off the moustache thing then, James Randi?
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Jan 6, 2022 13:36
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Vater und Sohn: Wasp handling (32/1936)
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Jan 6, 2022 20:28
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Haifisch posted:Origins of the Sunday Comics
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Jan 7, 2022 08:28
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Esplanade posted:What would you do with the power of the comics syndicate behind you?
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Jan 7, 2022 21:27
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Potsticker posted:Not sure why you'd make this a requirement. Why wouldn't you want someone who practices and shows commitment in their youth? but also I do think if your chosen format is irreverent gag-a-day, visual metaphor for your emotional state or pop culture reference, that doesn't exactly qualify you for the kind of basically serious, straight-faced, storyarc-based adventure strip I personally have in mind. I would strive to get all those on the comics page as well instead of the legacy strips in reruns, just the adventure strip would be my pet project. The only people who seem to want to write them are stodgy middle-aged to elderly men though so it is a bit of a dilemma. Like, James Allen sort of had the right basic idea about going to other countries and having dramatic adventures, he just really, really sucked at doing it in multiple separate ways. I'd probably also try to get someone on Mandrake who has more interesting ideas about a crime-solving magician than "gestures hypnotically", both plotwise and visually. And going into fantasy or sci fi (Flash Gordon) is probably a safer bet than doing a real world based adventure strip anyway. readingatwork posted:and maybe even a reboot of Vater and Sohn And speaking of the two Vater und Sohn: Trying to skip school (34/1936)  I, uh. I guess it's a home remedy?
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Jan 8, 2022 10:03
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They're really incapable of framing any situation in a context that isn't high school, are they.
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Jan 11, 2022 08:27
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Vater und Sohn: Relapsed out of passion (35/1936)
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Jan 11, 2022 19:08
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Extremely descriptive inner monologue is also just a huge thing in manga in general, food or not.
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Jan 12, 2022 22:02
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Twelve by Pies posted:My favorite anime trope is when aliens/creatures from other dimensions eat Japanese food and think it's the most delicious thing in the universe.
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Jan 13, 2022 08:21
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"Cador, you numbnuts, we have a routine for these things and it says we send Val!"
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Jan 13, 2022 13:25
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Vater und Sohn: The gift (36/1936) 
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Vater und Sohn: The new mirror (37/1936)
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Jan 14, 2022 20:14
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Alterian posted:Thought people might be interested in this.
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Jan 15, 2022 12:06
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Vater und Sohn: There are limits to gentleness (38/1936)
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Jan 15, 2022 15:48
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I juſt flew inne from Pittſburgh / verily a miracle before the Lord
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Jan 16, 2022 18:38
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Vargo posted:https://twitter.com/iamsteranko/status/1482937594451312643
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Jan 17, 2022 08:18
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Welcome, stranger, on the island of the Cat God
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Jan 17, 2022 09:12
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Kennel posted:Dustin
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Jan 17, 2022 12:29
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Vater und Sohn: An ungrateful one (39/1936)
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Jan 17, 2022 20:34
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Wonder what World War II did to copper and share prices. Actually scratch that, I'm now badly curious what Out Our Way was like during WWII 
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Jan 18, 2022 08:22
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Vater und Sohn: The burglar (40/1936) 
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Jan 18, 2022 21:19
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Why the gently caress is it colonoscopy week
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Jan 19, 2022 16:56
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Jesus Christ there weren't even Blu-Rays when I was in high school e: and neither was Donnie Darko out yet
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Jan 19, 2022 22:14
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Merlin is gonna be thrilled that Val has Oom giving the whole game away.
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Jan 20, 2022 13:41
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I don't think I've ever seen anything from the real world rendered quite as accurately in a comic strip as that scope. e: was going to say "why isn't Ed wearing a mask" but remembered what Kelley probably thinks about masks, but if not for coronavirus there's not really any need for the doctor and nurse to be wearing one. My Lovely Horse fucked around with this message at 14:25 on Jan 20, 2022 |
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Jan 20, 2022 14:22
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Vater und Sohn: It's not easy to be a father (42/1936) I went with a loose translation of the title: the original is the first half of a famous rhyme by 19th century writer/artist Wilhelm Busch that became an idiom and that literally translates to "it's not hard to become a father, being one certainly is". Much more elegant in German, I assure you: Vater werden ist nicht schwer, Vater sein dagegen sehr.
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Jan 20, 2022 17:29
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Poil posted:Tiff remembers that guy's name, knows his usual, has a nickname for him and even remembers the names of all of his grandchildren... And they are taking if not his name then certainly his image in vain 
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Jan 22, 2022 10:37
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dismas posted:the thing about this Foob is that (1) I completely buy he got lost in his hometown driving but (2) it just throws into sharp relief how loving dumb the weird half-updates-to-the-modern-day thing is (drawing in seatbelts, whatever, but changing year references to the 2020s like they did a few months back for a sports thing). Now, the kid would probably have a smart phone with GPS!
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Jan 23, 2022 16:03
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Vater und Sohn: The captivating book (43/1936) e: argh, missed panel 3 - it's tobacco 
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Jan 24, 2022 18:07
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JEFF NO
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Vater und Sohn: Brains vs. brawn (44/1936)
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Vater und Sohn: Painful interlude (46/1936) Staple characters of the traditional Kasperletheater, the German version of a puppet show that exists in many similar expressions across Europe, such as the English Punch and Judy show, include Kasper, the Policeman, the Devil, the Wizard and the Crocodile.
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