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| I enjoy reading contemporary newspaper comics. |
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64 | 26.02% |
| I hate reading contemporary newspaper comics. |
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42 | 17.07% |
| I enjoy reading historical newspaper comics. |
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88 | 35.77% |
| I enjoy reading newspaper comics from foreign countries. |
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52 | 21.14% |
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Kennel posted:Dustin If ever there was something that would set a fire under people's asses to pack the court... Happy New Year! This is one of several threads that finally prompted me to join SA. It's become my daily newspaper page and I'm grateful for the thought put into it.
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Vargo posted:Wallace the Brave I've always thought that Wallace would make a great RPG, something like Earthbound where you get into wacky adventures with Spud.
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Jan 2, 2022 19:05
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Shneak posted:I would be open to an animated series of it but the art style should be a package deal. That would be cool! Didn't someone ITT say that Phoebe was getting an animated adaptation?
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Jan 3, 2022 01:08
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EBB posted:Push him overboard. Nobody will ever know. 
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Jan 4, 2022 21:32
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Murdstone posted:Mary Worth Got 'em. I'm sure Estelle is thoroughly owned.
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Jan 5, 2022 17:47
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Murdstone posted:I had to bring this to you all as soon as I saw it. I'm guessing that Wilbur will be saved and it'll be proof to Estelle that she needs to accept Wilbur's proposal because "he needs someone to take care of him!". But I'm hoping I'm wrong and that she's over it.
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Jan 9, 2022 15:36
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Kennel posted:Dustin Does anyone get what the joke is supposed to be here? I know it's "kids today  " but it seems like a non sequitur.e: "Oops...forgot to tell a joke!". F_Shit_Fitzgerald fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Jan 13, 2022 |
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Jan 13, 2022 16:50
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Slammy posted:Oaky Doaks July 16, 1936 Guest appearance by Tor Johnson.
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Jan 14, 2022 16:43
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Murdstone posted:
This is going to go one of two ways: 1. Wilbur lives...somehow...and Estelle feels like she has to take care of him so she agrees to marry him. 2. Wilbur doesn't live, and for reasons unknown Estelle feels a sense of obligation because they were fighting before he took a drunken leap.
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Jan 16, 2022 18:35
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Murdstone posted:Wilbur dies and Estelle writes a book about him and eventually testifies before Congress about cruise ship safety. She becomes an advocate for the WILBUR Act, or Watchdog for Intoxicated Losers who Belly flop into Underwater Risks. (It needs work but I was having trouble coming up with an acronym for his name.)
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Jan 16, 2022 20:49
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riderchop posted:WHERE THERE'S A WILBUR  This is peak soap opera cheese. I'm not sure whether I'm disgusted that this turd gets so many second chances or amused by how ludicrous it is.
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Jan 17, 2022 16:19
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Arbetor posted:First thing that pops up in my head with any deserted island story:  I would too."Tastes just like lady fingers!"
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Jan 17, 2022 18:11
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Alhazred posted:
Cool! I had forgotten about this strip. It's a pretty good one.
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Jan 18, 2022 20:44
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Kennel posted:Dustin The doctor needs to be careful. Wouldn't want Ed to get brain damage.
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Jan 19, 2022 17:17
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Yvonmukluk posted:Bad Machinery God help Mildred if she tries to eat her pudding before her meat.
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Jan 20, 2022 23:21
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Murdstone posted:Mary Worth Minecraft: Wilbur Edition
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Jan 21, 2022 17:12
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Couldn't resist:
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Jan 22, 2022 02:09
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Medenmath posted:I love it! But instead of MP he should have a hunger meter IMO. Honestly I would play that game. Good idea! I didn't think of that. I'd play it too, if only for Wilbur's wacky hijinx.
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Jan 22, 2022 02:47
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Mary should call Frank Drebin to help console them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKoHh3Btqgs&t=131s e: Also, I was exploring a using bookstore this afternoon and found 'The Comics before 1945' and 'After 1945' for a great price. What prompted me to buy it was seeing several of the vintage comics in the book that are posted here. F_Shit_Fitzgerald fucked around with this message at 01:46 on Jan 25, 2022 |
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Jan 24, 2022 22:22
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readingatwork posted:That said, I think the author is commenting on the way the media avoids talking about class issues rather than actually commenting on communism. The "communism" comment is less about the actual political theory and more a commentary on the way the right will shut down any left wing idea under the pretext of it being communist regardless of it's actual content. Which is true so I don't think it's fair to call Pastis a centrist just yet (at least based on this strip alone). No, I don't think it's fair at all. He correctly reframes the issue away from "left vs. right" to "ruling class vs working class" and only adds the jab at Family Circus to keep things light.
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Jan 25, 2022 17:34
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Shugojin posted:Yeah it's very.. eh on the art When Tinkersons first started, it seemed like a mediocre “slice of life” family strip. But they’ve leaned into the fun and ridiculous story lines and I’ve come to really appreciate the strip.
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Jan 26, 2022 17:05
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Vargo posted:Curtis 
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Jan 28, 2022 16:43
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I hesitate to comment on parenting too much because I’m not a parent and have no idea what I’d do with my son in a situation like this. But losing the car for six months because Michael got on the freeway seems ridiculously excessive. (I’m aware of Lyn’s “angels told her to let her kid come in from frigid temperatures” story.)
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Jan 31, 2022 15:37
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The Bloop posted:Dr Dad DDS is suggesting that Michael loses access to HIS car, meaning the sports car, for six months. He can still drive Mom's Boring Wagon to bring his sister to practice and w/e Oh, I missed that detail. It's not Dustin levels of injustice or anything, though.
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Jan 31, 2022 15:54
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I read today's Funky on Son of Stuck Funky and to be honest, I think Dinkle is far more obnoxious than Les. Wallowing in endless self pity over your wife dying twenty years ago is bad, but weapons level smuggery over being a second rate band teacher in some Ohio town is, I think, far worse.
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Feb 1, 2022 17:15
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Was Batiuk a band teacher himself or does he just have some sort of fetish for horrible music-related puns? The funny thing is he might even be losing his audience. My parents, especially my Dad, has been a fan of Funky for years, but when I was with them recently I think they were questioning the point of the story line.
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Feb 1, 2022 17:28
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Vargo posted:Wallace the Brave I'm with Spud. I hated bus drills and because of physical disabilities, wasn't actually supposed to jump anyway. Luckily, I don't think drills happened all that often.
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Feb 1, 2022 17:50
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What's amazing about Mary Worth is that it's not necessarily even Wilbur being abusive; it's Mary shrugging off the fact that Wilbur is such an irresponsible manchild. It's come to this: an almost 38 year old adult man angry at a soap opera strip.
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Feb 5, 2022 18:59
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davidspackage posted:She can't keep getting away with this 
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Feb 5, 2022 20:06
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Vargo posted:Curtis 
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Feb 12, 2022 18:13
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EasyEW posted:(sigh) I didn't realize that the Oscars were adding a new "Most Ridiculously Melodramatic Depiction of Cancer" category this year.
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Feb 15, 2022 17:14
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Whether it's smug moralizing or Les' triumph, Funky is going to be absolutely insufferable; worse than the kid gloves treatment of Wilbur. It occurs to me that Batiuk is somewhat similar to Scott Adams: both received a lot of praise back in the day for their cartooning - Adams for capturing corporate bullshit so well in Dilbert, and Baituk for handling a difficult subject like cancer with sensitivity. Both allowed that praise to go to their heads, but that's where the similarities end. As far as I know, Batiuk isn't a smug chud who thinks he's the smartest guy in the room, but he is completely up his own rear end with the interminable "comic book inside baseball" and "Les wallowing in self-pity" story lines.
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Feb 15, 2022 17:53
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Murdstone posted:The Phantom Longest death in comics history. quote:Rex Morgan MD That last panel probably has avatar possibilities.
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Feb 17, 2022 19:33
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I'm imagining Batiuk writing this and thinking that he's very clever for pacing himself by "only" making Lisa's Story number two in Oscar contentions.
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Feb 19, 2022 17:17
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Pastry of the Year posted:Tina's Groove Classic (April 10, 2010) I wonder if salad bars and buffets are going to come back in the wake of covid. I kinda hope not, tbh.
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Feb 25, 2022 16:27
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Poil posted:They closed down where you live??? I doubt it. American chuds probably think that Golden Corral shutting its doors would be an attack on freedom.
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Feb 25, 2022 20:10
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Funky is nowhere near cool enough for a Sgt. Pepper's reference.
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Feb 27, 2022 22:27
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Getting assignments in at the very last minute is an important skill for college.
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Mar 2, 2022 18:27
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Batiuk has an Al Bundy-like obsession with wringing every last drop from his
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Mar 8, 2022 23:17
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Kavak posted:Bundy aged more gracefully and was overall a more tasteful person. Shoe salesman might be a more dignified job than 'professional cancermonger' also.
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