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Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

Powered Descent posted:

Flash Gordon

Buster Crabbe! :neckbeard:

And a lizard with a frill glued onto it, just like the old days!

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Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

riderchop posted:

El Chavo did cry weird and high pitched! It was a running gag w/ all the characters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToQrFJSAM1A

like one piece laughs but cries

i love this show but i dont know if its possible to go back if you didnt grow up watching it

Oh that's the Stan Laurel bit

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

riderchop posted:

Zippy The Pinhead


What Fuller failed to realize was that all those corners are hard to keep clean. I've seen listings of old geodesic structures on housing sites and they're all mold traps.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
There is an obvious solution to everyone's problems in Luann and it involves a tactical nuclear strike

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

Selachian posted:

Stephen Collins



We really should celebrate Fluffy Bastard Day.


The song at least is a reference to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj_aHCpZl4k

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
Weaning is often harder on the woman

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

This is a really good strip.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
Legend of Bill is clearly the strip he's putting effort into (not that it's working, but still, effort) and so Intelligent Life is even more autopilot than it was originally.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
It's trying to be Bushmiller Nancy but is sloppier about it so nothing hits very well.

Re: Flash discourse, I like that so far Azura's motivation seems mostly to be "in it for shits and giggles." She could be part of the evil plan, she could just be letting chaos happen for its own sake.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
Chap with wings there, five rounds rapid.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
drat I'd almost forgotten

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

One of the all time great Modesty Blaise moments

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

LvK posted:

And he Did!


Well

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

davidspackage posted:

Why is this so disturbingly sexy

Don't look at me like that!

Aleta's definitely being drawn in a tasteful pinup style, to be sure. Reminiscent of contemporary glam magazines and movie star portraits and all.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

Okay that's almost funny.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

Endless Mike posted:

THORN, May 21-24, 1985


Note 22:

So that concludes Thorn in The Lantern. Tomorrow will be one more bonus strip published in 1986 in The Sundial.

Wow this guy really WAS into the Butthole Surfers before they were cool

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
I can’t believe April is loving dead

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
The human expressions on the dogs are amusing

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
To live, a rat must chew!

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
What job is this where they don't ask for your resume before bringing you in for an interview

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
See, Safe Havens, THIS is how you do it.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
Re: Alison, I don't actually think the quality of his work has been suffering- the Conan strip was fun right up until he was told to pull it.

I think he does have issues with Endings and losing patience with things. Like I was even enjoying the Lottie-manages-a-boy-band arc until it very suddenly stopped. It's like he lacks confidence in his ideas and without a lot of immediate feedback or success he tends to wipe the board clean and go for the eternal promise of Something Else. And I think anyone who creates knows the feeling.

It's the sort of issue there's no obvious answer for, sadly, short of someone signing him for a steady external gig.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

JethroMcB posted:

Cul de Sac



Love Alice reaching for it in the last panel, very cute

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
Episcopalian here, yeah, it's a little circle of what I guess is bread about the size of a coin. Tastes like nothing.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
Okay the thing is, in this age of social media and whatnot, your brand is how you are presented to others, and why they follow/pay attention to you. If you're just a blank slate, full of potential, why should I pay attention to that? You'll end up being something. Good for you. Of course Luann likely doesn't care about that, but that's the thing, you don't need to worry about your "brand" if you're not seeking popularity/views/interactions/etc.

Of course Luann also wants to be a writer so maybe she should start thinking about getting a brand. Why will people read the writing of a "blank slate"?

TL,DR: This plotline sucks, it's not funny, it's not leading to anything, nuke the site from orbit it's the only way to be sure, etc.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

Stultus Maximus posted:

Early hovercraft had a variety of goofy names but this is the only reference to “triphibious” I’ve ever seen so I suspect some borrowing there.

Some years later, Japanese film studio Nikkatsu would release "Gappa, the Triphibian Monster", a kaiju film where the titular monster(s) can both fly and swim (and of course walk around on land.)

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

riderchop posted:

Rae The Doe, which you can support by pledging to the author's Patreon


This took me a few seconds. Well played.

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Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer
Is the entire point of this arc just how much Luann loving sucks and has no genuine interest in anything because that's a bold move

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