|
Buni Rhymes with Orange  Get Fuzzy 12/30-31/03   Brenda Starr 5/8-10/52 is currently wrapping up a story where a lost heiress, raised by hillbillies, is marrying a poor but honest soda jerk and meeting his family of Italian stereotypes.  I wonder if Messick was aware of that other meaning of "the Mob."  Abretha invents the Egg McMuffin 20 years early.  I usually post Smokey Stover here, but I can't find the December 7, 1958, strip so I'm skipping it for today. Everyday Movies 2/6/37  "The Specialist." Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 11/5-7/42    Closer Than We Think! 12/7/58  Everything working by push-buttons was a common theme in 50s expectations of the future. Bonus Ad!  I just like the little trident-wielding Viking and his fish chef buddy.
|
#
¿
Jan 1, 2024 18:03
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 10, 2024 09:36 |
|
|
Pogo 1/28-30/52   Archie 2/21-23/49    The Virtue of Vera Valiant 10/21-23/76   
|
|
#
¿
Jan 2, 2024 00:25
|
|
|
Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/1/04  Brenda Starr 5/11/52  Smokey Stover 12/14/58  Everyday Movies 2/8/37  "We heard you were in Florida so we thought we'd just stop in for a few days to say 'hello.'" Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 11/8/42  Closer Than We Think! 12/14/58  Yes, a "desolate desert area" and not, say, Moscow. Bonus Ad! 
|
|
#
¿
Jan 2, 2024 13:11
|
|
|
Pogo 1/31 - 2/2/52   "An' with his schnoz shinin' like the shield of Sir Launcelot." They don't write 'em like that any more. Archie 2/24-26/49    The Virtue of Vera Valiant 10/24/76 
|
|
#
¿
Jan 3, 2024 00:28
|
|
|
Frosti Rhymes with Orange  Get Fuzzy 1/2/04  Brenda Starr 5/12-14/52    I think this guy is supposed to be blond and suntanned. Smokey Stover 12/21/58  Everyday Movies 2/9/37  "Poddon me, but I'm hoping the sun shining on my diamonds don't hurt your eyes." Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 11/9-11/42    Uncle Jeff would do well as a reality show producer. Born Sixty Years Too Soon. Closer Than We Think! 12/21/58  Hugo Gernsback is better known as the founder and editor of the first US science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories; he also coined the term "scientifiction" for the genre. Combining smells with TV or movies is one of those ideas someone tries to work out every so often. Selachian fucked around with this message at 13:36 on Jan 3, 2024 |
|
#
¿
Jan 3, 2024 13:21
|
|
|
Pogo 2/3/52, where the story of Handle and Gristle continues to spin even further out of control.  Archie 2/28 - 3/2/49    The Virtue of Vera Valiant 10/25-27/76   
|
|
#
¿
Jan 4, 2024 00:46
|
|
|
Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/3/04  Brenda Starr 5/15-17/52    Smokey Stover 12/28/58  Everyday Movies 2/10/37 Spoilered for black person.  "Mah goodness, Mistah Enright, dat club she has got to know you better since last year." Although honestly some of these gags wouldn't be so bad if they weren't delivered in minstrel show dialect. Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 11/12-14/42    Closer Than We Think! 12/28/58  Possible material for a Snowpiercer sequel.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 4, 2024 13:39
|
|
|
Pogo 2/4-6/52   Archie 3/3-5/49    The Virtue of Vera Valiant 10/28-30/76    This is perhaps slightly less amusing post-Terri Schiavo.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 5, 2024 00:26
|
|
|
Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/4/04  Brenda Starr 5/18/52  Guess we're not done with the Castle-Nolettis yet. Smokey Stover 1/4/59  Everyday Movies 2/11/37  "I'm five, but I was supposed to say four on the train and I did." Inebriated Scarlet O'Neil 11/15/42  Scarlet's a lightweight. Closer Than We Think! 1/4/59  Want to know how we ended up with suburbs that can't be navigated without a car? Because people thought stuff like this was a neat idea. Bonus Comic! This one interested me because it's so different from everything else on its contemporary comics page -- both the crudity of the art and the weird, fourth-wall-breaking humor. The Nebbishes 1/4/59 
|
|
#
¿
Jan 5, 2024 13:04
|
|
|
Pogo 2/7-9/52   Archie 3/7-9/49    The Virtue of Vera Valiant 10/31/76 
|
|
#
¿
Jan 6, 2024 00:53
|
|
|
Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/5/04  Stephen Collins  Comic Strips 2024: enormous wazzock. Brenda Starr 5/19-21/52    Smokey Stover 1/11/59  Everyday Movies 2/12/37  "I lost twenty dollars on a free tip, but I had a pass to get in, so I figure I only lost seventeen eighty all told." Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 11/16-18/42    Mean old Uncle Jeff is a ... wealthy artist? Okay. Closer Than We Think! 1/11/59 
|
|
#
¿
Jan 6, 2024 15:06
|
|
|
Pogo 2/10/52 Archie 3/10-12/49    The Virtue of Vera Valiant 11/1-3/76    Bonus Headline!  Yep, in 1976, after the deaths of Howard Hughes, J. Paul Getty, and H. L. Hunt, there were only two billionaires left in the country.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 7, 2024 01:33
|
|
|
Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/6/04  Brenda Starr 5/22-24/52    Smokey Stover 1/18/59  Everyday Movies 2/13/37  "I could really enjoy myself if I thought your father was keeping the apartment tidy." Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 11/14-16/42   Nitpicking your wife's makeup skills? Not helping, Ott.  Now wait a moment, how does the butler know this? Closer Than We Think! 1/18/59 
|
|
#
¿
Jan 7, 2024 15:08
|
|
|
Powered Descent posted:Everybody wanted to look like they were on the trail of Ferris Bueller. Or like noted style role model Dwayne Wayne.  Pogo 2/11-13/52    Archie 3/14-16/49   The automatic cut-off for gas pumps was invented in 1939, but maybe Riverdale still has old-fashioned gas stations.  The Virtue of Vera Valiant 11/4-6/76  I like that Herbert thinks the best way to illustrate the concept of "flying saucer" is acting like he's about to do a dive.  
Selachian fucked around with this message at 02:47 on Jan 8, 2024 |
|
#
¿
Jan 8, 2024 01:40
|
|
|
Buni Rhymes with Orange  Get Fuzzy 1/7/04  Brenda Starr 5/25/52  Brenda Starr -- I have taken the liberty of sending you this package for safe keeping -- Do not open it if you value your life. I hope your curiosity does not get the better of you -- Retread Smokey Stover 2/1/59  Everyday Movies 2/15/37  "Oh yes, he barks. When he gets mad he's just like a police dog." Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 11/22/42 Spoilered because Stamm is no better at drawing, or writing, Chinese people than he is black people.  Closer Than We Think! 2/1/59  We should have domed Arctic cities in Alaska. Get on it, you slackers in Barrow, Wainwright, and Prudhoe Bay!
|
|
#
¿
Jan 8, 2024 13:15
|
|
|
MockingQuantum posted:edit: actually, two questions, is it "On the Fast Rack" or "On the Fas Track" or does Holbrook just have an extremely tenuous grasp of the English language? I think it's just supposed to be a portmanteau of "fast track." Pogo 2/14-16/52    Archie 3/17-19/49    The Virtue of Vera Valiant 11/7/76 
|
|
#
¿
Jan 9, 2024 00:32
|
|
|
Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/8/04  Brenda Starr 5/26-28/52    Smokey Stover 2/8/59 Spoilered for stereotypical depictions.  Everyday Movies 2/16/37  "I love this weather even if I have a cold, because both my bosses are home with the flu." Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 11/23-25/42    Closer Than We Think! 2/8/59  This one reminds me of this Kelly Klassic: 
Selachian fucked around with this message at 13:29 on Jan 9, 2024 |
|
#
¿
Jan 9, 2024 13:23
|
|
|
The_Other posted:Yeah, I don't think O'Donnell explicitly states Modesty's age, and I know in a some of the books it the character mentions that even she isn't sure how old she is. According to the wikipedia article Modesty is usually stated to be in her late 20's and Willie in his mid 30's. If I remember correctly from the books, Modesty was still a teenager when she created The Network, and in her early 20s when she and Willie cashed out and "retired."
|
|
#
¿
Jan 9, 2024 21:05
|
|
|
Pogo 2/17/52  Archie 3/21-23/49    The Virtue of Vera Valiant 11/8-10/76  Beta III was the planet in the Star Trek episode "The Return of the Archons," but I doubt that's what Stan has in mind.  
|
|
#
¿
Jan 10, 2024 02:44
|
|
|
Julet Esqu posted:Gil Thorp Did Barajas just get a MILF joke past the censors?
|
|
#
¿
Jan 10, 2024 07:43
|
|
|
Buni Rhymes with Orange  Get Fuzzy 1/9/04  Brenda Starr 5/29-31/52    Smokey Stover 2/8/59  Everyday Movies 2/17/37  "First I heard the job was for a manager. When I 'phoned it was just supposed to be a routine job, and when I called they wanted me to sell on commission." Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 11/26-28/42    I'm not sure what I like more, the 75 crimes in three weeks -- you gotta be a really dedicated criminal to pull off three and a half crimes every day -- or "Nazi say of Russia: Br-r-r." Closer Than We Think! 2/8/59 
|
|
#
¿
Jan 10, 2024 13:19
|
|
|
Pogo 2/18-20/52   Archie 3/24-26/49   Hide your shame!  The Virtue of Vera Valiant 11/11-13/76   
|
|
#
¿
Jan 11, 2024 00:37
|
|
|
Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/10/04  Brenda Starr 6/1/52  Smokey Stover 2/15/59  Everyday Movies 2/18/37  "She don't have to tear up all her letters on my account." Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 11/29/42 Spoilered for continuing presence of Lee Sung.  Closer Than We Think! 2/15/59 
|
|
#
¿
Jan 11, 2024 13:05
|
|
|
Pogo 2/21-23/52   Archie 3/28-30/49    The Virtue of Vera Valiant 11/14/76 
|
|
#
¿
Jan 12, 2024 00:34
|
|
|
Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/11/04  Brenda Starr 6/2-4/52    Smokey Stover 2/22/59  Everyday Movies 2/19/37  "My sleeves are longer, my skirts are longer, I look thinner and feel thinner and the scales say I've lost, so I must be thinner." Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 11/30 - 12/2/42    I'm not really sure what Sweet Willie's plan is here. Stay in the room holding a gun on Ott and Marlys for the next ... 55 days? Closer Than We Think! 2/22/59  In case you don't recognize the name, Vladimir Zworykin is best known as the inventor of CRT television. Selachian fucked around with this message at 13:13 on Jan 12, 2024 |
|
#
¿
Jan 12, 2024 13:09
|
|
|
Pogo 2/24/52 Archie 3/31 - 4/2/49    The Virtue of Vera Valiant 11/15-17/76   
|
|
#
¿
Jan 13, 2024 01:28
|
|
|
Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/12/04  Stephen Collins  Brenda Starr 6/5-7/52    Smokey Stover 3/1/59  Everyday Movies 2/20/37  "If this cold weather keeps up, Duke, we'll just hafta chop some wood and start the fire." Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 12/3-5/42    Been a while since we had Scarlet getting knocked out by a stray punch. Closer Than We Think! 3/1/59  Yes, well, we've just gotten around to imposing congestion fees in Manhattan. So maybe someday.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 13, 2024 14:38
|
|
|
Pogo 2/25-27/52   Archie 4/4-6/49    The Virtue of Vera Valiant 11/18-20/76   
|
|
#
¿
Jan 14, 2024 00:33
|
|
|
Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/13/03  Brenda Starr 6/8/52  Smokey Stover 3/8/59  Everyday Movies 2/22/37  "Oh, well, I guess I can relax a little, too, as long as the three rent dodgers are laid up with colds." Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 12/6/42 Spoilered because the Lee Sung story continues.  Closer Than We Think! 3/8/59 
Selachian fucked around with this message at 15:34 on Jan 14, 2024 |
|
#
¿
Jan 14, 2024 15:21
|
|
|
Pogo 2/28 - 3/1/52  Traditionally, women were allowed to propose to men on Leap Year Day. In media, this was depicted as horny spinsters harassing hapless men, as you see here. And you'll see much more of the same in Li'l Abner as it rolls along...  Archie 4/7-9/49    The Virtue of Vera Valiant 11/21/76 
Selachian fucked around with this message at 07:25 on Jan 15, 2024 |
|
#
¿
Jan 14, 2024 23:48
|
|
|
Jacki Rhymes with Orange  Get Chubby 1/14/04  Brenda Starr 6/9-11/52    Smokey Stover 3/15/59  Everyday Movies 2/23/37  "Mr. Bonds must be doing well -- his secretary's wearing a mink coat." The intersection of John and Nassau Streets today. Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 12/7-9/42    "How do you feel about threesomes?" Closer Than We Think! 3/15/59  A bridge or tunnel across the Bering Strait has been proposed at least since 1890, but it never gets built since it doesn't really make sense to spend millions connecting two mostly uninhabited areas. Selachian fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Jan 15, 2024 |
|
#
¿
Jan 15, 2024 15:29
|
|
|
Pogo 3/2/52, as the tale of Handle and Gristle starts running all over the book.  Archie 4/11-13/49    The Virtue of Vera Valiant 11/22-23/76   
|
|
#
¿
Jan 15, 2024 23:06
|
|
|
Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/15/04  Brenda Starr 6/12-14/52    Smokey Stover 3/22/59  Everyday Movies 2/24/37  "The lamb stew ain't quite up to par, Duke, on accounta not having no meat to put in it this time." Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 12/10-12/42     I admit, I thought the Sweet Willie stuff was Stamm's way of ending this story. I should have known better than to doubt. Closer Than We Think! 3/22/59   The Monsanto Plastic House of the Future at Disneyland. Torn down in 1967. Wikipedia posted:The building was so sturdy that when demolition crews failed to demolish the house using wrecking balls, torches, chainsaws, and jackhammers, it was ultimately demolished using choker chains to crush it into smaller parts. The plastic structure was so strong that the half-inch steel bolts used to mount it to its foundation broke before the structure itself did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto_House_of_the_Future
|
|
#
¿
Jan 16, 2024 14:14
|
|
|
Samovar posted:WOAH WOAH WOAH Flash was a polo player in the original strip. They changed him to a football player in the Sam Jones movie because to an 80s audience, polo was a prissy rich guy's sport unbefitting an action hero.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 16, 2024 18:16
|
|
|
ChickenOfTomorrow posted:KC Green's contract with King Features is up in March, so wrap up any storylines you were following Well, in the case of the Sunday Scarlet O'Neils, I'm having to spoiler them because a Chinese boy is a main character in the current storyline. If it's really bothering folks, I can always skip them until a new story starts up. Pogo 3/3-5/52    Archie 4/14-16/49    The Virtue of Vera Valiant 11/25-27/76    "You Turned Off the Light Switch of My Lonely Heart" would be a great country song title.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 17, 2024 00:27
|
|
|
mycatscrimes posted:Gunk was a wacky foreigner but he's also a little white blond kid without any racially othering features. Also he was randomly magic. And named 'Gunk'. Gunk was from a place called Flyspeck Island, which was filled with weird stuff. Whenever he brought out something from home, ***wackiness*** always ensued. EasyEW posted:The only thing I can add to the talk about antique racism that I haven't touched on a jillion times before is adjacent to what Safety Dance was saying: it's instructive how shockingly narrow the concept of "white" was before WW2. And not just before the war. Look at Tommy Noletti's family of Italian caricatures in Brenda Starr, for instance.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 17, 2024 04:23
|
|
|
Hiberni Rhymes with Orange  Get Fuzzy 1/16/04  Brenda Starr 6/15/52  Huh, that's a pretty fast exit for Retread. So are the Noletti-Castles going to burn through all of Weegee's millions and retire to a pastoral hillbilly life? Smokey Stover 3/29/59  Everyday Movies 2/25/37  "Yes, my knitting has improved a lot. Now I almost never drop a stitch when I see the boss coming." Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 12/13/42  Spoilered for continuing presence of Lee Sung. Closer Than We Think! 3/29/59 
Selachian fucked around with this message at 13:39 on Jan 17, 2024 |
|
#
¿
Jan 17, 2024 13:16
|
|
|
Even in 2024, quote is not edit.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 17, 2024 13:39
|
|
|
Pogo 3/6-8/52  Sumer is icumen in.  Archie 4/18-20/49   Billet-doux.  The Virtue of Vera Valiant 11/28/76 
|
|
#
¿
Jan 18, 2024 00:08
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 10, 2024 09:36 |
|
|
Rhymes with Orange Get Fuzzy 1/17/04  Brenda Starr 6/16-18/52    Smokey Stover 4/5/59  Everyday Movies 2/26/37  "Before I check my bag, can you tell me if it's raining outside, and do you think I need my rubbers?" Invisible Scarlet O'Neil 12/14-16/42    Closer Than We Think! 4/5/59 
Selachian fucked around with this message at 03:57 on Jan 19, 2024 |
|
#
¿
Jan 18, 2024 13:29
|
|