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Comic strips in 2012

Benjamin Grimm Jan 01 2012 06:15 AM

A year ago today I wondered when Dick Tracy and Gasoline Alley would be discontinued. Well, they've both made it into 2012. Can they make it to 2013?

Edgy MD Jan 01 2012 11:42 AM Re: Comic strips in 2012

Tracy's got a new artist and probably some new life in 2011. Mandrake the Magician is a strip that has been going since 1934, though I've never actually read nor even seen it. I never really thought about it, but with the passing of Don Mueller, I read that he was nicknamed "Mueller the Magician," after the strip. A few days later I was visiting the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and was surprised to see the strip listed among those appearing on the website. It looks like a Mark Trail-ian festival of decades-old reused art with computer-generated new lettering to rejigger old plotlines, but come on. Here's your 2011 thread. If it gets retired, look for it in threads started in January 2011.

metsmarathon Jan 01 2012 12:14 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

"teh fountain of youth" wow.

Edgy MD Jan 01 2012 12:22 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

That sweet wooden-hulled Chriscraft motorboat they're driving sure found teh fountain of youth.

Edgy MD Feb 19 2012 03:46 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

Barney Google appears in the strip that bears his name for the first time since 1997.

Nymr83 Feb 19 2012 04:11 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

ONE MILLION DOLLARS RAISED I don't remember who on this board told me that they or their kids were fans of The Order of the Stick webcomic, but check out the link above. The author set out to raise $57,750 from his fans to get one of his books (he compiled every 200 or so comics into a physical book) back into print... and he's raised over $1,000,000 so far! some unique prizes (as well as the oreiginal out of stock merchandise) for any fans out there who make a pledge.

themetfairy Feb 19 2012 06:38 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

Nymr83 wrote: ONE MILLION DOLLARS RAISED I don't remember who on this board told me that they or their kids were fans of The Order of the Stick webcomic, but check out the link above. The author set out to raise $57,750 from his fans to get one of his books (he compiled every 200 or so comics into a physical book) back into print... and he's raised over $1,000,000 so far! some unique prizes (as well as the oreiginal out of stock merchandise) for any fans out there who make a pledge. Cool! I don't know whether my kids are still into Order of the Stick, but they were into it for a while.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 24 2012 06:29 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

WTF???

cooby Feb 24 2012 06:43 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

I didn't get it either.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 20 2012 02:01 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

I like how the style of the artwork changes in Baldo when the storyline gets soapy.

Edgy MD Apr 21 2012 10:19 AM Re: Comic strips in 2012

Yeah, Telenovela Baldo is better than Baldo. (I may not feel that way if it ran every day, I acknowledge.)

Benjamin Grimm Apr 25 2012 01:39 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

For about two weeks or so, the characters in Get Fuzzy have been talking about the characteristics of Portuguese soccer players. I'm not getting these references at all, and I wonder how many American readers are.

Mets – Willets Point Apr 25 2012 02:43 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

Benjamin Grimm wrote: For about two weeks or so, the characters in Get Fuzzy have been talking about the characteristics of Portuguese soccer players. I'm not getting these references at all, and I wonder how many American readers are. I don't think it's too obscure. Rob is a soccer fan and Bucky is trying to get his goat by making up increasingly ridiculous stories about how soccer players dive. Really any American who hates soccer has used the same justification that Bucky does and would be able to find his exaggerations humorous.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 25 2012 02:46 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

Maybe I'm more out of it than most. Is diving a bad thing in soccer? I really have no idea what they're talking about.

Nymr83 Apr 25 2012 06:29 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

He doesn't mean diving like you would to go after a ball, he means taking a dive, in Dennis Rodman fashion, to waste time on your fake injury.

Benjamin Grimm May 15 2012 05:34 AM Re: Comic strips in 2012

A familiar face today in Mother Goose and Grimm It would be even better if the strip was funny.

Edgy MD May 15 2012 07:34 AM Re: Comic strips in 2012

Are they not allowed to use Mets trademarks, and so used a McDonald's one instead?

Benjamin Grimm May 15 2012 07:43 AM Re: Comic strips in 2012

I suspect the cartoonist just didn't bother looking up what a Mets cap and uniform actually look like. Bill Gallo was allowed to use Mets script in his cartoons. I would think that the rules for him would be the same as for a syndicated comic strip. (The only possible difference is that maybe the syndicate is more afraid of lawsuits than the Daily News was.)

Ceetar May 15 2012 07:48 AM Re: Comic strips in 2012

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I suspect the cartoonist just didn't bother looking up what a Mets cap and uniform actually look like. Bill Gallo was allowed to use Mets script in his cartoons. I would think that the rules for him would be the same as for a syndicated comic strip. (The only possible difference is that maybe the syndicate is more afraid of lawsuits than the Daily News was.) Clearly he had the joke first and the mascot on the couch second. When he was trying to figure out the perfect baseball mascot to represent the joke it was clearly baseball's best mascot that came to mind. I only said that other stuff because I didn't want you to get a big head.

Edgy MD May 15 2012 08:03 AM Re: Comic strips in 2012

The counselor looks like Rik Ocasek in drag.

soupcan May 15 2012 09:13 AM Re: Comic strips in 2012

Ceetar wrote: Clearly he had the joke first and the mascot on the couch second. When he was trying to figure out the perfect baseball mascot to represent the joke it was clearly baseball's best mascot that came to mind. I only said that other stuff because I didn't want you to get a big head. Nah - he had the mascot first and then the joke. It had to be a mascot with a baseball head because then it makes sense that he's afraid of 'bats'. Why would the Phillie Phanatic be afraid of bats?

Ceetar May 15 2012 09:40 AM Re: Comic strips in 2012

soupcan wrote: Ceetar wrote: Clearly he had the joke first and the mascot on the couch second. When he was trying to figure out the perfect baseball mascot to represent the joke it was clearly baseball's best mascot that came to mind. I only said that other stuff because I didn't want you to get a big head. Nah - he had the mascot first and then the joke. It had to be a mascot with a baseball head because then it makes sense that he's afraid of 'bats'. Why would the Phillie Phanatic be afraid of bats? bat day at CBP with those fans terrifies me.

metsmarathon May 15 2012 10:40 AM Re: Comic strips in 2012

the problem isn't the joke, its the delivery. you trip up over the "chiropto-phobia" lines. a better delivery would perhaps be a two panel comic. left panel, only see the therapist, saying "you have a fear of bats" right panel, mr met lying on the couch, looking despondent. therapist at the margin, half out of hte frame. "do you know when it started? (or similar probative words to that effect)" she asks. much more the funny. not laugh out loud funny, mind you, but still quiet-chuckle funny.

Lefty Specialist May 15 2012 01:52 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

When she first came into the room, he was hiding behind the couch until she said, "Dude! I can see, like, 80% of your head!!"

RealityChuck May 16 2012 01:19 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Are they not allowed to use Mets trademarks, and so used a McDonald's one instead? Yes, they can use Mets trademarks. Free speech trumps trademark law. The artist probably figured no one would understand what the NY was.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 01 2012 11:11 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

The Green Lantern is gay.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 02 2012 07:17 AM Re: Comic strips in 2012

well duh. Prances around the city in green undies. AMIRITE?

Edgy MD Jun 02 2012 12:11 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

Damn right!

Frayed Knot Aug 05 2012 05:27 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

I only see this strip occasionally but, when I do, I usually get a kick out of its odd-ball sense of humor.

Edgy MD Aug 05 2012 07:38 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

Retired logos. Good joke. I don't recognize the slice of lime with the S or the buzzard with the baseball on his back.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 05 2012 07:42 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

Seattle -- both of 'em. The Supersonics and the upside-down Pilots.

Ceetar Aug 05 2012 07:43 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

Edgy DC wrote: Retired logos. Good joke. I don't recognize the slice of lime with the S or the buzzard with the baseball on his back. Seattle supersonics and Seattle Pilots? just a guess.

Edgy MD Aug 05 2012 07:56 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

Wow. A Seattle Pilots reference. That's hardcore.

Edgy MD Aug 05 2012 08:10 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

It's funny. I just saw The Firm this evening, featuring former Seattle Pilot Greg Goosen as "Vietnam Vet."

Benjamin Grimm Sep 20 2012 10:06 AM Re: Comic strips in 2012

Geez, what decade is Dennis the Menace stuck in?

metsmarathon Sep 20 2012 11:57 AM Re: Comic strips in 2012

a female boss? what manner of nonsense is this!?

seawolf17 Sep 20 2012 12:10 PM Re: Comic strips in 2012

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Geez, what decade is Dennis the Menace stuck in? Apparently one where he can't even use IMG tags correctly! I mean, come on! (just taking the piss here)

Benjamin Grimm Nov 03 2012 10:12 AM Re: Comic strips in 2012

So Dagwood starts running for President a week before Election Day? (If only it worked that way in real life.)