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Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

Edgy MD Jan 11 2013 01:06 PM

What would it be like if this is the first Mark Trail you ever saw? Maybe it is your first. And if so you would ask... What the hell is going on? Who's the hero? Who's the villain? Why's the monkey talking? Is his sentence to remain unfinished until tomorrow? Are all four figures aligned against each other? Of course, seasoned readers will know, facial hair in Mark Trail means your salad days are coming to an end.

Swan Swan H Jan 11 2013 01:13 PM Re: Comics in 2013

Jack Elrod was my former porn name.

Ceetar Jan 11 2013 01:13 PM Re: Comics in 2013

well, I think that was my first Mark Trail comic so.. yeah, all of those. And I'm wondering why the fishing rod and how exactly that is an effective counter measure to a rifle.

Edgy MD Jan 11 2013 01:21 PM Re: Comics in 2013

It had a lure, so....

Mets – Willets Point Jan 11 2013 01:42 PM Re: Comics in 2013

Ceetar wrote: well, I think that was my first Mark Trail comic so.. yeah, all of those. And I'm wondering why the fishing rod and how exactly that is an effective counter measure to a rifle. The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a fishing rod.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 21 2013 06:41 AM Re: Comics in 2013

I would like to renew my call for Gasoline Alley to be put out of its misery. They just recently concluded a story in which a man tried to marry a mule. It used to be a charming strip, many years ago. Now it's just abysmally stupid.

Mets – Willets Point Mar 21 2013 09:39 AM Re: Comics in 2013

Does this Beetle Bailey strip make any sense to you? Do women often offer to comb their co-worker's hair? Does such activity have to be done out of sight of the boss? Is there any interpretation to this other than The Comic Curmudgeon's suggestion that Beetle Bailey is trying (and failing) to make sexy lesbian innuendo? I'm just wondering what joke they were trying to make.

Edgy MD Mar 21 2013 09:47 AM Re: Comics in 2013

Who's the blondie? I guess it's Ms. Buxley, but she usually wears black, longer hair, and has her eyes half-lidded in her cool sultriness. Yeah, I don't get the joke, but that's more typical than not with Beetle Bailey.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 11 2013 09:41 AM Re: Comics in 2013

I didn't realize that Red and Rover was set in the past until today's strip, which showed them watching Walter Cronkite and comparing him to Captain Kangaroo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_and_Rover

cooby May 29 2013 04:58 PM Re: Comics in 2013

At first I thought Mark was responding to Cherry's survival of camping with a city girl, escaping from a forest fire, and an attack by a grizzly by touching her wittle nose. But in color I see she is touching her own nose, even weirder.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 01 2013 07:30 AM Re: Comics in 2013

I think I've said it before, but it bears repeating: Mort Walker and his studio are absolutely horrible at drawing animals. The monkeys in yesterday's strip looked like cats with beaks. The dog in today's strip is supposed to look silly, but it's still poorly drawn. Not that the human characters look all that great, but the animals? Yeesh!

Edgy MD Jun 01 2013 07:53 PM Re: Comics in 2013

I dunno. If all comic strip characters were suddenly single and I had to marry , and Alice Mitchell (née Johnson) gave me the cold shoulder, I would start making inquiries about Lois Flagston (née Bailey).

Edgy MD Jun 01 2013 08:02 PM Re: Comics in 2013

Comic drunks in the funny pages: General Halftrack (Beetle Bailey) Bung (The Wizard of Id) Leroy (The Lockharts) (probably more of a problem drinker) Thirsty Thurston (Hi & Lois) Most of the whiskey swilling journalists plus the Ted Kennedy-lookalike politician (Shoe). Frank and Ernest.

Swan Swan H Jul 08 2013 06:50 PM Re: Comics in 2013

Mets – Willets Point Jul 08 2013 07:16 PM Re: Comics in 2013

Comic drunks in the funny pages: General Halftrack (Beetle Bailey) Bung (The Wizard of Id) Leroy (The Lockharts) (probably more of a problem drinker) Thirsty Thurston (Hi & Lois) Most of the whiskey swilling journalists plus the Ted Kennedy-lookalike politician (Shoe). Frank and Ernest. Andy Capp (although I'm never sure if it is supposed to be comical or Ken Loach-style social realism).

Edgy MD Jul 09 2013 07:29 AM Re: Comics in 2013

Surprised I forgot Andy Capp. He doesn't run in many American papers, but I know he's still out there, because once a year I will spot a luncheonette sporting Andy Capp-endorsed merchandise. Pub fries, to be specific. I wonder how much of an endorsement from Andy Capp is worth.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 09 2013 07:40 AM Re: Comics in 2013

Edgy MD wrote: There was a guy in my wife's 8am English course at college who would have a daily breakfast of Andy Capp Hot Fries and Mr. Pibb (I think I was in the same class but not alert enough to observe the dietary habits of my classmates). He's still legendary in our family.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 09 2013 10:17 AM Re: Comics in 2013

Edgy MD wrote: Oh man, did I used to love those Andy Capp fries. But not the Hot ones. I think there was a non-hot version. I haven't had 'em in years and I probably wouldn't eat 'em nowadays if I had the chance, though.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 12 2013 02:21 PM Re: Comics in 2013

Your father puts ketchup on so many inappropriate things.

cooby Jul 12 2013 10:01 PM Re: Comics in 2013

Did you participate Willets? The response was overwhelming; I couldn't even read them all!

Mets – Willets Point Jul 13 2013 12:20 PM Re: Comics in 2013

I didn't find the time to write a poem, but I had an idea to do one just like the first one Josh put in his post based on "This Is Just To Say" by William Carlos Williams.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 16 2013 09:59 AM Re: Comics in 2013

Funky Winkerbean gets really creepy.

Edgy MD Aug 14 2013 10:07 AM Re: Comics in 2013

This Charming Charlie.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 18 2013 08:33 AM Re: Comics in 2013

cooby Aug 18 2013 08:55 AM Re: Comics in 2013

Love :)

Benjamin Grimm Aug 23 2013 01:17 PM Re: Comics in 2013

In today's Peanuts rerun, Charlie Brown meets Peppermint Patty for the first time. Schroeder's cap pops off his head at the thought of Charlie Brown being referred to as "Chuck".

Edgy MD Aug 24 2013 08:15 AM Re: Comics in 2013

I'm still trying to figure out why tinned Puerto Rican crab meat is so awesome that they need to stop anyone from buying more than 21 cans.

Mets – Willets Point Sep 10 2013 02:43 PM Re: Comics in 2013

cooby Sep 17 2013 11:45 AM Re: Comics in 2013

We're at the mall right? Why has Blondie no purse?

Benjamin Grimm Sep 17 2013 11:47 AM Re: Comics in 2013

They're really old. Maybe they're just mall-walking.

Edgy MD Sep 17 2013 12:25 PM Re: Comics in 2013

Yeah, I think she keeps a small little purse in her bosom.

soupcan Sep 17 2013 01:14 PM Re: Comics in 2013

'Bosom'? Who's old now?

Rockin' Doc Sep 17 2013 06:48 PM Re: Comics in 2013

Blondie doesn't need a purse. She has Dagwood and his wallet with her.

cooby Jan 04 2014 06:05 PM Re: Comics in 2013

Whoo hoo! Made the COTW runner ups!

Edgy MD Jan 04 2014 06:21 PM Re: Comics in 2013

Coo'gratulations, Cooby! Bosom.

MFS62 Jan 05 2014 07:24 AM Re: Comics in 2013

Both Doonesbury and Mallard Fillmore have recently been moved to the editorial page of my local Danbury newspaper by the (Hartford News) company that bought it. Later

Mets – Willets Point Jan 07 2014 09:03 AM Re: Comics in 2013

Leroy Lockhorn is a Mets fan!?!?!

Benjamin Grimm Jan 07 2014 09:05 AM Re: Comics in 2013

Well, they're from Levittown.

Ceetar Jan 07 2014 09:13 AM Re: Comics in 2013

isn't it 2014 now?

Benjamin Grimm Jan 07 2014 09:15 AM Re: Comics in 2013

What? Oh, yes, I suppose it is. I'll rename this thread; it's small enough that it doesn't need to be locked.

cooby Jan 07 2014 10:54 AM Re: Comics in 2013

MFS62 wrote: Both Doonesbury and Mallard Fillmore have recently been moved to the editorial page of my local Danbury newspaper by the (Hartford News) company that bought it. Later I love Doonesbury when it's Zonker and when it's Alex and her family

Ceetar Jan 28 2014 08:38 AM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

I now find it impossible to read a Garfield comic without imaging it as a Garfield minus Garfield comic.

cooby Jan 30 2014 12:57 PM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

I think it's time to kick Garfield to the curb. Heathcliff is getting better and better.

cooby Feb 06 2014 08:23 AM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

Mary Worthless, ala Carol Burnett http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy659O44VZ8

MFS62 Feb 06 2014 09:22 AM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

cooby wrote: I think it's time to kick Garfield to the curb. Heathcliff is getting better and better. Be careful. My cat Chester, is Garfield's stunt double, and will fight to help Garfield keep his job. Later

cooby Feb 06 2014 09:48 AM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

But does Chester have a snowblower? :)

MFS62 Feb 06 2014 10:06 AM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

cooby wrote: But does Chester have a snowblower? :) Unfortunately, no. :) Later

cooby Feb 06 2014 10:12 AM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

I'm sure he could use one this year

batmagadanleadoff Apr 08 2014 09:32 PM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

[fimg=333]http://ifanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Life-with-Archie_16.jpg[/fimg] Life with Archie. Death with Archie. ______________________ Comic book character Archie to be killed off LOS ANGELES — Not even Archie Andrews is immortal in the world of comics. Archie Comics announced Tuesday that the famous comic book character will heroically sacrifice himself while saving the life of a friend in a July installment of "Life with Archie," a comic book series that tells the story of grown-up renditions of Archie and his Riverdale gang. "We've been building up to this moment since we launched 'Life with Archie' five years ago and knew that any book that was telling the story of Archie's life as an adult had to also show his final moment," Archie Comics publisher and co-CEO Jon Goldwater said in a statement. Archie's final moments will be detailed in "Life with Archie" No. 36, while issue No. 37 will jump forward a year and focus on his friends Jughead, Betty, Veronica and Reggie honoring the legacy of their red-headed pal. Archie first appeared in comics in 1941 and went on to become a colorful icon of wholesomeness. In recent years, Archie Comics has tackled such issues as gay characters and the zombie apocalypse in Archie's fictional hometown of Riverdale. However, Archie himself won't need to rise from the grave. The freckle-faced character will still be alive and well in other series. http://bostonherald.com/entertainment/a ... killed_off

Ceetar Apr 09 2014 07:24 AM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

Calvin and Hobbes can be so timeless sometimes

Edgy MD Apr 09 2014 07:54 AM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

batmagadanleadoff wrote: In recent years, Archie Comics has tackled such issues as gay characters and the zombie apocalypse in Archie's fictional hometown of Riverdale. Is the zombie apocalypse in Riverdale really that much of an issue? Have I missed this on the Sunday morning shows?

cooby Apr 09 2014 10:23 AM Re: Comics in 2013

cooby wrote: MFS62 wrote: Both Doonesbury and Mallard Fillmore have recently been moved to the editorial page of my local Danbury newspaper by the (Hartford News) company that bought it. Later I love Doonesbury when it's Zonker and when it's Alex and her family I don't like the new (old) doonesbury. Not very relevant and very hard to read

Benjamin Grimm Jun 07 2014 06:55 PM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

Stephan Pastis has just revealed that it was Bill Watterson (of Calvin and Hobbes, of course) who was the guest artist who did several panels of Pearls before Swine this week.

Ceetar Jun 09 2014 08:11 AM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Stephan Pastis has just revealed that it was Bill Watterson (of Calvin and Hobbes, of course) who was the guest artist who did several panels of Pearls before Swine this week. yay! saw that this weekend. good stuff.

Edgy MD Jun 16 2014 02:27 PM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

Hey, when did Mark Trail get a nu artist, working with original art, computer-generated text, setting recent strips in a post-Colonial Africa somewhat akin to the world of The Phantom.

Edgy MD Jun 18 2014 09:40 AM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

Andy Capp soldiers on so anachronistically, it's almost become a surreal masterpiece.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 18 2014 09:43 AM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

I haven't seen Andy Capp since forever. I had forgotten all about "Chalkie."

Edgy MD Jun 18 2014 09:47 AM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

I remember "Eric" as his main running buddy. I'm guessing he's not smoking as much as he used to.

Mets – Willets Point Jun 24 2014 09:50 AM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

Mark Trail gets awesome.

Vic Sage Jun 24 2014 10:59 AM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

i started watching this documentary on CALVIN & HOBBES and realized after about 20 minutes that, though i love that strip, i'm just not that interested in how it changed people's lives.

Ceetar Jul 15 2014 11:37 AM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

Thor will be a woman going forward.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 18 2014 05:28 PM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

It seems that every year, Soup to Nutz remembers to honor Roberto Clemente on his birthday.

cooby Aug 19 2014 06:46 AM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

It seems that every year, Soup to Nutz remembers to honor Roberto Clemente on his birthday. Nice :)

Edgy MD Oct 20 2014 06:17 AM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

Pearls Before Swine hits a homer:

MFS62 Oct 20 2014 08:04 AM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

That was the Best - the drummer for the Beatles. Later

Benjamin Grimm Nov 22 2014 11:17 AM Re: Comics in 2013 (and 2014 too!)

This strip was in today's newspaper. Originally published in 1967.