wow I had completely forgotten that strip
― Οὖτις, Friday, 21 October 2016 22:43 (seven years ago) link
I had a look at some recent ones, and none of them seem to be about pirate stuff at all, the fact they're all pirates is all never mentioned and completely irrelevant to any of the jokes. I guess this is fairly common wrt long running comic strips once they exhaust all the jokes about their basic gimmick?
― soref, Friday, 21 October 2016 22:46 (seven years ago) link
I'll stop talking about Overboard in the Peanuts thread now, my apologies to Charles Schultz
― soref, Friday, 21 October 2016 22:50 (seven years ago) link
I guess this is fairly common wrt long running comic strips once they exhaust all the jokes about their basic gimmick?
Well either that or diving headfirst into overtly Christian themes with a dash of Islamophobia sprinkled in.
― pplains, Saturday, 22 October 2016 00:06 (seven years ago) link
Ummm... Funky Winkerbean to thread?
(apologizes to Schultz thread)
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 22 October 2016 00:27 (seven years ago) link
Never heard of Overboard before today, but that strip makes me want to check it out.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 22 October 2016 00:50 (seven years ago) link
http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Charlie+brown+transcript+well+what+are+you+doing+here+go+on+home_54f538_4732034.jpg
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 22 October 2016 00:52 (seven years ago) link
That up there is the first overboard strip I've read that I haven't hated
― his eye is on despair-o (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 22 October 2016 02:02 (seven years ago) link
Haha Overboard is terrible but I agree that is a good one
― electric wight dorkestra (crüt), Saturday, 22 October 2016 02:17 (seven years ago) link
"how i hate him" is still how i think about charlie brown.it was a long slow process from pig pen to charlie brown to linus in my life. i'm aiming for schroeder these days.
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Saturday, 22 October 2016 02:21 (seven years ago) link
in tribute:
which Peanuts character do you most identify with at this point in your life?
― sleeve, Saturday, 22 October 2016 02:37 (seven years ago) link
i struck a chord!
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Saturday, 22 October 2016 02:40 (seven years ago) link
Just like Schroeder!
― pplains, Saturday, 22 October 2016 02:56 (seven years ago) link
One of my favourite examples of this is the "Robotman" strip, which started in the 1980s as an "ALF" style story about a robot from outer space living with a suburban family with two kids... Then the whole premise of the strip was rebooted so that Robotman started living with a nerdy guy named Monty, while the rest of the original cast disappeared, and the title was changed to "Robotman and Monty". Then Robotman himself disappeared, and now the strip is just about Monty. Talk about a ship of Theseus!
― Tuomas, Saturday, 22 October 2016 14:18 (seven years ago) link
ha, perfect analogy. there are a lot of (less dramatic) variations on that theme, like "blondie" metamorphosing from the adventures of a flapper girl, whose boyfriend dagwood was, according to wiki, the heir to a railroad fortune (!)... to being primarily a settled suburbanite sitcom focused around dagwood the put-upon 9-to-5er. "wash tubbs" started out with small-town hijinks revolving around a girl-chasing, flivver-driving up-and-comer, and became a globe-trotting adventures trip propelled by the two-fisted, square-jawed captain easy.
― DOCTOR CAISNO, BYCREATIVELABBUS (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 22 October 2016 15:05 (seven years ago) link
Barney Google & Snuffy Smith
Never in my life did I set eyes on Barney Google in that strip
― his eye is on despair-o (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 22 October 2016 15:15 (seven years ago) link
the ultimate example is thimble theater, which was a strip about scheming ne'er-do-well castor oyl and his sister olive until one day they needed to hire a sailor:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zFdVi5iwEAA/VGkDu3UZGkI/AAAAAAAAEH0/7cRMhua9a-U/s1600/popeye_firstcartoon.gif
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 22 October 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
Ha someone just explained that particular evolution to me the other day re: popeye
RIP professor whatasnozzle
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 22 October 2016 19:52 (seven years ago) link
fuck this half assed bullshithttps://www.uniqlo.com/us/en/kawsxpeanuts/kxp
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 28 April 2017 14:43 (seven years ago) link
preach
― Οὖτις, Friday, 28 April 2017 16:11 (seven years ago) link
Good grief.
― pplains, Friday, 28 April 2017 16:50 (seven years ago) link
"KAWS is an internationally recognized artist who regularly exhibits in museums and galleries throughout the world. this UT collection features KAWS's unique rendition of the beloved comic strip “Peanuts.” Snoopy and other Peanuts favorites are presented in a bold graphical style with a sophisticated humor."
are the xs for eyes what makes his rendition unique or are they his sophisticated humor?
― koogs, Sunday, 30 April 2017 16:27 (seven years ago) link
i have a unique rendition of Hello Kitty if anyone wants to see it.
― koogs, Sunday, 30 April 2017 16:28 (seven years ago) link
You should see my Beenie and Cecil, Ohhhhh!
― nickn, Sunday, 30 April 2017 20:03 (seven years ago) link
I am quietly grateful
http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/fires/article178281236.html
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 12 October 2017 04:21 (six years ago) link
yeah i've been fretting about the well-being of the schulz museum. awful to even contemplate something happening to it. that stuff is irreplaceable.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 12 October 2017 04:34 (six years ago) link
given the number of dead, i think quietly grateful is about as far as i'd be willing to go
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 12 October 2017 04:42 (six years ago) link
A good friend of mine of twenty years standing lost her house in the fire. I am well aware of the proper perspective, thank you.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 12 October 2017 04:43 (six years ago) link
not lecturing you, just agreeing
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 12 October 2017 04:46 (six years ago) link
He had a perfectly legitimate character named Patty and then suddenly he introduces a character called Peppermint Patty and just lets the original Patty die out. What kind of cartoonist does that?
― Josefa, Thursday, 12 October 2017 06:21 (six years ago) link
life is cruel
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 12 October 2017 06:46 (six years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/6d/5d/d5/6d5dd584e9214741e53fdce4d1e9b5c2.jpg
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 12 October 2017 10:31 (six years ago) link
http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/csrpl/images/Peanuts.gif
― abcfsk, Thursday, 12 October 2017 10:38 (six years ago) link
i like that last one. year?
― Einstein, Bazinga, Sitar (abanana), Thursday, 12 October 2017 11:13 (six years ago) link
1973 http://peanuts.wikia.com/wiki/October_1973_comic_strips
― abcfsk, Thursday, 12 October 2017 11:21 (six years ago) link
A sad follow up: his home of 35 years, and where his widow Jean continued to live, was lost. She is fine but some personal memorabilia is now gone forever. http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/12/peanuts-creator-charles-schulzs-widow-flees-santa-rosa-fire-home-destroyed/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 October 2017 02:59 (six years ago) link
First, the Library of Alexandria. Now this.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 13 October 2017 03:16 (six years ago) link
v sad news :(
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 13 October 2017 03:22 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/fRpXZLT.jpg
― pplains, Friday, 13 October 2017 12:11 (six years ago) link
;_;
― imago, Friday, 13 October 2017 12:14 (six years ago) link
Sometimes when I'm alarmed I feel my (psychic) ears stand up like Snoopy's.
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Friday, 13 October 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link
I wrote a very short story pic.twitter.com/hSO2nPtxq1— Jason Ritter (@JasonRitter) December 23, 2017
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 24 December 2017 14:53 (six years ago) link
Really good
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Sunday, 24 December 2017 14:54 (six years ago) link
Cheers mate
― kolakube (Ross), Sunday, 24 December 2017 14:55 (six years ago) link
Carry On Charlie
― Steely Rodin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 December 2017 15:12 (six years ago) link
Talk of Peanuts on another thread reminded me that over Christmas I visited the Schulz exhibition at Somerset House in London - highest possible recommendation for anyone with an interest in or love for the comic strip. So many originals all in one place, many of them absolutely key strips, as well as a ton of great memorabilia, personal correspondence, magazine covers, adverts etc etc - a lot to take in! They were totally cool about ppl taking pictures too, which was nice - here's a few panels I couldn't resist:
https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/aa362/Andrew_Littlefield/0/fbd6f0ba-715a-4bb5-8721-a8fe22870457-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds
https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/aa362/Andrew_Littlefield/0/3489e466-271f-4910-84d7-a59d87278399-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds
https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/aa362/Andrew_Littlefield/0/b62a4bff-9ae2-46bd-91c1-c66e2fd55afe-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds
https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/aa362/Andrew_Littlefield/0/9b313ebd-38b9-4d85-844f-a3034ff53039-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 10 January 2019 19:47 (five years ago) link
nice
― sans lep (sic), Thursday, 10 January 2019 20:22 (five years ago) link
Reminds me that I'm far, far, FAR too overdue for a visit to the Santa Rosa museum. This year if I can help it.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 January 2019 20:26 (five years ago) link
People are complaining about nu-Nancy, but that last one could be its blueprint
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 10 January 2019 20:29 (five years ago) link
the exhibition was glorious. but how expensive were those t shirts???
― Bênoit Balls (stevie), Thursday, 10 January 2019 20:31 (five years ago) link