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30 Jun 2004, 02:32
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Mr. Blobby
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Newspaper Comics
So I was wondering if you have any cool comics in your local magazines and newspapers, and I thought it might be cool if everyone posted a few in a single thread, so we might all amuse ourselves with some great Intarweb Comic Culture Exchange, or whatever. I've got two comics which I personally find quite amusing, so I shall shortly describe them, and add a few translated examples. - Fokke & Sukke
Originally started as a comic strip for student newspapers, but became very successful and went national. The comic now appears in both student magazines, as well as the country's upper-class type newspaper, NRC Handelsblad. Fokke & Sukke are two student-like, bird-like friends who don't wear pants and will shag anything that moves. Including each other. The comics tend to be oriented towards current events, often politics, business and sports. The following examples are a random selection of in my opinion amusing ones from the past few weeks:
http://members.chello.nl/igroeneveld...ic/foksuk1.png
http://members.chello.nl/igroeneveld...ic/foksuk2.png
http://members.chello.nl/igroeneveld...ic/foksuk3.png
- Dirkjan
Dirkjan is a comic strip that has been going for a while, and appears in several magazines, including our TV guide. It features Dirkjan, a big ugly single guy and some of his friends. Aliens and gnomes (well, the dutch equivalent - kabouters) make frequent guest appearances. The comics usually make an unexpected turn, or have a play on words. The past few weeks have been gladiator-themed for example, and in one Dirkjan is informed of having to face an intimidating gladiator who, according to his friend Bert, has never lost. He subsequently decimates Dirkjan... at a game of poker. Quite amusing if you like the simple, yet subtle humour. These examples were taken from a "Count Dirkula" series of comics.
http://members.chello.nl/igroeneveld...c/dirkjan1.png
http://members.chello.nl/igroeneveld...c/dirkjan2.png
http://members.chello.nl/igroeneveld...c/dirkjan3.png
Go on and share your cool comics with the world!
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30 Jun 2004, 02:44
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overtired
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Re: Newspaper Comics
(I have no comics to add but) I'd like to commend you on possibly the tidiest post ever
oh, and while they were all funny, #2 and #6 were most
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30 Jun 2004, 02:51
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Godfather
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Re: Newspaper Comics
i fell in love with calvin and hobbes after my gf purchased me the 'complete calvin and hobbes' giant book thing because id never heard of it before.
now i can safely say they are pure genious
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30 Jun 2004, 03:08
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Clerk
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Re: Newspaper Comics
I've never been a big fan of comic strips in newspapers - most comics work better in a book form where the humour can develop over time. I'd tend to agree with Bill Watterson that the panel format is pretty restrictive. Note : I'm not as energetic as Leshy so these are all simply Googled images. I'm not including web comics, as this was supposed to be Newspaper comics.
- Nemi
I don't currently buy a newspaper. The only one I regularly read is The Metro which is a free-paper distributed via the transit systems in major British cities. If I read that, I generally read Nemi, which is pretty shit but she's a goth (<3). I think it's originally Norwegian which probably explains the unfunniness.
http://www.arbthoughts.com/images/allinthehead.gif
http://www.arbthoughts.com/images/answeringmachine.gif
http://www.arbthoughts.com/images/alicecooper.gif
Calvin & Hobbes
My mother used to buy a truly terrible right-wing newspaper when I was younger. I can't remember if it was the Mail or the Express, but either way, it had Calvin & Hobbes in it (which stood in stark contrast to the mindless authotarianism of the rest of the paper). As I've mentioned in a previous thread, my friend at primary school introduced me to it originally. It truly is the greatest comic strip ever.
It manages to be as insightful as The Simpsons at it's peak, yet it never falls into the sort of cynicism which you find elsewhere. It's "moral" without being preacy, clever yet funny, touching yet not sappy. You really only realise how good it is upon reading the collections, but, a couple of links.
http://www.lehigh.edu/~emp4/calvin%20and%20hobbes.jpg
http://members.aol.com/lshauser/calvins.html
http://web.csuchico.edu/~ah24/calvin.gif
Dilbert
OK, I'm sure you know all about Dilbert anyway, but it's still pretty good. Some of the humour falls a bit flat, but for anyone who has worked in an office you realise how scarily accurate some of it is. Again, I would recommend the collections. I can't remember which UK newspaper I originally read this stuff in.
http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/procserv/img/dilbert.gif
http://www.async.ece.utah.edu/~thack...oductivity.gif
http://clavelina.as.arizona.edu/~jba...01/dilbert.png
Hmmm. Rather worryingly none of those are British comics. The most famous English one is probably "Andy Capp" but I never really found that funny. That's pretty much it I think, although perhaps Garfield as well when I was much younger.
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30 Jun 2004, 04:57
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Klaatu barada nikto
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Re: Newspaper Comics
Calvin & Hobbes, Dilbert, Doonesbury (before he got so preachy), Bloom County (before he got so weird) and of course, The Far Side.
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30 Jun 2004, 05:04
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the merciless
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Re: Newspaper Comics
Quote:
Originally Posted by JammyJim
i fell in love with calvin and hobbes after my gf purchased me the 'complete calvin and hobbes' giant book thing because id never heard of it before.
now i can safely say they are pure genious
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I remember reading that when I Was 11 to a Dyslexic kid in my class, I then always thought you know I Could say anything here but I never did.
Anyway Calvin and Hobbes is most aces but I haven't seen anything new from them since I was 12 or something and I had read most of the stupendously large comic books they came in.
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30 Jun 2004, 09:23
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: Newspaper Comics
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Originally Posted by Evergreen
I haven't seen anything new from them since I was 12 or something
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That's because Bill Watterson's been hiding from the world in Hudson, Ohio.
Re: Dilbert, it used to be in the Express, now it's in New Scientist (I don't know if it's anywhere else).
Nemi is really really really bad.
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30 Jun 2004, 09:32
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Clerk
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Re: Newspaper Comics
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Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri
Nemi is really really really bad.
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Bloody Norwegians. I'd still do her though.
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30 Jun 2004, 09:42
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Guy next door
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Re: Newspaper Comics
Sigmund
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30 Jun 2004, 09:56
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: Newspaper Comics
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Bloody Norwegians. I'd still do her though.
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She's not 15 dude.
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30 Jun 2004, 09:57
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Clerk
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Re: Newspaper Comics
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Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri
She's not 15 dude.
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Shut up.
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30 Jun 2004, 11:54
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Lucky
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Re: Newspaper Comics
leshy already mentioned my fav 2 comics.
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30 Jun 2004, 12:19
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Next goal wins!
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Re: Newspaper Comics
Andy Capp > you
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30 Jun 2004, 12:40
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Miles Teg
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Re: Newspaper Comics
fokke and sukke \o/\o/
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30 Jun 2004, 12:52
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WANNASEEMYNEWCHAINSAW
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Re: Newspaper Comics
Calvin & Hobbes is the greatest ever. No debate. Hehe.
I have every Bill Watterson book and I have spread them around like a hideously funny virus. Everyone I know love 'em, how many other comic strips/comedy pieces do you know that everyone likes.
Dilbert is unfunny. He doesn't even write most of the storylines himself, he just has people send in things to his website and his home. Bah!
The comic strips I enjoy are not published in newspapers, mainly cause of their content as opposed to their greateness.
- Goats Goats.com
An irreverent strip that has really evolved and come a long long way over the past 4 years or so. Really been spiced up of late by the arrival of a new character, Oliver, a little psychotic yellow cute chick that is the grand-nephew of Satan. Believe me its quite an interesting storyline. His 'father' is Diablo, the nephew of Satan (or so he believes). Once of the best storylines involves Diablo brining long standing main character Jon to meet Satan at his weekly poker game.
Im at work so I cant even connect to the site to link to it.
- Penny Arcade Penny-Arcade.com
Most people know this already so I will just point that out the occassional genius and regular brilliance of this strip.
- Achewood Achewood.com
This strip has been a constant joy due to its imaginative storylines over the past year or two. HArd to explain, its a strip involving animals in the place or humans, with entirely human like actions etc. basically this makes it all the more readable. Chris Onstad really comes up with some whacked out stuff. Entertainment all round.
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30 Jun 2004, 12:54
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: Newspaper Comics
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Originally Posted by IncubusGod
Dilbert is unfunny. He doesn't even write most of the storylines himself, he just has people send in things to his website and his home. Bah!
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30 Jun 2004, 13:00
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WANNASEEMYNEWCHAINSAW
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Re: Newspaper Comics
Meh...I have Dilbert books. All are mediocre with little actually funny jokes. Some witty remarks, mostly bland.
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