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Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Fri July 12, 2019 4:53 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Fri July 12, 2019 5:38 am
by Bammer
Simple Torture wrote:
OMG amazing
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Mon July 15, 2019 4:45 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Fri July 19, 2019 1:43 am
by B
This makes me laugh so much.

Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Fri July 19, 2019 5:16 am
by Bammer
I see at least two butts in that tree
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Fri July 19, 2019 5:27 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Fri July 19, 2019 9:08 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sat July 20, 2019 9:07 pm
by Simple Torture
This early Far Side is darker than normal:

Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sat July 20, 2019 9:18 pm
by Norah
tragabigzanda wrote:
these are fucking dumb
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sat July 20, 2019 9:20 pm
by Norah
Monkey_Driven wrote:Looking back on it, I believe The Far Side informed some of my sense humor.
Me too. We had an anthology in the bathroom growing up.
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Fri August 02, 2019 6:38 pm
by Simple Torture
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Fri August 02, 2019 7:14 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sat August 03, 2019 12:53 am
by B
tragabigzanda wrote:Simple Torture wrote:

love that one.
The Cat Fud one is a classic.
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sat August 03, 2019 1:00 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sat August 03, 2019 4:06 am
by Bammer
cutuphalfdead wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:
these are fucking dumb

Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Mon August 05, 2019 11:30 pm
by washing machine
Remember this couple?

Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Mon August 05, 2019 11:43 pm
by B
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Thu August 08, 2019 3:47 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Fri September 20, 2019 2:23 pm
by Simple Torture
Gary Larson's website was updated this week for the first time since July 2000; something's coming soon:
https://www.thefarside.com/
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Fri September 20, 2019 2:44 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.