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Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sat June 22, 2019 4:31 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 June 22, 2019 4:40 pm
by JuanHamm
Nick wiger of the Doughboys podcast is frequently complaining about Heathcliff comics not making sense.
He's right, but it doesn't make them any less funny.

Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sat June 22, 2019 4:42 pm
by JuanHamm
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sat June 22, 2019 4:43 pm
by JuanHamm
Somebody is being paid to write these
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sat June 22, 2019 4:44 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.
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sat June 22, 2019 5:22 pm
by epilogue
Heathcliff is everything
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sat June 22, 2019 5:23 pm
by epilogue
probably my favorite in the "helmet" series:

Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sat June 22, 2019 5:42 pm
by epilogue
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sat June 22, 2019 5:46 pm
by JuanHamm
I love it.
This is a pretty good collection of wierd Heathcliff comics.
https://m.imgur.com/a/zqU8eOu
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sat June 22, 2019 5:49 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 June 22, 2019 5:52 pm
by epilogue
This is my favorite
AL
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sat June 22, 2019 5:54 pm
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:I never knew about this phenomenon. What’s the general consensus on these? Was Heathcliff a more subversive/surreal comic than I’ve given it credit for? Or was the writer just not making any sense?
I think the vast majority of them make sense. PG just has a different sense of humor.
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sat June 22, 2019 6:00 pm
by JuanHamm
durdencommatyler wrote:This is my favorite
AL
I love that one
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sat June 22, 2019 6:24 pm
by Bammer
Good thread. More Far Side plz.
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sat June 22, 2019 6:25 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 June 22, 2019 9:16 pm
by doug rr
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sun June 23, 2019 12:59 am
by washing machine
I started following Adam Koford on instagram years ago. I don't remember how. He workshops his stuff on instagram under @apelad. It's nice break from feed monotony while scrolling.

Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sun June 23, 2019 6:22 am
by Bammer
tragabigzanda wrote:Bammer wrote:Good thread. More Far Side plz.
GOAT
The kid pushing the pull door at the gifted school is the best one ever
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sun June 23, 2019 10:25 pm
by BurtReynolds
Re: Comics Thread (no capes)
Posted: Sun June 23, 2019 10:48 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.