opus Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 (edited) It's not a newspaper strip, but I really like Homestar Runner, and especially the Strong Bad E-mails. I was introduced to them oh, about a year ago, and I've now seen all the e-mails, and some of the cartoons. It's good, it's clean, and it's funny. Anyone else here familiar with this site? ← Oh my yes. I used to hit it all of the time, but haven't been to it in quite some time. They seemed to hit a creative drought for awhile, so I stopped going. However, there are definitely some classics on there. I still remember the first time I saw Trogdor and Stinko-Man. Edited June 10, 2005 by opus Quote "I feel a nostalgia for an age yet to come..."Opus, Twitter, Facebook Link to post Share on other sites
M. Dale Prins Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 (edited) Missed this thread on vacation, so this is a response that should have been written a week ago to Jeffrey: : I know some of you do some cartooning. : : Or the Michel-Gondry/Charlie-Kaufman bizarro-land : of M. Dale Prins. M. Dale Prins actually wrote an occasional comic strip for a time, one that occasionally -- and amazingly! -- was printed in a local (and now dead) altweekly in Richmond. Some samples, picked pretty much at random: [attachmentid=248] [attachmentid=249] [attachmentid=251] [attachmentid=252] [attachmentid=253] Dale Edited June 10, 2005 by M. Dale Prins Quote Metalfoot on Emmanuel Shall Come to Thee's Noel: "...this album is...monotony...bland, tripy fare..." Link to post Share on other sites
M. Dale Prins Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 Okay. So some of those make no sense without context. Sorry, folks. I'll throw some more up Monday, if people are interested. Dale Quote Metalfoot on Emmanuel Shall Come to Thee's Noel: "...this album is...monotony...bland, tripy fare..." Link to post Share on other sites
The Baptist Death Ray Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 hahahahahahahahahaha I never knew that was you. Quote It had a face like Robert Tilton's -- without the horns. - Steve Taylor, "Cash Cow" Link to post Share on other sites
jcc Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 Doonsbury is daily read and I'm Canadian...go figure. My all time favourite and most missed comic is Bloom County. Clive Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M. Dale Prins Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I had a request, and I've been meaning to do this anyway, so: The Complete, for Now, Parker and Bradley. Double points if you correctly guess where the name came from. Dale Quote Metalfoot on Emmanuel Shall Come to Thee's Noel: "...this album is...monotony...bland, tripy fare..." Link to post Share on other sites
SDG Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 (edited) Double points if you correctly guess where the name came from. ← It isn't here? Or this guy? Parker Brothers and Milton Bradley? Edited June 14, 2005 by SDG Quote “I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.” — Flannery O'ConnorWriting at the new Decent Films | Follow me on Twitter and Facebook Link to post Share on other sites
M. Dale Prins Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Ding ding ding on guess three. Now what's two times zero again? Dale Quote Metalfoot on Emmanuel Shall Come to Thee's Noel: "...this album is...monotony...bland, tripy fare..." Link to post Share on other sites
SDG Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Darn, now I won't get to use my other guess. Quote “I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.” — Flannery O'ConnorWriting at the new Decent Films | Follow me on Twitter and Facebook Link to post Share on other sites
M. Dale Prins Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 (edited) I think what we all want to know is: Where is Le Strip de SDG, since, uh, you know, as opposed to certain people posting their comic strips on this thread, you can actually draw. Also, since I never posted it, the comic strips I read regularly, in order of preference: "Tom the Dancing Bug" (the only good political comic strip ever) "Fox Trot" (mostly for Amend's ability to follow a good joke with an even better one) And that's it. Sometimes "Zits," sometimes "Baby Blues," sometimes "Dilbert" (but I try not to). And dead strips "Calvin & Hobbes" and "Smarter Feller" are the only ones I really miss. It's not a genre I'm generally fond of, to be honest, which is one of the reasons I wanted to try my hand at "drawing" one. Dale Edited June 14, 2005 by M. Dale Prins Quote Metalfoot on Emmanuel Shall Come to Thee's Noel: "...this album is...monotony...bland, tripy fare..." Link to post Share on other sites
SDG Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 I think what we all want to know is: Where is Le Strip de SDG... ← I have to admit, it does keep me up at nights sometime that I am not doing a comic strip. It's one of the things Suz says to me every so often... "You should do a comic strip!" D'accord. I did go to school for that after all. But there is only so much one can do at any one time, and right now, when my film-criticly duties don't have we watching or writing about movies (which is more of my time than I'm happy with right now), I am trying to write a children's book. It's coming along very well, if slower than I would wish, primarily due to lack of time. Someday, though, I may do a comic strip. Thanks for asking... Quote “I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.” — Flannery O'ConnorWriting at the new Decent Films | Follow me on Twitter and Facebook Link to post Share on other sites
Josh Hurst Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 I'm surprised that only one person in this thread has mentioned Bloom County, a strip that is outdone only by Calvin and Hobbes when it comes to storytelling, characterization, and excellent artwork. The new "Opus" strip, on the other hand... yeeesh. Quote Partner in Cahoots www.cahootsmag.com Link to post Share on other sites
The Baptist Death Ray Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Bloom County is my all-time favorite comic. Quote It had a face like Robert Tilton's -- without the horns. - Steve Taylor, "Cash Cow" Link to post Share on other sites
Jason Bortz Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Ditto on the Bloom County. I never laughed so hard in all my borned days. Fox Trot makes me laugh. Bizarro and Non Seqitur as well. I like off the wall stuff. Growing up, however, I had close to 50 Peanuts books. Quote [iNSERT SIGNATURE HERE] Link to post Share on other sites
Kyle Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 Well, I don't know about the books, but if your talking about strips published for syndication then you're half right. Yes, the black & white was the first one published. However, the strip below was actually the last original C&H to grace any newspaper's Comics section, published on December 31, 1995. Quite fitting too. [attachmentid=239] ← I too am/was a huge Calvin & Hobbes fan. To be honest, I got teary eyed when this final strip was ran. I still have it framed, it's one of my favorites of the series and a perfect ending. Has anyone heard about the 17-week run coming up having new cartoons in it? My guess is no, since it's to promote the collection that will be released. Quote "It is scandalous for Christians to have an imagination starved for God." - Mark Filiatreau I write occasionally at Unfamiliar Stars. Link to post Share on other sites
Sara Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 Don't any of you read "Mutts?" It is my favorite of all comics, and I even own most of Patrick McDonell's collections of his strip. Sara Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Christian Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 The problem with "legacy strips", and other newspaper-comics concerns. Quote "What matters are movies, not awards; experiences, not celebrations; the subjective power of individual critical points of view, not the declamatory compromises of consensus." - Richard Brody, "Godard's Surprise Win Is a Victory for Independent Cinema," The New Yorker Link to post Share on other sites
Russ Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Speaking as someone who reads the comics every day, Breathed's real problem isn't generational or attention span-related. The real barrier to him connecting to an audience is that, as far as I can tell from reading it every Sunday, his comic isn't engaging or funny or insightful enough to appeal to anyone other than nostalgic Bloom County fans. Of which I am not one. Quote --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to post Share on other sites
Darrel Manson Posted May 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 (edited) Breathed has a new kids book coming out. Article and interview Edited May 5, 2007 by Darrel Manson Quote A foreign movie can't be stupid.-from the film Armin Link to post Share on other sites
Peter T Chattaway Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Breathed has a new kids book coming out. Article and interview And Disney has the film rights! Quote "Sympathy must precede belligerence. First I must understand the other, as it were, from the inside; then I can critique it from the outside. So many people skip right to the latter." -- Steven D. Greydanus Now blogging at Patheos.com. I can also still be found at Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. See also my film journal. Link to post Share on other sites
Overstreet Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Thanks to SDG for this link (via Twitter). These are so beautiful. They're going to be a wallpaper slideshow for my MacBook. Quote P.S. I COULD BE WRONG. Takin' 'er easy for all you sinners at lookingcloser.org. Also abiding at Facebook and Twitter. Link to post Share on other sites
CherylR Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Thanks to SDG for this link (via Twitter). These are so beautiful. They're going to be a wallpaper slideshow for my MacBook. These are great! Thanks for posting. Quote I like to say that I practice militant mysticism. I'm really absolutely sure of some things that I don't quite know.~~Rob Bell April/09 CT http://whythewritingworks.com Link to post Share on other sites
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