Panel Discussion - The ILX Comic Strip Poll Results

Sploosh

Just found the worst awful my eyes my eyes Pluggers On The Beach panel during a smart-aleck Google Image Search, so I'll just shutthefuckup now.

I know I nominated Dry Bones but I don't think I voted, so somebody else threw it a vote?

threw it a bone, you mean

Was it this one?

http://comicbooth.com/images/pluggers_beach.jpg

98: Medium Large by Francesco Marciuliano (25 points)
(already posted)

=97: Diesel Sweeties by R Stevens (28 points)
(already posted)

=97: MOON MULLINS by Frank Willard (28 points, 2 votes)
Toonopedia

Moon Mullins, created by cartoonist Frank Willard (1893–1958), had a long run as both a daily and Sunday from 1923 to 1991. The strip depicts the lives of diverse lowbrow characters who reside at the Schmaltz (later Plushbottom) boarding house. The central character, Moon (short for Moonshine), is a would-be prizefighter—perpetually strapped for cash but with a roguish appetite for vice and high living. Moon took a room in the boarding house at 1323 Wump Street in 1924 and never left, staying on for 67 years. (Wikipedia)

http://www.comicstripfan.com/newspaper/m/moonmullins/MoonMullins19400122.jpg

http://www.comicstripfan.com/newspaper/m/moonmullins/MoonMullins19470521.jpg

http://photos1.blogger.com/img/149/1105/1024/mm450118.jpg

I voted for Sluggy Freelance almost exclusively because of the first Kitten storyline, which is what I first read. The strip is very heavily serialized, to the point where pulling out individual daily strips is almost an exercise in futility. It also devolved into self-referential nonsense several years ago and I don't read it anymore aside from checking in every few months to see if a particular storyline has finished.

"Kitten" starts before this strip with some background material but this is where the meat of the story starts. Like pretty much every Sluggy storyline it's best read as a whole rather than in daily format. It's also not as funny 14 years later but there are still some good bits.

Was it this one?

― rage against martin sheen (sic), Tuesday, June 24, 2014 3:22 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No, it was this one.

http://comicbooth.com/images/pluggers_multiboobs.jpg

classic unnecessary anatomic correctness

I wonder if he tried to draw a cow to accompany the bull, but couldn't work out how to do the udder just right.

Cows, dogs... I mean, even a bird would've likely been a better idea.

(btw I agree that the Torg/Oasis strip everyone is laughing at is terrible and unnecessary but the Oasis story as a whole is kind of cool)

moon mullins looks great! is it collected anywhere?

I only know it from the handful of strips in the Smithsonian/Blackbeard book

i was the moon mullins vote; put it in based on some Nemo strips and this book:
http://smile.amazon.com/Moon-Mullins-Adventures-Frank-Willard/dp/0486232379/

i'm a sucker for any strip where character goes "OH! Oh!"

I believe that the aforementioned 1976 Dover book was the last reprint of any of the Mullins stuff.

That bull is trying to fuck that dog

How else do you get bulldogs?

*applause*

classic unnecessary anatomic correctness

I do like that the caption observes this too.

95: “Tijuana Bibles” by various anonymous (29 points, 2 votes)
Guide to the Tijuana Bibles Collection, 1930-1998

Proto-minicomics by divers hands, providing pornographic reinterpretations of popular strips of the day, or erotic fan-fiction about Hollywood and stage stars.

an okay selection here: http://www.tijuana-bibles.com/tijuanabible-comics.html

http://www.tijuana-bibles.com/comicpics/snowwhite/snowhite-pg4.jpg

[redacted picture of whiney g]

=94: THE FART PARTY by Julia Wertz (30 points, 2 votes)
The Comic Formerly And Regrettably Known As ‘The Fart Party’

Web-based outlet for blackout autobiographical one-pagers; after the first two book collections, Wertz moved away from the name and further into long-form, more analytical stories about her adult life.

[redacted picture of whiney g]

=94: BAD MACHINERY (30 points, 1 vote)
Scary Go Round

Set in the fictional West Yorkshire town of Tackleford, England, and loosely based on characters and situations from John Allison's previous webcomic, Scary Go Round. The story of Bad Machinery picks up three years after the end of Scary Go Round and involves two groups of schoolchildren that investigate mysteries. - wikipedia

what I was posting was less offensive than that

Why didn't you vote for something better, then?

=94: JL8 by Yale Stewart (30 points, 1 vote)
(already posted)

Aw, I really like Bad Machinery.

Me too.

Whiney's critiques of comics are always so nuanced and analytical, you guys are right to feel shamed

Trying to get Whiney threadbanned for posting an image from one of the honored comic strips has been the funniest thing I've seen in this thread so far.

Well, besides this knee-slapper, of course.

http://comixtalk.com/images/jun2007/sluggy3.gif

I love Bad Machinery too! The Bad Machinery / Scarygoround / Bobbins universe is also one for your "comics where the characters age in approximately realtime" thread; was pleased recently to see Eustace "The Boy" all growed up, and to note that two of the Bad Machinery kids appear as primary school kids in Scarygoround.

Anyhow I didn't vote because I don't know much about real paper comics and feared the wrath of people who do.

tl;dr newsie-wewsies. Speaking of which:

in the 90s the Mail on Sunday used to do a whole pull-out cartoon section that printed both Fred Bassett and Marmaduke, as well as a load of other US syndicated strips!

My Nan's neighbour saved this for me every week late 80s to at least mid 90s. Things I remember it including: Fred Bassett, Marmaduke, Robotman/Monty, Wizard of Id (BC too?), Crock, Herman, The Born Loser, Shoe, the horrible Love Is..., maybe Garfield? I suspect many of these are not very good but I have childhood/Nan-related nostalgia for some of them anyway; see also the Gambols (nod to Ward Fowler's mention).

I love Julia Wertz

me itt

http://pixel.nymag.com/content/dam/custom/images/2012/01/24_cantornoreaction1.gif

enjoying it tho; mordy otm upthread

http://i.colnect.net/images/f/103/449/Garfield-Waiting.jpg

http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/i-dLFDRSd/0/1050x10000/i-dLFDRSd-1050x10000.jpg

sic, i abdicated this thread cause I thought you wanted to handle it... do you want to hand it back over, or....?

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/31/business/media/jay-maeder-67-newspaperman-who-wrote-annie-comic-strip-dies.html

To think he didn't get to see this thread end.

=91: Mafalda by Quino (31 points, 1 vote)
(already posted)

=91: Pictures for Sad Children by John Campbell (31 points, 1 vote)
(already posted)

=91: MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM by Mike Peters (31 points, 2 votes)
Grimmy

The strip revolves around a yellow dog named Grimm, owned by an anthropomorphic goose named Mother Goose, along with a dimwitted Boston Terrier named Ralph and a cat named Attila. The strip is noted for its references to popular culture or recent news ,such as Grimm's creation of a website known as "GrimmyLeaks," devoted to publishing rumors relating to fellow comic strip characters). The comic strip also makes multiple references to iconic fictional characters including Mr. Potato Head, Superman, Batman, and more, along with popular products including Amazon Kindles. -wikipedia

oof those punchlines

88: FOOTROT FLATS by Murray Ball (32 points, 2 votes)
a fansite last updated in 2005

Beginning as a local strip by an actual Kiwi farmer, quickly grew to huge popularity, with book collections selling millions in Australia, and a theatrical feature animation in 1987 spawning a #1 single in both countries. Focussing on the nitty-gritty of farming and rural town life, but remaining hilarious, and featuring the best dog lead-ish character in strip history. Ball later became New Zealand’s Dave Sim.

http://www.townsvilletale.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/footrotflats_006.jpg

http://www.footrot-flats.net2go.info/images/the_dog_01.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NMXMSTec_BY/UNpla4LZjYI/AAAAAAAAEaQ/h7qysy9dyWg/s1600/footrot9.jpg

http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n590/rmacfarl/Footrot%20Flats/Dolores.jpg

http://www.oneil.com.au/footrot/comics/ff17_15a.gif

best dog lead-ish character in strip history

...

have some more

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/kitbrash/rangi_zps8b357f88.jpg

http://furrypause.com/cartoons/footrotflats/strip/ff_strip0002.jpg

http://www.oneil.com.au/footrot/comics/ff19_15a.gif