All-purpose newspaper strips discussion

[Emerkeith Davyjack]

I didn't entirely get the intended construction of the jokes in the Sunday Bizzaro (Sp??) strip yesterday .   ( The strip appars to be not online , as it is a King Features Syndicate strip , who - Gasp !!! - appear to think they're in the comics business to make money , and keep their strips behind a wall . )

  The joke was " variations on ' I Love New York ' "...but was the panhandler's shirt supposed to be saying " I Owe New York " ?"  I Have Zero , New York " ?

  The yokel , in Middle Ages garb...Was his shirt suppost'a mean " I Love York " , as in the English county that New York was indeed named after ??? ( And Prince Charles is now considered the Duke of , if I recall correctly . )

[The Baron]

You just gotta love Pete's expression in the third panel

[Emerkeith Davyjack]

...I'll comment later on the use of newspaper headlines within the Spidey sttrip (and the never-decided as to whether the Bugle in tabloid or broadsheet in page format - Oh , and JJJ somehow got the papewr back - Maybe ikt was robbie at the wheel , still ? - to have a headline like " The City Is Safe " ~ ?!

  I did not see the Ant-Man movie . Was Hank Pym shown as oold-looking as the strip shoed him here ? Was Scott Lang still an ex-convict , or have his daughter , in the movie ?
The Baron said:

You just gotta love Pete's expression in the third panel

[The Baron]

I never saw the Ant-Man picture, either, but I'm given to understand that Michael Douglas played Hank Pym, and he's fairly old.

[Richard Willis]

The depiction of Hank in the strip was close to what he looked like in the movie.

If you have an opportunity to see the Ant-Man movie, jump at it. It's one of the most enjoyable Marvel superhero movies, managing to balance serious and light-hearted scenes.

[PowerBook Pete, the Mad Mod]

What Richard Willis said.

[Emerkeith Davyjack]

...The Spidey strip is now featuring Rocket Raccoon ! And Ronan the Accuser...Is it an established joke that RR does not like being called a " raccoon " ?

(Apparently , it was a joke established for the GOTG movie's presentation of him .)

[Mark S. Ogilvie]

Dick Tracy and the Spirt meeting up was fun, but not half as fun as Honeymoon Tracy and Sammy meeting :)

[Richard Willis]

Mark S. Ogilvie said:

Dick Tracy and the Spirt meeting up was fun, but not half as fun as Honeymoon Tracy and Sammy meeting :)

They do a great job with these meetings and guest appearances.

[Jeff of Earth-J]

I just wish they'd publish some of these on paper.

This past week it is no longer necessary to enlarge each daily strip on GoComics; they now display in large format. Nice!

[Emerkeith Davyjack]

...I peresume that SOME foolscap newspapers SOMEWHERE publish all officially syndicated strips !




Jeff of Earth-J said:

I just wish they'd publish some of these on paper.

This past week it is no longer necessary to enlarge each daily strip on GoComics; they now display in large format. Nice!

[Jeff of Earth-J]

I was unclear. I meant collected reprint editions.

[Mark S. Ogilvie]

The Dragon Lady still smokes, but not everyone likes it.  The Dick Tracy Comic strip has a great job here.

http://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/