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Post by AssistantCrone » Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:13 pm

Couldn't find a recent thread for this. I'll start with a couple of short stories.


Darkness (Boulet): A few pages down, and you will be yelling, "YES. THAT."

Sarah and the Seed (Ryan A.): Adorable, or creepy? Stay tuned.
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Post by gkscotty » Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:18 pm

Beb wrote:Darkness (Boulet): A few pages down, and you will be yelling, "YES. THAT."
I really liked this one, did a great job playing with the narration and storytelling. And the final panels were nice :)
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It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone’s fault. If it was Us, what did that make Me? After all, I’m one of Us. I must be. I’ve certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We’re always one of Us. It’s Them that do bad things. - Jingo, Terry Pratchett
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Post by AssistantCrone » Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:01 am

"Now, I know art is all about expressing ourselves, but today we're going to express ourselves by getting it right." --DB
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Post by gkscotty » Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:47 pm

That's very insightful, makes me think, especially about my own time away from "home" (and the fact I had to come back...)

I just wish I knew who she was talking about.
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Post by missy_misery » Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:49 pm

Kate Beaton is my favorite for a reason :)
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Post by AssistantCrone » Sun May 13, 2012 7:19 pm

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Post by c_nordlander » Sun May 13, 2012 9:23 pm

Very good comic. The artist's dialogue was... a bit close to home. (Though I never tried to get into art.) I'm sure Ms. Beaton exorcised a few demons from the past by drawing that.
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Post by AssistantCrone » Fri Jul 27, 2012 1:07 pm

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Post by archonix » Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:40 am

Zombie Hunters. Panel two of today's page had me in stitches and it's not even a comedy strip. (slightly NSFW)
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Re: Comics!

Post by AssistantCrone » Sun Jun 02, 2013 4:42 pm

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Post by c_nordlander » Mon Jun 03, 2013 12:33 pm

I feel that I have learnt a lot.
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Re: Comics!

Post by AssistantCrone » Mon Sep 02, 2013 10:41 pm

Lost faith in any goodness on the internet? Kate Beaton's Twitpic gallery. Family sketch comics I never knew existed. Tears rolling down my face. Occasional ponies.
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Re: Comics!

Post by AssistantCrone » Sun Apr 06, 2014 1:53 am

Ducks; Beaton again. Not-remotely-comedy sketches about the two years she spent working on the oil sands. The most unsettling thing I've read for quite some time.

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Post by c_nordlander » Sun Apr 06, 2014 9:21 am

Pfft, first world problems. At least she had a job!

Jokes aside, that was a very good comic. I must admit, I'm happy that it wasn't environmental misery-porn. (Not that I should be expecting that from Beaton, but once it mentioned the ducks, I thought the rest of the story might be nothing but her trying to clean oil off little dying creatures.) Instead, we got something amazing and poignant.

So, is working in petrol production better or worse than working at a nuclear power plant?
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