For no reason, we're going to start following the Spider-Man Newspaper Strip together, /co/.I'll go a week at a time, so it won't be too obnoxious.But first a little catch up on the current story...
It reads much better a week at a time, actually.
It's a cameo extravaganza
I've always wondered this:Are those ones in the paper reprints previously published in comic book/older newspaper or are they still making them?
>>49203They are new, but I think they're being ghost written.
>>49204What's it being printed in? I had no idea they still made these.
>>49248That's a good question I don't actually know the answer to.Comic Shop News has them.
>>49248I've seen the Spidey comic strip printed in the Sunday edition of Newsday (A Queens/Long Island newspaper).
>>49254I've never seen them in Newsday. The Queens or LI edition?
>>49257I don't remember actually. I found it when I was working at the Manhattan Municipal Building (1 Centre Street). But, this was roughly four or five years ago, so they might've have since taken it out.I remember the strip, too. It featured Mary Jane in super hero garb (not as Jackpot) and Doc Ock.
>>49271Well, they've definitely never had it in the LI edition.
>>49271Ah yes, Marvella. That was actually a pretty decent run, until the conclusion.
In this week, Spider-Man's cunning plan to simply ignore Sabretooth and hope he goes away might not work as planned.
>>49666He's cunningly in disguise as Sandman.
I'm loving how half of each strip is reminding us of what the current plot is, with the second half somewhat advancing the plot.Pete: Well, I've gottta stay here in Miami to keep myself from running into Sabertooth. I can't let him know where Wolverine is!BACK IN MANHATTANSabertooth: WHY DID I EAT THOSE TACOS? Now I'll be too busy SHITTING MY BRAINS OUT TO FIGHT SPIDER-MAN!
>>49672Pete should try that some time. Just spontaneously redeem one of his villains."You know who's going to save children from a fire? Kraven. He'd like that. Or maybe not, either way it's funny."
>>49666 Peter, why are you such a dick?
>>49681"I, the Green Goblin, have used my personal funds to purchase flu shots for the inhabitants of this nursing home!"
Sabretooth's evil scheme to draw Spider-Man out is set in motion!
>>50505"This is New York, I expected Spider-man to go after him."Go fuck yourself, Tony.Also, I hope this is a trend, where Sabretooth gets massively cock-blocked by New-York's other 700 heroes, and no one goes after him, because they assume it's Spider-Man's job because he lives in New York.
>>50507"Hey Cap, looks like the Sinister Six are robbing a bank RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET there. Shouldn't we do something?""No Hawkeye, this is New York City; Spider-Man'll get it for us so we can do the REAL super heroing!"MEANWHILE IN FLORIDA"Well, I may be taking this time off, but the other super heroes will keep New York safe while I'm gone! Now then MJ, how about another Hand Job..."
>>50512>"Hey Cap, looks like the Sinister Six are robbing a bank RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET there. Shouldn't we do something?" "Hawkeye, the Sinister Six are SPIDER-MAN villains. Let me know when Batroc the leaper is trying to pull something."
>>50512>>50514I lol'd
>>50505We can't all take up the burdens of fighting Unicorn tony.
>>50507 Makes me wonder how many crimes went unnoticed by super heroes because it was outside of one big city.
I'm late with this week.Sorry about that.
He just had to be Spider-Man, didn't he?
>>52886Hey, he used the correct singular...
Looks like round 2 is coming.
>>53015"I'm sorry, Mr. Tooth. All our first-class seats for Miami are filled.""... Oh."AND SO SABRETOOTH HAD TO SIT BETWEEN A FAT GUY AND A SICK KID.
>>53045 >A FAT GUY AND A SICK KID
>>53068>>53045I will /never/ see enough of the mundane details of life in the Marvel Universe.
>>53015First class, huh? Pretty sure you don't meet the dress code, Sabie. Also, I'm gonna assume you don't have whatchamacallitium in this version, because WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP and all that.
>>53127Not to mention, don't you need like an ID for this kinda thing?
And now Sabretooth is in Miami, too!
>>54078 >Spider-man belongs to New YorkGreat job Parker, you started a feud between states.
>>54084Pfft. Jameson's had it in for Miami for ages.
I love this strip for being goofy, stupid and still married
>>54089>still marriedWait, what? Didn't the strip reboot as well? They didn't do a full-color Sunday strip of Peter making a deal with SatNOTSATANan to save his gut-shot Auntie, they just posted a single-panel announcement that things had changed. Are you telling me they reversed that? WOW.
>>54182In the strip, they said "we're going to look back at some of the stories BEFORE Peter was married" instead of saying he was never married. It was too unpopular, though, so they ended it and went back to the normal stuff.
>>54184 What? So is he married in this thing or not?
>>54187He's married.
The Something Awful newspaper comic thread loves/hates this strip and provides some excellent commentary on it.
>>54197 Is it better than Comics Curmudgeon?
>>54197>Googled "Something Awful newspaper comic thread">found huge mess not worth navigating around>some nice links for comic strip fonts>we already have 4chan
>>54258I like fonts. Mind dropping some names and/or links?
>>54285Just do what I did: Google that line (with quotes, that'll work); SA should be the first result. In fact, "Comic Strip Megathread Part 11" should be the first result. Go there, scroll down a little, and you'll see "Font Links." Most of them are DL links to .zip files for specific fonts; the last two are for URLs to font sites. "More fonts" will lead to Blambot. "Even more fonts" will lead to Comic Fonts at Tripod, home to lots of free fonts.Forgive my not posting the links, I've been banned before for violating plus4chan's super-secret rules.
>>54289Ah, done and done. Thank you, anonymous /co/mrade. May you be well upon your way.
>>54078"I can scent him"?
>>54312Hahahaha, I was about to make the same post. The hell is up with that?
This thread can't possibly be complete without this.
>>54325FAPPO!Never gets old.
MJ comes through!
>>54325Dis!
>>55414Ugh."Yes, honey, I somehow stuffed your full-body suit into my little purse with all the rest of my shit and now I'm dragging it out in public!""No problem! No one has cameras but me! Oh God, it smells like old-lady makeup!"Yeah, I know, the wheels came off the minute Sabertooth thought, "I'm looking for Wolverine! So I'll fly to Miami and hunt down Spider-Man! Because HE'LL know where Wolverine is!" But Jeeeeesus Christ.Someone should totally shoop a pair of legs sticking out from under the wreckage of the ride-car.
I have come to the conclusion that every character in this comic is mildly retarded.
>>55445>, "I'm looking for Wolverine! "I forgot that's even WHY he wanted Spider-Man. I'm not sure if even HE remembers that's why he wants to find Spider-Man.>>55597That's pretty apparent.
>>55414Buh? How does that ferris wheel "land" a cab like that? Peter's cab isn't at the bottom of the wheel, yet it's actually touched down on the ground....Oh, wait, right, right, retarded. Maybe not as bad as what's left of "Dick Tracy," but still.
>>55597>>mildly
>>55597I think it adds to the charm.
At least we know what makes this Marvel Universe different.
>>55597That's the Marvel Universe in a nutshell.
Oh no, is it hostage taking time??
>nobody can hide from Sabretooth!>then call me nobody!>... Spidey's not even hiding anymore
Spider-Man in an nutshell.
>>56443 After laughing at this I don't this world is retarded as much as Stan Lee lamp-shading what has become of his work.
>>56455
>>56458 ...What?
>>56478
>>56479Well, that's something alright.
>>56478He's saying he has no idea what the fuck kind of sentence you were trying to form in that post.
>>56544MJ, quit humping Peter's unconscious body!
>>56520 Making fun of modern spiderman didn't make sense? God damn it this is last time I try to use fucking TV Tropes words. I'll never understand them.
>>56544>Hot-and-cold running XI am stealing this phrase.
>>56554You forgot a verb. That's what caused the confusion, not "lamp-shading".
>>56581Right; you need a "think" between "I" and "don't."
Now he's going to go after Mary Jane to get her to tell him where Spider-Man is to get him to tell him where Wolverine is!
>>57318If this progresses at the current rate...TEN YEARS LATER"I've finally found you, Galactus! Now, where is the Silver Surfer?"
>>57318Not only are his reactions quick enough to slice through the gun, but he can /narrate/ before the cop can pull the trigger.
Jameson won't be happy about this.
>>57377Jameson's never happy about anything.
>>57320"Now I need to find Captain America so he can tell me where Wolverine is, so he can tell me where Mr. Fantastic is, so HE can tell me where Iron Man is, so HE can tell me where Rogue is, so SHE can tell me where Stilt-Man is, so HE can tell me where the Hulk is, so HE can tell me where Magneto is, so HE can tell me where the Juggernaut is, so HE can tell me where Mary Jane Watson-Parker is, so SHE can tell me where Spider-Man is, so HE can tell me where Wolverine is!"
New ultimate spidey!