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Post by BubblesZine on Jun 28, 2023 12:43:12 GMT
My favorite comic of all time. Anyone else read it everyday? I've been reading since 2008. Let's talk about the new strips. July 28, 2023  a classic Margaret Keane reference used to talk about the confusing youths lol |
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Post by bakertoons on Jun 28, 2023 21:02:02 GMT
Oh yeah, I'm familiar with it, and ran in my local paper at various points in my life since I was a kid!
I met Bill Griffith once at a Reubens event. He was on a panel with Lynn Johnston, Rick Kirkman, and Jerry Scott.
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Post by dbm on Jun 28, 2023 23:16:35 GMT
I loved his book on Schlitzie the Pinhead and can't wait to read his Ernie Bushmiller book.
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Post by lonyowdely on Jun 29, 2023 18:15:39 GMT
I love Zippy!
I was reading daily and getting them delivered to my email for a while but there's nothing that makes me want to read something less than a distracting email notification, so I took a break. I think I figured out how to forward an email subscription to an RSS feed so I'll start reading again now!
The kids in the OP comic reminded me of Chucky but Margaret Keane makes more sense as a Griffith reference lol
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Post by BubblesZine on Jun 30, 2023 13:13:01 GMT
 "one with everything" the zen of zippy knows no bounds |
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Post by manoopuesta on Jun 30, 2023 16:27:59 GMT
My favorite comic of all time. Anyone else read it everyday? I've been reading since 2008. Let's talk about the new strips. July 28, 2023 a classic Margaret Keane reference used to talk about the confusing youths lol I must admit I haven't read barely any Zippy but I got some time ago this collected book of the Griffith Observatory strips.
I hadn't read it before but I am liking the strips so far, and getting a David Collier's kind of vibe from them (which helps me liking them even more). I came across a strip Griffith did about Margaret Keane: at first glance of the strip when I turned the page I was wondering: "What is doing the Minnie character (from Phobe Gloeckner) here"? (3rd panel specifically).
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Post by BubblesZine on Jun 30, 2023 19:50:59 GMT
If you read zippy eventually you'll know most the cultural references he makes, it's like a large cast of characters.
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Post by BubblesZine on Jul 1, 2023 12:11:14 GMT
July 1st 2023  The Nancy references in Zippy are what turned me onto Nancy. I bought "The Best of Ernie Bushmiller" in 2009 after reading a strip with a similar reference. Note the mounds of grass go: 2,3,1 the classic bushmiller rule of threes Also the pink dress is weird, but I know griffith doesn't color these weekday strips, only sunday. So give it some leeway. Love the wordplay of "town square" to "strip" |
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Post by bakertoons on Jul 1, 2023 13:43:34 GMT
Griffith is doing a graphic novel biography on Bushmiller, too. He really is a big fan.
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Post by manoopuesta on Jul 1, 2023 13:56:46 GMT
Note the mounds of grass go: 2,3,1 the classic bushmiller rule of threes I thought the rule of 3s was just the repetition of an item 3 times in one panel, but there's also a 2-3-1 repetition pace that Bushmiller used? |
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Post by BubblesZine on Jul 1, 2023 15:53:16 GMT
Note the mounds of grass go: 2,3,1 the classic bushmiller rule of threes I thought the rule of 3s was just the repetition of an item 3 times in one panel, but there's also a 2-3-1 repetition pace that Bushmiller used? I just feel like any 1, 2, 3 in any order in on purpose. |
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Post by bayls171 on Jul 1, 2023 23:15:37 GMT
So dumb question- how does one read the current Zippy strips? I’ve read a few collections of stuff from the 90s(? I think?) but didn’t even really know he was still making new stuff and would be interested in reading them. Is there a convenient way to do that daily?
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Post by BubblesZine on Jul 2, 2023 23:00:20 GMT
I read them off Bill Griffith's facebook because the comments are funny, and he usually says something that adds a little extra. I hate facebook but I made a secret one just for this haha. Or you can just google "zippy the pinhead today" there's other sites like comics kingdom: comicskingdom.com/zippy-the-pinheadmanoopuesta, today's strip is just for you:  |
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Post by manoopuesta on Jul 3, 2023 8:19:59 GMT
manoopuesta, today's strip is just for you: lol. I love this. I think I am a convert to Zippy now! haha. |
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Post by BubblesZine on Jul 4, 2023 13:48:55 GMT
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