Comics that make oh-so-subtle references to alternative pop culture.

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Check out the middle panel of this "Rose is Rose" strip:

http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/roseisrose/archive/images/roseisrose2003018295829.gif

That's fucking borderline Robt. Williams!

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 29 August 2003 22:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Haha, Bill Griffith to thread

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Saturday, 30 August 2003 00:30 (twenty-two years ago)

this = U&K

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Saturday, 30 August 2003 00:31 (twenty-two years ago)

This isn't "comics", per se, but on _The Simpsons_ episode about Lisa's first word, there's a bit where Selma (or Patty) leans in to kiss Baby Lisa, and Selma's / Patty's face distends into some Ralph Steadman-esque lip blob.

― David R. (popshots75`), Saturday, 30 August 2003 03:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Mutts introductory Sunday panel to thread.

Incidentally, besides being the co-author of the Krazy Kat collection to get if you're getting only one (Chris Ware's swell art design on the new Fantagraphics volumes notwithstanding) McDonnell was apparently in a NY punk band in his 20s. Anyone know anything about this? Did they record anything?

― Jesse Fuchs (Jesse Fuchs), Saturday, 30 August 2003 04:53 (twenty-two years ago)

fourteen years pass...

For the record, this was the subject of my very first thread on ILX:

https://i.imgur.com/jpzfdPX.gif

― pplains, Monday, 1 January 2018 23:29 (eight years ago)

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