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I know far side isn't exactly political, but I'm an arts guy so I'll say that absurdism is an inherently political choice.

They don't have to be old school either, but since the form has mostly fallen out of favour, the golden era of the top quality stuff is in the past.

I just love reading funny little cartoons. I guess they were the precursor to memes. I don't even care if they're lib or right wing bullshit, I recently read a collection of Pat Oliphant's work, and even though most of it wasn't very politically accurate, nor was it particularly funny, it was still enjoyed ironically.

Any picks?

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee 1 points 14 hours ago

Looking for comics/cartoons like The Far Side Gallery

If you mean The Far Side (I don't know what "Gallery" refers to), then there's been practically a cottage industry of such. Some that come to mind would be: Bizarro, Ballard Street, In the Bleachers, Off the Mark, Non Sequitur and there's no doubt a dozen+ more...

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Like this one? https://mander.xyz/c/thefarside[@InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works](https://sh.itjust.works/u/InEnduringGrowStrong) [EDIT} ugh why is Mander destroying my link? It SHOULD be https:// mander.xyz/c/ thefarside@sh.itjust.works

This user is posting several old comics on the same day of the year they were originally posted. I'm also following Calvin&Hobbes, and Bloom County.

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Ha, nice. I totally forgot there was loads of communities on here. I've seen all the far side stuff before but it's good to see them again. Thanks, good call.

How do you subscribe to it from hexbear though?

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The user who posts these actually answered this question several hours earlier. See their reply right below yours for the correct link (since I apparently don't know how to post Lemmy links yet).

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago

Oh yeah, nice, thanks.

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yea I don't know why this turned into a mention, but here's a community link that should work accross instances:
!thefarside@sh.itjust.works
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[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For future reference, how are you posting that link? Is it exactly like I see here with the exclamation, or was it done as a c/community_name, or...?

And thanks for posting these comics. It's been a real treat seeing where the characters started out.

That communitylink is just exclamation mark, community name, @ instance.

I'm not the one posting these, but your initial link somehow morphed into a mention of my username.
Anyway, credit to MrSebSin for posting these.

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Doonesbury comes to mind as a comic that was very frequently political, though not a "political comic," per se.

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 2 points 23 hours ago

...my first thought: doonesbury was kind of the granddaddy of the genre...