this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2026
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Out of Context Comics

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Comic panels taken out of comics so we can make fun of them!! We love the golden age stuff!

Rules:

  1. Comics must come from actual comic books. No AI or Photoshops.

  2. Single panels are preferred.

  3. Comics should be unintentionally funny. Spider-man cracking wise is not what this is about.

  4. Don't be a dick.

  5. I can't believe I've had to add this... NO RACISM.

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As I understand it, the late*, great Flying Squid founded this sub and posted many fine gems like this, captioned skillfully. You can see a lot of these if you go to the community page and sort by "old." Indeed, that's how I found this one. These 'golden-age' and 'silver-age' comics panels almost write themselves, being from such a different age and having such different sensibilities.

Also, these panels generally do a great job of reinforcing the importance of rule #3, i.e. "comics should be unintentionally funny." I kind of wish today's posters would be a little more heedful of that guideline, as Flying Squid went out of their way to make it a priority. Unfortunately, the listed mods have all been asleep for awhile.

Anyway, I have loads more of these, and am willing to keep posting for a while if this community remains viable. Thank you for everything, FS.

* Haha, just in terms of him suddenly disappearing from the Fediverse. I certainly hope he (or they) are okay in Real Life.

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago

Overseas is definitely the place to view such destruction, in general. :S

As a disabled person, I don't have much choice other than to view all this shizzle point-blank style, haha.