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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!

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"What do I care about a few broken ribs?!"

"I wanna be wrecked!"

Possible source: Thimble Theater printed 12/19/1937 (thanks FoxyFerengi and UnspecifiedGravity!)

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[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 42 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Uhhhh…what’s the context!?

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 151 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (10 children)

Context is actually pretty much what we see here. She wants to get wrecked by a big strong man:

It actually gets pretty weird from there:

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[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 58 points 4 days ago

Wow, you were right.

That was pretty fucking weird.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago

It's even worse with context.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 48 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] Aralakh@lemmy.ca 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Origins of hentai...? 🧐

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 days ago

Well, it was part of the origins to the pornography censorship in Japan.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Blindfolding AND tentacles?? This is pure fucking gold

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 27 points 4 days ago

So, the beginning of a tentacle cuck journey. Popeye the Tentacuck. I'd say it aged well.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Had an ex like that with a SA fantasy. She broke up with me because I wouldn't pretend to rape her.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

why not, did that not sit right with you ?

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 7 points 3 days ago

Nope, I have no interest in raping anyone, even if it's role-play.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 24 points 4 days ago

Popeye, would it kill you too get some spinach in you and make that Olive Oyl extra non-virgin? Don't complain if she dumps you for Brutus.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 3 days ago

It's a pretty weird Tool song

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 days ago

This is amazing

[–] Bhaelfur@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Do you happen to know the source? I'd like to add it to the post but I couldn't find it.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It is the 12/19/1937 Sunday Edition Thimble Theater comic. Not sure how widely syndicated it was but here is an auction listing for the page with a header from the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

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Comic syndication is pretty damned weird and complicated, so I am not certain exactly who the official publisher is, but these were pretty widely distributed at the time so I expect that most papers that ran full color Sunday comics probably ran this one. Here is more reading about this piece of history:

https://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2019/10/preserving-lost-era-of-popeyes-thimble.html

[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

By the time this comic was published (12/19/1937), it was being distributed in thousands of newspapers. The original artist died the next year. It's possible this is from a book with a collection of Thimble Theater comics, the company that holds the copyright has made a few since then

https://comicskingdom.com/vintage/thimble-theater/

Fwiw I don't see this comic on there but I found something else while looking:

http://www.oldsundaycomics.com/pics1/S1450-1024.jpg

[–] Bhaelfur@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Thanks! I saw the Thimble Theater, but the newspaper one was new to me. Added it to my post.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

Olive Oil wants to be wrecked.

[–] recentSlinky@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

And the mood is right!

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Naah, just ten tickles.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Not yet, but he'll be arriving shortly.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 4 days ago

popeye is there

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 days ago

So even in context, it's what we think it is.

[–] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 14 points 4 days ago

Popeye lays mad pipe, B

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

I learned from looking up the source for this that Popeye made his animated debut in this Betty Boop cartoon. Interesting!

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Fucking sissy....

[–] fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world -4 points 4 days ago

I knew a girl like that.

I wrecked her. 😎