Comic Strips
Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.
Rules
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π Be Nice!
- Treat others with respect and dignity. Friendly banter is okay, as long as it is mutual; keyword: friendly.
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ποΈ Community Standards
- Comics should be a full story, from start to finish, in one post.
- Posts should be safe and enjoyable by the majority of community members, both here on lemmy.world and other instances.
- Any comic that would qualify as raunchy, lewd, or otherwise draw unwanted attention by nosy coworkers, spouses, or family members should be tagged as NSFW.
- Moderators have final say on what and what does not qualify as appropriate. Use common sense, and if need be, err on the side of caution.
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𧬠Keep it Real
- Comics should be made and posted by real human beans, not by automated means like bots or AI. This is not the community for that sort of thing.
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π½οΈ Credit Where Credit is Due
- Comics should include the original attribution to the artist(s) involved, and be unmodified. Bonus points if you include a link back to their website. When in doubt, use a reverse image search to try to find the original version. Repeat offenders will have their posts removed, be temporarily banned from posting, or if all else fails, be permanently banned from posting.
- Attributions include, but are not limited to, watermarks, links, or other text or imagery that artists add to their comics to use for identification purposes. If you find a comic without any such markings, it would be a good idea to see if you can find an original version. If one cannot be found, say so and ask the community for help!
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π Post Formatting
- Post an image, gallery, or link to a specific comic hosted on another site; e.g., the author's website.
- Meta posts about the community should be tagged with [Meta] either at the beginning or the end of the post title.
- When linking to a comic hosted on another site, ensure the link is to the comic itself and not just to the website; e.g.,
β Correct: https://xkcd.com/386/
β Incorrect: https://xkcd.com/
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π¬ Post Frequency/SPAM
- Each user (regardless of instance) may post up to five (5 π) comics a day. This can be any combination of personal comics you have written yourself, or other author's comics. Any comics exceeding five (5 π) will be removed.
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π΄ββ οΈ Internationalization (i18n)
- Non-English posts are welcome. Please tag the post title with the original language, and include an English translation in the body of the post; e.g.,
SΓ, por favor [Spanish/EspaΓ±ol]
- Non-English posts are welcome. Please tag the post title with the original language, and include an English translation in the body of the post; e.g.,
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πΏ Moderation
- We are human, just like most everybody else on Lemmy. If you feel a moderation decision was made in error, you are welcome to reach out to anybody on the moderation team for clarification. Keep in mind that moderation decisions may be final.
- When reporting posts and/or comments, quote which rule is being broken, and why you feel it broke the rules.
Banned Artists
The following artists are banned from the community.
- Jago
- Stonetoss
- GPrime85
It should be noted that when you make reports, it is your responsibility to provide rational reasoning why something should be removed. Saying it simply breaks community rules is not always good enough.
Web Accessibility
Note: This is not a rule, but a helpful suggestion.
When posting images, you should strive to add alt-text for screen readers to use to describe the image you're posting:
Another helpful thing to do is to provide a transcription of the text in your images, as well as brief descriptions of what's going on. (example)
Web of Links
- !linuxmemes@lemmy.world: "I use Arch btw"
- !memes@lemmy.world: memes (you don't say!)
Other Comic Communities of Interest
- !bloomcounty@sopuli.xyz
- !calvinandhobbes@lemmy.world
- !cyanideandhappiness@discuss.online
- !exo@discuss.online
- !foxtrot@slrpnk.net
- !garfield@lemmy.world
- !moomin@sopuli.xyz
- !oglaf@discuss.online (NSFW)
- !outland@slrpnk.net
- !pbf@discuss.online
- !peanuts@discuss.online
- !smbc@discuss.online
- !theboondocks@slrpnk.net
- !thefarside@sh.itjust.works
- !xkcd@lemmy.world
- !NoseEars@lemy.lol
A classic.
βWell, itβs not the best one butβ¦β
Sudo a classic.
βYup.β
It should've turned him into a sandwich
Pull out two pieces of bread, slowly walk over and slap them onto either side of his face.
Don't worry, it's just that the girl is pretty.
Then the last panel would be "Eco friendly robot saves the world"
(Not clear who writes the headline tho)
came to say this.
OP, what even are you?
Considering the sloppy writing and them never answering in the comments, probably a bot.
And considering the content of the "comics", one set up to glorify AGI as our lord and savior.
Right before they get to celebrate, SandwichCorpο£ͺ rushes to sue them for a made-up reason to prevent their business from getting destroyed by a machine that gives starving people sandwiches.
I really don't get the people who think this is a Fascist cartoon, of that it's a cutsey version of Stonetoss.
This isn't even the first comic they've had expressing hope for world peace, ending hunger, or stopping climate change... Yep people think it's fascist.
People didn't like this one
Or this one: https://lemmy.world/post/35721692 (more in comments of this post)
But yeah the messages of comics overall are mixed. Some have a really nice message and some... Not at all the way they come across. I think OP probably needs a break.
whoa that one is like 4000% worse than the others. Jesus. they're not all bad though, just wildly inconsistent. it's giving radical centrism.
yikes
Edit: Replied to wrong person. π€¦ββοΈ
It's a joke that a democracy of the whole universe would be painfully slow/inefficient... I think that's the entire joke (hence the protagonist saying"you inefficient mad man).
...maybe you need to take a break from comics of you're misreading them so easily.
Honestly, if it were published 10 years ago, I'd agree with you. But since it was published literally 2 days ago, it's at best tone deaf and a bit ignorant or at worst... well, you heard what others have said.
Not everyone lives in America though.
Thanks for clarifying. Didn't come across like that to me and many others but due to the artist having mostly wholesome comics I believe you.
That's not fascist; that's just car-brained.
Huh? No, he would be employed at subway, in a factory making sandwiches for all the world. Imagine the profit if they could fire all the employees. World hunger can be solved another day
I really only want a robot that folds laundry and cleans catboxes
Vacuum bots are pretty great, too.
This wouldn't end world hunger. This is what would happen long before the robot even reaches the floor of the UN:
- A sandwich company would buy the robot, its design, and its patent, for an incredible amount of money.
- Making a whole robot is redundant, so they'll refactor the robot to a significantly more scaled down sandwich printing machine.
- The sandwiches will be sold for a very high price, much higher than a regular sandwich, as it can be sold as "ethical"; no animals killed for the meat, no land use for the bread and vegetables. Carbon neutral.
- Company makes HUGE profit margins. World hunger stays the same.
To end world hunger you don't need to invent infinite food. You need to end capitalism.
But at what cost?
I donβt get it and I love it