agree, Ziggy or other simple / big-nose comics (he wasn't unique in that) done in sort of a Borscht Belt / old-timey / spit-take style
Garfield, yup
Mary Worth
Doonesbury for sure, and I'm thinking that dressing 'em up as cats is just a way of drifting it far enough so that it's not exact copy, just like the others
I actually do remember this one. Maybe not from the time, but in a reprint book. Great strip.
That, or any of a small group of nationally-seen comics that were almost variations of each other. I think another one was Rex M.D., out of maybe 4-5 total I recall.
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Edges@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 3d
"Too many feminist creeps"
What a strange complaint
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2d
Garfield I recognize. What are the other three strips Breathed is parodying?
nocturne@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 2d
Goofus n Rufus, to me looks like the art style of Ziggy. The name is reminiscent of Goofus and Gallant from Highlights Magazine.
I am sure i knew Atomic Mary at one point, but I am drawing a blank.
Maybe @m_f@discuss.online or @JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social might have some ideas.
Those darned cats looks like maybe a mash up of Doonesbury, and Garfield.
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 4 pts · 2d
I actually do remember this one. Maybe not from the time, but in a reprint book. Great strip.
@threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
nocturne@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 2d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Worth
This is a totally new one to me.
Fun fact, Academia Waltz, the strip that became Bloom County was largely inspired by Doonesbury.
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 4 pts · 2d
That, or any of a small group of nationally-seen comics that were almost variations of each other. I think another one was Rex M.D., out of maybe 4-5 total I recall.
Comics for soap opera fans, essentially.