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4 | -> The Optimist: The Only Comic On The Internet. |
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7 | [[http://www.the-opt.com/ The Optimist]] is a weekly black & white comic strip of dumb gags, little complainy rants, parodies, designery crap, infographics, fake ads, and bad writing by Tom Pappalardo. The comic was named Whiskey! Tango! Foxtrot! from 2007-2008 (also archived on the site) before a new layout and name change in 2010. Pappalardo is also the author of ''Webcomic/BrokenLines'', an illustrated story/graphic novel. The Optimist runs in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Advocate#Sisters_and_competitors The Valley Advocate]] weekly paper. |
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10 | !!This comic provides examples of: |
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12 | %%* AmusingInjuries - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=6 ouch.]] |
13 | %%* ArtEvolution |
14 | * BeatPanel - Often used to represent [[http://the-opt.com/?p=24 listening]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=25 waiting]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=14 pausing to consider]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=12 watching TV]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=7 drawing]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=942 consideration & reconsideration]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=421 boiling with rage]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=30 waiting for acknowledgement]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=1314 disbelief]], and [[http://the-opt.com/?p=3186 scowling]]. |
15 | * BlandNameProduct - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=96 Stabbucks]] and [[http://the-opt.com/?p=1211 Monsanta]]. |
16 | * CharacterOverlap - The two kids from W!T!F! carried over into The Optimist |
17 | %%* ComicBookTime |
18 | %%* ComplainingAboutComplaining |
19 | %%* DeadpanSnarker |
20 | %%* DeathGlare - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=40 An angry retail worker]] |
21 | %%* DoubleEntendre - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=1200 A hot steaming pile of double meanings]] |
22 | * EyesAlwaysShut - The grumpy kid scowled for almost the first two years of the strip. |
23 | %%* FacePalm - What an [[http://the-opt.com/?p=30 incredible joke]]. |
24 | %%* FourFingeredHands - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=128 here]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=805 here]], and [[http://the-opt.com/?p=14 here]]. |
25 | %%* FriendlessBackground - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=105 What a loser]] |
26 | %%* {{Homage}} - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=792 A reference]] to ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus''. |
27 | %%* HumansAreBastards |
28 | %%* HypocriticalHumor |
29 | %%* {{Jerkass}} |
30 | %%* LawOfDisproportionateResponse - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=48 Napkins]]. [[http://the-opt.com/?p=89 Grammar correction]]. |
31 | * LazyArtist - A single drawing is often reused over several panels w/ slight adjustments, as seen [[http://the-opt.com/?p=33 here]] and [[http://the-opt.com/?p=12 here]]. |
32 | %%* NewYearsResolution - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=107 In this comic]] and in [[http://the-opt.com/?p=1229 this comic]]. |
33 | %%* PoliticalOvercorrectness - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=38 In this strip]] |
34 | * RubberHoseLimbs - This guy has elbow issues [[http://the-opt.com/?p=19 here]] and [[http://the-opt.com/?p=87 here]]. |
35 | %%* SelfDeprecation |
36 | * StripBuffer - Most strips are drawn well in advance of publication, but occasionally semi-topical material is included. |
37 | %%* SliceOfLife |
38 | %%* StrawmanPolitical - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=97 In this comic]] |
39 | %%* TakeThat |
40 | * UnsoundEffect - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=992 EXPIRE]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=794 THROW]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=125 GOUGE]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=49 FLEX & SWELL]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=56 REND & MASTICATE]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=69 SUBMIT & REFRESH]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=88 FOLD]], and [[http://the-opt.com/?p=476 this comic]] and [[http://the-opt.com/?p=1299 this comic]] have multiple examples. [[http://the-opt.com/?p=1229 This comic]] has a very large unsound effect as a punchline. |
41 | * UnwantedGlassesPlot- The fat kid gets [[http://the-opt.com/?p=70 a wrong prescription]] |
42 | %%* VitriolicBestBuds |
43 | %%* WithFriendsLikeThese - Those two WTF kids with no names. |
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