Why chicks cry
July 5, 2009 3:52 PM Subscribe
Why chicks cry. Images of women and girls crying, taken from DC romance comics 1957 to 1968.
via Smart Bitches, Trashy Books.
via Smart Bitches, Trashy Books.
Here is a big reason why chicks cry. Creepy Faces.
posted by netbros at 4:03 PM on July 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by netbros at 4:03 PM on July 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
Ha - funny stuff.
My favorites are
“—a-and maybe someday he'll like me as much as an elephant!”
FEAR OF LEAVES
posted by koeselitz at 4:04 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
My favorites are
“—a-and maybe someday he'll like me as much as an elephant!”
FEAR OF LEAVES
posted by koeselitz at 4:04 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
Her "Foolish Shallow Dreams" are headlining at Mondays With Marylin All Drag Review and "passing" for a whole night, right?
posted by The Whelk at 4:10 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by The Whelk at 4:10 PM on July 5, 2009
Surprise, surprise! Turns out that the world is full of disappointments and tear shedding when you leave the kitchen! We really build them for you, you know ...
posted by Foci for Analysis at 4:12 PM on July 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by Foci for Analysis at 4:12 PM on July 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
Oh, the many, many tears I've shed over loving Dick too much.
posted by timeo danaos at 4:17 PM on July 5, 2009 [7 favorites]
posted by timeo danaos at 4:17 PM on July 5, 2009 [7 favorites]
OH HEY GUYS I BROUGHT HOT DOGS
posted by loquacious at 4:18 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by loquacious at 4:18 PM on July 5, 2009
Don't you see our love can never be? You're an uptown girl with a political family and a bright future, and I'm just a member of the order Passeriformes who stole your heart. I'm sorry Betty.
posted by The Whelk at 4:20 PM on July 5, 2009 [5 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 4:20 PM on July 5, 2009 [5 favorites]
Where the hell was this when I was looking for an image to steal for my Teen Tragedy mix disc covers?!?!?
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 4:20 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 4:20 PM on July 5, 2009
This did bring tears to my eyes, but they were tears of hilarity.
posted by futureisunwritten at 4:35 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by futureisunwritten at 4:35 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
I and my unsightly elbow warts would be terribly offended, were I not too busy sobbing with heartbreak.
posted by elizardbits at 4:48 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by elizardbits at 4:48 PM on July 5, 2009
My favorite: People In General
I have days like that... they usually end with the letter Y.
posted by heyho at 4:53 PM on July 5, 2009
I have days like that... they usually end with the letter Y.
posted by heyho at 4:53 PM on July 5, 2009
In a few of these, I have to wonder about what she's actually doing.
Poos!
posted by mattoxic at 4:58 PM on July 5, 2009
Poos!
posted by mattoxic at 4:58 PM on July 5, 2009
Did women of the fifties really stutter in their thoughts?
posted by Devils Rancher at 5:09 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Devils Rancher at 5:09 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
You said it, sisters.*sigh*
posted by Devils Slide at 5:46 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by Devils Slide at 5:46 PM on July 5, 2009
In a few of these, I have to wonder about what she's actually doing.
posted by Decimask at 9:02 AM on July 6
If these were manga, you'd be right.
posted by nonspecialist at 5:56 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Decimask at 9:02 AM on July 6
If these were manga, you'd be right.
posted by nonspecialist at 5:56 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
Did women of the fifties really stutter in their thoughts?
No, but an awful lot of cartoonists stuttered in writing.
posted by Sys Rq at 6:06 PM on July 5, 2009
No, but an awful lot of cartoonists stuttered in writing.
posted by Sys Rq at 6:06 PM on July 5, 2009
A rare case where the quips under the drawings make them 10x funnier.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 6:19 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by Potomac Avenue at 6:19 PM on July 5, 2009
Did women of the fifties really stutter in their thoughts?
posted by Devils Rancher at 5:09 PM on July 5 [+] [!]
You said it, sisters.*sigh*
posted by Devils Slide at 5:46 PM on July 5 [+] [!]
Epono ... uhm ... noincidental? Eponymetrical?
posted by EatTheWeek at 6:29 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by Devils Rancher at 5:09 PM on July 5 [+] [!]
You said it, sisters.*sigh*
posted by Devils Slide at 5:46 PM on July 5 [+] [!]
Epono ... uhm ... noincidental? Eponymetrical?
posted by EatTheWeek at 6:29 PM on July 5, 2009
Oh, and if we're naming my favorites, I'm currently partial to Steve Trevor Not Returning Your Calls and Knowledge.
posted by EatTheWeek at 6:33 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by EatTheWeek at 6:33 PM on July 5, 2009
Knowledge makes me think she must be on a quiz show ... but why is she being menaced by a be-towelled store dummy?
posted by nonspecialist at 6:35 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by nonspecialist at 6:35 PM on July 5, 2009
Epono ... uhm ... noincidental? Eponymetrical?
We are Legion.
posted by Devils Rancher at 7:00 PM on July 5, 2009
We are Legion.
posted by Devils Rancher at 7:00 PM on July 5, 2009
LOL PMP
posted by GuyZero at 7:30 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by GuyZero at 7:30 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
A remix of sorts, sadly out of print but still available second-hand.
posted by UrineSoakedRube at 7:49 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by UrineSoakedRube at 7:49 PM on July 5, 2009
heyho: the bad composition of that tempted me to invent a little story to make sense of it.
A lady's flying detached head is stalked by her persistant and obnoxious animated headless body; the body wants to have a head again, but the head just wants to fly away to Oxford to study philosophy.
posted by idiopath at 8:48 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
A lady's flying detached head is stalked by her persistant and obnoxious animated headless body; the body wants to have a head again, but the head just wants to fly away to Oxford to study philosophy.
posted by idiopath at 8:48 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
1950s comic book chicks also cry because Superman is a dick.
posted by crapmatic at 9:38 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by crapmatic at 9:38 PM on July 5, 2009
Where can I give money to help people born with this condition? Does it have name? It feels wrong to call them " banana-fingered man-necks. "
posted by The Whelk at 10:06 PM on July 5, 2009
posted by The Whelk at 10:06 PM on July 5, 2009
I dig, if you will, these pictures. So this is what it means, like, when chicks cry.
posted by No-sword at 2:51 AM on July 6, 2009
posted by No-sword at 2:51 AM on July 6, 2009
The captions are amazing. Typographical errors, indeed.
posted by slimepuppy at 2:58 AM on July 6, 2009
posted by slimepuppy at 2:58 AM on July 6, 2009
I am not surprised in the least. All of these comic books were from the 50/60's. They believed that women were strange and cried at odd times.... nothing has changed except for the fact that they were pants now. ;)
posted by Mastercheddaar at 5:43 AM on July 6, 2009
posted by Mastercheddaar at 5:43 AM on July 6, 2009
It's necessary that Roy Lichtenstein be mentioned here.
posted by wallstreet1929 at 7:26 AM on July 6, 2009
posted by wallstreet1929 at 7:26 AM on July 6, 2009
Deconstructing Roy Lichtenstien from Metafilter's Own Zompist
posted by The Whelk at 8:19 AM on July 6, 2009
posted by The Whelk at 8:19 AM on July 6, 2009
A brilliant post! I think I like it better when the characters seem to read their own thought balloons. I esp like Evil Rancher's question about whether people *stutter* int heir thoughts.
posted by JF Ptak at 8:32 AM on July 6, 2009
posted by JF Ptak at 8:32 AM on July 6, 2009
Lichtenstein? It's never, never necessary to bring up that art-swiping, light-boxing bastard.
posted by EatTheWeek at 8:35 AM on July 6, 2009
posted by EatTheWeek at 8:35 AM on July 6, 2009
A rare case where the quips under the drawings make them 10x funnier.
The best, of course: "Being psycho."
posted by kittyprecious at 9:44 AM on July 6, 2009
The best, of course: "Being psycho."
posted by kittyprecious at 9:44 AM on July 6, 2009
Seeing them all at once in a big grid (yes I have time on my hands) makes me wanna do a crying-50s-girl montage set to "Typical Girls" by the Slits.
posted by The Whelk at 9:48 AM on July 6, 2009
posted by The Whelk at 9:48 AM on July 6, 2009
UrineSoakedRube, my wife has a copy of that, it's rather entertaining.
posted by lowlife at 8:06 AM on July 7, 2009
posted by lowlife at 8:06 AM on July 7, 2009
Since none of my female cousins burst into tears when I'm around, I can only conclude that I'm the poor, shabby cousin.
posted by kirkaracha at 9:58 AM on July 7, 2009
posted by kirkaracha at 9:58 AM on July 7, 2009
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posted by Decimask at 4:02 PM on July 5, 2009 [1 favorite]