Comments on: Why chicks cry

Why chicks cry

paduasoy — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:52:37 -0800

Why chicks cry. Images of women and girls crying, taken from DC romance comics 1957 to 1968.

via Smart Bitches, Trashy Books.

By: Decimask

Decimask — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:02:33 -0800

In a few of these, I have to wonder about what she's actually doing. [a treasure trove of snark, paduasoy--some of these are great]

By: paduasoy

paduasoy — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:03:09 -0800

Snark tag added - thanks!

By: netbros

netbros — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:03:21 -0800

Here is a big reason why chicks cry. Creepy Faces.

By: koeselitz

koeselitz — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:04:57 -0800

Ha - funny stuff. My favorites are “—a-and maybe someday he'll like me as much as an elephant!” FEAR OF LEAVES

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:10:30 -0800

Her "Foolish Shallow Dreams" are headlining at Mondays With Marylin All Drag Review and "passing" for a whole night, right?

By: Foci for Analysis

Foci for Analysis — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:12:26 -0800

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 ...

By: timeo danaos

timeo danaos — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:17:36 -0800

Oh, the many, many tears I've shed over loving Dick too much.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:18:23 -0800

OH HEY GUYS I BROUGHT HOT DOGS

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:20:02 -0800

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.

By: Slack-a-gogo

Slack-a-gogo — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:20:25 -0800

Where the hell was this when I was looking for an image to steal for my Teen Tragedy mix disc covers?!?!?

By: futureisunwritten

futureisunwritten — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:35:33 -0800

This did bring tears to my eyes, but they were tears of hilarity.

By: elizardbits

elizardbits — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:48:09 -0800

I and my unsightly elbow warts would be terribly offended, were I not too busy sobbing with heartbreak.

By: heyho

heyho — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:53:55 -0800

My favorite: People In General I have days like that... they usually end with the letter Y.

By: mattoxic

mattoxic — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:58:29 -0800

In a few of these, I have to wonder about what she's actually doing. Poos!

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:09:58 -0800

Did women of the fifties really stutter in their thoughts?

By: Devils Slide

Devils Slide — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:46:39 -0800

You said it, sisters.*sigh*

By: nonspecialist

nonspecialist — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:56:18 -0800

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.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:06:58 -0800

Did women of the fifties really stutter in their thoughts? No, but an awful lot of cartoonists stuttered in writing.

By: Potomac Avenue

Potomac Avenue — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:19:18 -0800

A rare case where the quips under the drawings make them 10x funnier.

By: EatTheWeak

EatTheWeak — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:29:00 -0800

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?

By: EatTheWeak

EatTheWeak — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:33:34 -0800

Oh, and if we're naming my favorites, I'm currently partial to Steve Trevor Not Returning Your Calls and Knowledge.

By: nonspecialist

nonspecialist — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:35:56 -0800

Knowledge makes me think she must be on a quiz show ... but why is she being menaced by a be-towelled store dummy?

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:00:25 -0800

Epono ... uhm ... noincidental? Eponymetrical? We are Legion.

By: oddman

oddman — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:22:17 -0800

I thought most of the captions were kind of stupid.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:30:54 -0800

LOL PMP

By: UrineSoakedRube

UrineSoakedRube — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:49:00 -0800

A remix of sorts, sadly out of print but still available second-hand.

By: Devils Slide

Devils Slide — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:39:59 -0800

We are Legion. And we're naughty.

By: idiopath

idiopath — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:48:00 -0800

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.

By: crapmatic

crapmatic — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:38:47 -0800

1950s comic book chicks also cry because Superman is a dick.

By: the aloha

the aloha — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:00:31 -0800

he's too bold. she's never satisfied.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:06:03 -0800

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. "

By: No-sword

No-sword — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:51:43 -0800

I dig, if you will, these pictures. So this is what it means, like, when chicks cry.

By: slimepuppy

slimepuppy — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:58:46 -0800

The captions are amazing. Typographical errors, indeed.

By: Mastercheddaar

Mastercheddaar — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:43:45 -0800

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. ;)

By: wallstreet1929

wallstreet1929 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:26:25 -0800

It's necessary that Roy Lichtenstein be mentioned here.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:19:46 -0800

Deconstructing Roy Lichtenstien from Metafilter's Own Zompist

By: JF Ptak

JF Ptak — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:32:28 -0800

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.

By: EatTheWeak

EatTheWeak — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:35:36 -0800

Lichtenstein? It's never, never necessary to bring up that art-swiping, light-boxing bastard.

By: kittyprecious

kittyprecious — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:44:26 -0800

A rare case where the quips under the drawings make them 10x funnier. The best, of course: "Being psycho."

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:48:30 -0800

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.

By: liza

liza — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:08:28 -0800

Fear of leaves is definitely my favorite one :D

By: lowlife

lowlife — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:06:49 -0800

UrineSoakedRube, my wife has a copy of that, it's rather entertaining.

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:58:42 -0800

Since none of my female cousins burst into tears when I'm around, I can only conclude that I'm the poor, shabby cousin.