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dragonfly, (edited ) to thefarside in 15 December 2023

Look up Custer’s Last Stand. …m.wikipedia.org/…/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn

Larson did a few referencing this. Basically, Custer and his cavalry were soundly defeated by the combined native tribes.

dragonfly, to asklemmy in Is there an artist so horrible that no matter how hard you try that you cannot separate their art from them?

Another great choice is The King Henry Tapes by Richard Raley. It’s a take on HP, but the magical kid from a dysfunctional family is a juvenile delinquent with a foul mouth. One of my favorite series.

dragonfly, (edited ) to thefarside in 15 December 2023

Yeah, I think that’s a problem with quite a few of Larson’s comics. A lot of it was based on tropes and stereotypes that were more accepted at the time. I’m gen x, so I get the humor, and found it funny back then, but with hindsight some of them were questionable if not outright offensive. In this case, however, he is ridiculing the cavalry for their hubris, when they should have had a better plan against the combined native forces. Custer screwed up and died as a result. If anything, it’s saying the natives were much smarter.

dragonfly, to thefarside in 15 December 2023

They won the Battle of Little Bighorn, also known as Custer’s Last Stand, yes.

dragonfly, to thefarside in 15 December 2023

They’re saying “Neener Neener, you can’t catch me,” and from what we know about history, the Natives accepted the challenge and won. I’m not sure how else to explain it. You might not find it funny, and that’s okay, but it’s clearly a reference to that battle.

dragonfly, to thefarside in 27 November 2023

No gnus is good gnus.

dragonfly, to thefarside in 22 November 2023

Cows are often described as content, with phases like “chewing contentedly on its cud.”

dragonfly, to asklemmy in What's your weird physical habit?

When I sit in a chair and cross my legs, I tuck the foot of the top leg behind the ankle of my bottom leg, so the legs are kind of wrapped around each other.

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