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[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 37 points 9 months ago (2 children)

This is from Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling.

It is snipped from a full-page thing he does every now and then, where he parodies shitty newspaper comics. Having read a lot of these, I believe he really really hates these comics and this is how he hurts them.

"Marital Mirth" is a recurring boomer wifebad comic.

[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 9 months ago

Alright this is a pretty funny parody

[–] UdeRecife 3 points 9 months ago

Great reference. Thanks for that. I'm reading it right now and it's pretty good!

[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I honestly can't tell if it's a legit "wife bad" comic or a parody of the trope.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

I honestly can't tell how this comic is supposed to be funny.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 11 points 9 months ago

It's a parody of the long-running (and terrible, in my opinion) daily comic "The Lockhorns." It seems I've fallen afoul of Poe's Law.

Whether it's funny as parody is up to personal taste, but I can at least confirm that it is intended in that spirit of parody and satire.