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10 July 1988 (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago

I HAD NEVER SEEN THIS STRIP???

NOW I know what hampster Huey and the gooey kablooie is. I think it shows up in another strip I did see as a kid and I just assumed it was a reference to something we didn't know about as the audience

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Hamster Huey shows up in at least a half-dozen strips. It even has a sequel!

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Nice collection! That was most of the ones I was thinking of. But wasn't there one where the mom tells the dad "Oh, but you look so cute doing the 'happy hamster hop!'"? Think he was grumbling to her about reading it again. "I don't want to look cute!"

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago
[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Ah, that's right - was thinking it was a weekday comic! Probably why it wasn't indexed - it was part of the "throwaway" bit at the top.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

OH SHIT, THATS FUCKIN RAD

COMMANDER CORRIANDER SALAMANDER AND ER SINGLEHANDER BELLYLANDER 😤

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

My kids were quoting that whole name for like a week when they found it! 🤣

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

It gets referenced in the webcomic Freefall, where we find out that the incident really was caused by an alien, namely Sam Starfall. We never find out what happened though.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I figured this was just another one of those! I guess in some ways it still is, but still

Those are so cute, I hadn't seen many of those! :)

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

NOW I know what hampster Huey and the gooey kablooie is

I mean, it's only mentioned in the throwaway joke in the first two panels, and we don't really get any information on it other than the title.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

I think the strip I was familiar with was Calvin begging his dad to read him hampster Huey and the gooey kablooie again

Its fun to have seen some interaction with it. Maybe Calvin just thought this was super fun and wanted this again lol

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