Savage Chickens

This seems an odd choice to feature for a Sunday afternoon, but the Facebook algo rhythm giveth and who am I to complain? Savage Chickens is centered around the work of Canadian cartoonist Doug Savage, a dark humor strip that communicates the human rat race, via the medium of a chicken-verse, hence the name. The common and underlying thread of many of the gags is, of course, is using the short-evity of chickens as an analogy for the brutality of modern corporate culture. The combination is potently effective and can be pretty harsh if you really think about it. As a strip, Savage Chickens has been around for twenty years, and a Weblog Award for best comic strip. There are occasional deviations into related themes, such as office humor of the non-avian variety or jokes about other animals interacting with the world of humans. What I loved, was the way admins and members occasionally play up the chicken connection for the comment section. Doug Adams is himself involved in the running of this Facebook Groups. Great stuff!

Members: 7.3k, at the time of writing

Trigger Warnings: None.

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It's hard to believe that cartoon strips are over a 120 years old, and what would newspapers be like without them? (Although we may soon need to get used to life without the stallwart print media dailies). Equally unbelievable is that longstanding familiar faces are a lot older than most people realize. Take for instance Blondie (94 years), Popeye (95 years) and Little Orphan Annie (100 years). This Facebook group, though, focuses on obscure rarities. I was surprised (and delighted) to see one of the grandfather's favorites - the Danish strip Ferd'nand. There were also vintage Addams family, Disney's Sleeping Beauty, the Outbursts of Everett and - just to illustrate that not all strips are gags and punchlines - a rare New Zealand episodic strip called World Patrol - The Adventures Of Mark Steel And Dawn Randal. Comic aficionados, this one's your call. 

Members: 28.3k, at the time of writing.

Trigger Warnings: Outdated and un-PC ideas/phrasing/motifs.

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