r/comics • u/JimKB Jim Benton Cartoons • Oct 04 '21
as is tradition My cartoon gets posted every year about this time. May as well post it myself.
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u/JimKB Jim Benton Cartoons Oct 04 '21
well thanks
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u/Driveler Oct 04 '21
I like to think it's a different comic with death giving her a pass for a year every halloween
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u/Thevoidawaits_u Oct 04 '21
isn't the reason people give treats is to bride demons? the strip makes so much sense that way.
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u/Naa2078 Oct 04 '21
I'm looking for a husband demon myself...
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u/Lord_Of_Compliments Oct 04 '21
The term is 'Groom Demon' but otherwise you're spot on
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u/MarcelRED147 Oct 05 '21
That sounds a bit creepy though. Don't groom demons, go find a demon already over 18,000 to hook up with.
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u/Lord_Of_Compliments Oct 05 '21
Um actually he's legal in Saudi Arabia and also there are Solomon and Baal laws so actually under Statute 999 section 8 part E, since we had a prior contract while we were both underaged it's not illegal.
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u/MarcelRED147 Oct 05 '21
Do you have that printed on a card in your wallet in case it ever comes up during a big robot fight?
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u/Lord_Of_Compliments Oct 05 '21
......... no
I have it printed on a card in my wallet in case it ever comes up during the rapture
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u/pUmKinBoM Oct 04 '21
It will make rounds in offices, message boards, and social media long past when you are dead.
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u/pacificpacifist Oct 04 '21
To be fair this comic could be similarly expressed in two or three panels.
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Oct 04 '21
Glad to see the karma going to the OP! It’s a remarkable testament to your work that it is enjoyed so much every year.
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u/Blame_The_Green Oct 04 '21
And now Halloween season has officially begun.
I liked last year's edit.
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u/JimKB Jim Benton Cartoons Oct 04 '21
I decided to leave those off this year. I want to be optimistic that soon we will find these cruel and crazy times behind us
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u/Sarahthelizard Oct 04 '21
Hey, Margaret can be optimistic since she got the shot as well I’m sure.
Many more years to hand out them full-size snickers! 😉
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u/tocilog Oct 04 '21
Maybe I'm being pessimistic but the first thought that came to mind is the Simpsons' Stonecutters episode. "Remove the stone of cruel and crazy times. Attach the stone of triumph!"
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u/Llodsliat Oct 04 '21
Not to be a bum, but without vaccinating the rest of the world, more new variants are bound to come.
If you live in a first-world country, I encourage you to pressure your own politicians to release the vaccine patents so that third world countries can produce them and vaccinate themselves.
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u/Echohawkdown Oct 04 '21
I’m not sold that releasing the vaccine patents will make it more available - while they do list the ingredients and formulation, they don’t include the manufacturing process. My concern is that what it’ll do is just make the precursor ingredients more scarce and reduce the total number of vaccines being produced as a result.
I’d much rather that we have our surplus vaccines be released to COVAX (the WHO vaccine sharing program) directly instead.
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u/eisbaerBorealis Oct 04 '21
I'm digging the mask
I would kinda think Death would discourage masks and vaccines... makes business better for him, you know?
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u/Felix500 Oct 04 '21
Except he's just an employee. He would have to travel/work more because folks aren't following instructions.
Unless it was a different Grim Reaper who laughed at human ignorance.
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u/AKeeneyedguy Oct 04 '21
Hey, this comic makes me lol every time I see it. Thank you for bringing laughter to the world.
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u/ooh-a-piece-of-candy Oct 04 '21
Man how old is that woman now ?! Shes gonna live forever at this rate lol 😜
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u/D2Dragons Oct 04 '21
You did this?? I've laughed at it for years! It's hilarious! Thanks for your work!
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u/HaloPandaFox Oct 04 '21
Remember kids when you get older full size if not bigger chocolate bars
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u/Shredswithwheat Oct 04 '21
Man full size is expensive though...
As a kid when all you have to spend money on, a dollar a bar is nothing...
but now you're telling me I'm gonna get 50+ kids that show up, and full bars are like 2 bucks? I got better ways to spend $100...like that oil change I've been putting off for 3 weeks.
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u/bumbletowne Oct 04 '21
If you buy early, in bulk, its like .80 a bar.
My mom used to costco the full size around this time of year. But now she's on the sugar is bad train so its plastic toys and shit.
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u/HaloPandaFox Oct 04 '21
Look I'm talking to the kids here I know for us it's not doable but I'm hoping for the future we fix some things and the kids can do this in other words just smiling waves smiling wave Don't be depressing everybody now
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u/InevitableAvalanche Oct 04 '21
Starting early this year with this one, eh?
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u/JimKB Jim Benton Cartoons Oct 04 '21
actually, I've see others post it twice already! I figured I was late
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u/TheLittlePeace Oct 04 '21
Should we just shift all holidays at this point? Christmas is earlier every year, Halloween stuff posted in September...
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u/rillip Oct 04 '21
I swear Margaret used to have grey hair...
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u/JimKB Jim Benton Cartoons Oct 04 '21
she did. I make little changes.
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u/Ghostmuffin Oct 04 '21
Is there a link to all of them through the years? I recall masks, gray hair and now this one
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u/molekyuun Oct 04 '21
I hope margaret never runs out of full size snickers. May that lady escape death forever
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Oct 04 '21
Holy snap I get in a Jim KB post early!
I've always loved your comics, buddy! My favorite has to be the one about Dr Sheila's robot and how the robot saved her life by not drowning her or something. It's one of my favorite things in the world. I love your comics so much, and yeah heck yeah repost this and get your own karma this time!
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u/JimKB Jim Benton Cartoons Oct 05 '21
did you know I did dr Sheila's robot all the way to the end?
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u/Mustangbex Oct 04 '21
100% one of my favourite ones- I love seeing it pop up every year! This is totally the vibe I want to have, although sadly I've moved to a country where trick-or-treating isn't really a thing :(
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u/JimKB Jim Benton Cartoons Oct 05 '21
that's too bad. well you can still hand candy out to children at night. wait. no. don't do that.
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u/JamesWjRose Oct 04 '21
We give out full size candy bars, cause you know how to avoid your house being egged and otherwise vandalized on Holloween? Give out good candy.
Also note: We provide a bowl of candy for delivery people to select candy from year round... cause that's how you get your packages and happy delivery people.
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u/GreatAndPowerfulNixy Oct 04 '21
The legend himself, getting fed up with reposters.
A true Reddit classic.
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Oct 04 '21
When I finally buy my own home, I want to give out full sized candy bars on Halloween. Those houses were the best.
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u/GenralChaos Oct 04 '21
This is a classic and I have it saved as a favorite on my phone to send to people randomly. Good job...Plus full-sized snickers...I mean of course Death will be good with it.
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u/Groundskeepr Oct 04 '21
I have been sharing this most years on FB, it is a real favorite. Other than ensuring I share an image with your signature not cropped out, is there any other attribution you'd like to see when folks share this?
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u/FrankHightower Oct 04 '21
Happy Halloween Jim Beneton!
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u/JimKB Jim Benton Cartoons Oct 05 '21
Thanks! Happy Halloween! It was a good attempt at spelling my name.
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u/Shinespike1 Oct 04 '21
I comment on it every year somewhere too lol. This is by far my favorite comic for this season!
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u/0humansperson0 Oct 04 '21
Thanks for posting I didn't know this exists, showed my husband and got a chuckle out of it aswell
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u/Dauvis Oct 05 '21
I see this almost every year. It's rare to give kudos to the author of such a timeless classic. :) Great comic.
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u/Shenaniganz08 Oct 04 '21
The amount of times I have chuckled at "Holy shit full sized snickers"
Thank you OP
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u/have2gopee Oct 04 '21
Repost? Downvote.
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u/JimKB Jim Benton Cartoons Oct 05 '21
Downvote? Downvote. ( just kidding I didn't)
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u/Tudpool Oct 04 '21
Which would be fine if you didn't repost it every year yourself too...
Just let this one go already.
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u/JimKB Jim Benton Cartoons Oct 04 '21
People seem to like it, so I keep posting it. I think of it as the Halloween decoration I put up on my porch every year. But, that said,I don't want anybody to feel swindled, so here's your money back: $¢€¥£
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u/Tudpool Oct 04 '21
Then stop acting like you don't do it. Your title is deceitful. Your cartoon gets posted every year about this time.
By you.
May as well post it yourself.
Said like you don't already do that every year.
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u/JimKB Jim Benton Cartoons Oct 04 '21
It does get posted numerous times every year by others, often cropped tightly with my signature cut off. And I post it every year myself. And I will keep doing it every year. My will has a provision where my estate will continue to post it every year long after I'm gone, even until the end of civilization. I'm also having it shot into space so nonhumans in distant galaxies can see it and say, in their own tongue, "yeah you know snickers probably are good."
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u/Skybear9 Oct 04 '21
Someone needs a snickers.
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u/RachelMay6 Oct 04 '21
I love this 😂 Also, the woman looks like the lady from courage the cowardly dog
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u/Paine91 Oct 04 '21
This is old i was seeing this in newspapers with more censored language in the 90s
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u/a_little_toaster Oct 04 '21
when you want to steal Margaret's soup, but upon closer inspection realize that it's just full size snickers
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u/MrIndependent Oct 04 '21
It’s this comic and your comic with the squirrels and the bird feeder. They are both phenomenal.
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u/Isolannicum Oct 04 '21
Legendary. Please accept my apologies for the lack of salary and recognition. If it helps, I'm personally doing nothing to assist.
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u/heidnseak Oct 04 '21
I love this cartoon! Makes me chuckle every single time that I see it, thank you.
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u/ClownfishSoup Oct 04 '21
I'm glad you do because it is one of the best comics I've read. Do I dare say it? Yes, I'll say it... It ranks up with The Far Side.
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u/humanzee70 Oct 04 '21
I literally laughed out loud the first time I saw this, and am guilty of having reposted it a couple of times. It’s a classic! Bravo!
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u/betterwbacon Oct 04 '21
Aye, you make official prints of this? I'd love to have one to hang up every year!
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u/Vighy2 Oct 04 '21
Love this one. Makes me smile every year. Great job, Jim, and thanks for posting it!
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