This is inspired by Popeye comic strips specifically. Not just inspired by the sailor theme however, I mainly focused on the slang or visual language they often went with. A lot of strips back int he day have very slurred sort of dialogue with tons of abbreviations (which make you want to read it out loud) and many of them (Like Popeye) had speed lines and sound effects illustrated in the strip.
The joke isn't all too great in this, but most comic strips back then have rather formulaic gags, as opposed to modern gag comics (such as Kate Beaton's work and KC Green's Gunshow). Comic strips tend to be formed by a set up, a conflict and then a punchline or pay off.
I like the your comic and it really well shows the core characteristic of the 'comic strips'! Just what you said I can see the slang and visual language are really well expressed comic strip!
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