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Downer Saturday
Premium post · March 21, 2026
Mary Worth, 3/21/26 "My heart ... my delicate heart ... too weak to fly to see my injured beloved. Time to heal myself using the best technique known to man:...
Metpost: Friday is for comments (of the week)
Premium post · March 20, 2026
Well, well, well ... looks like it's that time again ... comment of the week time, that is: "I, for one, always type my scam emails with my fingers held...
"Unease" is one of my main emotional modes, not gonna lie
Premium post · March 20, 2026
Rex Morgan, M.D., 3/20/26 One of the special interest rabbit holes I've gone down in the past few years is the history of the composition of the Bible, and...
Distasteful Thursday
Premium post · March 19, 2026
Mary Worth, 3/19/26 Say what you will about the evil gangs that are keeping "Trixie" captive in a Cambodian compound, but you have to respect that they let...
Cranky Wednesday
Premium post · March 18, 2026
Hi and Lois, 3/18/26 Look, we're all adults here. Well, maybe some of you are weird kids with grown-up taste in ironic internet websites, I don't know, but...
MidMarch follies
Premium post · March 17, 2026
Dick Tracy, 3/17/26 Welp, the huge prison riot/jailbreak in Dick Tracy is winding down, with a lot of bad guys on the loose but the authorities regaining...
Cyber Monday
Premium post · March 16, 2026
Lockhorns, 3/16/26 Every once in a while the Lockhorns will deviate from their usual laser focus on Leroy and Loretta's mutual antagonism and just do a "Ha...
Animals strike curious poses (derogatory)
Premium post · March 15, 2026
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 3/15/26 The characters in newspaper comic strips generally keep their vocabulary squeaky clean, and the Hootin' Holler crew...
What's the wine made of? Probably I don't want to know
Premium post · March 14, 2026
Gil Thorp, 3/14/26 Emily "Mimi" Clover has, at various overlapping times, been Gil's student, assistant coach, and wife. Now that she's coaching Milford...
Metapost: Scary COTW, redux
Premium post · March 13, 2026
Two Friday the 13th comments of the week in consecutive months? In this economy? That's right, your top comment is here, and it's terrifying(ly funny)!...
Roller coaster Friday
Premium post · March 13, 2026
Rex Morgan, M.D., 3/13/26 Wow, this one's a real emotional roller coaster. At first, we think Mud's going to have to eat breakfast in his room again, but...
She really "felts the clods," if you know what I mean
Premium post · March 12, 2026
Rex Morgan, M.D., 3/12/26 Oh, I didn't mention that the Hollywood starlet turned recluse turned runaway in the current Rex Morgan, M.D., storyline was named...
Dark magic indeed
Premium post · March 11, 2026
Family Circus, 3/11/26 A thing I never would've predicted more than two decades ago when I started doing this blog is ... well, I guess the fact that I'd...
Dot doesn't really care for the theater, and more power to her
Premium post · March 10, 2026
Hi and Lois, 3/10/26 Not sure why everyone in this panel, including the lady behind the ticket desk, looks so God-damned smug. There's no reason for it, not...
Who needs the TV show to experience a dark, gritty Riverdale
Premium post · March 9, 2026
Hi and Lois, 3/9/26 Happy Monday, everyone! It's another week and another entry in what's quickly becoming my favorite genre in the comics: Hi and Lois muses...
Animals strike curious poses
Premium post · March 8, 2026
Mary Worth, 3/8/26 Five years ago, Mary tried to broach the question of whether Estelle was being grifted rather gingerly. With Harvey, she's being somewhat...
A "mud mountain" is a classic OSHA safety violation
Premium post · March 7, 2026
Rex Morgan, M.D., 3/7/26 Look, normally when an employer is reluctant to tell you his last name, that's a red flag. But in this case, it's just because he's...
Metapost: Good, wholesome COTW
Premium post · March 6, 2026
Everyone out there in real America is waiting for their comment of the week. And at last, it's arrived! "I feel like the weird, scraggly speech bubble from...
Romantic successes
Premium post · March 6, 2026
Crankshaft, 3/6/26 It's been more than three years since Funky Winkerbean ended, but, just as a dying star occasionally fires off occasional bursts of...
Thursday affirmations
Premium post · March 5, 2026
The Lockhorns, 3/5/26 I love that Leroy has decided to turn what could've been a brief snide remark into an act out, as if he could peel off the vinyl siding...
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