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Remember Wilbur's not-son? Too bad she didn't make friends with him
Premium post · June 13, 2026
Mary Worth, 6/13/26 Dawn's never alone because of her friends! You know, like Cathy, who's always eating giant salads, and other Cathy, who Dawn probably...
Metapost: The comments, the week, and so forth
Premium post · June 12, 2026
Let's skip the pleasantries and get to the most pleasant thing of all: the comment ... of the WEEK! "When Prussian gymnast and bodybuilder Joseph Pilates...
Fast Friday
Premium post · June 12, 2026
Beetle Bailey, 6/12/26 Whoa, looks like America's foremost military-themed comic strip is going to take on the extremely current and relevant topic of women...
Best kind of abyss, right after James Cameron's
Premium post · June 11, 2026
Heathcliff, 6/11/26 It's true that California has higher gas prices than the rest of the country, but I guarantee that every time you've seen a viral picture...
Unpleasant whimsy
Premium post · June 10, 2026
Rex Morgan, M.D., 6/10/26 You know, maybe I'm sheltered, but I think that interpersonal violence happens a lot more often in stories than it does in real...
GORILLAGRIFT!
Premium post · June 9, 2026
Mark Trail, 6/9/26 The "Mark's dad is getting romance-scammed” Mark Trail storyline has had some pleasing twists and turns: we learned Mark "Happy" Trail Sr....
I truly see your sleepy, sleepy heart
Premium post · June 8, 2026
Gil Thorp, 6/8/26 Isis, a Mudlark student-athlete, was taken by ICE earlier this year, and she's now being released after much protest by fellow students,...
Young love (and also pluggers)
Premium post · June 7, 2026
Pluggers, 6/7/26 Look, I know that Pluggers has lost its focus on pluggers being hard-working, blue collar real Americans and now mostly dwells on stuff like...
Young people and their food foibles
Premium post · June 6, 2026
Archie, 6/6/26 I guess the joke here is that Archie, who we mostly know through his romantic misadventures but who is in many ways still a boy, likes Ninja...
Metapost: Summery COTW
Premium post · June 5, 2026
Is it hot enough for ya, bud? Oh, you say it's too hot? You'd rather it was less hot? Well, sorry to hear that. Try to cool down with this week's funniest...
Old age, youth, etc.
Premium post · June 5, 2026
Pickles, 6/5/26 "We're all gonna die eventually, but sometimes our ability to experience even basic pleasures dies before the rest of us" is a pretty grim...
Hollywood elegance? In MY roots country hotspot?
Premium post · June 4, 2026
Hi and Lois, 6/4/26 Honestly there's a really sad story written on Ditto's dumbfounded face in panel two. "Oh, wow, I guess he barks all the time because he...
He'd better have some opinions on who offers the country's best yogurt to prove he's not a phony
Premium post · June 3, 2026
Mary Worth, 6/3/26 Bad news, everyone: Tommy has managed to "seal the deal," as they say in the sex-having community. He's not like the other guys, as...
They're a cultured people, eh wot
Premium post · June 2, 2026
Andy Capp, 6/2/26 Look, I don't pretend to know everything about what life is like in working-class, industrial neighborhoods in Northern English cities. Do...
Honestly a St. Sebastian Met Gala theme would rule
Premium post · June 1, 2026
Wizard of Id, 6/1/26 The Met Gala was exactly four weeks ago today, in case you were curious as to what the Wizard of Id publication lead time is! You might...
Mary is FAR too old to be these two's mother by the way, I'm just going to say it
Premium post · May 31, 2026
Dennis the Menace, 5/31/26 I know that "Dennis isn't being menacing at all in this one" is one of my (hopefully) beloved running bits, but I'm really not...
Shelly lovin'
Premium post · May 30, 2026
B.C., 5/30/26 Look, I'm not a scientist, and I'm also not brave enough to have "how do turtles have sex" left in my Google image search history, but I know...
Metapost: One last May COTW
Premium post · May 29, 2026
As you head into June, enjoy this week's top comment: "Boy, those joke-free throwaway panels cast a pall over this whole thing, huh? There's poor Lucky...
Mostly soapy Friday
Premium post · May 29, 2026
Mary Worth, 5/29/26 Oh, I guess I haven't really mentioned that Tommy and Dawn are falling in love or whatever. You know how last week I was like "Why does...
Trouble at home
Premium post · May 28, 2026
Archie, 5/28/26 I think it's very funny that Jughead is first forbidden from playing the drums in ... his room, I suppose? ... and then decides that the next...
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