Shelly lovin'
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
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
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
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...
Big and/or small business
Judge Parker, 5/27/26 The humble diner now appears to be the soap opera strips' go-to employer for those seeking to abandon a hectic, go-go lifestyle and...
A little unnerved contemplating what country Beetle is in right now
Heathcliff, 5/26/26 When Jewish theologians began to systematize the ideas they had inherited around the spiritual beings we call "angels," one awkward...
Monday is for heroes, sort of
Hi and Lois, 5/25/26 I feel like I'm one of the last pedants holding onto this fact, but Memorial Day is not for remembering all who served; that's Veterans...
Imagine being less alert than Dagwood. Shameful
Blondie, 5/24/26 Blondie over its multidecade run has chronicled America's increasing suburbanization and corresponding car dependence. Back in the '50s,...
Saturday quotables
Mary Worth, 5/23/26 I've given it a bit of thought and I've come to the conclusion that "The condo board agreed we can create a supplemental food supply for...
Metapost: Never forget the COTW
If you're in the U.S., you're heading into a three-day weekend, and how better to celebrate than the comments of the week? "What I love about The Phantom is...
Distasteful Friday
Blondie, 5/22/26 The sad thing here is that Alexander and Cookie can't actually hear what Dagwood is jamming out to. Sure, we readers are privy to the truly...
Josh goes OFF
Mother Goose and Grimm, 5/21/26 OK, I guess I respect the Mother Goose and Grimm entries where the strip remembers that part of its remit is doing riffs on...
It's called "object permanence for relationships" and Tommy has yet to develop it
Gil Thorp, 5/20/26 Somehow, this extremely long golf match that has pitted Gil and his ex Mimi against one another in a battle of golfing coaching acumen is...
I'm rooting for the perverts, obviously
Andy Capp, 5/19/26 Today's Andy Capp serves two different and distinct audiences: (1) Brits opposed to socialized medicine who will shove it in the face of...
Bad blood
Mary Worth, 5/18/26 A thing about soap opera comic strips is that it's very difficult to understand how we're supposed to read the passage of time. Like,...
Did Tommy not do the twelve-step thing where he apologized to everyone, or did he just not bother to apologize to Dawn
Dick Tracy, 5/17/26 Look, when the Russians launched a huge drone attack against a prison on U.S. soil, I was willing to give it a pass -- I mean, who...
Jokes, with pictures
Crock, 5/16/26 This is one of those Rodney Dangerfield-style one-liners that sort of makes sense when you first hear it but just kind of falls apart the more...
Metapost: No fuss, no muss, just COTW
Here it is! Real quick! Your top comment! Of this whole dang week! "I love how Tommy greets everything in life like a fresh-born baby. He got off drugs when...
Friday is for failure
Rex Morgan, M.D., 5/15/26 Oh, I had sort of forgotten that Lonnie didn't just turn to blackmail because he was evil; he was actually acting out of financial...
Youth, old age, and so on
Mark Trail, 5/14/26 Many years ago, we were visiting Vancouver during the delightful summer months, and in Stanley Park we encountered ... like, a lot of...