This is the most unwell plugger I've ever seen, which is honestly saying something
Pluggers, 9/15/25 A friend of mine in Baltimore, widely known for always looking younger than she was, when asked for her secret said, "Never make a noise...
She can also swim, I guess, but that seems pretty normal
Mary Worth, 9/14/25 So, adding to the list of Olive's Known Powers: she can predict the movements of air conditioning units, she can "see” people "in front"...
Life is very long when you're Blondie
Blondie, 9/13/25 Blondie began in 1930, in a world now mostly alien to us, but it was originally a story about urban hipsters: a young woman who the artists...
Metapost: Slightly early comment of the week
Sorry folks, things to do, places to be, comment of the week to post: "Well, I must admit, I have never seen 'yikes' used in a cartoon that conveys so...
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I guess you really have to ... hand it to them [everyone starts yelling at me]
Rex Morgan, M.D., 9/12/25 Say what you will about Rex Morgan, M.D., but it is straight-up killing it in the "characters make interestingly exaggerated hand...
Tales out of school
Luann, 9/11/25 Many years ago, when I was a TA in grad school, I had a very precocious undergraduate student who used to come to office hours to hang out and...
The fish skeleton I just accept. There's always a fish skeleton in these
Slylock Fox, 9/10/25 This is one of the most baffling Six Differences cartoons I've seen in quite a while. Why does the horse have a butt wound? Why does he...
She's flying AWAY from New York, she should be singing "California" by Phantom Planet
Mary Worth, 9/9/25 Mary Worth's use of bold font is ... let's say, unconventional, but I do think that Olive's word balloon in the second panel being...
A real force of alcoholic nature
The Lockhorns, 9/8/25 Now, one of Loretta's running gripes with Leroy is that he doesn't make enough money for her tastes, so we can be certain that her shoe...
Does he think she can buy her own plane tickets or what
Mary Worth, 9/7/25 I myself am not a parent and don't presume to fully understand how they have to balance between fiercely protecting their children and...
Saturday is for death
Beetle Bailey, 9/6/25 Hmm, Sarge managed to knock himself unconscious after landing on his tailbone, presumably from some shockwave that went up his spine,...
Metapost: Slightly delayed COTW
Sorry, a little late in the day I know, but here ... is your comment ... of the week! "Poor Charlie Brown. Once, he was a global icon, the Everyman...
RIP Norway, 872-950 AD
Hagar the Horrible, 9/5/25 Real Hagar heads know that Hagar is illiterate, and while Lucky Eddie also was at one point, he later learned to read and write. I...
Wednesday quickies
Family Circus, 9/4/25 Ha ha, look at Jeffy's face! He knows it's not good! But he doesn't have the gumption to be mad about it, just sad! Hagar the Horrible,...
What about women's driving ability, relative to men? Some delightful material there, I'm sure!
Mother Goose and Grimm, 9/3/25 Hopefully by now you are all well acquainted with my beef with how comic strips depict the relationship between dogs and fire...
Measured criticism for Tuesday
Beetle Bailey, 9/2/25 Now, I'm not a big shot syndicated newspaper comics artist, but I think that if you have a joke where a general tells a subordinate...
Some cyber-gripes
Crock, 9/1/25 Even if you hate Crock with a passion, you don't read it every day for 20+ years without learning a little something about its character...
Egyptomania
Mary Worth, 8/31/25 Yes, Olive, you "saw" that she was struggling in the water, with your "eyes," as she was immediately in "front" of you as you stood on...
Ancient-ish times
Hagar the Horrible, 8/30/25 Look, despite the fun ("fun") I have here detailing all the anachronisms in Hagar the Horrible, I do in fact get that the...
Metapost: Summer's end COTW
Forget the equinox: We all know September and the school year herald the end of summer as we know it. So enjoy this last pre-fall comment of the week:...