Hell is for (and created by) children
Dennis the Menace, 8/29/25 We take the eternal struggle between Dennis and Mr. Wilson so much for granted that it rarely occurs to us to ask what Dennis gets...
Troubling biology
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 8/28/25 Imagine: You've just finished putting together the script for a perfectly serviceable Barney Google and Snuffy Smith...
Belated change belatedly acknowledged
B.C., 8/27/25 A fun thing that happened in B.C. about halfway through the decade or so when I was ignoring it is that the Cute Chick and the Fat Broad got...
Tuesday quickies
Six Chix, 8/26/25 Look, in the Tuesday Chixiverse, people have sex with sandwiches and pizza, so I wouldn't be too quick to dismiss out of hand anything...
Real sad situations
Beetle Bailey, 8/25/25 Comedy is, in large part, the art of subverting your audience's expectations in ways they find pleasing. So you could see how it might...
Sunday is for teens and/or birds
Shoe, 8/24/25 You of course all know that one of my favorite things to grapple with in every Shoe strip that's even vaguely bird-related is "Did the Shoe...
Gloomy Saturday
The Lockhorns, 8/23/25 Look, I don't know how they can make it any more obvious that the Lockhorns are millennials. Today's panel deploys one of the most...
Metapost: Foreshortened COTW
Slightly shorter list of comments of the week for a somewhat shorter week on my part, but this week's top comment still delivers the laffs! "Really liking...
Violence (on-screen, on-course, etc.)
Luann, 8/22/25 In the current Luann plot, Tiffany has dragged Les to a spa to get a mani-pedi and other treatments, and has been annoyed that he still wants...
Thursday updates
Mary Worth, 8/21/25 Mary Worth Update: Olive rushed into the surf and saved her drowning classmate, is one way to describe what happened, although another...
Casual cruelty
Blondie, 8/20/25 Blondie generally has its finger on the pulse of what old people are doing on the computer, which is why I'm a little disappointed to see...
Marital discord (implied in Andy's case)
Gil Thorp, 8/19/25 When Gil says he's "trying not to take it personally" that his ex wife is now "play[ing] for the other side," you probably think he's...
Triumphant return comics: Sadness, murder, etc.
Folks! I am back from my vacation, I am tanned, rested, and ready, and I am diving back into that most beloved of all artistic mediums: the daily comics! Big...
World of Animals VIII
"Welcome to World of Animals, an occasional feature; I'm your beloved host Carl, now AI-enhanced! (Although I'm not entirely sure it's my best look.) Anyway,...
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