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Tuesday is for eating problems
Premium post · February 25, 2025
Gil Thorp, 2/25/25 Keri Thorp has been struggling with an eating disorder, and apparently their therapist has recommended equine therapy. Did you know that...
I'm on Mary's side here, that stuff's nasty
Premium post · February 24, 2025
Luann, 2/24/25 It's been fun ("fun") revisiting Luann for the first time in years and figuring out what's changed (there are some new characters I guess) and...
Elder Sunday
February 23, 2025
Crankshaft, 2/23/25 Wait, why does John need Crazy Harry's help? By Spider-Man logic, if he had been bitten by a radioactive cleaning lady, shouldn't he have...
Baffled Saturday
Premium post · February 22, 2025
Mark Trail, 2/22/25 Cherry's family drama turned out to be even more dramatic than anticipated, and, as Mark makes clear in the final panel, it was no joking...
Metapost: The comments, they're a-callin'
Premium post · February 21, 2025
Enjoy the siren song of this week's comment ... of the week! "I've heard of shaggy dog stories, but this guy actually grew a beard in the course of listening...
[bravely] Andy Capp
Premium post · February 21, 2025
Andy Capp, 2/21/25 Among the strips I'm starting to revisit is Andy Capp (never forget: ANDY CAPP!), and of course, there's an important question one asks...
Aging, death, etc.
Premium post · February 20, 2025
Dick Tracy, 2/20/25 Dick Tracy is a comic strip that operates in an exaggerated storytelling mode, entertaining us with outlandish plots about corpse theft...
"Guy with glasses looks at cop," exactly the sort of front-page photo that grabs the reader
Premium post · February 19, 2025
Gil Thorp, 2/19/25 Gil Thorp of course always deals with teen issues both of-the-moment and timeless, and there's one of the latter type that I don't think...
The meal isn't FREE, Dawn
Premium post · February 18, 2025
Bizarro, 2/18/25 Big fan of today's Bizarro for insisting on historical realism in the face of the gauzy, romantic revisionism we usually see on this...
CORPSETHIEF: THE THIEF WHO STEALS CORPSES
Premium post · February 17, 2025
Dick Tracy, 2/17/25 Not sure if America was in the mood for the Dick Tracy storyline just concluded, about how the families prominent in our civic and...
Panels 'n' more
Premium post · February 16, 2025
Panels from Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 2/16/25 Now, I joke a lot that the only real industries in Hootin' Holler are moonshining, chicken theft, and...
Josh goes off in some weird directions
Premium post · February 15, 2025
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 2/15/25 Hey, here's a fun fact for you: did you know that ventriloquists don't "throw" their voices anywhere? They just learn...
Metapost: Romantical COTW
Premium post · February 14, 2025
Folks ... it's Valentine's Day, and you're gonna LOVE this week's top comment! "Dolly makes a crack about her brothers whilst the pitch black void looms ever...
Love is ... somewhere. Not in the air necessarily
Premium post · February 14, 2025
Mary Worth, 2/14/25 Happy Valentine's Day, everybody! Mary Worth would like to take a break from Dawn's romantic crisis to show you what real love looks...
Kudos to Jamaal for following aviculture best practices
Premium post · February 13, 2025
Archie, 2/13/25 Of course, you've seen a bunch of comics and cartoons and know that spiciness represented by literal flames and smoke emerging from a...
One-panels and more
Premium post · February 12, 2025
The Lockhorns, 2/12/25 Inexpensive compared to what, Leroy? Eating at a "nice" restaurant? It still is! Eating at home? It never was! No, you've just decided...
Tuesday catchups
Premium post · February 11, 2025
Mark Trail, 2/11/25 Oh, sorry I didn't update you on the "Mark helps return a displaced manatee to the sea" storyline, or even [checks archives] tell you...
Blasts from the past
Premium post · February 10, 2025
Rex Morgan, M.D., 2/10/25 Even as I age, I stick to one of my core values, which is that nostalgia is, ultimately, a poison, a way to project your discontent...
Tragic Sunday
Premium post · February 9, 2025
Mary Worth, 2/9/25 I have not really been talking about this Mary Worth plotline much, because it turns out that seeing a big beefy asshole act in a way...
Indignant Saturday
Premium post · February 8, 2025
Blondie, 2/8/25 Man, what's your least favorite part of this deeply unpleasant Dagwood dream sequence? A lot of people are going to say "the glasses on the...
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