Metapost: Wintry COTW
Many of you will be hit by a lot of snow this weekend! Not me, I'm in the pleasant Southwest, we're getting some rain but nothing too dire, but the rest of...
To be fair, I wouldn't want to do anything together with either Hi or Lois
Hi and Lois, 1/23/26 Now, if you only have a surface understanding of my whole deal, you're going to read this and say, "Ooooh, Josh is going to make a joke...
Boring vs. sad: Battle for soap opera supremacy
Rex Morgan, M.D., 1/22/26 You really gotta give it up for today's Rex Morgan, M.D.: it truly offers a master class in absolutely nothing happening. Rex asks...
I personally would not give Garfield access to a phone. Nothing good could come of it
Slylock Fox, 1/21/26 One of the things that truly sets people apart from animals is that our enormous brains are too large when fully formed to pass through...
Another think coming
Herb and Jamaal, 1/20/26 Man, that's a harrowing expression on Herb's face. He just realized that he shouldn't engage in thinking ... and he can't stop...
Twists and/or turns
Mary Worth, 1/19/26 Last week, the main conflict of this Toby storyline -- "Toby got a bird and Ian hated it” -- was resolved as Ian submitted to Sunny's...
Menacing birds/food/social relations
Mary Worth, 1/18/26 Good news, everyone! Ian didn't become some soft-hearted sap just because a parrot saved his life or whatever. No, he recognized that...
Sympathy for the plugger
Mary Worth, 1/17/26 Minutes later, Mary would of course be relaying all this information to Toby and Ian's homeowners insurance carrier. Why should the...
Metapost: The comments, they are amusin'
This week's comment of the week ... is HERE! For you to ENJOY!!! "Actually, you're a plugger if you often fall asleep on the toilet at any time, including in...
Family fun
The Lockhorns, 1/16/26 I accept that, for narrative convenience, sometimes the Lockhorns need to passive-aggressively try to destroy each other emotionally...
Remembering some guys
Dustin, 1/15/26 Remember Dustin's dad from the comic strip Dustin, who's notoriously kind of an asshole? Well, it turns out he's also an alcoholic. Dennis...
Mostly old people problems
Beetle Bailey, 1/14/26 I feel like if you have an elderly authority figure looking startled and somewhat confused and shouting "Take some notes!" and then...
Not a big fan of the B.C. guys' messed up faces either
Archie, 1/13/26 Against all odds, the fact that I've been doing this blog for more than 20 years doesn't usually make me feel old, mostly because I'm still...
I don't think a guy could just do that to a basketball no matter how mad he is. I don't think that's realistic
Dustin, 1/12/26 I don't know that I've really commented on the "Dustin (the character)'s second-best friend is an eight-year-old child" aspect of Dustin (the...
Sunday is for bird crimes
Shoe, 1/11/26 Did, uh, did you know that "naked running" means running without music? I myself did not, and I can't find much evidence that this is a phrase...
Mostly snowy one-panels
Six Chix, 1/10/26 You ever wonder why bad things happen to you? It's probably because someone with interests different from yours prayed to God, and He said,...
Metapost: #1 COTW o' 2026
It's your first comment of the week of the year! The calendar changes but our storied Friday traditions do not: "It's the ultra-modern version of 'The Gift...
A marriage plot
Gil Thorp, 1/9/26 Oh, you thought Gil got engaged because he was "in love" or "haunted by the specter of his mortality and eager to recapture a fleeting...
Thursday one-panels
Wizard of Id, 1/8/26 The syndicated newspaper comics are, among other things, your #1 source for gender stereotypes so out of date that everyone has pretty...
HOT TIP: You don't have to sign a prenup if the guy you ask to conduct your wedding isn't a real minister
Pluggers, 1/7/26 Pluggers has been doing a string of "Classic Pluggers winter fun!" panels this week, and while most of them have in fact been mildly fun, at...