Unpleasant Friday
Gasoline Alley, 11/22/24 Oh, sorry kids, looks like you're going to slowly suffocate to death as your spaceship goes dark and circles Mars in an erratic...
What's next, CRANBERRY SAUCE out of CAN?????
Mary Worth, 11/21/24 This whole week has been about everyone ("everyone" being Toby and Dawn, admittedly) getting jazzed as hell about Thanksgiving, because...
Quick takes on still more babies and other terrible children
Marvin, 11/20/24 Good news, everyone! Marvin? The terrible baby? The one who does all the pissing and shitting? Well, he doesn't know about sex yet. Yet....
Mostly babies
Hi and Lois, 11/19/24 See, here's an example of why Hi and Lois absolutely should stick to its post-punchline vibes: today's strip does have a punchline, and...
What about my inner adult, why isn't anyone concerned about him
Gasoline Alley, 11/18/24 Is that really true, Arty? Have today's children seen a lot about Mars on TV? Is there actually a lot of Mars content out there, on...
The shirt ... it is stripy ... honh honh honh
Panels from Hagar the Horrible, 11/17/24 "OK, we want people to know she's a prostitute, so we'll give her torn short shorts and fishnet stockings ... but...
Animal-people and people-people
Pluggers, 11/16/24 Big news for people tired of reading my typed words and interested in hearing my voice: if you fall into that category and you are...
Metapost: Let's all enjoy some comments of the week
This week's top comment! You know it, you love it, etc. "Of all the people in the world, I would most expect Mary to caution us all about swimming within an...
Downer Friday
Dustin, 11/15/24 Yes, sir, Dustin sure is a strip where one of the main characters is a lawyer! Ha ha, that is undeniable. And "class action"? You'd better...
Soapy quickies
Gil Thorp, 11/14/24 I don't know why but it infuriates me that Marty is casually dropping "P.I.O." into his patter. We get it, Marty, you know that they're...
Does having a tragic backstory and being rich and going to NYU make you "cool"? Sound off in the comments
Gil Thorp, 11/13/24 Oh yeah, remember Coach Perm Gerads, who briefly seemed like he might be Gil's new nemesis but then he got beat up by his own students?...
Blast (?) from the past
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 11/12/24 As we move inexorably into a post-newspaper world, we do have to ask ourselves: who are the comics, as a genre and...
Sweet memories
Blondie, 11/11/24 Remember just weeks ago, when Dagwood dismissed the pumpkin spice concept, now in its second decade, as a mere passing craze? Well,...
Josh has some questions
Rhymes With Orange, 11/10/24 Hey, everybody. Have you ever wondered if demons, the dark angels who have turned their back on God and now live in Hell, where...
Saturday is for cheap love
Beetle Bailey, 11/9/24 I know it's just because of basic newspaper comic strip art hackery, but it really bothers me that Beetle's shirt here looks exactly...
Metapost: Today is the day for the comment of the week
It is Friday: the day of the week when I showcase the top comment that were posted on my website. Here is my choice for this week! "The relative superiority...
"Speaking of narrative" ... you fool, if you're speaking of narrative, there's already narrative happening
Intelligent Life, 11/8/24 I can't believe I'm saying this about Intelligent Life, a comic strip that's usually about unpleasant bug-eyed people saying fandom...
Josh says some nice stuff
Flash Gordon, 11/7/24 The new-ish iteration of Flash Gordon got a shout-out from Uncle Lumpy a few weeks ago, but I'm here to give it my full-time blogger...
One-panel Wednesday
Hagar the Horrible, 11/6/24 Not really sure what to make of the wordbuilding behind this one. Are we meant to believe that a wily group of forest Finns are...
Dark Tuesday
Dustin, 11/5/24 The thing about Dustin is that it's a perfect machine of hateability, in the sense that there isn't a single recurring character that I have...