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A "mud mountain" is a classic OSHA safety violation
Premium post · March 7, 2026
Rex Morgan, M.D., 3/7/26 Look, normally when an employer is reluctant to tell you his last name, that's a red flag. But in this case, it's just because he's...
Metapost: Good, wholesome COTW
Premium post · March 6, 2026
Everyone out there in real America is waiting for their comment of the week. And at last, it's arrived! "I feel like the weird, scraggly speech bubble from...
Romantic successes
Premium post · March 6, 2026
Crankshaft, 3/6/26 It's been more than three years since Funky Winkerbean ended, but, just as a dying star occasionally fires off occasional bursts of...
Thursday affirmations
Premium post · March 5, 2026
The Lockhorns, 3/5/26 I love that Leroy has decided to turn what could've been a brief snide remark into an act out, as if he could peel off the vinyl siding...
Animal spirits
Premium post · March 4, 2026
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 3/4/26 Yeah, it is a good thing they aren't playing for money! Imagine if the Smifs had learned that Sukey, a being that they...
In these times
Premium post · March 3, 2026
Luann, 3/3/26 Look, man, I get that comic strip time is in some ways just an insurmountable problem for strips where the characters don't really age, but the...
Mud Mountain TRIUMPH
Premium post · March 2, 2026
Crock, 3/2/26 The comic strip Crock and I have long-running and mutual antagonism, so I am generally reticent to say nice things about it, but I do...
Saturday outrage
Premium post · February 28, 2026
Marvin, 2/28/26 OK, the question of "What the hell kind of school does Marvin go to" is always a live one, seeing as he's a literal infant, but it's really...
Metapost: EOM COTW
Premium post · February 27, 2026
Let's see Friday off with a bang ... a comment of the week bang! "The work/life balance issue is, for me, eclipsed by the hand/finger balance issue. Do...
Joey's throwing form is terrible, that's amusing at least
Premium post · February 27, 2026
Dennis the Menace, 2/27/26 I'm not here to tell the Dennis the Menace creative team how to do their job, but ... oh, wait, I am here to do that! That's...
Live your life so Mary Worth never bold-face yells "AGE DIFFERENCE?" at you
Premium post · February 26, 2026
Dick Tracy, 2/26/26 The number of human beings who, over the past 18 months or so, have wondered to themselves if minor Dick Tracy villain Silver Nitrate is...
The guy she's killing is definitely not an immediate threat, right? Like this one's just for fun
Premium post · February 25, 2026
Herb and Jamaal, 2/25/26 I assumed those plewds were supposed to be sweat, but then Herb mentions "crying" in the last panel and that sets up a much funnier...
The North of England was a Yorkist stronghold, not sure if that's relevant
Premium post · February 24, 2026
Andy Capp, 2/24/26 Honestly, there's just a lot to enjoy here in today's Andy Capp. I like that Chalkie is taking the opportunity in the middle of the game...
The comments don't actually make sound, that's a metaphor
Premium post · February 23, 2026
Mary Worth, 2/23/26 Yes Yes! YES!!! We did it, we endured the parrot storyline and its aftermath and have been rewarded by a near-forgotten Mary Worth plot-...
Josh gets cranky
Premium post · February 22, 2026
Shoe, 2/22/26 One of the ways that doing this blog over two decades has turned me into an actual insane person is that I feel obligated to speak up for strip...
Comfortably numb
Premium post · February 21, 2026
Andy Capp, 2/21/26 I have long been curious about how old Andy Capp is supposed to be; mostly, I've been a little nervous that he's supposed to be shockingly...
Metapost: What a week! A week for comments!
Premium post · February 20, 2026
It's Friday, y'all, and you've earned your reward: This sweet, sweet COTW. "Sure, Mary may be getting a pet. But me? I'm off to get a PET. The doctors are...
Perverse Friday
Premium post · February 20, 2026
The Phantom, 2/20/26 Many years ago, the Jungle Patrol was all-male, until early 2008 when it got gender-integrated by a plucky lady cop/waitress duo. How's...
EXCITING CAT DEVELOPMENTS
Premium post · February 19, 2026
Gil Thorp, 2/19/26 Oh, it turns out that Keri Thorp was one of the kids who vandalized Goshen and now they're in jail and Gil is pissed ... at the cops, who...
Soapy Wednesday
Premium post · February 18, 2026
Mark Trail, 2/18/26 Mark has been invited to Las Vegas to compete in the Woodsman Olympics, a Trailiverse competition that somehow has avoided a nuclear...
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