Walker-Browne quickies
Hi and Lois, 5/12/24 The "joke" of today's strip is that the Flagston children have announced that their mother now has to share Mother's Day with their...
MOTHERS ARE GREAT, I LOVE MOTHERS, THEY DESERVE ONLY THE BEST
Blondie, 5/11/24 Look, obviously saying anything against mothers and motherhood is a swift ticket to getting abruptly cancelled -- and rightfully so! [laughs...
Metapost: The comments, the comments ... they're good
There were many comments this week, but to me, this one was tops: "Ha, look at that sad look on Lois' face, she knows that Ditto will indeed be following in...
The fish are the new Adam and Eve
Beetle Bailey, 5/10/24 The thing I like about this strip is how numb Sarge looks in the second panel. He scarfed down two plates full of burgers and fries...
Family life
Mary Worth, 5/9/24 Dawn is reconnecting with her Connecticut WASP mother by attempting to enjoy high-prestige social pursuits like the ballet. Wilbur,...
Neologistic nights
Tina's Groove, 5/8/24 So Tina's Groove is one of the "new" comics I've been reading lately, though in the interest of total accuracy I should note that these...
Big developments, for certain definitions of "big"
Shoe, 5/7/24 A classic Shoe bit is to use the structure of a test question at Skyler's school to deliver a bad joke, even though the result is a test...
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Hagar [experiences] the Horrible [way to die]
Gil Thorp, 5/6/24 Milford has its own Native American reservation and, we learn today, its own institution of higher learning. Soon, having accrued all the...
Mostly Walker-Browne Sunday
Hi and Lois, 5/5/24 I guess the point of this strip (to the extent that any given Hi and Lois comic can be said to have a "point") is to shore up the Walker-...
Josh gets critical
Daddy Daze, 5/4/24 Look, I'm just going to say it: I find the Daddy Daze baby, with his fixed, manic smile, his uncanny ability to move about and manipulate...
Metapost: Comments, we get comments (of the week)
cotw COTW COTW COTW! "Amen, sister. Don't we all wish we were Kristy? I have no idea what this is about, and I don't care: being Kristy just seems right."...
That's his "decoy wallet"
Judge Parker, 5/3/24 Hey, guys, remember Pavel, a Russian crime boss and the first interesting new character Judge Parker introduced in years? In the old...
All of his "adventure stories" involve almost dying on a cruise ship
Shoe, 5/2/24 Yeah, man. Giant bird with prehensile hands and opposable thumbs? Wears clothes and plays guitar? Not part of any Earthly biome I'm familiar...
It came from the deep (erotically)
Pardon My Planet, 5/1/24 I don't generally have anything nice to say about Pardon My Planet, but I will say this: this lady (I think the Pardon My Planet...
Filmmakers ... always trying to create "drama"
Gil Thorp, 4/30/24 This week in Gil Thorp we've learned that star Mudlark pitcher Leo Atazhoon is Native American (this may actually not be new info but...
Monday quickies
Mary Worth, 4/29/24 Nothing but respect for this old man, who continues to mentally use some truly obscene epithet to refer to Wilbur even while...
Mostly thowaways
Panels from Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 4/28/24 Remember the "30-50 feral hogs" guys? He briefly amused Twitter in 2019 when he demanded to know how he...
From hell's heart, I stab at thee
Gil Thorp, 4/27/24 I'm not sure what the current consensus on how to win over the teenage kids of the divorced dad you're currently fucking, but bribing them...
Metapost: It's all happening, COTW-wise
This week's top comment -- ta da! "It's not enough that Zak is a gorilla. He is an ugly gorilla. Man, that Wilbur is a master of nuance." --Bob Tice And the...
Quicksand isn't real, also, but we don't have time to go into that
Suburban Fairy Tales, 4/26/24 Suburban Fairy Tales is one of the new strips I've been reading, and it's a basically funny and enjoyable strip about cute...