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Sad that this is the only way they could think of to visually convey the idea of "huge fan"
Premium post · March 20, 2024
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 3/20/24 OK, look, I guess I get that there's decades of aesthetic history built into Barney Google and Snuffy Smith and if...
Mostly soapy Tuesday
Premium post · March 19, 2024
Tina's Groove, 3/19/24 Tina's Groove is another new strip I'm getting into! Tina is a waitress and is friends with the other folks at the restaurant where...
I appreciate them zapping nuclear weapons. Really doing us a solid in my opinion
Premium post · March 18, 2024
Alice, 3/18/24 Happy Monday, everybody! I've decided to add a few more strips into my repertoire, and here's Alice. Here it is! I would describe this art as...
Doesn't say anything about pants, just sayin'
Premium post · March 17, 2024
Six Chix, 3/17/24 I caused a bit controversy last year when I said that I found the idea of eternal punishment morally objectionable. Still, no matter what...
Oh, the gun? I guess Bangalla doesn't have a second amendment, huh
Premium post · March 16, 2024
Hagar the Horrible, 3/16/24 That's Hagar's mother-in-law as the presiding judge up there, by the way, and really the only way this strip would make sense or...
Metapost: It's all about the COTW, baby
Premium post · March 15, 2024
Your comment of the week! Here it is! The best one! I decree it! "Yesterday we learn today is World Sleep Day, and today Dagwood is celebrating by not only...
Friday fast ones
Premium post · March 15, 2024
Dick Tracy, 3/15/24 "Orphans are disgusting and deserve their fate! Can you imagine if we brought one into our home?" Blondie, 3/15/24 "...he'd let Dag...
Ahh, the famously sleepy comics characters. Gang's all here
Premium post · March 14, 2024
Blondie, 3/14/24 Dagwood Bumstead's inhumanly vast appetite is so well known that it obscures one of his other unnatural qualities -- namely, his ability to...
Mud Mountain Murphy is also a threat to native bird species
Premium post · March 13, 2024
Beetle Bailey, 3/13/24 I'm not a huge fan of "Miss Buxley is the only sexually available female at Camp Swampy and the men all line up in hopes of being...
Two Tuesday quickies
Premium post · March 12, 2024
Gasoline Alley, 3/12/24 The big news down in Gasoline Alley is that City Hall is finally compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act! It also rejects...
Pre-Daddy Warbucks
Premium post · March 11, 2024
Dick Tracy, 3/11/24 OK, fine, after my uninformed joking yesterday, I am back to reading the comics so you don't have to and can inform you that (a) these...
Goodbye darkness my old friend
Premium post · March 10, 2024
Dustin, 3/10/24 Hey kids, let Grandpa Josh tell you about the Do-Not-Call List! Starting in the mid '00s in the United States, you could put your phone...
Does he think the pigs are, like, collectivized or something
Premium post · March 9, 2024
Shoe, 3/9/24 The bird-people of Shoe generally have two emotional registers: horrified and very depressed. So I'm pleased that Shoe has discovered a third...
Metapost: Friday time = COTW time
Premium post · March 8, 2024
It's the freakin' weekend, baby, and that means it's time for the comment of the week! "It looks like they're paying Grawlix Theft Auto.” --taig Your runners...
TWO! TWO FULL PANELS OF THORPSMOOCH!
Premium post · March 8, 2024
Gil Thorp, 3/8/24 Gil Thorp may be a somewhat manic strip at times, but never say it doesn't play a long narrative game. Remember the comely bartendress Gil...
Sweet gamer chair, Alexander
Premium post · March 7, 2024
Gasoline Alley, 3/7/24 Man, here's a story of our modern world for ya: You head down to City Hall, because they're trying to rename your town, because of...
Mmm ... horse
Premium post · March 5, 2024
Blondie, 3/6/24 Personally, I think the best way to celebrate National Dentists' Day would be to simply to go to the dentist for your twice annual cleaning!...
Aging, dying, etc.
Premium post · March 5, 2024
Beetle Bailey, 3/5/23 "Oh, posh," you're probably thinking, "Surely a tech whiz like Spc. Chip Gizmo would simply use a password manager to keep track of all...
Sexually unpleasant Monday
Premium post · March 4, 2024
Mary Worth, 3/4/24 Oh, so, uh, it seems like the Keith-Kitty-Sonia family fraud reunion plot has ... ended? With Keith's tiny mind unburdened by his terrible...
Stop talking about MATH, Slylock, your buddy is in DANGER
Premium post · March 3, 2024
Dustin, 3/3/24 Much as I enjoy Dustin's "Ooh, a text" betraying his desperate need for even the most tenuous human contact, I have to call foul on this...
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