"The Bum Boat never disappoints" is a phrase that will haunt my nightmares
Mary Worth, 10/28/25 Wow, did you know that Dr. Jeff doesn't even like seafood? Did you know he's just been choking it down every other week for years, just...
Quotable Monday
Crankshaft, 10/27/25 "I mean, I get it! We're all thinking it. We're all thinking about the guy who dresses up in pizza boxes and how he's mortal, and how...
I can't imagine Ed Crankshaft watching a movie made in the last ten years. Seems very wrong
Crankshaft, 10/26/25 Mr. Crankshaft, I know Dagwood Bumstead. Dagwood Bumstead is a friend of mine. He puts together comically large foodstuffs that no...
Forgetful Saturday
Pluggers, 10/25/25 Pluggers are exhibiting signs of senile dementia, and it's beginning to have a negative impact on their day-to-day life. Look at this guy,...
Metapost: Your comments are here. Are you ready for them?
Many comments were posted on joshreads dot com, the Comics Curmudgeon, this week. Of the ones I saw, this was my favorite: "These are hate handles, so I'd...
Friday is for failure and indignity
The Lockhorns, 10/24/25 Loretta has, presumably, been jogging for some time with her friend acquaintance who we are definitely never going to see again, and...
Soapy Thursday
Judge Parker, 10/22/25 I don't know if I've actually spelled out the current Judge Parker situation, but it goes like this: April vanished after her...
Wednesday quickies
Mary Worth, 10/22/25 "Sure, she can predict the future and bend animals to her will, but not in a big showy way that would attract attention! Sort of like...
Hi still looks super depressed, at least
Andy Capp, 10/21/25 I, a guy who has run a blog about comic strips for the better part of two decades now, am, as you might imagine, a huge nerd....
One-panel Monday (ok that Family Circus is kind of two half panels, fine)
Mother Goose and Grimm, 10/20/25 Look, I know what I'm about to say is gonna make me sound like a humorless nitpicker, but I promise that I do in fact know...
The past, the future, etc.
Beetle Bailey, 10/19/25 When Yuri Gagarin made the first human spaceflight, there were concerns that the experimental capsule he rode into space in would...
You're five times more likely to encounter a bone-in ham in the comics than you are in real life
Blondie, 10/18/25 God, I love how genuinely sad Dagwood looks in panel two. Sure, he loves his wife more than anything, but he also made some big promises...
Metapost: Your COTW is hot 'n' ready for you
Mmm, it's a delicious comment of the week! "Boy, did I score today, Mary! This extra sandwich was going to be Stanley's until they hauled him away for...
There's big profits to be had in zappin'
Dick Tracy, 10/17/25 So Dick Tracy wrapped up the case of the lady scientist with the glowing green zap gun by merely arresting her, not shooting her in the...
Thursday fast takes
Marvin, 10/16/25 Lately, when I bring up Marvin as an example of a strip that loves talking about peeing and pooping, some people in the comments will try to...
I think I have the genders of these things pegged correctly, but who knows, really
Six Chix, 10/15/25 I genuinely love the open, slightly quizzical expression on the face of the bucket in this panel. He's just a simple bucket! He doesn't...
"Dogs are great ... receivers of my thoughts" is a little unnerving, not gonna lie
Rex Morgan, M.D., 10/14/25 Back in the days when Woody Wilson was writing Judge Parker and Rex Morgan, M.D., one of the running bits was that the characters...
Uncanny Monday
Mary Worth, 10/13/25 OK, sorry, Mary, I know you don't want to think too hard about the strange logic of Olive's powers and the implications for free will...
10/12, uh, blaze it? Do I have that right?
Panel from Slylock Fox, 10/12/25 Look, by anthropomorphic animal logic, it's fine to have an anthropomorphic animal wearing a shirt but no pants or...
Absolutely not necessary to use Muffy's name in dialogue BTW. Adds nothing
Shoe, 10/11/25 OK, the fact that this person she dated is named "Lance" pushes this over the edge and makes me genuinely wonder if he's supposed to be an...