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Hootin' Holler is a "hidden valley" of sorts, I suppose
Premium post · November 9, 2023
Barney Google and Snuffy, 11/9/23 OK, whew, good news everybody, Sparkplug’s Grandson Li’l Sparky doesn't need to participate in market economics in order to...
I don't know what zoomers think of Brad Pitt, and feel like I don't need to know honestly
Premium post · November 8, 2023
Dustin, 11/8/23 There's a lot of reasons to dislike Dustin, and one of the biggest is that it was cooked up with the premise of "Ha ha, these lazy...
It's Tuesday and these strips are mostly nothing, not gonna lie
Premium post · November 7, 2023
Six Chix, 11/7/23 I guess the joke here is that these are actual aliens? And this dude has mistaken them for people in costumes? Feel like we're not getting...
Funny (?) faces
Premium post · November 6, 2023
Slylock Fox, 11/6/23 One thing I've never really considered about the post-animalpocalypse Slylockverse: what do the other sapient animals think about the...
Keith could also be a coward. Mary's playing with fire here
Premium post · November 5, 2023
Mary Worth, 11/5/23 Wow, I guess all it takes is a little rejection from from his hitherto unknown daughter and long-ago ex girlfriend to get Keith to start...
Saturday emotional roller-coasters
Premium post · November 4, 2023
Six Chix, 11/4/23 I love that these guys only reveal this wisdom back at home, probably hours later, when the other couple is well out of earshot. Figure it...
Metapost: To every week (turn, turn, turn) there is a top comment (turn, turn, turn)
Premium post · November 3, 2023
As the seasons change, the comments of the week continue. And here's this week's: "Is this Gil fantasizing about Bartender Gal (I forget her name and I don't...
What is "real life," really, when you think about it
Premium post · November 3, 2023
Crock, 11/3/23 A fun dynamic on this blog is that if I ever post anything to the effect of "Wow, this really makes no sense whatsoever, who on earth would do...
Thursday mostly quickies
Premium post · November 2, 2023
Rex Morgan, M.D., 11/2/23 Oh, fine, I guess Buzzy and Mud aren't boxing Rene out of the profits from his own brainwashing scam, or are at least using a stock...
Legacies (good and bad)
Premium post · November 1, 2023
The Lockhorns, 11/1/23 This has, from the very beginning, been a pro-Lockhorns blog, but I really feel like this strip has kicked it up a notch in recent...
Welcome to the Comics Creep-mudgeon at Josh Screams Dot BOO
Premium post · October 31, 2023
Beetle Bailey, 10/31/23 Maybe I'm overly into the holiday spirit today but I genuinely enjoy the pathos of today's strip. General Halftrack is so mad, and...
BOO! It's Monday
Premium post · October 30, 2023
Blondie, 10/30/23 I had a conversation with a friend the other day about those haunted houses you can go to at amusement parks and such for Halloween, and...
Creepy Sunday
Premium post · October 29, 2023
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith and Family Circus, 10/29/23 You know, I was about to go on a whole rant here about how the fact that Hootin' Holler's only...
Spooky, scary, etc.
October 28, 2023
Blondie, 10/28/23 Over the years, the syndicated comic strip Blondie shifted from the story of a carefree flapper and the dissolute failson who gave up his...
Metapost: Let's get COTWy in here
Premium post · October 27, 2023
It's weekend party time, so get "crunk" with this week's top comment: "An erudite bear (not so vicious)/ Mistakenly used 'meretricious'/ For you see, those...
"Honh honh honh," I whisper to myself, sadly
Premium post · October 27, 2023
Crock, 10/27/23 If, like me, you have constructed a professional life that requires you to read the syndicated newspaper comic strip Crock every day, you...
Etymology follies
Premium post · October 26, 2023
Gasoline Alley, 10/26/23 I don't usually get a chance to deploy my classics degree, but when I do, it's usually to make a joke about the etymology of some...
It's menacing, I'll give him that
Premium post · October 25, 2023
Six Chix, 10/25/23 After yesterday's debacle, I'm pleased to see today's Six Chix, in which a corporate dog discusses his frustrations with measured dignity....
Rex needs to sign up to become a certified MM practitioner
Premium post · October 24, 2023
Rex Morgan, M.D., 10/24/23 We do know how to cure it, Rex! The cure is called the Mirakle Method, and it broke Rene's will and convinced him to give up his...
Even the <i>Twilight</i> vampires were scarier than this
Premium post · October 23, 2023
Six Chix, 10/23/23 This is at least the second time that Six Chix has done a "ha ha, what if vampires got the blood they need to survive in very chill and...
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