Europe would be much higher level of difficulty
Crock, 7/27/23 The thing about ladies' butts is that the societal consensus on their optimal size has waxed and waned over the years: some decades have...
EXTREMELY sweet bolo tie on the warden there
Gil Thorp, 7/26/23 Oh, wow, when I called for a wacky summer storyline, I didn't expect a dystopian plot where an flaboyantly dressed warden named "Reno...
Honestly, as Beetle's brother-in-law, Hi's thoughts on the troops are probably fairly ambiguous
Crock, 7/25/23 Say what you will about the newspaper comic strips, but each one is a rich world filled with details that even dedicated daily readers might...
Begin the week SOAPY
Dick Tracy, 7/24/23 I think, over the years that I've done this blog, that my brain has developed a protective layer that stops truly terrible (in a boring...
Dog-gone traumatic
Mary Worth, 7/23/23 Oh, so I forget to tell you that when Greta was being held captive, she made friends with a fellow dog-prisoner, the one the cops were...
Sorry, this is a gross one, but some things NEED SAYING
Six Chix, 7/22/23 One of the fundamental gimmicks of the comics is to provide human-level thought capabilities to animals and plants and even inanimate...
Don't know if I can ... BEAR this escalation! Ho ho
Six Chix, 7/21/23 When I started this blog [mumblety mumble] years ago, there was still a prevailing ethos that comics strips were, in fact, for kids, even...
Thursday quickies
Gasoline Alley, 7/20/23 Look, I'm not saying I'm in favor of the Machines declaring themselves "superior" and then forcing us to consume medications of an...
Soapy Wednesday
Gasoline Alley, 7/19/23 I always respect Gasoline Alley's commitment to doing shambolic, pointless plots that seem to go on forever, and we're in the middle...
Disgusting Tuesday (yes, pickleball is disgusting to me)
Gil Thorp, 7/18/23 Oh, I forgot to mention earlier that after Gil's arch-rival Luke Hernandez had an on-field meltdown that resulted in his losing his job,...
Monday is for congratulations
Mary Worth, 7/17/23 Congratulations, Greta! You may be depressed due to trauma, but you're at least seeing a vet who recently started seeing a therapist...
Josh has questions
Marvin, 7/16/23 Setting aside for the moment the entire "how old is Marvin" question -- he's preverbal, at least for this strip, and not potty trained? --...
Saturday is for leisure
Hi and Lois and The Lockhorns, 7/15/23 Call me "out of touch" all you want -- my family certainly does -- but golf seems like a hugely expensive and boring...
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Coastal Scotland was dominated by the Norse for centuries, so the golf part is accurate
Hagar the Horrible, 7/14/23 Wait, did we know that Hagar was bald under his omnipresent trademark horny hat? I did some deep research (went to my advanced...
The liberal media gives trepanning a bad rap
Mary Worth, 7/13/23 Do you think this warehouse is the same one where the famed Operation H-Town shootout went down way back in ought-nine? You know, the one...
Wednesday is for torment
Rhymes With Orange, 7/12/23 One of my biggest beefs with several of the more popular religious cosmologies is the concept of hell: the idea that anything you...
Mostly soapy Tuesday
Judge Parker, 7/11/23 Josh, the world cries out with one voice, how's Sam and Abbey's sex vacation going? Well, they just had just gotten out of cell phone...
Receiving the award from one of his own employees is a nice touch
Gasoline Alley, 7/10/23 Obviously the art in Gasoline Alley is not what you call realistic -- see for instance, Rufus's whole [gestures vaguely at his...
This puts the Peanuts "sigh" thing to shame
Curtis, 7/9/23 As part of my mission to say nice things about comics when I enjoy them, I really enjoyed this Curtis! Basically I spent the whole strip...