Someday a real rain will come ... a rain named Mary ... and wash all this scum off the streets
Mary Worth, 7/8/23 Huh, I guess the way that Mary is going to help out the police is to take to the streets herself as a cold-hearted vigilante who doesn't...
Metapost: Comedic COTW
Folks! Next week is the second Friday of the month, and that means ... the Internet Read Aloud, my live comedy show, is BACK and better than ever in Los...
Madsen's checkered shirt implies an intriguing ska connection
Dick Tracy, 7/7/23 Would you say that Madsen here has anime hair? I'm not an anime expert, or "otaku", but that's my take on what he's got going on, anyway....
"Hath fallen" is the past tense, which also doesn't work
Slylock Fox, 7/6/23 I have come to accept that, in the post-Animalpocalypse world of Slylock Fox, one of the Transformations is that the relative sizes of...
Mostly soapy Wednesday
Gil Thorp, 7/5/23 Ahh, there's nothing like waking up on a fine summer morning, picking up the morning dead tree paper, and seeing the banner headline that...
USA! USA! USA!
Mary Worth, 7/4/23 Greetings, fellow Americans! Hopefully you are spending today watching fireworks and patriotically contemplating's our nation's successful...
Monday one-panels
Six Chix, 7/3/23 I like this one! I like this one because it implies either that crabs are the undersea equivalent of Americans, or that in the far future,...
What did Kate do to deserve any of this
Dennis the Menace, 7/2/23 We don't talk very much about what a truly sad place Mr. Wilson has been brought to by the unending irritations and indignities...
"The Lockhorns" would actually be a pretty funny name for an improv team
The Lockhorns, 7/1/23 Ahh, another entry in the "Lockhorns are millennials” files: Yes, Leroy got up to 301 at UCB, yes he absolutely was that guy who...
Metapost: June2July COTW
Last day of the month, last day of the week ... and it's time for your top comment! "'Seriously, brat is an obscenity, right? Like it's really really dirty?'...
Dawg is using his body to heroically protect the Safe Space for the Ladies
Blondie, 6/30/23 The idea of being put in a situation where you respond to someone awkwardly in the moment and dwell on it later is of course relatable. I...
The twins are not cut-and-paste copies, I'm honestly impressed
Six Chix, 6/29/23 The verb scoff, dictionaries will tell you, means to speak derisively about someone or something, or treat them with scorn, and that's how...
If I thought I was going to have to do some running, I would not have left the house wearing a suit jacket and bow tie
Hi and Lois, 6/28/23 The word “organ” in English originally referred to the musical instrument, and the process by which its sense drifted so that it came to...
Tuesday quickies
Gil Thorp, 6/27/23 Oh wow, it looks like the WOKE FCC won’t let America’s millions of high school sports fans hear fraught language or see a father-son...
Ha ha, Marvin likes cookies, you see
Marvin, 6/26/23 “Because you said it in front of him in English, a language he absolutely speaks and understands! Yeah, I know, he’s a baby, or maybe a...
Sunday hopes and dreams and horror
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 6/25/23 Wait, what exactly is Snuffy buying that tool for? It's definitely not to do any useful or productive repair work, I...
The bird will be fine, kids. Please do not disturb Mr. Thurston's "nap"
Dustin, 6/24/23 Being a diagnosable Twitter addict, like I am, is not particularly rewarding, but it does provide you with a few fairly useless special...
Metapost: Summertime ... and the COTWing is easy
Hope you’re all enjoying your June as much as I know you’ll enjoy this week’s comment of the week! "From inside the burlap sack, Jones listened carefully. It...
Remember when Niki used to be cool? Kelly clearly doesn't, because she's still fighting for this relationship
Rex Morgan, M.D., 6/23/23 So it seems that Niki is going to turn down the college scholarship he earned by helping Rex recapture some escaped prisoners,...
Genuinely curious as to what percentage of normal people can ID characters from "Pickles"
Blondie, 6/22/23 Let's put aside, for the moment, the fact we're dealing with three famous (?) comics couples here. What are the circumstances under which...