Also, I am reasonably sure you could top that one
Shoe, 6/21/23 Here's a little free hint for comic strip writers everywhere: if you come up with a line of dialogue and you think, "Well, I can't top that...
Caged lukewarmth
Gil Thorp, 6/20/23 Some years back, the state of Maryland renamed the government agency in charge of courts, detention facilities, and parole supervision for...
They're signed "sincerely," how mean-spirited could they be
Slylock Fox, 6/19/23 There was a truly incredible report a few months ago that featured extensive quotes from Taliban fighters who, after spending two...
Genuinely curious as to what percentage of normal people can ID characters from "Pickles"
Panel from Slylock Fox, 6/18/23 This image is, quite frankly, one of the most horrifying that Slylock Fox has presented me with in all my years of reading...
More like Saint BEEFer amiright
Pardon My Planet, 6/17/23 Look, I am not a vegetarian (anyone who’s met me IRL will have a good chortle at me having to preface anything with this), but if...
It doesn't look THAT destroyed to be hones
Dick Tracy, 6/16/23 Dick Tracy is, indeed, a rich tapestry: one of its supporting characters, Diet Smith, is a wealthy scientist whose inventions have...
Just shovel the poop overboard, man. Problem solved
Judge Parker, 6/15/23 Sorry you're a coward, Sophie, but I actually would've liked to have seen the process by which Abbey decided to "get back out there" on...
Soaptastic Wednesday
Mary Worth, 6/14/23 Look, I know I have to tread delicately here, because organized dog fighting is very real and very awful. But since this is Mary Worth...
Varying types of Dennis-free menacing
Hagar the Horrible, 6/13/23 Look, it’s fun when I do jokes about how Hagar the Horrible, as a Viking warrior chieftain, would realistically be responsible...
True tales of Josh life (plus some comics quickies)
Pearls Before Swine, 6/10/23 I’m taking a slight break from my usual routine here to relay a personal anecdote. On Saturday, I went to a showing of The...
The latest Newsweek hasn't arrived yet but she'll keep Saul updated on what it says
Mary Worth, 6/11/23 Yes, blah blah, Saul breaks down sobbing because his beloved Greta has become bait for for fighting dogs (DO NOT WORRY, THERE IS ZERO...
Good news and bad news
Mary Worth, 6/10/23 Look, I am a huge animal lover. My wife and I have two cats that we dote on and spend a probably unreasonable amount of time thinking and...
Metapost: Comedy toooNIGHT (plus COTW)
That’s right folks: it’s the 2nd Friday of the month, and you know what that means: LIVE ON-STAGE COMEDY IN LOS ANGELES, FROM YOURS TRULY! Here is the...
Friday is time for me to educate you about CINEMA
Dustin, 6/9/23 Under The Skin is a truly great and unsettlingly weird movie that is, probably, about an alien who’s been sent to Earth to capture and harvest...
Dog dads and ward grads
Mary Worth, 6/8/23 Looks like Santa Royale Action News has gotten wind of the van-based dognapping gang haunting the region, and thank goodness they're...
Wednesday is for weird office stuff
Dustin, 6/7/23 I would hesitate to ever say you have to hand it to the syndicated comic strip Dustin, but you do have to hand it to the syndicated comic...
The Perfersser usually wears a shirt and no pants, but at the gym he reverses it I guess
Pluggers and Shoe, 6/6/23 How are the various human-animal hybrid monstrosities of the Jeff MacNelly Extended Universe grappling with the concept of the...
Suburban disquiet
Mary Worth, 6/5/23 Haha, remember how when Saul Wynter was first introduced to this strip, Toby made a big show of not liking him, and when his original,...
People on the phone can't tell you're barefoot, true story
Dennis the Menace, 6/4/23 Part of my whole shtick on this blog is making fun of comics that just do the same jokes over and over, which itself has become...
No, it's a real scam. If a scam was "phoney," it would be a legitimate business offer
Gil Thorp, 6/3/23 Keri, I'm not really sure that you need preternatural powers of empathy to "sense of jealousy" from a guy whose dad is lavishing so much...