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"We do it," Hi says, and everyone knows exactly what he means
Premium post · April 11, 2023
Gil Thorp, 4/11/23 Oh, gosh, I guess I’ve been failing to keep you informed on Actual Sports Action in Gil Thorp, although obviously you’re fully up to date...
Monday madness
Premium post · April 10, 2023
Shoe, 4/10/23 I joke about goggle eyes of horror a lot on this site in regards to Shoe but here’s an instance when they’re absolutely justified. Why on earth...
He (Snuffy Smith) Is Risen
Premium post · April 9, 2023
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 4/9/23 I actually find Sheriff Tait’s expression in the second panel of the middle row quite poignant. Why, he never meant...
Soapy Saturday
Premium post · April 8, 2023
Rex Morgan, M.D., 4/8/23 Look, Yvonne, either this guy has gone on a journey of personal self discovery that has resulted in the enshittification of his...
Metapost: Comedy pluggin' COTW
Premium post · April 7, 2023
Folks! One week from today, the Internet Read Aloud returns to the city of Los Angeles, with a very special guest: Washington Post columnist/Wait Wait Don’t...
Sadly for Dennis, this guy actually works in safety engineering
Premium post · April 7, 2023
Dennis the Menace, 4/7/23 Last month I speculated on Henry Mitchell's career status, based on my half-memory that he might be an engineer, and readers...
Young people annoy their elders
Premium post · April 6, 2023
Gasoline Alley, 4/6/23 Oh, hey, Ida Knoe the evil talking doll who can travel through time, wild that you’re only now worried about the consequences of...
Don't worry, Ed, therapists rarely euthanize THEIR patients
Premium post · April 5, 2023
Mary Worth, 4/5/23 Ah ha, we’ve finally arrived at the big dramatic twist in this storyline: Estelle has to convince Dr. Ed to go to therapy! I look forward...
Cantankerous Tuesday
Premium post · April 4, 2023
Beetle Bailey, 4/4/23 I think an underrated and probably quite realistic aspect of Beetle Bailey is that its motley crew of characters, thrown together by...
I don't think putting a camera into a ceramic frog makes it a "robot"
Premium post · April 3, 2023
Slylock Fox, 4/3/23 I genuinely love how flabbergasted Count Weirdly looks here. “Oh my god! Slylock Fox? The detective who foils literally every one of my...
I'm impressed a horse can work the cash register with a single hoof
Premium post · April 2, 2023
Panel from Slylock Fox, 4/2/23 I dunno, man, I kind of doubt that the Forest Kingdom’s legal regime says you’re allowed to take away someone’s jar of nuts...
The used they money they saved on Kaz's salary to pay for that fursuit
Premium post · April 1, 2023
Dustin, 4/1/23 Today’s Dustin is based on one of my least favorite (which is really saying something) running strip premises, which is that the supposedly...
Metapost: Comedy and COTW coming at ya
Premium post · March 31, 2023
Folks! Two weeks from today, the Internet Read Aloud returns to the city of Los Angeles, with a very special guest: Washington Post columnist/Wait Wait Don’t...
Mud goes into his new hit song, "I Wear My Sunglasses Inside"
Premium post · March 31, 2023
Rex Morgan, M.D., 3/31/23 What’s that you say? Prof. Augustus Mirakle? Sounds like TAFKAMMM has fallen under the sinister influence of… THAT’S RIGHT BABY,...
Killjoy Thursday
Premium post · March 30, 2023
Hi and Lois, 3/30/23 "Oh, are you giddy with anticipation over a fresh new year, full of infinite possibilities? Well, have you considered that, since those...
Cyber-Wednesday
Premium post · March 29, 2023
Blondie, 3/29/23 I've always been a "work at home in my pajamas" guy rather than a "carpool" guy, but my understanding is that carpools that consist of the...
She's already wearing her sexiest vest
Premium post · March 28, 2023
Judge Parker, 3/28/23 Look, we’ve had a lot of dragged-out and sometimes baffling emotional processing between these two over the past few years, and I for...
Monday quickies
Premium post · March 27, 2023
Rex Morgan, M.D., 3/27/23 SMASH CUT TO: a group of furious middle-aged cruise-goers dangling “Mud Mountain” Murphy off the side of the ship, threatening to...
Walker-Browne errors
Premium post · March 26, 2023
Hi and Lois, 3/26/23 Hi, you are ... 45 years old, tops? You are probably never going to become a famous guitar player but you absolutely can still write a...
Metapost: Joe Giella, 1928-2023 (plus COTW)
Premium post · March 25, 2023
Some sad news for folks who are longtime fans of Mary Worth (which, I assume, is all of you): Joe Giella, who was the strip’s artist for more than 20 years...
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