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You're living life right if you're WALKING AROUND with pants but not WEARING pants
Premium post · December 15, 2022
Dustin, 12/15/22 I always criticize the comic strip Dustin for its failure to depict its young-person characters in realistic ways, so I have to give credit...
Grumpy Wednesday
Premium post · December 14, 2022
Crankshaft, 12/14/22 I love the idea of this TV station boss threatening to make his staff pick up dog shit if they annoy him. There are just lots of levels...
[Sadly, drunkenly] goooooooaaaalllll
Premium post · December 13, 2022
Curtis, 12/13/22 Part of the whole comedic engine that makes Curtis work is that Greg Wilkins is kind of a square. Still, I hadn’t guessed just how much he...
A deady game of peek-a-book
Premium post · December 12, 2022
Mary Worth, 12/12/22 Good morning and happy Monday, everybody! Definitely what we all wanted after putting a relaxing weekend behind us to log in and see...
Max will never be swole
Premium post · December 11, 2022
Panel from Slylock Fox, 12/11/22 There's a lot going on in this panel -- Max trying and failing to pump iron; how peevish the alligator gym attendent is...
Fathers and sons
Premium post · December 10, 2022
Zits, 12/10/22 The thing about dad jokes is that they are corny but actually perfectly constructed. Think about the classic "I'm hungry!" "Hi, hungry, I'm...
Metapost: Crack o' down COTW
Premium post · December 9, 2022
Let's get right into the day ... and right into the comment of the week: "As a scholar of game theory and social choice, Elmo knows that any binary selection...
Ah, that Hooper ... always ... giving the signal and such ... classic Hooper
Premium post · December 9, 2022
Shoe, 12/9/22 I suppose it’s possible that immediately before the action we see here in the strip, Loon was pridefully boasting of his achievements or good...
I assume that drug gangs put a lot of energy into being cool
Premium post · December 8, 2022
Judge Parker, 12/8/22 When I was a teen, there was a syndicated War of the Worlds show that was a sequel to the 1950s movie version, but set in the present-...
Josh contains multitudes
Premium post · December 7, 2022
Dustin, 12/7/22 If you had asked me before today, I would have said with some conviction that Blondie and Dustin both fell into the category of “comics I...
The terrorists know Westview must be destroyed
Premium post · December 6, 2022
Funky Winkerbean, 12/06/22 It probably shouldn't surprise you to learn I have been a daily comics reader for more or less my entire life. But until I really...
The sad ballad of Marty Moon
Premium post · December 5, 2022
Blondie, 12/5/22 Look, I've grudgingly accepted that Elmo, a child to whom the Bumstead family is not related but who nevertheless just kind of hangs out at...
Dude's named "Greymuzzle" and isn't even a furry, hmm
Premium post · December 4, 2022
Dick Tracy, 12/4/22 Look, here's a tough message to all you "social justice warriors" out there: if you would simply allow police to do their jobs by...
Ah, the Thai restaurant of DRAMA
Premium post · December 3, 2022
Hagar the Horrible, 12/3/22 Lucky Eddie is indignant: His position as the ship’s cook is integral to his identity, and is probably a result of his hereditary...
Metapost: December-iffic COTW
Premium post · December 2, 2022
Is it chilly in here? Or are we all just shivering with laughter at this week’s top comment? "I'm not clear on the rules for business meal deductions, but...
Summer should either be a lot more horrified or a lot more excited in my opinion
Premium post · December 2, 2022
Mary Worth, 12/2/22 Now, I'm just a simple country blogger, not a fancy math wizard, but if I'm counting right, Nan is around 12ish years older than Zak,...
How is Dagwood even going to get home from this dinner? His carpool left hours ago
Premium post · December 1, 2022
Blondie, 12/1/22 I have to admit I find it interesting how Dagwood and Mr. Dithers silo off different types of interactions in their relationship. At the...
Mary Worth is also invited to the wedding, so it's gonna get real Oedipal up in there
Premium post · November 30, 2022
Curtis, 11/30/22 Curtis may have been a little late in celebrating Charles Schulz's 100th birthday, but it's making up for lost time with a whole week of...
Zero, dark and gritty
Premium post · November 29, 2022
Beetle Bailey, 11/29/22 Beetle Bailey has recently established that, in addition to being extremely stupid, Zero is also an extremely accurate rifleman. But...
A panoply of unpleasantness
Premium post · November 28, 2022
Rex Morgan, M.D., 11/28/22 Oh my God, this Rex Morgan, M.D., plot really is going to be “Mud Mountain Murphy only pretended to have a catastrophic digestive...
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