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Here comes the groom ... and his secrets
Premium post · November 27, 2022
Mary Worth, 11/27/22 Ah, this is the point in the Mary Worth storyline where all the characters have been chirpily telling each other how great everything is...
Sparktacular Saturday
Premium post · November 26, 2022
Folks, today is what would've been Peanuts creator Charles Schulz's 100th birthday! I feel pretty strongly that he was the best who ever did it in the...
Metapost: Post-prandial COTW
Premium post · November 25, 2022
As you digest your turkey, please enjoy this comment of the week: "'I didn't think you needed a prescription to get ibuprofen.' 'Look, who's the fake doctor...
Look, people NEED TO KNOW about this local mattress store, OK
Premium post · November 25, 2022
Gil Thorp, 11/25/22 Gil has dug some old game tape out of a box to give us the supervillain origin story of his hated coaching rival, and the truly shocking...
Ungrateful Thursday
Premium post · November 24, 2022
Six Chix, 11/24/22 If I know my commentors, if I did a post that was just like “what the fuck is this comic about,” a critical mass of you would say “Josh,...
Funkternals
Premium post · November 23, 2022
Funky Winkerbean, 11/23/22 Oh my God, Mr. Davidson the janitor is some kind of near-immortal being, charged with subtly guiding the world under his care,...
Tuesday quick-ish-ies
Premium post · November 22, 2022
Family Circus, 11/22/22 Back in 1996, Ma Keane got a kicky new hairstyle and it was such a big deal that it was the subject of feature stories in major...
Monday is for mildly injured children
Premium post · November 21, 2022
Gil Thorp, 11/21/22 Uh oh, it looks like the fall Gil Thorp storyline is tacking another important teen trend: the scourge of Advil addiction. Today's kids...
Rex was listening to some "music" of his own, if you follow me
Premium post · November 20, 2022
Dustin, 11/20/22 Look, I’d be lying if I claimed that I haven’t myself stared at the various cutesy branded pants size designation at the Gap with a certain...
Mostly Funkyverse Saturday
Premium post · November 19, 2022
Funky Winkerbean, 11/19/22 Hey folks, remember beloved but unheralded elder comic book artist Ruby Lith, introduced back in 2019? Remember when she finally...
Metapost: [to the tune of "Candle In The Wind"] and it seems to me / you lived your life / like a Funky Winkerbean (plus COTW)
Premium post · November 18, 2022
FOLKS … nothing gold can stay, because everything gold will eventually develop cancer, or CTE, or a hearing disability, and that’s why Funky Winkerbean at...
They can't all be highbrow, folks
Premium post · November 18, 2022
Gasoline Alley, 11/18/22 Big Good Some news, everybody: Rufus has managed to use his sexual wiles to help Walt make his big dream of hanging off the back of...
Good thing Neo-Chicago made medical malpractice lawsuits illegal
Premium post · November 17, 2022
Dick Tracy, 11/17/22 Look, I know, we're never getting back to the glory days of "guy in gimp suit gets eaten alive by rats," but you have to admit that...
Classic cousin Kyle and/or classic the government, amiright
Premium post · November 16, 2022
Gil Thorp, 11/16/22 It's been a while since I've kept you up to date on the various plot threads in Gil Thorp, a strip that appears to be on a breakneck pace...
Nothing to lose but etc.
Premium post · November 15, 2022
Blondie, 11/15/22 I love this comic, which is quite clearly the product of a person who has never encountered protests or union organizing (here collapsed...
That bear loves to lick things, folks [wink]
Premium post · November 14, 2022
Mary Worth, 11/14/22 I have to say that I’m proud of our girl Iris here: the fact that she was almost dragged to her death by the weight of her hunky...
You don't expect Tommy to shop for his own "items," do you? He's only 28
Premium post · November 13, 2022
Beetle Bailey, 11/13/22 This is an actually pretty good Beetle Bailey, in my opinion. It uses the longer Sunday format to interesting effect: taking what...
Ghost, zombie, whatever, you get the point
Premium post · November 12, 2022
Beetle Bailey, 11/12/22 Holy shit! It's Keith Haring, back from the dead and painting a mural on the outside of the Halftracks' house! I'm not sure what the...
Metapost: Armistice COTW
Premium post · November 11, 2022
Oh look, it’s your comment of the week! Right here! "Deep in the Algerian desert, the countdown for Gerboise Bleue nears zéro. The range safety officer peers...
Josh gets dark
Premium post · November 11, 2022
Mary Worth, 11/11/22 “Nah, babe. Even the prospect of our tragic death can only shake us out of the boring ruts of our usual routine for a day or so. That’s...
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