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Premium post · November 10, 2022
Gasoline Alley, 11/10/22 Gasoline Alley is, I admit, one of those strips I read out of a sense of professional obligation rather than a true inborn...
I'm talkin' involuntary poopin', if that's not clear
Premium post · November 9, 2022
Rex Morgan, M.D., 11/9/22 Oh, sorry folks, I haven’t been keeping you up to date on the antics of “Mud Mountain Murphy!” Well, after doing some mild flirting...
Impressive that the tent stays that bold orange color in the relentless Saharan sun
Premium post · November 8, 2022
Crock, 11/8/22 As America’s #1 syndicated newspaper comic strip blogger, I probably have a better handle on the internal lore of many of the strips than...
All I want to do is travel across the country without looking at a poor person, is that too much to ask
Premium post · November 7, 2022
Dustin, 11/7/22 Oh, I'm sorry, did you think that the syndicated comic Dustin was done airing its petty grievances about air travel? Well, you thought wrong,...
Mary will, of course, be giving away the bride
Premium post · November 6, 2022
Mary Worth, 11/6/22 Welp, it looks like Mary Worth does have an important lesson to teach us about love, and it’s that if your gal rejects your marriage...
They can print anything they want in the paper these days, because nobody reads them anymore
Premium post · November 5, 2022
Gil Thorp, 11/5/22 “Thanks for doing this on such short notice, Gil.” “Of course, Marjie. Actually it worked out great, because it turns out the football...
Metapost: The novel COTWirus
Premium post · November 4, 2022
Hey folks! Have you ever heard about a little something called karma???? It goes like this: I make an innocent little joke in which I call for the death of...
Tipsy Lockhorns >>>>>>> bored apes
Premium post · November 4, 2022
Dennis the Menace, 11/4/22 I actually think it’s more or less fine to do a syndicated newspaper strip that takes place in some kind of permanent 1950s boomer...
Will Gil be sleeping on the extra futon in Kaz's sex dojo???
Premium post · November 3, 2022
Gil Thorp, 11/3/22 The new Gil Thorp writer has definitely upped the strip's confusion game, which used to be centered on two plots you couldn't keep track...
Dennis has been wandering around in that soiled shirt for days, it's sad really
Premium post · November 2, 2022
Blondie, 11/2/22 I had a whole riff ready to go here about how I’m not a prude and it’s not like I think legacy comics characters shouldn’t feel and express...
Just a tip, kids: try not to fall to your death
Premium post · November 1, 2022
Funky Winkerbean, 11/1/22 Huh, well, I guess Funky really is shutting down Montoni’s after all? This of course provides a great opportunity to trace the...
Monday is for grudging respect
Premium post · October 31, 2022
Slylock Fox, 10/31/22 The thing I absolutely love and respect about Slick Smitty is that every time we see him, Slylock and the animal cops have him...
Weekend at the Perfesser's
Premium post · October 30, 2022
Hi and Lois, 10/30/22 I know it’s not considered “woke” to define a woman in terms of her husband, but I think we can all agree that the Bride of...
Railfans? Comic strips? Time to plug my novel, "The Enthusiast," available wherever books are sold!
Premium post · October 29, 2022
The Lockhorns, 10/29/22 “Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he’s depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening...
Friday FRAUDULENCE
Premium post · October 28, 2022
Funky Winkerbean, 10/28/22 Sorry, I refuse to get emotionally involved in this sudden revelation, which I'm reasonably sure is some kind of fakeout, mostly...
Plugger kind/ Cannot bear very much reality
Premium post · October 27, 2022
Shoe, 10/27/22 I’m trying to figure out what the funniest message the Joint Chiefs of Staff could send to a small-town newspaper on an 8 x 11 sheet of paper...
Truly, the man is a muddy mountain
Premium post · October 26, 2022
Rex Morgan, M.D., 10/26/22 I’ll admit it: I do a lot of bitching and moaning about all the “roots country” bullshit in Rex Morgan, M.D., and I appreciate the...
SUPER-IRIS TO THE RESCUE
Premium post · October 25, 2022
Mary Worth, 10/25/22 Good (?) news, everybody: Zak didn't fall to his death mid-selfie, or at least he hasn't yet! No, he's grabbed onto a cliffside branch,...
For once, Dithers looks more disappointed than angry
Premium post · October 24, 2022
Six Chix, 10/24/22 Ha ha, it’s a blood bank, get it? Get it? Anyway, what I find intriguing about this is that there doesn’t seem to be any way to insert a...
Going to a funeral for someone who spells their name "Zak" is objectively hilarious, sorry if this offends
Premium post · October 23, 2022
Dustin, 10/23/22 The thing about Dustin is that it was originally sold in 2010 as a look at Boomer-Millennial tensions, but also the Boomer dad is clearly...
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