"Zak", "Kaz," hmm, there's something there, I think
Gil Thorp, 10/4/22 Oh, isn't that nice, the Thorps are being hosted by Kaz and his girlfriend [record scratch] Rachel????? Huge news! Kaz had been dating...
Tasty Monday
Mary Worth, 10/3/22 Ahh, after a little stalling, it's a new Mary Worth plot, and it looks like we're finally going to see the magic that makes the...
Also, Ed is absolutely going to destroy something in that yard in short order
Crankshaft, 10/2/22 Huh, I'm a little surprised by "the Crankshafts" in that final panel. I guess I actually don't know off the top of my head what Pam and...
Sam and Detective Yelich are doing shots of Tang, I see
Judge Parker, 10/1/22 Look, Sam is being yanked out of years of tedious domestic drama and thrown back into his derring-do role kind of abruptly, so I...
Friday quickies
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 9/30/22 "So, guys, it's been a couple years and we've crunched the numbers and the new 'Sparkplug's Grandson Li'l Sparky'...
Some Thursday soapers
Judge Parker, 9/29/22 Now that Sam Driver is extremely divorced, he can really get back to his roots as a character, by which I mean solving mysteries and...
I realize hoping Dagwood will be a responsible adult is a fool's errand, but still
Blondie, 9/28/22 Look, I don’t want to dwell on the technical details here, which seem to be based on the misconception that “well you look at Instagram on...
Timecoach >>>>>>> Timecop
Daddy Daze, 9/27/22 The lure of doing a comic strip about a baby is eternal, but of course each generation will do their own particular version reflecting...
Monday is for strolling
Mary Worth, 9/26/22 A lot of you seemed to think that Mary and Jeff's dinner date was just a little palate cleanser before we moved on to the next, actual...
"I want to show films ... to the three people who are going to show up every night"
Blondie, 9/25/22 This is another great example how the top row of “throwaway” panels can actually really alter the meaning of a strip. Without them, it’s the...
Noir Saturday
Judge Parker, 9/24/22 Oh, gee, I guess we’ve been spending so much time exploring the wildly seesawing emotional conditions inside the heavily fortified...
Metapost: Live laughs and comment-related laughs
Folks! Y'all know what time it is ... actually, it's time for two things, and the first is to remind you that if you're in LA, you should come to The...
One-panel Friday
The Lockhorns, 9/23/22 Ha ha, it's funny because the Lockhorns are about to default on their mortgage, leaving them homeless and destitute! Dennis the...
The God of "Crock" is capricious, and bad at drawing
Crock, 9/22/22 I know in my heart that this strip is 10-15 years old and started off with just “commercial” in the punchline but then at the last minute the...
Hump day is for MURDER
Judge Parker, 9/21/22 Oh, sorry, it seems the Judge Parker brain trust has heard your little diatribes about how Judge Parker is boring now because it's all...
Sorry, young people: You, personally, are responsible for Marvin now
Marvin, 9/20/22 You know I am loath to say anything positive about the syndicated comic strip Marvin, but I have to say that I'm reasonably impressed that...
That plane has no external markings so I assume they're all being flow to a CIA black site for interrogation
Rex Morgan, M.D., 9/19/22 Say what you will about the glacial pacing and low stakes of Rex Morgan, M.D., but the art in today's strip really nails the facial...
Emotionally twisted Sunday
Judge Parker, 9/18/22 Oh, hey, you all remember Marie, the longtime Spencer-Driver maid who, back in 2019, found out her husband faked his death because he...
Fighting for strip dominance
Beetle Bailey, 9/17/22 God, I legitimately love this Beetle Bailey. Look at how absolutely miserable Halftrack is in that second panel! Golf is the thing he...
Metapost: THORPIAN DEEP LORE (plus comments of the week)
Folks! Your COTW in a moment, but first: when I asked “who is Mel Gordon to Gil?” in my Thursday wrapup, I was failing my job as a Gil Thorp History Knower!...