Dream hater
Mary Worth, 8/10/22 A relatively recent and welcome addition to the Mary Worth storytelling canon is the wacky dream sequence, in which the characters...
Feel like I could waste a LOT of time figuring out which comics characters subscribe to which streaming services
Dustin, 8/9/22 Look, you and I both know that today’s Dustin is entirely the result of the Dustin brain trust getting wind of the kids today sharing...
Camp Swampy's first court martial is truly going to surprise everybody
Blondie, 8/8/22 The non-Dagwood, non-Herb members of Dagwood’s carpool are named “Dwitzell” and “Claudia,” and any and all attempts to give them inner or...
Dorky Sunday
Beetle Bailey, 8/7/22 Say what you will about Beetle Bailey – and lord knows I’ve said a lot over the years – but it can be extremely comforting in its on-...
The thrill is gone for some but still here for others
Shoe, 8/6/22 The original iteration of Shoe was created by Jeff McNelly, a political cartoonist who presumably actually worked in a newsroom, some of the...
She's only doing it to establish Worthy Award eligibility in the Best Floating Head category
Dick Tracy, 8/5/22 Oh, I guess I forgot to mention that Marina did end up throwing herself at Detective Tracy, sexually, but don’t worry: his sense of...
WILBUR: ORIGINS
OK, fine, it looks like this is "one of those weeks" on this blog -- you know, the kind of week where I just kind of end up talking about Mary Worth every...
Shocking that she went with rhubarb and not bacon, since this strip does the obvious thing 100% of the time
Blondie, 8/3/22 I feel like it goes without saying that today’s Blondie is some real sicko shit. Obviously it’s very gross that Blondie made this nightmare...
Soapy Tuesday
Mary Worth, 8/2/22 I have to admit that I have no idea how we’re supposed to understand the flow of time in Mary Worth; for instance, early in this Jared-...
At last, someone is finally joining their father and embracing the power of the Dark Side
Mary Worth, 8/1/22 Oh hell yes, while Jared is off getting weaksauce advice from Mary, Dawn has decided to instead turn to the #1 relationship expert in her...
Dumb and gross
Hi and Lois, 7/31/22 OK, guys, I'm about to go all Pluggers here, but do you (for values of "you" that are as old as I am or older) remember those ads for...
Admonishing Saturday
Mary Worth, 7/30/22 It honestly hasn’t been the greatest week for the comics this week, but I absolutely started hooting and hollering when Mary, bristiling...
Metapost: Comedy-plugging COTW
FOLKS! This month's Internet Read Aloud is happening in a mere seven days, in the city of Los Angeles, California! Got a fun lineup and the price literally...
He's gonna be disappointed when it's just a showing of the 2006 Aronofsky film
Dennis the Menace, 7/29/22 The punchline here is just supposed to be "ha ha Dennis is dumb/a child" but the arrangement of pieces on the board seems to...
I'm a cosmopolitan Coke Zero guy myself
Plugger, 7/28/22 I’m just a little too young to have fully participated in Tab Culture, not to brag, but … Tab Culture was all about sophisticated women who...
Wednesday is for epiphanies
Blondie, 7/27/22 Man, that is a truly bone-chilling facial expression on Dagwood in the final panel. Not sure if his dream included an extended racing...
A Thorp walks into a bar
Gil Thorp, 7/26/22 Wow, sorry, I guess because I'm an effete urban liberal I interpreted yesterday's Gil Thorp scene as a bunch of public school employees...
Soap-ish sadness
Judge Parker, 7/25/22 Say, remember a few years ago when Judge Parker Senior ran for mayor on a NIMBY platform to protect Cavelton’s quaint vibes and their...
This shtick isn't cool when the <i>Daddy Daze</i> guy does it, and it definitely isn't cool here, Jared
Mary Worth, 7/24/22 I am currently reading The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking), which I highly recommend if you want a more-or-less accessible...
Troubled youth
Gasoline Alley, 7/23/22 Despite feeling obliged to read Gasoline Alley every day, I often fail to retain the details of its sprawling cast and their various...