MORE MURDERS DAMN IT
Blondie, 6/14/22 The first panel of today's strip sent me into an emotional state that, if you're a frequent reader of this blog, you know I experience far...
Monday is for callouts
Crock, 6/13/22 Crock has been in perpetual reruns ever since its creator died and his son decided that doing the thing so many people in this industry do...
Soapy TWISTS!
Mary Worth, 6/12/22 The thing about Mary Worth, the character, as well as Mary Worth, the strip, is that they are both very moralistic in tone but their...
Saturday is for pain
Six Chix, 6/11/22 It’s not quite “guy in a gimp suit gets eaten alive by rats” but “guy in cargo shorts gets eaten alive by [squints] giant mosquitos, I...
Metapost: Comments? Of the WEEK? In THIS economy????
It’s here, everyone: your top comment of the week. "Objection! The defendant is using his hat like a stupid prop! In fact, it looks like he's trying to...
Rustic horror
Pluggers, 6/10/22 I have been writing this blog for far too many years, and a trend that I have noticed over that entire period is that syndicated newspaper...
What if we just make him bad in the sense that the kids mean when they say something they like is "bad"
Blondie, 6/9/22 We all talk a lot about how Dagwood wears a full-on tuxedo every day to work, which none of his coworkers do -- Mr. Dithers doesn't even wear...
Wednesday quickies
Dennis the Menace, 6/8/22 Damn, Dennis is trying to talk Joey into pulling off some Munchausen syndrome by proxy ... by proxy? I guess that would just be...
Also survived by a dog and a duck
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 6/7/22 I assumed that the distant “Newnited States government” to which Hootin’ Holler owes vague allegiance long ago...
Nice begloved butt swat in panel two
Gil Thorp, 6/6/22 Look, folks, I’ve never claimed to be particularly “baseball savvy,” so I apologize for failing to follow Saturday’s disjointed jargon...
WalkerBrowneMento
Hi and Lois, 6/5/22 I think telling stories out of chronological order has gone from being an innovation to something of a crutch or gimmick at this point,...
Praise Jared from whom all blessings flow
Mary Worth, 6/4/22 Whenever Jared appears in this strip, he inspires intense loathing in both me and, based on your comments, all of you, and one of the...
"We'll see what we can do" is definitely something you want to hear from the cops when you're being held captive
Mary Worth, 6/3/22 You know, Dawn, you rally ought to listen to your friend Cathy. She’s got a lot of common sense! Thanks to faithful reader Rita Lake who...
Soapy Thursday
Gil Thorp, 6/2/22 So Gregg wore his dumb mask, the opposing team figured out he was blind and peppered him with bunts, and now he’s real depressed and giving...
Flops and sweat
Six Chix, 6/1/22 Look, I’ll admit that I’ve spent quite a bit of time on this website – too much time, really – inflicting my musings about mermaid biology...
[A voice devoid of any emotion whatsoever] Ho ... ho ... ho
Dick Tracy, 5/31/22 I apologize for my commentary yesterday in which I claimed that Dick Tracy would not want to get to the bottom of this whole non-violent...
Always remember >>>>>> never forget
Beetle Bailey, 5/30/21 Hope you’re having a happy somber and meaningful Memorial Day, everybody! Beetle Bailey, America’s #1 only military-themed comic...
"Geez!" You tell 'em buddy
Rex Morgan, M.D., 5/29/22 This is definitely one of the on-purpose funniest Rex Morgan strips in years, made funnier by its sort of shambolic, shaggy dog...
Did we ... did we forget about the "Dad doesn't want to be photographed" plot entirely?
Gil Thorp, 5/28/22 Welp, the gig (gigg?) is up for our boy Gregg, whose blindness was was discovered by Coach Thorp, and after briefly taking the position...
Metapost: Laff! At the Clubhouse (plus COTW)
Summer's coming, folks, and you know what that means ... time to head down to the beach and enjoy your laptop, and also head to the Clubhouse in Los Feliz...