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Leroy complains about the meals Loretta cooks, but he's buying baguettes at a 7-11
Premium post · May 9, 2022
Funky Winkerbean, 5/9/22 Happy Monday, everybody, Funky Winkerbean is starting up the week with a funeral, obviously. I'm pretty sure Mary Sue isn't someone...
[shameless attempt to boost my social media followers voice] FOLLOW MY INSTA TO SEE MORE CAT PIX
Premium post · May 8, 2022
Family Circus, 5/8/22 Wow, Family Circus did not need to go this hard for Mother’s Day, reminding us that, no matter how much your human litter loves you,...
Josh looks back ... and forward
Premium post · May 7, 2022
Beetle Bailey, 5/7/22 I have never denied being an effete urban liberal and so it shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that I know very little about how...
Metapost: Laffs, from me and from you (the latter in COTW form)
Premium post · May 6, 2022
It’s the most blessed time of the month: First Friday! The Internet Read Aloud is back on stage at its new time, TONIGHT, Friday May 6, at 7 pm in Los...
Seriously, Hi, get a grip
Premium post · May 6, 2022
Dustin, 5/6/22 Dustin is a truly amazing strip, one whose whole purpose is to poke fun of the foibles of young people despite clearly having no real sense of...
Loretta's mom has to know she looks like Norman Bates's mother, right
Premium post · May 5, 2022
Pluggers, 5/5/22 I think I’m discovering the shape that my Gen X pluggerdom is going to take: in constant complaints that Pluggers, the syndicated newspaper...
Josh sputters incoherently
Premium post · May 4, 2022
Dustin, 5/4/22 I'm going give the "joke" in today's Dustin the zero attention it deserves and instead will focus on a background detail that is driving me...
Admittedly our bully duo don't seem to have absorbed the meaning of "hubris"
Premium post · May 3, 2022
Beetle Bailey, 5/3/22 Man, I really respect the second panel here for unleashing the full-throttle refusal to give a shit that makes Beetle Bailey the strip...
"I think I'm just going to stand here immobile and stare out into the middle distance, actually, thanks"
Premium post · May 2, 2022
Marvin, 5/2/22 Ha ha, just look at the dead eyes on Jeff throughout this comic! He has absolutely been anticipating the day his wife is going to leave him...
"Hmm, 'With great affection'? No, that'd be overstating it"
Premium post · May 1, 2022
Gasoline Alley, 5/1/22 I gotta say, this Gasoline Alley was a real journey for me, in the sense that the opening title led me to hope that, finally, Rufus...
Love to make dozens of muffins for nobody
Premium post · April 30, 2022
Mary Worth, 4/30/22 Yes, Toby and Ian certain seem to have a good marriage, Mary! Say, remember the time Ian made Toby pretend to cook dinner for his boss...
Metapost: Comedic comments of the week!
Premium post · April 29, 2022
Folks, it’s coming! It’s happening! The Internet Read Aloud is back on stage at its new time, ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT, Friday May 6 at 7 pm in Los Angeles!...
Aannnnnd here comes the losing
Premium post · April 29, 2022
Gil Thorp, 4/29/22 Folks, you know a Gil Thorp plot is kicking into high gear when you get a close-up on some teen’s sweaty face, sweating due to equal parts...
I'm middle-aged, so my heart is literally getting heavier, from cholesterol plaque
Premium post · April 28, 2022
Pluggers, 4/28/22 One of the most controversial takes I’ve ever unleashed on Twitter is that the Lockhorns are Millennials. Conversely, reporting that...
Man is the cruelest animal of all
Premium post · April 27, 2022
Dennis the Menace, 4/27/22 I guess you eventually get bored revealing your parents' shit-talk in front of their guests and have to move onto some real...
IAN'S NEVER HAD A MUSTACHE AND HE NEVER WILL
Premium post · April 26, 2022
Mary Worth, 4/26/22 Oh snap, shocking twist! Young Helen used to be young Ian’s … student? Coworker? It’s honestly not clear to me how old either of them is...
Look, man, all your kid can say is "ba," he's doing fine here
Premium post · April 25, 2022
Gil Thorp, 4/25/22 We all know the sad story of Gregg, the pitcher who secretly can’t see. Now we’re learning that his dad desperately doesn’t want to be...
I'm sure there are other plumbers named Andy, why base your branding on being a bear
Premium post · April 24, 2022
Pluggers, 4/24/22 When I lived in Oakland, California, there was a plumber's truck that parked near my apartment building all the time with the business name...
Coded signals
Premium post · April 23, 2022
Gil Thorp, 4/23/22 Despite having become, late in my life and to my own surprise, a fervent Dodgers fan, at first I was unable to get that worked up about...
Marriages are complex
Premium post · April 22, 2022
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 4/22/22 "Not only that, but his extreme laziness has inspired this whole town to shun honest work in the only profitable...
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