Josh gets grumpy
Hagar the Horrible and Hi and Lois, 3/17/22 Most people would say that the Irish Potato Famine is the worst tragedy that has befallen the Emerald Isle; an...
The Worst Years Of Our Deaths: The <i>Funky Winkerbean</i> Promise
Funky Winkerbean, 3/16/22 Harold Russell, a double-amputee Army vet with no previous acting experience, starred in The Best Years Of Our Lives, an (extremely...
I steadfastly refuse to be "relevant" or "with it" in any way
Beetle Bailey, 3/15/22 Guys, I was about to go on a whole smug riff here about how the idea of a “bucket list” – that is, a list of things to do before you...
An '00s-era Volkswagon Neo-Beetle is the perfect car for Toby, no notes
Mary Worth, 3/14/22 I think I speak for those in long-term relationships when I say that in most, you have the ability to call in forgiveness for parallel...
Excited for deep cover agent Mary Worth to finally meet her handler
Mary Worth, 3/13/22 I haven’t discussed Mary Worth all week because it has entirely consisted of Cal ham-handedly flirting at Toby and asking her out to...
Maybe she's going to come to his house and murder him with it
Funky Winkerbean, 3/12/22 Oh my GOD she wasn’t talking about Lisa at all, she was talking about LES, this is a million times funnier than I could’ve possibly...
Metapost: Brace yourself, it's the comments of the week
INCOMING: THIS WEEK'S FUNNIEST COMMENT RIGHT NOW! "I'll suspend a lot of disbelief when it comes to Family Circus but I refuse to believe ANY child would...
She's already been nominated for Best Smug Ghost
Shoe, 3/11/22 We're all of course, familiar with Shoe's patented goggle-eyes of horror and heavy-lidded eyes of ennui. But today we have what I think is a...
Delightful children
Family Circus, 3/9/21 In the interests of fairness and integrity, I will always admit it when a day's Family Circus is one of the good ones, and folks ......
Troubling youth
Rex Morgan, M.D, 3/8/22 Ha ha, so, the funny thing is that Rex and June did some asking around that made it pretty clear that they were in fact very open to...
I think that old comic book writer who got hounded by HUAC is there, even, what on Earth
Gil Thorp, 3/7/22 You know, I make fun of Gil Thorp a lot for focusing on its characters' insane hijinks rather than actual high school sports action and...
Sunday is for animals
Panel from Slylock Fox, 3/6/22 Look, Slylock Fox may be a comic about a fox detective who uses the powers of ratiocination and species stereotyping to...
Mostly frisbee content
Shoe, 3/5/22 Look, I’m not saying the creators of Shoe are trying to get us to think about the weird anatomical mechanics of their bird-man character’s asses...
I know it's paradoxical, but you will never initiate sex by using the word "initiate"
Mary Worth, 3/4/22 Here's a weird thing that happens sometimes in Our Dumb Dystopia: people will make storefronts on Amazon even though they don't have...
Mostly smug dads edition
Marvin, 3/3/22 Man, Jeff's facial expressions here are a real journey -- and not, to be clear, a journey I enjoyed. In panel one he's very excited, and if...
Mopey Pete aims to shatter the mope barrier into megamope status
Funky Winkerbean, 3/2/22 I truly enjoy the fact that these two old timer comics artist have been dragged out of retirement (one of them was actually dragged...
Not sure what else Leroy would be doing other than this, I guess, this is his only hobby
Blondie, 3/1/22 Sorry, I know Blondie loves nothing more than mash together their characters’ extremely broadly defined character traits with whatever...
He's definitely going to call her "Ms. C" in bed
Mary Worth, 2/28/22 Look, folks, if you can’t handle “Josh falls in love with a new Mary Worth plot” after so many damn years on this blog, then I don’t even...
Sunday quick takes
Funky Winkerbean, 2/27/22 “Ha ha, get it? Because of the pandemic? Which is actually only a couple years old at this point? But seriously, have any of you...
Remember, the other plot is a PANIC some girls who drank exactly one-third of a can of hard seltzer
Gil Thorp, 2/26/22 The thing about Gil Thorp and its teenage hijinks is that they do occur in the very restricted world of the newspaper comics section,...