Tuesday quickies
Pluggers, 10/12/21 After years of discussing pluggers, I still don’t fully have a handle on every nuanced characteristic of pluggerdom, but honestly “there...
Leroy is enjoying flatbread for Indigenous Peoples' Day
Blondie, 10/11/21 Is it just me, or does Lou look a little downbeat in that last panel? "I thought he'd say that," he's thinking to himself. "But a guy can...
Griff had BETTER be working for Rene the art forger, that's all I have to say
Panel from Slylock Fox, 10/10/21 "Gosh," you're probably thinking, "I'm not sure what this fish photography session has to do with Slylock's usual job," and...
Depressing Saturday
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 10/9/21 We all know that Snuffy Smith lives by the simple and brutal code of Hootin’ Holler, where clan feuds are passed down...
Metapost: Of the many comments, this is the top one (of the week)
Title says it all, folks. Our of all the comments I read, this made me guffaw the most heartily: "You have to admit, if anyone is going to understand a scam...
Friday is for regrets
Mary Worth, 10/8/21 Yes, it’s true: when you see someone that you ended up dumping because they got mad at your cat for ruining your singalongs, and somehow...
Mr. Beasely absolutely knows what he's doing here
Blondie, 10/7/21 This is a perfectly sweet little strip and I’m sorry but I can’t stop thinking about the fact that famous binge eater Dagwood Bumstead is...
Sophie will eventually end up behind bars in 2039 or thereabouts
Mary Worth, 10/6/21 “Bonjour, mes amis! Eet ees your old friend Pierre here, and today I find myself in a conundrum that would baffle even my countryman Jean...
Mostly manimal Tuesday
Hi and Lois, 10/5/21 I'm not sure when, strictly speaking, we can say that untucked shirts came into fashion, but I'm going to say that it's been ... pretty...
Wilbur keeps meaning to Google "dogs what do they like" but keeps getting distracted
Beetle Bailey, 10/4/21 I’m reasonably sure that if a soldier were running away from his commanding officer, who intended to brutally beat him, and was live-...
I certainly hope that Leroy doesn't know that guy and has dropped this line with zero context
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 10/3/21 For a brief moment, Snuffy realizes that he’s harvesting worms that he’ll use to catch fish that he’ll presumably...
Saturday is for distasteful dudes
Mary Worth, 10/2/21 [At the wedding] “So she said to me, ‘Is that your Frenchie?’” [leers grotesquely, everyone is kind of uncomfortable] “And I said ‘Yes....
Death, music, dogs, the future death of dogs: Today's comics have it all
Mary Worth, 10/1/21 “Ah, mes amis! I realize I have not been keeping you up to date about my adventures with Weelbur. Je suis désolé! You see, what happened...
Can't wait for the lightning to finish her off
Dick Tracy, 9/30/21 One thing I've always respected about Dick Tracy is that it would be easy to portray Diet Smith as an eccentric but helpful inventor...
Wednesday quickies
Beetle Bailey, 9/29/21 BEETLE BAILEYS WHERE SARGE ASSAULTS BEETLE AND POUNDS HIM INTO A PILE OF GOO: Goofy, fun, cartoonish, the whole family can enjoy them...
I certainly hope he throws his tie over the lamp, right next to the one that's already there
Shoe, 9/28/21 The obvious version of this joke would have the Professor deliver his first line looking at his desk at work, or maybe in his home office. But...
"Moolah" is actually the name of the hottest new cryptocurrency in the Blondieverse
Mary Worth, 9/27/21 "Bonjour, mes amis! Eet ees I, Pierre, narrating my new life with zees Weelbur character! Many Americans like to make big jokes about zee...
DUHHHNNNN DUNH DUHN DUHN DUHN DUHHHNNNNNN
Six Chix, 9/26/21 Wait, isn't the Phantom of the Opera's whole deal that he lives in the opera house full time, mostly in a lair in the basement, and he...
"Zees one, I hear he is easy to trick, no?"
Dick Tracy, 9/25/21 Oh, huh, I guess the guy in the Ace of Spades outfit isn't actually the first guy to wear the Ace of Spades outfit, and that apparently...
Metapost: Comments? Of the week? In THIS economy?
olks, it’s COTW time! "'Have you ever unironically used the phrase chick magnet?’ is not a question that appears on animal adoption applications, but I'm...