Metapost: The COTW you demand
You want this week’s top comment? You got it, buddy. "I'm actually super-impressed with the couch. Yes, it's drawn super-low and weird... but the cartoonist...
Mostly apocalyptic Friday
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 8/20/21 The residents Hootin' Holler were vaguely aware that some catastrophe had caused the collapse of the flatlanders'...
Don't get me started on the rest of the room, empty except for a table with nothing on it
Six Chix, 8/19/21 Only I have the guts to say it: this is the worst couch anyone has ever seen in the comics. At first glance it looks kind of like it might...
Mr. Wilkins ... if you're nasty
Judge Parker, 8/18/21 Damn it, Judge Parker, it’s fine when I accuse the Spencer-Drivers of doing a little light insurance fraud, but I don’t like the vibes...
Libby absolutely knows how important Wilbur's opinions are in the grand scheme of things (not important at all)
Mary Worth, 8/17/21 Ha ha, remember that time Wilbur got drunk and obnoxious on a double date with his Estelle and his ex and his ex's new hot young...
WIL-BURRRRRRR
Mary Worth, 8/16/21 Oh, snap! Did Drew get emotional closure on the whole getting-dumped-by-Ashlee situation? Nope! Did we ever really find out why Ashlee...
The "Comics Curmudgeon" is a brand name, that's a totally different situation
Daddy Daze, 8/15/21 When I first read this strip, I felt an immediate spike of anger when I got to panel four. "Damn it," I thought. "It's Superman for whom...
"In our house, we call it 'YWHW's Gorge'"
Family Circus, 8/14/21 So what’s changed in the 17 years since this panel last graced my blog? Well, for one thing, Ma Keane’s attitude on theological...
Metapost: Just another COTW-day Friday
Your comment of the week is here for your enjoyment! "We are discounting the possibility that Mary's 'vegetables’ were just real roots of some remnant plants...
Old favorites
Funky Winkerbean, 8/13/21 So, in case you haven't been keeping track and/or want to feel a million years old, Lisa's death in Funky Winkerbean happened...
Can't really explain the ice bucket, maybe he just keeps them stashed all over the house
Mark Trail, 8/12/21 Oh, uh, the “Mark parties with influencers” storyline has wrapped up, and I’m not going to describe everything that happened (it was...
Billy dreams of the greatest Kompound yet
Daddy Daze, 8/11/21 I think we're all well aware that the actual cat poster caption is "Hang In There, Baby," which led to me read this strip and immediately...
This golf grift seems very complicated and honestly deserves to succeed
Gil Thorp, 8/10/21 I’ve been making lots of jokes about not being able to understand any of the golf lingo in Gil Thorp, but guess what: I’ve been carefully...
Funkyverse complaints
Crankshaft, 8/9/21 You know, after many years in the comics-mocking biz, you get somewhat inured to the foibles of the daily strips. That's why it's good to...
"Dubs vs. subs" is the argument that will finally tear Rex and June apart
Rex Morgan, M.D., 8/8/21 ME, MERE DAYS AGO: ugh, this whole thing with Sarah is so boring, can we please move on to someone else, even Buck would be better...
The circle of life
Blondie, 8/7/21 Elmo’s friend – and look, probably, somewhere deep within Blondie HQ, there’s a whole character chart with a name and a backstory for this...
Metapost: Getchya comments of the week right here
Psst. Hey buddy. Wanna buy a COTW? "The whole point of nephewism is that it doesn't come with the baggage of parenthood. When Skyler is unnecessary and...
Gloomy Friday
Mary Worth, 8/6/21 One of my favorite things in Mary Worth is when we cut away from the main action of the current plot to other characters, commenting...
First as hilarity, then as snooze
Rex Morgan, M.D., 8/5/21 It is truly amazing the way this strip has retconned its Sarah storyline from 2014, in which she made a lucrative book deal with the...
Joshreads dot com will NEVER respect the corporate language police!!!! (Unless they even vaguely threaten to sue me)
Baby Blues, 8/4/21 You ever see a tiny, almost invisible piece of writing that just ruins your whole day? That happened to me today, and that piece of...