IT IS 2024 AND THE COMICS CURMUDGEON IS STILL BLOGGING ABOUT COMICS, YOU LUCKY BASTARDS

Happy 2024, everybody! How did you celebrate the recent holiday season?

Mary Worth, 12/25/23

Did you, like Mary Worth, place yourself in the role of the Magi from the Gospel of Matthew? Before you object to this strip as blasphemous, remember that the Magi accidentally and/or passive-aggressively let it slip to Herod that the Messiah had been born, resulting in the Massacre of the Innocents, which you have to admit is a pretty Mary Worth thing to do. "Oh, your majesty, I apologize. I had heard that the new king of the Jews had been born nearby, but it appears that you haven't added a new member to your dynasty recently. My mistake!”