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May 2, 2026

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Family Circus, 5/2/26

A thing about one-panel comic strips is that it can be hard to tell what order things are happening in, and a thing about the Family Circus is that I actually don't have a strong sense of how Big Daddy Keane feels about basic gender stuff. What I'm saying is that I don't know if his little smile is a reaction to what Dolly is saying, and he's thinking "Heh, it's true, we both love our pretty little baubles, I hadn't thought of that," or if it's a glimpse of the last moment of his good mood right before his daughter's observation ruins the whole rest of his day.

Dennis the Menace, 5/2/26

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