MOTHERS ARE GREAT, I LOVE MOTHERS, THEY DESERVE ONLY THE BEST

Blondie, 5/11/24

Look, obviously saying anything against mothers and motherhood is a swift ticket to getting abruptly cancelled -- and rightfully so! [laughs nervously] -- but I refuse to believe "mom's week" is a thing, even if you use the not-actual-Mothers-Day part of the week to make a nice gesture to the non-relative woman whose house you spend all your time in for ill-defined and probably not great reasons. It's long been clear that a substantial portion of Blondie gags are generated by a big calendar with all the holidays on it, and today's strip shows how reliant the writers are on this crutch, with the daily strip crew refusing to cede Mothers Day to the Sunday writers room.

Gasoline Alley, 5/11/24