Blondie, 3/22/26

The saddest part of this strip is the throwaway panel, which reveals that Blondie has a whole spring cleaning bit lined up to unleash on her husband, only for it to be totally short-circuited by Dagwood's avoiding-spring-cleaning bit, so they just end up mad at each other. Imagine if she had told him about laundry-robics! Maybe he would've been into it, maybe it would have become a beloved family tradition, but I guess we'll never know. Dagwood's spring cleaning chore being painting the house isn't sad per se, but it is confusing.

Rex Morgan, M.D., 3/22/26