Mr. Wavering still has his bayonet, Ditto, keep your distance

$ · November 11, 2023

Pluggers and Hi and Lois, 11/11/23 Happy Veterans Day, everyone! Do you think the United States is on the verge an apocalyptic war for national survival that...

Metapost: Delightful comments from you, my beloved readers

$ · November 10, 2023

It's this week's top comment, and it's here for you to laugh at, and with: "Otto will not be distracted: the grave has been dug, only one of them can have...

Friday quickies

$ · November 10, 2023

Beetle Bailey, 11/10/23 I find the "this" in "this army," intriguing, as it implies that if Beetle doesn't get what he wants out of the U.S. Army, he might...

Hootin' Holler is a "hidden valley" of sorts, I suppose

$ · November 9, 2023

Barney Google and Snuffy, 11/9/23 OK, whew, good news everybody, Sparkplug’s Grandson Li’l Sparky doesn't need to participate in market economics in order to...

I don't know what zoomers think of Brad Pitt, and feel like I don't need to know honestly

$ · November 8, 2023

Dustin, 11/8/23 There's a lot of reasons to dislike Dustin, and one of the biggest is that it was cooked up with the premise of "Ha ha, these lazy...

It's Tuesday and these strips are mostly nothing, not gonna lie

$ · November 7, 2023

Six Chix, 11/7/23 I guess the joke here is that these are actual aliens? And this dude has mistaken them for people in costumes? Feel like we're not getting...

Funny (?) faces

$ · November 6, 2023

Slylock Fox, 11/6/23 One thing I've never really considered about the post-animalpocalypse Slylockverse: what do the other sapient animals think about the...

Keith could also be a coward. Mary's playing with fire here

$ · November 5, 2023

Mary Worth, 11/5/23 Wow, I guess all it takes is a little rejection from from his hitherto unknown daughter and long-ago ex girlfriend to get Keith to start...

Saturday emotional roller-coasters

$ · November 4, 2023

Six Chix, 11/4/23 I love that these guys only reveal this wisdom back at home, probably hours later, when the other couple is well out of earshot. Figure it...

Metapost: To every week (turn, turn, turn) there is a top comment (turn, turn, turn)

$ · November 3, 2023

As the seasons change, the comments of the week continue. And here's this week's: "Is this Gil fantasizing about Bartender Gal (I forget her name and I don't...

What is "real life," really, when you think about it

$ · November 3, 2023

Crock, 11/3/23 A fun dynamic on this blog is that if I ever post anything to the effect of "Wow, this really makes no sense whatsoever, who on earth would do...

Thursday mostly quickies

$ · November 2, 2023

Rex Morgan, M.D., 11/2/23 Oh, fine, I guess Buzzy and Mud aren't boxing Rene out of the profits from his own brainwashing scam, or are at least using a stock...

Legacies (good and bad)

$ · November 1, 2023

The Lockhorns, 11/1/23 This has, from the very beginning, been a pro-Lockhorns blog, but I really feel like this strip has kicked it up a notch in recent...

Welcome to the Comics Creep-mudgeon at Josh Screams Dot BOO

$ · October 31, 2023

Beetle Bailey, 10/31/23 Maybe I'm overly into the holiday spirit today but I genuinely enjoy the pathos of today's strip. General Halftrack is so mad, and...

BOO! It's Monday

$ · October 30, 2023

Blondie, 10/30/23 I had a conversation with a friend the other day about those haunted houses you can go to at amusement parks and such for Halloween, and...

Creepy Sunday

$ · October 29, 2023

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith and Family Circus, 10/29/23 You know, I was about to go on a whole rant here about how the fact that Hootin' Holler's only...

Spooky, scary, etc.

October 28, 2023

Blondie, 10/28/23 Over the years, the syndicated comic strip Blondie shifted from the story of a carefree flapper and the dissolute failson who gave up his...

Metapost: Let's get COTWy in here

$ · October 27, 2023

It's weekend party time, so get "crunk" with this week's top comment: "An erudite bear (not so vicious)/ Mistakenly used 'meretricious'/ For you see, those...

"Honh honh honh," I whisper to myself, sadly

$ · October 27, 2023

Crock, 10/27/23 If, like me, you have constructed a professional life that requires you to read the syndicated newspaper comic strip Crock every day, you...

Etymology follies

$ · October 26, 2023

Gasoline Alley, 10/26/23 I don't usually get a chance to deploy my classics degree, but when I do, it's usually to make a joke about the etymology of some...

It's menacing, I'll give him that

$ · October 25, 2023

Six Chix, 10/25/23 After yesterday's debacle, I'm pleased to see today's Six Chix, in which a corporate dog discusses his frustrations with measured dignity....

Rex needs to sign up to become a certified MM practitioner

$ · October 24, 2023

Rex Morgan, M.D., 10/24/23 We do know how to cure it, Rex! The cure is called the Mirakle Method, and it broke Rene's will and convinced him to give up his...

Even the <i>Twilight</i> vampires were scarier than this

$ · October 23, 2023

Six Chix, 10/23/23 This is at least the second time that Six Chix has done a "ha ha, what if vampires got the blood they need to survive in very chill and...

Schrodinger's Mirakle Method

$ · October 22, 2023

Gasoline Alley, 10/22/23 OK, I dunno, look, maybe weeks and weeks of talking bear bullshit have ground me down into submission, but I find these comical...

Guy in the car is a gender traitor I guess

$ · October 21, 2023

Dustin, 10/21/23 Dustin is, of course, a comic explicitly created to explore the irreconciliable differences between young people and old people and the...

Metapost: COTW? COTW!

$ · October 20, 2023

Comment of the week? Comment of the week: "In the first panel, the cow is being affectionate; in the second panel, where the cat watches the cow warily, the...

June refuses to even acknowledge the concept of "sincerity"

$ · October 20, 2023

Gasoline Alley, 10/20/23 If you were thinking that nothing could make this seemingly interminable talking bear story even more pointless and irritating, you...

"Rewarding financially, I mean, obviously"

$ · October 19, 2023

Shoe, 10/19/23 I've complained about this before, but Shoe has a long-established setting where the various bird characters get drunk and hit on one another,...

You think those lasers can't simply be danced through? You sweet summer child

$ · October 18, 2023

Dick Tracy, 10/18/23 Oh no! Why would you build a huge wing on the back of your mansion that has an entirely glass ceiling? Why, you're just asking for...

Tuesday is for the future

$ · October 17, 2023

Slylock Fox, 10/17/23 Ahh, an idyllic barnyard scene, featuring various animals relaxing and frolicking with one another, showing no sings of the advanced...

Gonna be hard to repurpose that thing if they hire a turtle detective or whatever

$ · October 16, 2023

Dick Tracy, 10/16/23 Dick Tracy loves gadgets, of course, but I assume he's bored and vaguely disgusted with fancy "forensics," because they allows...

Sunday quickies

$ · October 15, 2023

Rex Morgan, M.D., 10/15/23 So the exciting (?) Mud/Rene kidnapping plot is over (??), and I gotta say probably the perfect sum up to any given Rex Morgan,...

Fun wordplay, fun wordplay ... oh NO

$ · October 14, 2023

Mary Worth, 10/14/23 Uh oh! Keith may have been willing to agreed to disagree on whether or not society should be allowed to disintegrate into chaos, but my...

Metapost: Keep on truckin' COTW

$ · October 13, 2023

It's the freakin' weekend, everyone, and that means it's the freakin' comment of the freakin' week! "Personally, I wish more comics were like today's Beetle...

Does Lt. Fuzz have the same hair situation as Charlie Brown

$ · October 12, 2023

Beetle Bailey, 10/12/23 I don't know if General Halftrack's rambling comeback here is supposed to be funny (it isn't) or if it's supposed to indicate that...

Maybe she likes chaos, Keith, you ever think about that

$ · October 11, 2023

Mary Worth, 10/13/23 Look, I know Sonia here is supposed to be an angry neo-hippie and is riffing on the fact that she's arguing with her father, or "daddy,"...

Wednesday is for America going down the TUBES

$ · October 11, 2023

Mary Worth, 10/11/23 Wow, this current Mary Worth storyline is really upping the moral stakes from "Dogs: Are they good, or should we encourage them to fight...

Legacy cases

$ · October 10, 2023

Blondie, 10/10/23 I once saw an interview with John Singleton and Stephanie Allain, the producers of the movie Hustle and Flow, about a scene where the...

The Perfesser is actually a really successful author, he's just depressed for reasons unrelated to his career

$ · October 9, 2023

Mary Worth, 10/9/23 An opinion I'm coming around to more and more is that it's kind of silly to expect comics as a medium to be "realistic," as they have to...

Sexy Sunday

$ · October 8, 2023

The Phantom, 10/8/23 The Phantom is a comic strip first launched in 1936 about a lineage of white guys who've lived in Africa for hundreds of years and...

Mostly children

$ · October 7, 2023

Blondie, 10/7/23 As a rule, I try to keep my contact with young people to an absolute minimum, so maybe I'm wrong, but it's not really normal for a kid to...

Metapost: The best comment? Of MY week? It's more likely than you think

$ · October 6, 2023

Folks! It's Friday and here's your COTW! "Rex isn't shocked; he's incredulous. He thinks he can Barney Google his way out of having to appear in his...

Electrifying Friday

$ · October 6, 2023

Mary Worth, 10/6/23 Oh, root beer? You guys both love root beer? You'd describe it as your "favorite"? Well, I think we can forget DNA tests or the...

The cycle of comics life

$ · October 5, 2023

Between Friends, 10/5/23 Many years ago, when I first started this blog, it was called "I Read The Comics So You Don't Have To," and sometimes I feel I've...

Dangerous Wednesday

$ · October 4, 2023

Blondie, 10/4/23 Look, I'm not going to say that this guy is a spitting image rendition of Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh in No Country For Old Men, but his...

Tuesday quickies

$ · October 3, 2023

Mary Worth, 10/3/23 "I believe otherwise and, I can paint a fuller picture for you"? This isn't an episode of Columbo, just say you got his address from...

He still likes the Mets, though, right? That seems very important to his character

$ · October 2, 2023

Mary Worth, 10/2/23 Do you think Mary aggressively pesters new Charterstone residents to accept her casserole-based hospitality because she wants them to...

Honestly hoping it's just a slightly smaller version of Keith

$ · October 1, 2023

Mary Worth, 10/1/23 OK, I had a whole thing ready to go here about how the Sunday strips represent Mary's self-aggrandizing memories/interpretations of...

Mostly criminal Saturday

$ · September 30, 2023

Hagar the Horrible, 9/30/23 I think it's very interesting that Hagar is ostentatiously drinking from a golden chalice in this strip. He and his warband have...

Metapost: Are you ready for COTW? [dance beats kick in]

$ · September 29, 2023

Get ready to party all weekend with the comment of the week! "The key to success in crime, Rene thought, is finding people dumb enough not to file kidnapping...