USA! USA! USA!

$ · July 4, 2023

Mary Worth, 7/4/23 Greetings, fellow Americans! Hopefully you are spending today watching fireworks and patriotically contemplating's our nation's successful...

Monday one-panels

$ · July 3, 2023

Six Chix, 7/3/23 I like this one! I like this one because it implies either that crabs are the undersea equivalent of Americans, or that in the far future,...

What did Kate do to deserve any of this

$ · July 2, 2023

Dennis the Menace, 7/2/23 We don't talk very much about what a truly sad place Mr. Wilson has been brought to by the unending irritations and indignities...

"The Lockhorns" would actually be a pretty funny name for an improv team

$ · July 1, 2023

The Lockhorns, 7/1/23 Ahh, another entry in the "Lockhorns are millennials” files: Yes, Leroy got up to 301 at UCB, yes he absolutely was that guy who...

Metapost: June2July COTW

$ · June 30, 2023

Last day of the month, last day of the week ... and it's time for your top comment! "'Seriously, brat is an obscenity, right? Like it's really really dirty?'...

Dawg is using his body to heroically protect the Safe Space for the Ladies

$ · June 30, 2023

Blondie, 6/30/23 The idea of being put in a situation where you respond to someone awkwardly in the moment and dwell on it later is of course relatable. I...

The twins are not cut-and-paste copies, I'm honestly impressed

$ · June 29, 2023

Six Chix, 6/29/23 The verb scoff, dictionaries will tell you, means to speak derisively about someone or something, or treat them with scorn, and that's how...

If I thought I was going to have to do some running, I would not have left the house wearing a suit jacket and bow tie

$ · June 28, 2023

Hi and Lois, 6/28/23 The word “organ” in English originally referred to the musical instrument, and the process by which its sense drifted so that it came to...

Tuesday quickies

$ · June 27, 2023

Gil Thorp, 6/27/23 Oh wow, it looks like the WOKE FCC won’t let America’s millions of high school sports fans hear fraught language or see a father-son...

Ha ha, Marvin likes cookies, you see

$ · June 26, 2023

Marvin, 6/26/23 “Because you said it in front of him in English, a language he absolutely speaks and understands! Yeah, I know, he’s a baby, or maybe a...

Sunday hopes and dreams and horror

$ · June 25, 2023

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 6/25/23 Wait, what exactly is Snuffy buying that tool for? It's definitely not to do any useful or productive repair work, I...

The bird will be fine, kids. Please do not disturb Mr. Thurston's "nap"

$ · June 24, 2023

Dustin, 6/24/23 Being a diagnosable Twitter addict, like I am, is not particularly rewarding, but it does provide you with a few fairly useless special...

Metapost: Summertime ... and the COTWing is easy

$ · June 23, 2023

Hope you’re all enjoying your June as much as I know you’ll enjoy this week’s comment of the week! "From inside the burlap sack, Jones listened carefully. It...

Remember when Niki used to be cool? Kelly clearly doesn't, because she's still fighting for this relationship

$ · June 23, 2023

Rex Morgan, M.D., 6/23/23 So it seems that Niki is going to turn down the college scholarship he earned by helping Rex recapture some escaped prisoners,...

Genuinely curious as to what percentage of normal people can ID characters from "Pickles"

$ · June 22, 2023

Blondie, 6/22/23 Let's put aside, for the moment, the fact we're dealing with three famous (?) comics couples here. What are the circumstances under which...

Also, I am reasonably sure you could top that one

$ · June 21, 2023

Shoe, 6/21/23 Here's a little free hint for comic strip writers everywhere: if you come up with a line of dialogue and you think, "Well, I can't top that...

Caged lukewarmth

$ · June 20, 2023

Gil Thorp, 6/20/23 Some years back, the state of Maryland renamed the government agency in charge of courts, detention facilities, and parole supervision for...

They're signed "sincerely," how mean-spirited could they be

$ · June 19, 2023

Slylock Fox, 6/19/23 There was a truly incredible report a few months ago that featured extensive quotes from Taliban fighters who, after spending two...

Genuinely curious as to what percentage of normal people can ID characters from "Pickles"

$ · June 18, 2023

Panel from Slylock Fox, 6/18/23 This image is, quite frankly, one of the most horrifying that Slylock Fox has presented me with in all my years of reading...

More like Saint BEEFer amiright

$ · June 17, 2023

Pardon My Planet, 6/17/23 Look, I am not a vegetarian (anyone who’s met me IRL will have a good chortle at me having to preface anything with this), but if...

It doesn't look THAT destroyed to be hones

$ · June 16, 2023

Dick Tracy, 6/16/23 Dick Tracy is, indeed, a rich tapestry: one of its supporting characters, Diet Smith, is a wealthy scientist whose inventions have...

Just shovel the poop overboard, man. Problem solved

$ · June 15, 2023

Judge Parker, 6/15/23 Sorry you're a coward, Sophie, but I actually would've liked to have seen the process by which Abbey decided to "get back out there" on...

Soaptastic Wednesday

$ · June 14, 2023

Mary Worth, 6/14/23 Look, I know I have to tread delicately here, because organized dog fighting is very real and very awful. But since this is Mary Worth...

Varying types of Dennis-free menacing

$ · June 13, 2023

Hagar the Horrible, 6/13/23 Look, it’s fun when I do jokes about how Hagar the Horrible, as a Viking warrior chieftain, would realistically be responsible...

True tales of Josh life (plus some comics quickies)

$ · June 12, 2023

Pearls Before Swine, 6/10/23 I’m taking a slight break from my usual routine here to relay a personal anecdote. On Saturday, I went to a showing of The...

The latest Newsweek hasn't arrived yet but she'll keep Saul updated on what it says

$ · June 11, 2023

Mary Worth, 6/11/23 Yes, blah blah, Saul breaks down sobbing because his beloved Greta has become bait for for fighting dogs (DO NOT WORRY, THERE IS ZERO...

Good news and bad news

$ · June 10, 2023

Mary Worth, 6/10/23 Look, I am a huge animal lover. My wife and I have two cats that we dote on and spend a probably unreasonable amount of time thinking and...

Metapost: Comedy toooNIGHT (plus COTW)

$ · June 9, 2023

That’s right folks: it’s the 2nd Friday of the month, and you know what that means: LIVE ON-STAGE COMEDY IN LOS ANGELES, FROM YOURS TRULY! Here is the...

Friday is time for me to educate you about CINEMA

$ · June 9, 2023

Dustin, 6/9/23 Under The Skin is a truly great and unsettlingly weird movie that is, probably, about an alien who’s been sent to Earth to capture and harvest...

Dog dads and ward grads

$ · June 8, 2023

Mary Worth, 6/8/23 Looks like Santa Royale Action News has gotten wind of the van-based dognapping gang haunting the region, and thank goodness they're...

Wednesday is for weird office stuff

$ · June 7, 2023

Dustin, 6/7/23 I would hesitate to ever say you have to hand it to the syndicated comic strip Dustin, but you do have to hand it to the syndicated comic...

The Perfersser usually wears a shirt and no pants, but at the gym he reverses it I guess

$ · June 6, 2023

Pluggers and Shoe, 6/6/23 How are the various human-animal hybrid monstrosities of the Jeff MacNelly Extended Universe grappling with the concept of the...

Suburban disquiet

$ · June 5, 2023

Mary Worth, 6/5/23 Haha, remember how when Saul Wynter was first introduced to this strip, Toby made a big show of not liking him, and when his original,...

People on the phone can't tell you're barefoot, true story

$ · June 4, 2023

Dennis the Menace, 6/4/23 Part of my whole shtick on this blog is making fun of comics that just do the same jokes over and over, which itself has become...

No, it's a real scam. If a scam was "phoney," it would be a legitimate business offer

$ · June 3, 2023

Gil Thorp, 6/3/23 Keri, I'm not really sure that you need preternatural powers of empathy to "sense of jealousy" from a guy whose dad is lavishing so much...

Metapost: It's comedy ... it's comments of the week ... it's BOTH

$ · June 2, 2023

That’s right folks: next Friday is the 2nd Friday of the month, and you know what that means: LIVE ON-STAGE COMEDY IN LOS ANGELES, FROM YOURS TRULY! Here is...

Adventures in time

$ · June 2, 2023

Family Circus, 6/2/23 Nextdoor, the social network that's like Facebook except instead of people who you actually like or at least know it's full of people...

Yet more youths

$ · June 1, 2023

Rex Morgan, M.D., 6/1/23 Many, many years ago, God, so many years ago, what have I done with my life, is this all there is … wait, what was I talking about?...

That chicken is ready to do some karate chops

$ · May 31, 2023

Beetle Bailey, 5/31/23 The whole “Beetle and Miss Buxley are dating” bit is a recent development in this strip and I’m on the record as strongly opposed to...

Mostly teen Tuesday

$ · May 30, 2023

Gil Thorp, 5/30/23 One of the things I’ve always respected about baseball (the men’s version) is that, as with all sports, sometimes a level of disrespect is...

Spiritual Monday

$ · May 29, 2023

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 5/29/23 You might think that the inhabitants of Hootin’ Holler would object to the fact their only clergyman is a grifter and...

Unfortunately, heaven is other people too

$ · May 28, 2023

Family Circus, 5/28/23 The Good Place was a great philosophical afterlife sitcom, and in its later seasons you learn that the titular Good Place (its...

Soapy dullness

$ · May 27, 2023

Judge Parker, 5/27/23 Oh, can’t remember if I mentioned that the CIA let April out of prison, but: the CIA let April out of prison, presumably because they...

Metapost: Long weekend COTW

$ · May 26, 2023

Whether you have Monday off or you’ll be working hard on Saturday and Sunday, let today’s comment of the week lift you up: "Harwoods! Just checking to see if...

Please do not mistake me for a snob, I love a starch

$ · May 26, 2023

Shoe, 5/26/23 I know that restaurants generically calling side dishes like potatoes or rice or whatever “starches” was a thing at one point, but is it still...

Mostly baseball

$ · May 25, 2023

Shoe, 5/25/23 I'm not sure if we's supposed to understand here that Skyler is literally running away from home (if he is, he's violating the cardinal rule...

Trixie will be rendered using what critics are calling "the most unsettling CGI yet"

$ · May 24, 2023

Six Chix, 5/24/23 Six Chix is a long-running feature that dares to ask the question, “What if women wrote a comic strip? What would we learn about the female...

How many dead Houndstooths (Houndsteeth?) are there exactly

$ · May 23, 2023

Mary Worth, 5/23/23 We don't know a ton about Saul's past, but we do know that he was forced by his family to abandon his true love and enter into some kind...

Soapy catch-ups

$ · May 22, 2023

Gil Thorp, 5/22/23 Oh, were you wondering if the Great Vape Caper was still underway and still funding the Milford Athletic Department and/or the lifestyles...

Sunday is for old people

$ · May 21, 2023

Rex Morgan, M.D., 5/21/23 We all know that newspaper comics in general and newspaper soap opera comics in particular are being kept alive by a readership...