I guess that's why they call them the funnies
Dennis the Menace, 5/4/25 OK, obviously I was going to object that "Sunday school was awesome today!" is possibly the least menacing thing Dennis has ever...
Spooky scary
Six Chix and Blondie, 5/3/25 We have I think pretty conclusively established that the Blondie team mines National Day Calendar dot com when they need an...
Metapost: May flowers, COTW, and so forth
Behold, your top comment ... of the week! "If you're the kind of snobby high-brow whose idea of art is a framed square of neon pink, you deserve to be torn...
True romance
Rex Morgan, M.D., 5/2/25 OK, call me a hopeless romantic, or maybe a drama queen, but I found myself simply unable to give two hoots about Summer's...
Finding Archie irritating is relatable, I guess
Gearhead Gertie, 5/1/25 When you have a main character with a strong and deranged point of view, like Gertie in Gearhead Gertie, the question arises: are we...
Ambivalent feelings about a man in uniform
Shoe, 4/30/25 I dunno, the genuinely freaked out expression on this guy's face, plus the fact that he's wearing makeshift combat gear, including an outdated...
She was already wearing the color-coordinated tank top and headband, don't need to get ready if you stay ready
Family Circus, 4/29/25 Look, we all make fun of the crania of the various Family Circus children. "Melonheads," we call them, and it's become enough of a...
Unnecessarily erudite Monday
Daddy Daze, 4/28/25 One of my favorite little linguistic quirks is the existence of true homonyms: when two separate words with different meanings and...
Teen-ish girl Sunday
Dustin, 4/27/25 You might recall last week when Dustin was, if not concerned about his parents' increasingly obvious marital dysfunction and mutual...
How sharper than a serpent's tooth
Dennis the Menace, 4/26/25 Obviously my "is this menacing or not" bit is done mostly in jest, but I genuinely think this is menacing behavior. Making...
Metapost: comments comments comment comments COMMENTS
...of the WEEK, here it is, y'all "If that tire trick actually works, which is doubtful, maybe Slylock should use it to liberate the chest full of gold...
Friday gripes
Shoe, 4/25/25 I am almost certainly overthinking this, but as a highly skilled and well-compensated comics blogger it's my job to overthink it, so: why, and...
Ditto, are the only jobs you know about baseball-related
Hi and Lois, 4/24/25 I love that Hi has absolute faith that Ditto, despite not having shown any great baseball prowess in this strip to date, will eventually...
From the mouths of babes
Dennis the Menace, 4/23/25 Dennis, while you're distracting your father with these inane questions, Mr. Wilson has gotten the jump on him: look at him, he's...
Mostly soapy Tuesday
Judge Parker, 4/22/25 Wow, Sophie, remember when one of your friends got mildly kidnapped back when you were a tween, and you got all revved up about the...
Monday is for troubling revelations
Rex Morgan, M.D., 4/21/25 It's Monday, y'all! Monday, the beginning of a new week in the soaps, with promises of exciting setups playing out over the next...
He is risen, and is demanding chocolate
Blondie and Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 4/20/25 No one person can know the totality of human cultural practice, of course, even within their own country,...
Sad Saturday quickies
Herb and Jamaal, 4/19/25 I wonder if Jamaal knows that Rev. Croom, who to all appearances is just over there quietly enjoying his coffee, is actually musing...
Metapost: Delicious, nutritious COTW
This week's comment of the week ... it's good for what ails ya: "Good to see an appearance by Johnny Dollar, the man with action-packed expense account."...
Not taking questions on which "biz" I'm talking about
Rex Morgan, M.D., 4/18/25 The chronology of this Rex Morgan storyline flashback has now looped back around to the point where the beat cop who's been...