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...
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...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...
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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...
Mostly sullen teen edition
Dustin, 4/17/25 Really loving Dustin's facial expression in the second panel here. "Ah," he's thinking, "he doesn't love her either. He may hate her as much...
Journeys through time
Archie, 4/16/25 I can't even keep track anymore of when these Archie reruns originated, and whether the coloring actually dates from that era or was added in...
Several historical deep dives
Blondie, 4/15/25 When I read today's Blondie, I had one immediate and overwhelming thought: isn't Dagwood's beloved living room chair blue, rather than the...
Milky Monday
Gil Thorp, 4/14/24 Look, my mission is as always to read the comics so you don't have to, but sometimes with the continuity strips you really do need to read...
Soapy Sunday
Rex Morgan, M.D., 4/13/25 Oh, a thing I forgot to tell you about that happened in Rex Morgan, M.D., is that Summer managed to track down other people her...
Death, doom, etc.
Mary Worth, 4/12/25 Welp, looks like Dawn's about to die in agony after drinking a powerful drain cleaner ... and that's the tea, sis! Ha ha, get it, because...
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This week: The comment of the week: Right here: Right now: "What sells this is the final panel. Remember, Dustin's equally-terrible-but-in-a-different-way...
Watch where you're pointing that thing, narration box
Rex Morgan, M.D., 4/11/25 WHO IS THIS MAN, AND WHY IS HE IN THE CROWD? I dunno. Probably he's the person who was responsible for the stalker guy dying...