One-panels and more
The Lockhorns, 2/12/25 Inexpensive compared to what, Leroy? Eating at a "nice" restaurant? It still is! Eating at home? It never was! No, you've just decided...
Tuesday catchups
Mark Trail, 2/11/25 Oh, sorry I didn't update you on the "Mark helps return a displaced manatee to the sea" storyline, or even [checks archives] tell you...
Blasts from the past
Rex Morgan, M.D., 2/10/25 Even as I age, I stick to one of my core values, which is that nostalgia is, ultimately, a poison, a way to project your discontent...
Tragic Sunday
Mary Worth, 2/9/25 I have not really been talking about this Mary Worth plotline much, because it turns out that seeing a big beefy asshole act in a way...
Indignant Saturday
Blondie, 2/8/25 Man, what's your least favorite part of this deeply unpleasant Dagwood dream sequence? A lot of people are going to say "the glasses on the...
Metapost: Who likes comments? You! You like them! (Hopefully)
Today is the day when I pick the top comment of the week and honor it publicly, and I got your comment of the week ... right here, buddy. "I'd be pondering...
Gloomy scenarios
Beetle Bailey, 2/7/25 Unfortunately, Beetle's little prank happened to fall on the morning when the coalition of America's enemies finally launched their...
Fishy business
Hagar the Horrible, 2/6/25 I think the joke here is supposed to be "Lucky Eddie, who is notoriously soft and weak, is a cat guy," and as a cat guy I'm not...
One-panel quickies
Hagar the Horrible, 2/5/25 Hagar is of course no friend of kings, so obviously this strip, where he appears to be halpertfacing to the reader while hanging...
"Dustin" is in the middle of what seems to be a week-long haircut plot, God help us all
Blondie, 2/4/25 Today is in fact "Thank A Mail Carrier Day," or at least it is according to National Day Calendar Dot Com, and I'm sure that's good enough...
Some gross stuff today, not gonna lie
Crock, 2/3/25 Look, man: if you're going to do a comic about a restaurant where they serve flies instead of fries, I think you can get away with just having...
Barry rightfully refuses to risk his good rep as an editor and participant in the African diaspora wikiproject
The Phantom, 2/2/25 A fun thing about The Phantom (the comic strip) is that it's one of the oldest superhero franchises, and the Phantom (the character)...
Sorry, nothing that goes on in the Bumstead home constitutes a "healthy lifestyle"
Blondie, 2/1/25 You know, this strip originally became a cultural sensation when it was about a dissolute failson who wooed and married a flapper and got...
Metapost: Last comment of the week of the month
Let's send January off with a bang in the form of this week's top comment! "Hi is in sales? He is the dourest sales guy ever. He's the opposite of Alec...
Terrible children (and old people to be fair)
Pluggers, 1/31/25 I actually sleep with a second pillow -- not because it prevents me from falling out of bed, how would that even work, honestly it makes no...
Unpleasant heterosexuality comix
Pardon My Planet, 1/30/25 There's a joke at the core of this panel that is, if not good per se, at least perfectly serviceable -- ha ha, her husband is a...
Grim Wednesday
Between Friends, 1/29/25 Really kind of depressing that in every panel where we see the Blonde Between Friends Friend's face here, her facial expression is...
Simply refuse to believe that Hi Flagston has a satisfying social life. It doesn't add up
Sam and Silo, 1/28/25 You know what would be awkward? If you were a corrupt city official taking kickbacks from a local sporting goods supplier, and one of...
Crime and punishment comix
Slylock Fox, 1/27/25 Now, on the surface, this one is a puzzle. I'm not talking about the actual puzzle in the strip, but the bigger picture: why would this...
Based on how they look and their and sexual chemistry, it should be Luke/Leia honestly
Pluggers, 1/26/25 It's interesting that the caption tells us that "pluggers know when they are ready for an upgrade" when the older dog-man very clearly does...