Sunday is for bird crimes
Shoe, 1/11/26 Did, uh, did you know that "naked running" means running without music? I myself did not, and I can't find much evidence that this is a phrase...
Mostly snowy one-panels
Six Chix, 1/10/26 You ever wonder why bad things happen to you? It's probably because someone with interests different from yours prayed to God, and He said,...
Metapost: #1 COTW o' 2026
It's your first comment of the week of the year! The calendar changes but our storied Friday traditions do not: "It's the ultra-modern version of 'The Gift...
A marriage plot
Gil Thorp, 1/9/26 Oh, you thought Gil got engaged because he was "in love" or "haunted by the specter of his mortality and eager to recapture a fleeting...
Thursday one-panels
Wizard of Id, 1/8/26 The syndicated newspaper comics are, among other things, your #1 source for gender stereotypes so out of date that everyone has pretty...
HOT TIP: You don't have to sign a prenup if the guy you ask to conduct your wedding isn't a real minister
Pluggers, 1/7/26 Pluggers has been doing a string of "Classic Pluggers winter fun!" panels this week, and while most of them have in fact been mildly fun, at...
A little Rex goes a long way, that's all I'm saying
Mary Worth, 1/6/26 OK, sorry, I do not buy that dour Scot Ian Cameron is someone whose heart is cheered by the presence of Christmas decorations, and anyway...
Domestic intranquillity
Marvin, 1/5/26 Man, women, amiright? The nerve of them preparing frozen food instead of a fresh, home-cooked meal! It's almost enough to get you to put down...
2026 TRIUMPHANT RETURN COMICS: MAN/WOMAN AND CAT/BIRD LOVE
Mary Worth, 12/25/25 Why hello, faithful readers! Did you have an enjoyable holiday? Did you spend Christmas Day with your "friends," or exactly one friend,...
Merry Parrotmas to all! And to all a Sunny night!
Mary Worth, 12/24/25 As is my tradition, I will be knocking off for the holiday week and will return to blogging at some point in the new year, like around...
Unhappy holidays
Rex Morgan, M.D., 12/23/25 Oh, I'm sorry, did you think that Buck Wise would decorate his lawn with a boring, pedestrian "inflatable" of the Grinch or some...
Monday is for the birds
Alice, 12/22/25 One of the distinctive features of Alice comics is the little ... title? caption? ... that goes in the bottom margin. Usually it just sort of...
https://joshreads.com/2025/12/the-disturbing-reason-for-the-season/
Crock, 12/21/25 I kind of like the worldbuilding in today's Crock, which implies that Magi simply spontaneously generate in desert climes, and can be...
![Baby (Jesus/parrots[metaphorical]/, creation of)](https://joshreads.com/images/25/12/i251220hinlois.jpg)
Baby (Jesus/parrots[metaphorical]/, creation of)
Hi and Lois, 12/20/25 Now, if you were an ordinary, casual comics enjoyer, you'd read this strip and think "Ha, it's funny because Hi thinks so little of his...
How is "AXX" pronounced? Feel free to email me MP3s of your guesses
Crock, 12/19/25 The sentence that most bothers me here is "It's me again," implying that we're seeing another installment in a long-running drama between...
Fast cars and fast takes
Dick Tracy, 12/18/25 There was a certain amount of chatter in the comments on the day of Ghost Cat's big reveal, with some people claiming that cat-themed...
Looming holiday cheer
Dennis the Menace, 12/17/25 [when you get caught in the middle of what's very explicitly a mock torture session, like you're literally condemning this...
Ian won the award because he's the only male professor who turned down a sexual advance from a student this year
Mary Worth, 12/16/25 There's a lot of hand-wringing about "grade inflation" at elite universities, which I have for the most part thought is overblown, but,...
Eros/thanatos
Gil Thorp, 12/15/25 It's often unclear to me how old anyone in a comic strip is supposed to be, and Gil Thorp in particular has historically had a quirky...
Not-so-funny animals
Dick Tracy, 12/15/25 For a month now, we've all been like, "Who or what is the Ghost Cat? We've been told he'll appear when needed -- obviously that will be...