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Premium post · November 26, 2025
Crock, 11/26/25 So, how old were you when you learned that "stuffing" an animal actually meant that you strip its skin off and fit it over an animal-shaped...
Toby doesn't care about Sunny's criminal past ... she's so open-minded
Premium post · November 25, 2025
Dick Tracy, 11/25/25 Ah, man, remember the Dick Tracy vampire car storyline from 2016? It was a fun one, and I personally would follow the principle of...
Monday fast takes
Premium post · November 24, 2025
Dick Tracy, 11/24/25 "Can't believe this clown would rather cut people's brake lines for money instead of building elaborate funny cars for the mafia. Nobody...
Josh asks: How DARE you
Premium post · November 23, 2025
Blondie, 11/23/25 Two very important details here. One, Dagwood has his handkerchief out and at the ready when he knocks on Herb's door. He's already on the...
Norwegian! Would?
Premium post · November 22, 2025
Judge Parker, 11/22/25 A few months ago Sophie and Reena experienced a certain amount of panic and anxiety in the wake of witnessing an April-involved spy...
Metapost: COTW ASAP
Premium post · November 21, 2025
Real quick: it's comment of the week time! "Steve, I accidentally ordered too many birdcages. Try to upsell any customer who comes in to buy bird food....
He's already named "Ozob," how many clown aliases does one guy need
Premium post · November 21, 2025
Dick Tracy, 11/21/25 Look, I don't like to speak ill of the dead, and I'm not going to say I'm glad that Sheriff Somners plummeted to his death off that...
Ceci n'est pas une course automobile
Premium post · November 20, 2025
Gearhead Gertie, 11/20/25 Gearhead Gertie's loved ones are trying to break through her epistemological bubble that only allows her to think about NASCAR...
Mmm ... quality pellet food
Premium post · November 19, 2025
Intelligent Life, 11/19/25 For my sins, I have come to be able to recognize the various recurring characters in Intelligent Life, even if I often forget...
There was a 6-7 meme joke in "Pluggers" today, go look it up if you dare, I refuse to deal with it
Premium post · November 18, 2025
Hi and Lois, 11/18/25 Sorry, Lois. The latest Gen Alpha trend is eldermaxxing. Kids are putting on their grandpa's clothes, and they're so young they don't...
Don't even think we need to get into why this bird-lady did it, we can all guess
Premium post · November 17, 2025
Shoe, 11/17/25 I was about to get really mad and go on a diatribe about how graves are famously clearly labelled with both the occupant's name and date of...
It's not the clam's fault it's very quiet
Premium post · November 16, 2025
Panel from Slylock Fox, 11/16/25 Poor Slick Smitty. He thought he had found a way to beat Slylock at his own game by not technically lying as part of his...
Being cool is not a SIN, Dennis
Premium post · November 15, 2025
Pardon My Planet, 11/15/25 Truly, this is a dark vision of an alternate timeline where the British won the American War of Independence and brought Patrick...
Metapost: Gonna comment all up in your week, baby
Premium post · November 14, 2025
Yeah, man! It's the COTW! And it goes a little something ... like this! "It's been obvious for a while that these two aren't humans exactly, but today...
Yes, Crock's middle initial is "P", I don't care for it but there it is
Premium post · November 14, 2025
Pluggers, 11/14/25 I have to admit that I'm intrigued by the "come out here" formulation. This isn't a plugger who has walked into the living room and...
You can fly, man. Why even bother running. Makes no sense
Premium post · November 13, 2025
Shoe, 11/13/25 "Plus I forgot we live in a tree! Like where am I even supposed to go? The end of that branch is maybe fifteen feet away, tops!" Garfield,...
Streaming doesn't count, people on streaming shows don't have souls
Premium post · November 12, 2025
Dick Tracy, 11/12/25 New Dick Tracy storyline, everybody! This one involves (a) a guy named "Rojo Ozob," and (b) a sheriff who accidentally drove over a...
Josh has some second thoughts
Premium post · November 11, 2025
Family Circus, 11/11/25 One of my favorite unintentional running Family Circus bits is when panels drawn decades ago that depict the Keane Kids in a car have...
I think coffee tastes great, that's why I put so much cream and sugar in it
Premium post · November 10, 2025
Shoe, 11/10/25 "48 years" is relevant here because that's how long Shoe has been syndicated. Shoe, dimly aware of the contours of his universe, knows that...
Please do not peck my eyes out, bird lovers, you are valid
Premium post · November 9, 2025
Crock, 11/9/25 Now, obviously part of the whole deal of Crock is that it takes what's objectively a pretty grim situation -- a remote outpost of an army...
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