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The day of the superb owl
$ · February 12, 2023
Rex Morgan, M.D., 2/12/23 You guys know I dearly miss the days when Sarah was a weird precocious adult-child, back before before she got hit by a car and it...
"By his near-death" is an interesting way to put it
$ · February 11, 2023
Dustin, 2/11/23 Dustin’s scrunched up face of glee in the final panel is honestly one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen. “Oh, man, my dad is really being...
Get his ass, Coach Kim
$ · February 10, 2023
Gil Thorp, 2/10/23 Huh, so I guess while Coach Martinez reigns supreme in football, in basketball he must answer to “Coach Kim,” who I assume is delivering...
Thursday quickies
$ · February 9, 2023
Between Friends, 2/9/23 Between Friends is a strip that takes place in Canada, and mostly you don’t have to know or care about this, but every once in a...
Is a head assistant coach above or below an assistant head coach
$ · February 8, 2023
Gil Thorp, 2/8/23 Oh, hey, remember Emmett Tays, the former Milford football player who presented Gil with his major award and told a fun story about how he...
His humiliation sense is tingling
$ · February 7, 2023
Crock, 2/7/22 Wow, first there’s a good joke in Crock, and now there’s a Crock that does a decent job of showing the mania of self-delusion that overcomes a...
Mostly one panels
$ · February 6, 2023
The Lockhorns, 2/6/23 A thing I like about The Lockhorns is that it’s a comic about a marriage that has spiraled into truly dark territory, but most of the...
Letting loose on the freakin' weekend
$ · February 5, 2023
Mary Worth, 2/5/23 Because Estelle simply can’t get enough of public amateur musicianship, she invited Ed on their date to a “piano bar,” which in the...
Weekend confessions
$ · February 4, 2023
Crock, 2/4/23 My attitude towards most of the comics on this site range from “I make fun of this because I love it” to “I make fun of this but I grudgingly...
Metapost: Top weekly comments (on the internet) and top monthly internet jokes (on stage)
$ · February 3, 2023
Folks! Your comment of the week in a moment, but first: If you’re in LA on February 10, you can get some more laffs from me, live and in person! That’s...
Wearing a beret and striped shirt and hitting people with a baguette would be a good wresting gimmick, to be honest
$ · February 3, 2023
Gil Thorp, 2/3/23 My favorite thing about new-look Gil Thorp is that Gil now has a coaching enemy in Luke Martinez. Previously, all Gil's animus was reserved...
Eternal winter would be good for ratings
$ · February 2, 2023
Judge Parker, 2/2/23 Look, sometimes I have to give you a long, convoluted explanation of what’s been going on in Judge Parker in order to talk about what’s...
Wednesday is for getting somewhat confrontational with the comics
$ · February 1, 2023
Beetle Bailey, 2/1/23 Is the Comic Sans font trademarked in some way? Maybe it is, and maybe it isn’t, but the important thing is that writing an email to...
Tuesday soapers
$ · January 31, 2023
Rex Morgan, M.D., 1/31/23 I suppose this little kid already knows about the car accident, but it would be extremely funny if this were June trying to deliver...
"I came up with the idea!" [pointed silence and failure to respond]
January 30, 2023
Judge Parker, 1/30/23 JUDGE PARKER PLOT RECAP SPEEDRUN: The Spencer-Drivers were all gathered at Abby’s compound contemplating their next move vis-a-vis the...
Gasoline Alley is a state of mind, really
$ · January 29, 2023
Dennis the Menace, 1/29/23 True story: when I saw today’s Dennis the Menace title panel, my immediate thought was “Ha ha, surely this isn’t lovable scamp...
He looks very cozy on his little cot
$ · January 28, 2023
Dick Tracy, 1/28/23 I don’t know why, but I find Art Dekko’s statement that, while he’s hiding from possible spear gun murder, he’ll “have food delivered and...
Metapost: Podacasts, and comments, of the week
$ · January 27, 2023
Your COTW coming in a moment, but first ... have you ever dreamed of hearing my voice making jokes on some sort of broadcast for your iPod? Well, I was a...
One-panel Friday
$ · January 27, 2023
Family Circus, 1/27/23 One thing that’s always pleasant in reading a longstanding feature like the Family Circus is a sense of real surprise! Normally, for...
At least he's managed to keep Odin alive ... for now
$ · January 26, 2023
Mary Worth, 1/26/23 "They get along with each other and with everyone! Well, I guess Libby doesn't get along with Wilbur, because she deliberately pissed on...
Dagwood has never bought a bird in his life, what's the story there
$ · January 25, 2023
Blondie, 1/25/22 OK, a cat wedding isn't that wacky -- like maybe it's in the top 20 percent of wacky things that might conceivably happen to a caterer --...
Arthur was at least a sweet talker
$ · January 24, 2023
Mary Worth, 1/24/23 You might remember that a bit over a year ago, Estelle, owner of two pets – a cat who defeated Wilbur in a piss fight and a dog that...
Even I'm not dorky enough to know if any of this MtG lingo is accurate
$ · January 23, 2023
Gil Thorp, 1/23/23 Maybe I’m going to get pushback for this by people who are and/or know actual teens, but my take on vaping, setting aside for the moment...
Frogs! Science! Socrates! All the things kids like
$ · January 22, 2023
Dennis the Menace, 1/22/23 One of the biggest transformations in American life over the last generation is that children – including ones who are...
Somewhat sexy Saturday
$ · January 21, 2023
Gasoline Alley, 1/21/23 Does anyone put a lot of energy into predicting how Gasoline Alley plots will get resolved? Like, no one does, right? Not even me?...
Metapost: COTWastic
$ · January 20, 2023
It's Friday, folks, and that means it's time for YOUR ... comment of the week! "I can't believe they bailed on alliterative fruity vape flavors after one....
OPERATION: VAPECRIME
$ · January 20, 2023
Gil Thorp, 1/20/23 So earlier this week, two Mudlarks were griping that they’d never raise enough money to save the athletics department with their typical...
"Like this beatnik here, I know you really hate beatniks"
$ · January 19, 2023
Dick Tracy, 1/19/23 Hey, remember “Wunbrow,” Dick Tracy’s pal with only one [eye]brow? He showed up in 1958 as a Tracy ally and agent of Batista’s...
Flathead and the Mullet, coming this fall to CBS
$ · January 18, 2023
Gil Thorp, 1/18/23 You might not know it based on his lackluster coaching record, but Gil is capable of shrewdly planning ahead. He’s facing an abrupt firing...
There's no escape, Mary -- no escape
$ · January 17, 2023
Family Circus, 1/17/23 I'm really loving the body language in today's panel. Jeffy clearly didn't just mouth off at random; rather, he made a deliberate...
Into the past and/or future
$ · January 16, 2023
Crankshaft, 1/16/23 Now that Funky Winkerbean has vanished into the future, you may be wondering what happened to the Crankshaft zone of the Funkyverse, left...
VAP!, the normal sound effect we all know and love
$ · January 15, 2023
Shoe, 1/15/23 Sometimes when you have a longrunning media franchise like the syndicated newspaper comic strip Shoe, you have to occasionally recapitulate the...
Saturday quickies
$ · January 14, 2023
Dennis the Menace, 1/14/22 Look, Alice, if you don’t want your giant jar of evil black goo spilled out all over the floor, unleashing an ancient demonic...
Metapost: Comedic pluggery plus COTW
$ · January 13, 2023
Folks! Your comment of the week in a moment, but first: If you're in LA on January 13, you can get some more laffs from me, live and in person! That's...
For better or for worse, or at least for a while
$ · January 13, 2023
Mary Worth, 1/13/23 Iris and Zak just had a church wedding, but it’s never been entirely clear what their religious/spiritual deal is. Zak in particular...
Wilbur's no plugger -- his dreams are too big
$ · January 12, 2023
Mary Worth, 1/12/23 Are we all disappointed that Wilbur didn’t somehow make a spectacle of himself at Iris’s wedding? Yes, of course. But today we at least...
Should be Elviney and Elvoutey in my opinion
$ · January 11, 2023
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 1/11/23 Look, I get it, if you were in charge of a century-old comics property about hillbillies, you’d have the urge to add...
Tuesday is for desperation
$ · January 10, 2023
Gil Thorp, 1/10/23 Sorry, kids! Gil has a new commitment to winning and he doesn’t have time for mere gossip like “checking in on each other’s well being” or...
Sad dads
$ · January 9, 2023
Dustin, 1/9/23 Dustin is still doing the “Dustin’s dad wants to do pole vaulting” “plot,” for a second week, which I’m reasonably sure is the longest I’ve...
Every old person I know is obsessed with the weather, this doesn't add up
$ · January 8, 2023
Dick Tracy, 1/8/23 The current Dick Tracy plot takes a look at the age old battle between labor (the master forger who made a fake Da Vinci based on some...
Wilbur combed his combover extra over for this occasion
$ · January 7, 2023
Dustin, 1/7/22 This whole week in Dustin has been about how Dustin’s dad wants to relive his high school glory days as a pole vaulter, and his wife is just...
Metapost: New year, new COTW
$ · January 6, 2023
Folks! Your comment of the week in a moment, but first: If you're in LA on January 13, you can get some more laffs from me, live and in person! That's...
Gil's wearing a suit because he has to go to court later
$ · January 6, 2023
Gil Thorp, 1/6/23 It saddens me that Marty Moon, Gil’s oldest frenemy, feels like he needs to introduce himself here. Presumably he’s doing it not for Gil’s...
Not-so-innocent youth
$ · January 5, 2023
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 1/5/23 Oh, man, look at the shift on Jughaid's face between panels here. His relationship with Mary Beth is generally of the...
Mostly facial expressions
$ · January 4, 2023
Blondie, 1/4/23 There are, I think I don't have to tell you, a number of subtle ways in which the syndicated comic strip Blondie reinforces the patriarchy....
Weird world-building
$ · January 3, 2023
FOLKS, I neglected in yesterday’s return post to promote the big event of Comics Award Season: The Fifteenth (!) Annual Worthy Awards, in which faithful...
WELCOME BACK (to the post-<i>Funky Winkerbean</i> hellscape)
$ · January 2, 2023
Funky Winkerbean, 12/25/22 FOLKS!!!! I'm back from my winter travel and ready to get back into the swing of 2023 comics blogging! Usually my first post back...
HO HO HO! I'M OUTTA HERE SUCKERS
$ · December 23, 2022
Folks, it’s that time of year again: time for me to get the hell out of dodge and gently put this blog to sleep for a couple of weeks for its...
Les's head, still smirking, will be left on the altar
$ · December 22, 2022
Rex Morgan, M.D., 12/22/22 So Rex Morgan is trying to do a thing where they're aging up the kids a bit, and ... look, as a non-kid-haver, I'm just going to...
https://joshreads.com/2022/12/we-still-havent-gotten-a-milford-bonfire-maybe-it-will-be-a-funeral-pyre-for-their-hopes-and-dreams/
$ · December 21, 2022
Between Friends, 12/21/22 So Monday and Tuesday’s Between Friends were about one of the families in the Between Friends gang watching the Twilight saga,...
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