I always cry at endings
Gil Thorp, 9/29/24 As Uncle Lumpy noted last week, longtime Gil Thorp artist Rod Whigham is retiring from the strip, with today being his last entry. I've...
Metapost: New comment of the week, at long last!
Shoutout to --2+2=7's long reign at the top, but after my vacation respite, it's finally time to crown a new COTW: "I just realized that I have no idea what...
You don't want to know what a pain it is to get that giant button through the hole
Shoe, 9/27/24 I guess if all you want to get out of the daily comics is to briefly linger on each little joke and then move on to the next one, you might be...
The menace and the menaced
Dennis the Menace, 9/26/24 Here, in no particular order, is a list of possible menacing reasons why Dennis is wearing street clothes in this exchange when...
They don't have file cabinets on the Moon, they all use computers up there
Beetle Bailey, 9/25/24 Once upon a time, your average newspaper reader looked forward to the middle of the week with eager anticipation. That's because they...
Notice how far away Henry is standing. He wants no part of this
Dennis the Menace, 9/24/24 Despite being a resident of California for more than a decade, I'm not a woo-woo person who talks about a situation's "energy"...
Sad, unsettling Monday
Pluggers, 9/23/24 An oft-noted source of malaise in American life is a rise of loneliness, as "third spaces" -- places where people socialize that aren't...
TRIUMPHANT RETURN COMICS
Hello everyone! I am back from my vacation! Did you miss me? Did you realize you liked Uncle Lumpy better? Did you not even notice any changes? Feel free to...
Mostly gripes
Daddy Daze, 9/21/24 How it started. Blondie, 9/21/24 How it's going. Archie, 9/21/24 Veronica tries a little too hard to sell Archie's lame observation—not...
What happened to Ol' Bessie, that's the real story here
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 9/20/24 Oh no! In this rustic retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk, Jughaid traded Ol' Bessie for a handful of beans. The...
Menace decay, and not Dennis this time
Curtis, 9/19/24 Derrick and Onion are canonically the bullies in Curtis, but their game has been slipping steadily for a long time. Way back in '06 they were...
Pity party
Arctic Circle, 9/18/24 This strip has been fixated on environmental catastrophe so long it's jarring to see it suddenly switch gears. Or has it? After all,...
Search-engine pessimization
Six Chix, 9/17/24 An image search for "batman cat images" yielded mostly AI, fanart, and creepy photos of pets in Halloween costumes. So I'm guessing the...
Shorties
Six Chix, 9/16/24 Hey lady, if you want to shut down all the chit-chat, repeat after me: "I'm a Cross‑Fit vegan; let me tell you about my fur‑babies!" On the...
World of Animals VII
"Well helloooooo, ladies! … and gents!" "Welcome back to World of Animals, an occasional feature—I'm your beloved host, Carl. My how the time does fly; let's...
More Les, more or less
Heathcliff, 9/14/24 One of the hazards of the Backup Comics Blogger business is that you start musing about the interior lives of comic strip characters. To...
When you call me, you can call me AI
Click the banner to contribute by PayPal, or here for other options. Oh my gosh it's the last day of the Comics Curmudgeon fall fundraiser! Hurry! Phantom,...
No one will be seated during the thrilling "Parker sits" sequence, except of course Truck
Click the banner to contribute by PayPal, or here for other options. Please support the Comics Curmudgeon with a generous contribution! Gearhead Gertie,...
The horror! The horror!
Click the banner to contribute by PayPal, or here for other options. Your generous contribution supports the Comics Curmudgeon in its third decade!...
Hey Truck, is that Lisa's bench you're monopolizing?
Click the banner to contribute by PayPal, or here for other options. Celebrate two decades of quality comics mockery with a generous contribution! Blondie,...