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$ · August 7, 2022
Beetle Bailey, 8/7/22 Say what you will about Beetle Bailey – and lord knows I’ve said a lot over the years – but it can be extremely comforting in its on-...
The thrill is gone for some but still here for others
$ · August 6, 2022
Shoe, 8/6/22 The original iteration of Shoe was created by Jeff McNelly, a political cartoonist who presumably actually worked in a newsroom, some of the...
She's only doing it to establish Worthy Award eligibility in the Best Floating Head category
$ · August 5, 2022
Dick Tracy, 8/5/22 Oh, I guess I forgot to mention that Marina did end up throwing herself at Detective Tracy, sexually, but don’t worry: his sense of...
WILBUR: ORIGINS
$ · August 4, 2022
OK, fine, it looks like this is "one of those weeks" on this blog -- you know, the kind of week where I just kind of end up talking about Mary Worth every...
Shocking that she went with rhubarb and not bacon, since this strip does the obvious thing 100% of the time
$ · August 3, 2022
Blondie, 8/3/22 I feel like it goes without saying that today’s Blondie is some real sicko shit. Obviously it’s very gross that Blondie made this nightmare...
Soapy Tuesday
$ · August 2, 2022
Mary Worth, 8/2/22 I have to admit that I have no idea how we’re supposed to understand the flow of time in Mary Worth; for instance, early in this Jared-...
At last, someone is finally joining their father and embracing the power of the Dark Side
$ · August 1, 2022
Mary Worth, 8/1/22 Oh hell yes, while Jared is off getting weaksauce advice from Mary, Dawn has decided to instead turn to the #1 relationship expert in her...
Dumb and gross
$ · July 31, 2022
Hi and Lois, 7/31/22 OK, guys, I'm about to go all Pluggers here, but do you (for values of "you" that are as old as I am or older) remember those ads for...
Admonishing Saturday
$ · July 30, 2022
Mary Worth, 7/30/22 It honestly hasn’t been the greatest week for the comics this week, but I absolutely started hooting and hollering when Mary, bristiling...
Metapost: Comedy-plugging COTW
$ · July 29, 2022
FOLKS! This month's Internet Read Aloud is happening in a mere seven days, in the city of Los Angeles, California! Got a fun lineup and the price literally...
He's gonna be disappointed when it's just a showing of the 2006 Aronofsky film
$ · July 29, 2022
Dennis the Menace, 7/29/22 The punchline here is just supposed to be "ha ha Dennis is dumb/a child" but the arrangement of pieces on the board seems to...
I'm a cosmopolitan Coke Zero guy myself
$ · July 28, 2022
Plugger, 7/28/22 I’m just a little too young to have fully participated in Tab Culture, not to brag, but … Tab Culture was all about sophisticated women who...
Wednesday is for epiphanies
$ · July 27, 2022
Blondie, 7/27/22 Man, that is a truly bone-chilling facial expression on Dagwood in the final panel. Not sure if his dream included an extended racing...
A Thorp walks into a bar
$ · July 26, 2022
Gil Thorp, 7/26/22 Wow, sorry, I guess because I'm an effete urban liberal I interpreted yesterday's Gil Thorp scene as a bunch of public school employees...
Soap-ish sadness
$ · July 25, 2022
Judge Parker, 7/25/22 Say, remember a few years ago when Judge Parker Senior ran for mayor on a NIMBY platform to protect Cavelton’s quaint vibes and their...
This shtick isn't cool when the <i>Daddy Daze</i> guy does it, and it definitely isn't cool here, Jared
$ · July 24, 2022
Mary Worth, 7/24/22 I am currently reading The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking), which I highly recommend if you want a more-or-less accessible...
Troubled youth
$ · July 23, 2022
Gasoline Alley, 7/23/22 Despite feeling obliged to read Gasoline Alley every day, I often fail to retain the details of its sprawling cast and their various...
Metapost: Summery COTW
$ · July 22, 2022
As things get hotter and humider, the comments of the week continue and get funnier! "A much worse possibility is that there is no Count Weirdly, just an...
Look at that trophy GLEAM baby
$ · July 22, 2022
Gil Thorp, 7/22/22 Hey guys! Remember when Gil and his wife Mimi had children who appeared in their Christmas cards, but then they slowly faded out of the...
Thursday is for friendship
$ · July 21, 2022
Mary Worth, 7/21/22 A lot of you commentors have interpreted my endless rage against Jared as indicating that I somehow don't think Dawn is a bad girlfriend....
Wednesday is for Josh's mild approval
$ · July 20, 2022
Blondie, 7/20/22 One of my least favorite running bits in this strip is when Dagwood and his work friends enact some elaborate scenario to match up with...
Sexually unpleasant Tuesday
$ · July 19, 2022
Mary Worth, 7/19/22 You know, you hear a lot these days about “reboots” this and “dark and edgy” that, while media properties like Mary Worth that have just...
Cyber-Weirdly 2.0: Cyber-Weirdly Reloaded
$ · July 18, 2022
Slylock Fox, 7/18/22 I honestly have quite a few questions about how realistic these Cyber-Weirdlies are. Like, can they talk? Do they hold up a conversation...
Youth, old age, illness, injury, etc.
$ · July 17, 2022
Mary Worth, 7/17/22 Finally, finally, Jared is experiencing some real emotional pain that goes beyond his standard-issue petulant whining and mild self-...
Kids (?) today
$ · July 16, 2022
Gil Thorp, 7/16/22 We’re wrapping up the first week of new-look Gil Thorp, which has consisted entirely of one of Gil’s ex-athletes giving a speech about why...
Good news for anvil-melting fetishists in today's comics
$ · July 15, 2022
Dick Tracy, 7/15/22 Oh so it turns out that the Moon Ambassador (formerly the Moon Governor) has lured Dick to Moon Valley because some of the Moon People...
Grim Thursday
$ · July 14, 2022
Slylock Fox, 7/14/22 Here’s another sad scene from the tail end of those terrifying weeks when humans lost control of their planet to the Animals that would...
Josh gets grumpy
$ · July 13, 2022
Mary Worth, 7/13/22 Sorry to be BRIEFLY relatively serious on here but, let’s not forget that Jared and Dawn got together in the first place because she had...
Nice ascot, Foofram
$ · July 12, 2022
Hi and Lois, 7/12/22 Though I strongly believe in the comedy principle that specific things are funnier than vague things, I have kind of come to respect the...
The circle of Thorp
$ · July 11, 2022
Gil Thorp, 7/11/22 Big news, everybody! Neal Rubin, who in my mind had been writing Gil Thorp forever but in fact started the gig just a few months before I...
Dad-adjacent Sunday
$ · July 10, 2022
Crankshaft, 7/10/22 This week, Crankshaft already delivered some “fan service” to that portion of the reader base who, like me, are interested in seeing the...
Mostly soapy Saturday
$ · July 9, 2022
Mark Trail, 7/9/22 Hey everybody, remember Sassy? He was Rusty's adorable little puppy (distinct from Andy, Mark's big macho dog), and he was always prone to...
Dick just happened to bring that bright yellow parka along for non-Antarctica reasons
$ · July 8, 2022
Crankshaft, 7/8/22 Look, obviously this blog is about 15% by volume me slamming on Funkyverse strips, so I'm just going to get ahead of things here and say...
Thursday nihilism
$ · July 7, 2022
Gil Thorp, 7/7/22 I guess the most disappointing thing about this baseball season in Gil Thorp is that there’s usually zany A and B plots that we pingpong...
Funkymancer
$ · July 6, 2022
Funky Winkerbean, 7/6/22 Man, wouldn't it be cool if Funky Winkerbean made an abrupt change in its narrative style and suddenly became a retro-cyberpunk...
No alarms and no surprises
$ · July 5, 2022
Rex Morgan, M.D., 7/5/22 Say, were you feeling a little on edge rolling into our four-day week? Need your nerves soothed? Well, remember how beloved (?)...
Monday is for PATRIOTISM
$ · July 4, 2022
Mary Worth, 7/4/22 Happy Fourth of July, everyone! Did you bake a cake for America's birthday, like Mary did? No? Well, I guess you don't love America...
From the suburbs to the sea
$ · July 3, 2022
Panel from The Lockhorns, 7/3/22 This one gets even better when you think about the backstory. Presumably the lifeguard jumped down out of his chair and...
Just grinning maniacally, watching that marshmallow melt
$ · July 2, 2022
Slylock Fox, 7/2/22 I was going to joke about Slylock being extremely high here but I couldn’t bring myself to do it, he is an honorable fox lawman (lawfox?)...
Loving this guy's goatee, his journey is truly a core Gen X experience
$ · July 1, 2022
Gil Thorp, 7/1/22 I guess we’re finally finding out why Gregg’s dad was so keen to hide his literary crimes: not because he feared the wrath and contempt of...
I certainly hope Jared is left to die on the lava fields of Mustafar
$ · June 30, 2022
Mary Worth, 6/30/22 Look, I’m not what you’d call particularly “hip” (SAYS THE GUY WHO’S BEEN WRITING A BLOG ABOUT NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS FOR 15+ YEARS,...
One-panel Wednesday
$ · June 29, 2022
Dennis the menace, 6/29/22 There are so many questions this panel raises – like where are any of these people and why is Henry wearing a suit jacket in the...
Romance is complex
$ · June 28, 2022
Mary Worth, 6/28/22 Has there ever, going all the way back to the ancient Egyptians, been a more perfect match between visual and narrative art as today's...
Can we get a week of Max trying and failing to do sweet skateboard tricks
$ · June 27, 2022
Gil Thorp, 6/27/22 It’s that time of year again: the time when the baseball season plot keeps rolling ahead in Gil Thorp and you look at the calendar and...
Sunday is for the decline of civilization
$ · June 26, 2022
Marvin, 6/26/22 Look, I get it. Marvin, the strip, wants to "have it all" as a comic strip. That means that it wants to be a strip about an infant, and wants...
Mostly mad Saturday
$ · June 25, 2022
Beetle Bailey, 6/25/22 What really makes this strip for me is how mad General Halftrack looks. Sure, he's off golfing while his soldiers are enduring...
God, I hope it's TJ from "Luann"
$ · June 24, 2022
Mary Worth, 6/24/22 Wow. Wow. You're telling me that Jared has a friend? A non-Dawn friend named TJ? And TJ also likes to party down at "ROCK IT," Santa...
The kids are not all right
$ · June 23, 2022
Marvin, 6/23/22 Now, I'm not one of those fancy "body language experts" who get paid by Us Weekly to analyze paparazzi pics of Ansel Elgort or whoever, but I...
More like Shattered Dumb-Ass, amiright folks
$ · June 22, 2022
Gil Thorp, 6/22/22 As a certified coastal elitist, I usually take umbrage when someone says "Nobody cares about this outside your liberal bubble,...
Mostly unpleasantly horny Tuesday
$ · June 21, 2022
Mary Worth, 6/21/22 One of the minor world-building things in the Star Wars movies that has always bothered me is how languages work. The humans speak...
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