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
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No one will be seated during the thrilling "Parker sits" sequence, except of course Truck
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The horror! The horror!
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Hey Truck, is that Lisa's bench you're monopolizing?
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It's the 2024 Comics Curmudgeon Fall Fundraiser!
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Magnets, how do they work? Thorin knows!
Dustin, 9/9/24 Deckhand on an Alaskan crab boat. Choker setter for a logging crew. Apprentice roofer. C'mon, Dustin—get it over with. Dick Tracy, 9/9/24...
Sad Sunday
The Phantom, 9/8/24 Phantom was growing increasingly vexed That the proles would identify him as John X. So by making up missions and playing a role He set...
Weekend wisecracks
Gil Thorp, 9/7/24 Best. Gil Thorp. Ever. Flash Gordon, 9/7/24 Ergon, leader of the Power Men who maintain the capital's tunnels, negotiates concessions from...
Marital mirth
Luann, 9/6/24 I won't trouble you with the months-long "Brad and Toni consider having a child, then reconsider after caring for Toni's niece Shannon"...
Metapost: Early vacation-heralding COTW
FOLKS!!!! It is time for me, your faithful blogger, to take one of my occasional vacations from the comics and from this site, so you know what that means:...
Thursday quickies
Beetle Bailey, 9/5/24 Sarge is correct: his men are extremely vulnerable to the range weapons that are fated to kill them when they finally enter combat....
Jokes and japes for the aged
Beetle Bailey, Blondie, and Shoe, 9/4/24 Look, we'd all like to believe that works of art spring from the pure, isolated genius of their creator's mind, but...
Soapy Tuesday
Gil Thorp, 9/3/24 I always joke about how the population of the Milford and the greater Valley Conference catchment area at large are completely crazed over...