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Love that Stellan kept the length of his final conversation with Wilbur to an absolute minimum
Premium post · July 28, 2024
Mary Worth, 7/28/24 Real talk: my initial thought reading the throwaway panels was "Ha ha, Wilbur wet the bed!" But no, actually, he finally achieved...
From "bonkus of the conkus," I confess I also find that funny
Premium post · July 27, 2024
Judge Parker, 7/27/24 Hey, remember how Neddy's fiance was grumpy about some kind of family business drama? Well, big news: Sophie's not-boyfriend's brother,...
Metapost: Early morning COTW
Premium post · July 26, 2024
Rise and shine! It's your comment of the week: "Doc faces a classic conundrum: lump-sum one-time payment (by doing expensive surgery that'll probably kill...
Divine Friday
Premium post · July 26, 2024
Mary Worth, 7/26/24 Oh, man, sorry I thought this was going to be something "normal" like Wilbur deciding to murder his fish for attention, when in fact he's...
Mostly military Thursday
Premium post · July 25, 2024
Mary Worth, 7/25/24 Hey, remember when Mary threw a surprise funeral for Wilbur's fish? And lots of people Wilbur knew were there, and they all paid...
Terrified to contemplate the really specialized Lucky Eddie stuff on DeviantArt
Premium post · July 24, 2024
Hagar the Horrible, 7/24/24 You might think this strip is about Eddie being a simple man who has never had the realities of sexual reproduction explained to...
Yummy Tuesday
Premium post · July 23, 2024
Dennis the Menace, 7/23/24 I'm on the record as saying that "Ha ha, Dennis's mom can't cook" is one of my least favorite Dennis the Menace running bits, but...
More like ZEROES amiright folks (because they are actually quite lame)
Premium post · July 22, 2024
Dustin, 7/22/24 To me, this feels very much like a strip that was originally going to do some kind of wordplay on the polysemic nature of "alarmed" -- "it...
Look at how thrilled Loweezy is at Jughaid's exhaustion. Truly cruel
Premium post · July 21, 2024
Hagar the Horrible, 7/21/24 One of the many smarter-than-me commenters on this site pointed out that it's actually pretty grim that Hagar and Eddie are the...
The human-animal hybrid thing would seem to make sense in this scenario, but no
July 20, 2024
Dick Tracy, 7/20/24 Loving the MCU gang's expressions here. They are absolutely disgusted that Dick has decided to do a raid that conforms to the fourth...
Metapost: Summer midmonth COTW
Premium post · July 19, 2024
As we ease into the heart of summer, the COTWs continue: "That's not a collage of photos Lois took around their house -- it's a screenshot of the 'Chores...
Soapy quickies
Premium post · July 19, 2024
Mary Worth, 7/19/24 The idea that Mary lacks self-confidence is, of course, absurd. What may be surprising is that she also does not lack in self-awareness,...
One-panel Thursday
Premium post · July 18, 2024
Gearhead Gertie, 7/18/24 Frank Sinatra died in a hospital with his wife by his side, which, when it comes to ways to die, is not the worst by any means. But...
Back in the good old days, the only media products people dumped in the woods were porno mags
Premium post · July 17, 2024
Mark Trail, 7/17/24 Wow, it seems the Grungey Boys' whole deal was a real "I learned it from watching you" situation, because it started when Ranger Shaw...
Parental problems
Premium post · July 16, 2024
Judge Parker, 7/16/24 Sorry to sound like, you know, a worrywart, but I think that if I had glimpsed what looked very much like my dead father wrapped in...
So it goes
Premium post · July 15, 2024
Crock, 7/15/24 Ah, just another day in the French Maghreb, with a difficult march ahead for our Legionnaires, though at least they have a promise from their...
Soapy ... Sunday, too? Sure, why not
Premium post · July 14, 2024
Mary Worth, 7/14/24 Dawn has said a couple times that she and her mother don't agree on politics but hasn't offered any specifics, and this reminds me that...
Soapy Saturday
Premium post · July 13, 2024
Rex Morgan, M.D., 7/13/24 Hey, he got made but he didn't get caught, seeing as he's standing right here in front of you a free tween. He can still pull this...
Metapost: Another Friday, another 20 years of COTW
Premium post · July 12, 2024
OK, not quite 20 years, as I didn't start picking a comment of the week until April 2005, and didn't start doing weekly roundups until September 2006, but...
Highs and lows (mostly lows)
Premium post · July 12, 2024
Gil Thorp, 7/12/24 The beloved Gil Thorp bonfire tradition has been cancelled forever due to a nationwide wood shortage, which means we must console...
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