Even the courthouse has those patched curtains, incredibly sad
Blondie, 1/17/24 I gotta say, "In honor of Kid Inventors Day, I created an alarm clock app that doesn't work" is probably the funniest sentence I've ever...
Tuesday quickies
Crock, 1/16/24 I'm not sure what series of facial expressions I would make if I spoke to my institutionalized mother about the fact that she's so dissocated...
Dramatic-ish developments
Mary Worth, 1/15/24 Well, thank God, surely now that this Mary Worth story has wrapped up in the most boring manner possible we can move on to something more...
The guy who he was going to sell the loot to is probably also pretty sad
Beetle Bailey, 1/14/24 I know I spend more time thinking about the logistics of what happens in-universe in newspaper comic strips than just about anyone...
There's no ties in basketball, but he's giving it his best
Mary Worth, 1/13/24 There's been a few complaints from the commentariat that I haven't been covering the end (?) of the Keith-Kitty-Brad-Sonia saga. The...
Metapost: Brr! It's cold out there for a COTW
Laugh yourself warm with this comment of the week! "Sexy plotlines and I'm learning Spanish? Top that, Duolingo!" --Old School Allie Cat These runners up...
Black suit/dark grey shirt is another warning sign
Dick Tracy, 1/12/24 Yeah, yeah, blah blah blah, Tess is a private investigator and her agency deals with different aspects of the same shadowy underworld...
Maybe he can hunt down the Ben Franklin golf grifter guy, for revenge
The Lockhorns and Blondie, 1/11/24 The word app, as a shorthand for application in the computer programming sense, was as attested as early as 1992, which...
Moon over Flagstontown
Hi and Lois, 1/10/23 You know and I know that Trixie Flagston has been doing her thing ("her thing" being sitting unattended on the floor for hours at a time...
Bowling ... the most erotic of pastimes for the divorced man
Slylock Fox, 1/9/24 Foolish animals! Did you really think that you could overthrow the humans and that your dominion over the Earth would be secure? In fact,...
"It's for the drinks!" Oh, ok, that's normal then, I guess
Dick Tracy, 1/8/24 "Wait," you're probably thinking, "Why is that any better? Why is getting back at Dick Tracy by killing his wife somehow easier or less...
Sadly, most health insurance plans don't cover "bonkus of the conkus"
Rex Morgan, M.D., 1/7/24 Oh my goodness, Rene's reign of grifting terror is finally at an end, stopped once and for all by the deliberate and heroic efforts...
Daddies, daughters, doctors, etc.
Rex Morgan, M.D., 1/6/24 Personally, if I had fled in the middle of the night from the people I had defrauded in order to avoid a lawsuit, and also was...
Metapost: Another year, another COTW
Start 2024 off with a bang and with your first (but by no means last!) comment of the week! "Today's Rex Morgan is far more interesting if you read 'CLAP!'...
Hairy beasts
Hagar the Horrible, 1/5/24 Many medieval Scandinavians communities relied on herding for meat and milk, so controlling wolves and other canines was a task...
Hope you like room temperature tap water, buddy, because that's what the Mitchells have on offer
Dick Tracy, 1/4/24 So the goth pasta pun lady is also a stage magician, and this guy on stage with her yelling "Oh, yeah!” is an audience volunteer, and I...
Fun with facial expressions
Rex Morgan, M.D., 1/3/24 Sure, we're being told that this crowd is CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!ing in big red letters, but by their faces, they don't look that...
IT IS 2024 AND THE COMICS CURMUDGEON IS STILL BLOGGING ABOUT COMICS, YOU LUCKY BASTARDS
Happy 2024, everybody! How did you celebrate the recent holiday season? Mary Worth, 12/25/23 Did you, like Mary Worth, place yourself in the role of the Magi...
Last-minute Christmas laffs
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 12/24/23 I guess real Snuffheads like you and me don't need reminding, but the point of the throwaway panels at the top of...
Ominous Christmas
The Lockhorns, 12/23/23 Usually a crinkly smile on Leroy means that he's in the midst of being dramatically drunk, but I'm not quite sure what vibe he's...