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Did he have those custom made, or did he paint them, or what
Premium post · September 24, 2023
Pardon My Planet, 9/24/23 Man, I have to say that I wildly misinterpreted this comic at first, thinking this dude was doing some kind of corporate...
Saturday quickies
Premium post · September 23, 2023
Pluggers, 9/23/23 Not sure if the joke here is supposed to be "pluggers are bad at using tools" or "pluggers plan in advance for possible accidents," but...
Metapost: COTY? No, COTW
Premium post · September 22, 2023
This week's top comment won't get a major award at a banquet, but it's still worthy of praise! "Naturally there's a whole back room set up, complete with...
Bird facts Friday
Premium post · September 22, 2023
Shoe, 9/22/23 Perfesser Cosmo Fishhawk is, according to the (alarmingly detailed) table in the Shoe Wikipedia page, an osprey, and ospreys, according to the...
I'm not married to it being human, I guess
Premium post · September 21, 2023
Blondie, 9/21/23 Way back in 2006 -- which, I take no pleasure in reporting, was a full 17 years ago -- there was a weird rash of syndicated newspaper comic...
RETVRN to Worthian tradition, reject Wilburian modernity
Premium post · September 20, 2023
Mary Worth, 9/20/23 You know, if you're a Worth-head come lately, you might think of Mary Worth as a strip primarily about a core rotating cast of characters...
Tuesday quickies
Premium post · September 19, 2023
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 9/19/23 Sadly, due to the free availability of firearms and ongoing unchecked clan warefare, PTSD is endemic among the...
The alien on the right is EXTREMELY high
Premium post · September 18, 2023
Slylock Fox, 9/18/23 I love how the narrator (reflecting official Forest Kingdom Regime propaganda) just has Slylock "overhearing" this conversation, like...
He's got meaty forearms and a way with packing tape
Premium post · September 17, 2023
Crock, 9/17/23 I'm going to choose to believe that this strip is one where the Crock creative team retained a flicker of memory that this strip is in fact...
Saturday shoutouts
Premium post · September 16, 2023
Rex Morgan, M.D., 9/16/23 Shoutout to Rex Morgan, which, when its armed kidnapping plot rapidly devolved into discussions about the easiest way to transfer...
Metapost: Friday COTWy baby
Premium post · September 15, 2023
I don't really know what that post title is supposed to mean either, except that it's time for your comment of the week! "Loretta forgot the number one rule...
Enter the CYBER-SENIOR
Premium post · September 15, 2023
Mary Worth, 9/15/23 Ahh, it's Friday, so that means that this eternal plot has got to be wrapping up and we'll finally be moving on to someth-- oh no. Oh no....
They actually aren't funny, Elmo. Your mom is, once again, correct
Premium post · September 14, 2023
Dustin, 9/14/23 Apologies (?) for not showing you yesterday's Dustin, which consisted of Dustin asking his dad to guess the global gross domestic product,...
Am I jaded or as out of touch as the <i>Blondie</i> brain trust? Or BOTH
Premium post · September 13, 2023
Shoe, 9/13/23 A comic strip is such a condensed bit of storytelling that I generally think it should do one joke and and do it well. Today's Shoe, for...
Once you're on the plane, all bets are off
Premium post · September 12, 2023
Dick Tracy, 9/12/23 Sprocket Nitrate has managed to extract herself from the crumbling criminal enterprise in which she was entangled and has laid her hands...
Henry wears a pocket square to church, he's a real class act
Premium post · September 11, 2023
Hi and Lois, 9/11/23 Sometimes it can be easy to forget that we live in an age of technological wonders. For instance, if you have a leak in your house, you...
Sunday madness
Premium post · September 10, 2023
Shoe, 9/10/23 I don't play poker so I don't know if it's normal for three friends to be randomly assigned a total stranger as a fourth player for a game in a...
Shazam is also there, we're mixing cinematic universes
Premium post · September 9, 2023
Blondie, 9/9/23 Are you guys still playing Wordle? I am, and sorry if that isn't cool anymore, I guess I just like having fun, but the reason I'm aware that...
Metapost: Y'all know what time it is (it's COTW time)
Premium post · September 8, 2023
Your top comment of the week is here ... right now! "Nosy the Riveter" --Windier E. Megatons, on Bluesky And your hilarious runners up! "Nice of the Judge to...
High and low
Premium post · September 8, 2023
Rex Morgan, M.D, 9/8/23 The thing about Rene is that he's just physically incapable of not doing crimes. Like, did he develop a self-improvement philosophy...
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