The spices go ON the pumpkin, they're not IN the pumpkin
Hi and Lois, 11/8/25 In addition to being a coastal elitist who knows about academia, I contain multitudes and am also a Rust Belt native who was in a...
Metapost: The week that was, and the comments of it
Ready or not, Friday has arrived, and with it this week's funniest comment, chosen by me: "Kudos to Lou for being thematically consistent by mounting the TV...
I guess if you learn things about him in conversation, he becomes less unknown and it kills the vibe
The Phantom, 11/7/25 The Jungle Patrol, like most military and paramilitary outfits, is mostly composed of young people, but the nature of those young people...
Nothing worse than finding trust fund kids in your canal
Andy Capp, 11/6/25 I know increasing globalization means that cities around the world are becoming more and more similar to one another in their interlocked...
The hills have eyes, and lolling tongues
Rex Morgan, M.D., 11/5/25 Oh, wow, it turns out that this Rex Morgan, M.D., plot is going to involve -- brace yourself -- interpersonal conflict???...
Whose luggage is that and why did they bring it on their date
Mary Worth, 11/4/25 Sorry to be a "liberal coastal elitist" who "has a basic understanding of how academia works," but a "teachers conference” isn't really a...
Toby has journeyed far from Charterstone, so nobody can see her shameful between-meals nosh
Alice, 11/3/25 Today's Alice will I think be particularly inscrutable to non-Alice regulars, but in my late blog era I have myself become an Alice regular...
Bad romances
Rex Morgan, M.D., 11/2/25 So the big news that Augie delivered over pad thai is that not one but two publishers are interested in his manuscript and are...
Just getting her husband's feeble mind palace revved up then going back to her sudoku
Blondie, 11/1/25 The thing about Dagwood is that he's a dullard. He's not stupid, though he's also clearly not a genius, but mostly he just lacks any kind of...
Metapost: COMMENTS ... OF THE *FREAK!*
Look, guys. I really did plan to do a bunch of Cryptkeeper-style creepy puns for this post, but it's actually been a long and stressful week for me, and it's...
Mostly spooky one-panels
Pluggers, 10/31/25 Sorry, I don't think you should be exclaiming "What have you done?" to a guy in a toga unless he just banded together with other patriots...
Melancholy Thursday
Shoe, 10/30/25 I love how genuinely sad the Perfesser looks in the second panel. He's there by himself because he had planned to treat himself to something...
I declare victory in my long war against "Crock"
Herb and Jamaal, 10/29/25 One of my personal crosses to bear is that I cannot just go along with it when comics deliberately, and for "humorous" effect,...
"The Bum Boat never disappoints" is a phrase that will haunt my nightmares
Mary Worth, 10/28/25 Wow, did you know that Dr. Jeff doesn't even like seafood? Did you know he's just been choking it down every other week for years, just...
Quotable Monday
Crankshaft, 10/27/25 "I mean, I get it! We're all thinking it. We're all thinking about the guy who dresses up in pizza boxes and how he's mortal, and how...
I can't imagine Ed Crankshaft watching a movie made in the last ten years. Seems very wrong
Crankshaft, 10/26/25 Mr. Crankshaft, I know Dagwood Bumstead. Dagwood Bumstead is a friend of mine. He puts together comically large foodstuffs that no...
Forgetful Saturday
Pluggers, 10/25/25 Pluggers are exhibiting signs of senile dementia, and it's beginning to have a negative impact on their day-to-day life. Look at this guy,...
Metapost: Your comments are here. Are you ready for them?
Many comments were posted on joshreads dot com, the Comics Curmudgeon, this week. Of the ones I saw, this was my favorite: "These are hate handles, so I'd...
Friday is for failure and indignity
The Lockhorns, 10/24/25 Loretta has, presumably, been jogging for some time with her friend acquaintance who we are definitely never going to see again, and...
Soapy Thursday
Judge Parker, 10/22/25 I don't know if I've actually spelled out the current Judge Parker situation, but it goes like this: April vanished after her...