Soapy Friday
Mary Worth, 8/4/23 Greta and ... Max? What about Greta's prison love, Holly? Man, if you had told me that Mary Worth's grimdark tale of dogs being held...
Are the goalposts edible? And would it stop Dagwood if they weren't?
Blondie, 8/3/23 It's a little unsettling that Blondie just produces this elaborate sandwich tray out of nowhere between the second and third panels. I'm...
Crows are terrified by merchant capitalism, it's true
Gil Thorp, 8/2/23 God, can you imagine being part of an institution so dehumanizing and destructive to your identity that it strips your very name away from...
Need to break out of this "Oops! All prophecies!" narrative loop
The Phantom, 8/1/23 The current Phantom storyline, broadly defined, has consisted of Old Man Mozz prophesying for our hero multiple different versions of how...
"Dustin" must end the generation war by admitting everyone sucks
Rex Morgan, M.D., 7/31/23 OK, I actually can't decide now if this is supposed to be Mud being canny or if this app was made by Rene, who got Mud to sign...
Mud's gonna see if any of the weird culty stuff will work on the kids
Rex Morgan, M.D., 7/30/23 Welp, it seems that, now that he's unshackled from his scam artist guru, our boy Mud Mountain Murphy is going all out to license...
"Your dog is fine," Dr. Ed sighs, unable to think of how to bill for this
Mary Worth, 7/29/23 Are you suffering from depression? Well, the good people at Mary Worth suggest that you simply reunite with a long lost friend, which...
Metapost: An appeal to tweason (and COTW)
Hello all! Your COTW in a moment, but first ... your boy Josh has somehow become banned from Twitter? And was given no specific reason why or told anything...
Innocent youth
Family Circus, 7/28/23 Ah, sweet, unlearned Jeffy! Having heard his parents and grandparents telling treacly stories of guardian angels, he assumes that...
Europe would be much higher level of difficulty
Crock, 7/27/23 The thing about ladies' butts is that the societal consensus on their optimal size has waxed and waned over the years: some decades have...
EXTREMELY sweet bolo tie on the warden there
Gil Thorp, 7/26/23 Oh, wow, when I called for a wacky summer storyline, I didn't expect a dystopian plot where an flaboyantly dressed warden named "Reno...
Honestly, as Beetle's brother-in-law, Hi's thoughts on the troops are probably fairly ambiguous
Crock, 7/25/23 Say what you will about the newspaper comic strips, but each one is a rich world filled with details that even dedicated daily readers might...
Begin the week SOAPY
Dick Tracy, 7/24/23 I think, over the years that I've done this blog, that my brain has developed a protective layer that stops truly terrible (in a boring...
Dog-gone traumatic
Mary Worth, 7/23/23 Oh, so I forget to tell you that when Greta was being held captive, she made friends with a fellow dog-prisoner, the one the cops were...
Sorry, this is a gross one, but some things NEED SAYING
Six Chix, 7/22/23 One of the fundamental gimmicks of the comics is to provide human-level thought capabilities to animals and plants and even inanimate...
Don't know if I can ... BEAR this escalation! Ho ho
Six Chix, 7/21/23 When I started this blog [mumblety mumble] years ago, there was still a prevailing ethos that comics strips were, in fact, for kids, even...
Thursday quickies
Gasoline Alley, 7/20/23 Look, I'm not saying I'm in favor of the Machines declaring themselves "superior" and then forcing us to consume medications of an...
Soapy Wednesday
Gasoline Alley, 7/19/23 I always respect Gasoline Alley's commitment to doing shambolic, pointless plots that seem to go on forever, and we're in the middle...
Disgusting Tuesday (yes, pickleball is disgusting to me)
Gil Thorp, 7/18/23 Oh, I forgot to mention earlier that after Gil's arch-rival Luke Hernandez had an on-field meltdown that resulted in his losing his job,...
Monday is for congratulations
Mary Worth, 7/17/23 Congratulations, Greta! You may be depressed due to trauma, but you're at least seeing a vet who recently started seeing a therapist...