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"Dustin" must end the generation war by admitting everyone sucks
Premium post · July 31, 2023
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
Premium post · July 30, 2023
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
Premium post · July 29, 2023
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)
Premium post · July 28, 2023
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
Premium post · July 28, 2023
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
Premium post · July 27, 2023
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
Premium post · July 26, 2023
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
Premium post · July 25, 2023
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
Premium post · July 24, 2023
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
Premium post · July 23, 2023
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
Premium post · July 22, 2023
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
Premium post · July 21, 2023
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
Premium post · July 20, 2023
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
Premium post · July 19, 2023
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)
Premium post · July 18, 2023
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
Premium post · July 17, 2023
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...
Josh has questions
Premium post · July 16, 2023
Marvin, 7/16/23 Setting aside for the moment the entire "how old is Marvin" question -- he's preverbal, at least for this strip, and not potty trained? --...
Saturday is for leisure
Premium post · July 15, 2023
Hi and Lois and The Lockhorns, 7/15/23 Call me "out of touch" all you want -- my family certainly does -- but golf seems like a hugely expensive and boring...
Metapost: Laffs (live)! Laffs (top comments)! Etc.
Premium post · July 14, 2023
Happy Friday everyone! It's the second Friday of the month, and that means ... the Internet Read Aloud, my live comedy show, is BACK and better than ever in...
Coastal Scotland was dominated by the Norse for centuries, so the golf part is accurate
Premium post · July 14, 2023
Hagar the Horrible, 7/14/23 Wait, did we know that Hagar was bald under his omnipresent trademark horny hat? I did some deep research (went to my advanced...
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