Various types of manimals
Daddy Daze, 5/6/23 I definitely wouldn’t say I have a “favorite” Daddy Daze character – why would anyone say that, that would be insane – but I will admit...
Metapost: Laff at comments of the week -- and laff at Josh in person!
It's the first Friday of the month again, so you know what that means: we're one week away from the second Friday of the month, the day when The Internet...
Parental-ish fast takes
Mary Worth, 5/5/23 Since Dr. Ed's big problem was that he felt terribly overworked, I feel like we're really glossing over what's actually turned his life...
Is this an attempt to make Lute jealous that's gone awry?
Hagar the Horrible, 5/4/23 I know it’s a little hypocritical, because I always complain about legacy comics being static and hidebound, but I also am always...
Someone's just gotta hug Rene until he GETS IT
Rex Morgan, M.D., 5/3/23 You know, the story of Rene is a true tragedy, and not just because he tried and failed to kill a late-middle-aged man, who then...
Crock is going all "CSI: Sign Handles" over here
Crock, 5/2/23 Clearly a lot of Crock strips will have you saying "What on earth is going on here," but today's Crock really has me saying, "No, really, what...
Hank Jr. and Rene didn't drown, everybody, sorry to disappoint
Dustin, 5/1/23 A truly incredible thing to keep in mind about Dustin is that it’s a comic that debuted in January 2010, when, in the aftermath of the global...
Rustic Sunday
Gasoline Alley, 4/30/23 I thought perhaps we were going to get the beginning of a heartwarming arc where Joel learns to read late in life (hey, it worked for...
Finally, something that makes golf look tolerable
Shoe, 4/29/23 Sure, we make fun of legacy strips where the punchline is “Ha ha, technology, amiright?” a lot, but they do serve a valuable purpose, in that...
Metapost: EOM COTW
We are slipping one last comment of the week for April under the wire, folks: "It's the icing on the cake! The cake that we'll have for dessert after we kill...
I just ... B.O. Plenty, you guys, I dunno
Dick Tracy, 4/28/23 I sort of forgot to mention that it seemed for a minute like the game-themed crime bullshit in Dick Tracy might take a turn into furry...
The answer is "apples," also
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 4/27/23 OK, Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, I'm all for mixing things up once in a while, but I'm going to have to ask you to...
He named his cat Odin, yet HE wears an eye patch. Ironic
Mary Worth, 4/26/23 OK, look, I was willing to accept it when we only got a day of Wilbur singing karaoke while sobbing openly, but now we find out that a...
Soapy Tuesday
Rex Morgan, M.D., 4/25/23 I love how exasperated Hank Jr. looks by this turn of events in panel two. "No, it's not that big a deal, he just tried to kill me...
Loretta's sassy lean really sells this
The Lockhorns, 4/24/23 Happy Monday, everyone, and it’s a truly happy Monday indeed when the day’s Lockhorns panel features Leroy openly weeping, or at so...
BOATFALL 2: 2 BOAT 2 FALL
Rex Morgan, M.D., 4/23/23 Like all industries, the newspaper soap opera strip game is inevitably prone to jealousies and copycat moves when one strip has a...
Happy ... birthday? ... to the earth
Six Chix, 4/22/23 I feel like there are few more depressing sentences in the English language than “cake is biodegradable,” which implies that these people...
Metapost: Comments of the week for your delectation
This week’s top comment? Is that what you’re after? Well, good news: here it is. "Being presented with 'so many things to do’ and then opting for 'wandering...
Friday quickies
Mary Worth, 4/21/23 I'm not at all a person who's in favor of repressing one's feelings, but Wilbur is openly weeping in front of you, Mary! I don't think he...
All your commenting handles are burned into my memory, weirdly
Rex Morgan, M.D., 4/20/23 One of my little life problems is that I have an absolutely terrible memory for names, which as you can imagine is often...