Can't stop staring at that blatantly traced grill
Blondie and Hi and Lois, 5/20/23 As a participant in the childfree lifestyle, I appreciate what representation I can find in the comics, even if it's just...
Metapost: C! O! T! W!
It’s that time of month, y’all … time for the comment of the week! "I see why Jeff bought a much bigger boat. If you want to discuss Wilbur's sex prowess and...
Several opinions from Josh about comic strips
Beetle Bailey, 5/19/23 It is of course a long-established joke in Beetle Bailey that Sarge is a cartoonish glutton, but every once in a while they also do a...
Only Thirsty has the wisdom necessary to transcend samsara
Dick Tracy, 5/18/23 A question I have often had reason to contemplate is “Who is [any given legacy comic strip still being produced in the year 2023] for,...
It's hard for Mud to think clearly, up there where the oxygen is so thin
Gil Thorp, 5/17/23 How is Gil’s arch-rival Luke Hernandez dealing with Gil’s secret baseball weapon, a blind pitcher teaching the Mudlarks to open their...
No Apologies Needed For Being Basic As Hell: The Jeff and Mary Story
Mary Worth, 5/16/23 Look, I'm a guy who likes to eat out, and LA has an great food scene with amazing high- and low-end restaurants, but definitely at the...
Also that rocket doesn't have the fuel capacity to reach orbit, like at all
Slylock Fox, 5/15/23 I genuinely love the contrast in Max and Sly's affect here, in line with the tale spun by the mystery. Max is just in the midst of a...
Even more sexual Sunday
Hi and Lois, 5/14/23 This is truly one of the wildest throwaway panels I’ve ever seen. Readers of space-constrained newspapers are just getting a classic...
Sort of sexual Saturday
Shoe, 5/13/23 We talk a lot on here about the Shoe goggle eyes of horror, with the horror in question being experienced by the Shoe character and the goggle...
Metapost: COTW (and virtual laffs only)
Folks! Apologies to anyone who had planned to come to the Internet Read Aloud in LA tonight – the theater is having both plumbing and HVAC problems so I had...
The shirt was designed by someone who likes mud as a concept, it's not licensed merch
Gil Thorp, 5/12/23 Gil Thorp is notorious for bringing back beloved characters from years past, and so when I recognized Gregg Hamm’s name I was excited to...
The frolicking dolphins are eager to welcome Wilbur to the watery grave he keeps dodging
Six Chix, 5/11/23 So the thing about "sudden," as a noun, is that it has completely fallen out of use in English outside the set phrase "all of a sudden,"...
Grim scenes
Gil Thorp, 5/10/23 Still not sure what a “Milford juvenile sports program manager” is or does, but apparently it pays pretty well, enough to get a penthouse...
Medical maladies
Daddy Daze, 5/9/23 Daddy Daze is one of the more recent additions to my stable of commented upon comics, and yet I have been commenting on it for more than...
(Mostly) soapy Monday
Mary Worth, 5/8/23 Welp, looks like Ed and Estelle are happy and Ed’s workplace problems are squared away, and Wilbur is emotionally processing his...
Billy's mustache, Dolly's neck ... it's all very, very wrong
Marvin, 5/7/23 Like Hagar the Horrible, Marvin hasn’t exactly introduced a ton of new characters over in recent years. I’m pretty sure “Marty” is new,...
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...