Wednesday quickies
Mary Worth, 10/22/25 "Sure, she can predict the future and bend animals to her will, but not in a big showy way that would attract attention! Sort of like...
Hi still looks super depressed, at least
Andy Capp, 10/21/25 I, a guy who has run a blog about comic strips for the better part of two decades now, am, as you might imagine, a huge nerd....
One-panel Monday (ok that Family Circus is kind of two half panels, fine)
Mother Goose and Grimm, 10/20/25 Look, I know what I'm about to say is gonna make me sound like a humorless nitpicker, but I promise that I do in fact know...
The past, the future, etc.
Beetle Bailey, 10/19/25 When Yuri Gagarin made the first human spaceflight, there were concerns that the experimental capsule he rode into space in would...
You're five times more likely to encounter a bone-in ham in the comics than you are in real life
Blondie, 10/18/25 God, I love how genuinely sad Dagwood looks in panel two. Sure, he loves his wife more than anything, but he also made some big promises...
Metapost: Your COTW is hot 'n' ready for you
Mmm, it's a delicious comment of the week! "Boy, did I score today, Mary! This extra sandwich was going to be Stanley's until they hauled him away for...
There's big profits to be had in zappin'
Dick Tracy, 10/17/25 So Dick Tracy wrapped up the case of the lady scientist with the glowing green zap gun by merely arresting her, not shooting her in the...
Thursday fast takes
Marvin, 10/16/25 Lately, when I bring up Marvin as an example of a strip that loves talking about peeing and pooping, some people in the comments will try to...
I think I have the genders of these things pegged correctly, but who knows, really
Six Chix, 10/15/25 I genuinely love the open, slightly quizzical expression on the face of the bucket in this panel. He's just a simple bucket! He doesn't...
"Dogs are great ... receivers of my thoughts" is a little unnerving, not gonna lie
Rex Morgan, M.D., 10/14/25 Back in the days when Woody Wilson was writing Judge Parker and Rex Morgan, M.D., one of the running bits was that the characters...
Uncanny Monday
Mary Worth, 10/13/25 OK, sorry, Mary, I know you don't want to think too hard about the strange logic of Olive's powers and the implications for free will...
10/12, uh, blaze it? Do I have that right?
Panel from Slylock Fox, 10/12/25 Look, by anthropomorphic animal logic, it's fine to have an anthropomorphic animal wearing a shirt but no pants or...
Absolutely not necessary to use Muffy's name in dialogue BTW. Adds nothing
Shoe, 10/11/25 OK, the fact that this person she dated is named "Lance" pushes this over the edge and makes me genuinely wonder if he's supposed to be an...
Metapost: KAPOW! It's the COTW
Wham, bam, thank you faithful commenters for your service! Here's this week's comment of the week: "Saul is over in panel one, pursuing his passion:...
They teach you the tip o' the helmet in firefighter school
Mary Worth, 10/10/25 Mary's looking pretty frazzled in panel two, and who can blame her, what with her having just been in a freak balloon accident and then...
Elder Thursday
Crankshaft, 10/9/25 Look, characters in comic strips are, ultimately, not real people, and while you can chuckle at their antics, you ultimately shouldn't...
Remember that comic that used to be about Christian cavemen? Well, I've got some interesting news
B.C., 10/8/25 I find it funny that [pause to once again consult the character list in the "B.C. (comic strip)" Wikipedia article because I can't remember...
It's the greatly attractive pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Mary Worth, 10/7/25 This polite jockeying about who should climb down from the balloon first is getting to "a farmer needs to get a chicken, a fox, and a bag...
Monday is gross and confusing
Alice, 10/6/25 We all know of course about the various beloved characters in Alice, the normal comic strip we all read every day and fully understand: Alice,...
Even passive enjoyment leaves pluggers exhausted
Dick Tracy, 10/5/25 Longtime readers of this blog know that I have a lot of favorite etymological facts. One of those favorites is that the word...