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The sad ballad of Marty Moon
Premium post · December 5, 2022
Blondie, 12/5/22 Look, I've grudgingly accepted that Elmo, a child to whom the Bumstead family is not related but who nevertheless just kind of hangs out at...
Dude's named "Greymuzzle" and isn't even a furry, hmm
Premium post · December 4, 2022
Dick Tracy, 12/4/22 Look, here's a tough message to all you "social justice warriors" out there: if you would simply allow police to do their jobs by...
Ah, the Thai restaurant of DRAMA
Premium post · December 3, 2022
Hagar the Horrible, 12/3/22 Lucky Eddie is indignant: His position as the ship’s cook is integral to his identity, and is probably a result of his hereditary...
Metapost: December-iffic COTW
Premium post · December 2, 2022
Is it chilly in here? Or are we all just shivering with laughter at this week’s top comment? "I'm not clear on the rules for business meal deductions, but...
Summer should either be a lot more horrified or a lot more excited in my opinion
Premium post · December 2, 2022
Mary Worth, 12/2/22 Now, I'm just a simple country blogger, not a fancy math wizard, but if I'm counting right, Nan is around 12ish years older than Zak,...
How is Dagwood even going to get home from this dinner? His carpool left hours ago
Premium post · December 1, 2022
Blondie, 12/1/22 I have to admit I find it interesting how Dagwood and Mr. Dithers silo off different types of interactions in their relationship. At the...
Mary Worth is also invited to the wedding, so it's gonna get real Oedipal up in there
Premium post · November 30, 2022
Curtis, 11/30/22 Curtis may have been a little late in celebrating Charles Schulz's 100th birthday, but it's making up for lost time with a whole week of...
Zero, dark and gritty
Premium post · November 29, 2022
Beetle Bailey, 11/29/22 Beetle Bailey has recently established that, in addition to being extremely stupid, Zero is also an extremely accurate rifleman. But...
A panoply of unpleasantness
Premium post · November 28, 2022
Rex Morgan, M.D., 11/28/22 Oh my God, this Rex Morgan, M.D., plot really is going to be “Mud Mountain Murphy only pretended to have a catastrophic digestive...
Here comes the groom ... and his secrets
Premium post · November 27, 2022
Mary Worth, 11/27/22 Ah, this is the point in the Mary Worth storyline where all the characters have been chirpily telling each other how great everything is...
Sparktacular Saturday
Premium post · November 26, 2022
Folks, today is what would've been Peanuts creator Charles Schulz's 100th birthday! I feel pretty strongly that he was the best who ever did it in the...
Metapost: Post-prandial COTW
Premium post · November 25, 2022
As you digest your turkey, please enjoy this comment of the week: "'I didn't think you needed a prescription to get ibuprofen.' 'Look, who's the fake doctor...
Look, people NEED TO KNOW about this local mattress store, OK
Premium post · November 25, 2022
Gil Thorp, 11/25/22 Gil has dug some old game tape out of a box to give us the supervillain origin story of his hated coaching rival, and the truly shocking...
Ungrateful Thursday
Premium post · November 24, 2022
Six Chix, 11/24/22 If I know my commentors, if I did a post that was just like “what the fuck is this comic about,” a critical mass of you would say “Josh,...
Funkternals
Premium post · November 23, 2022
Funky Winkerbean, 11/23/22 Oh my God, Mr. Davidson the janitor is some kind of near-immortal being, charged with subtly guiding the world under his care,...
Tuesday quick-ish-ies
Premium post · November 22, 2022
Family Circus, 11/22/22 Back in 1996, Ma Keane got a kicky new hairstyle and it was such a big deal that it was the subject of feature stories in major...
Monday is for mildly injured children
Premium post · November 21, 2022
Gil Thorp, 11/21/22 Uh oh, it looks like the fall Gil Thorp storyline is tacking another important teen trend: the scourge of Advil addiction. Today's kids...
Rex was listening to some "music" of his own, if you follow me
Premium post · November 20, 2022
Dustin, 11/20/22 Look, I’d be lying if I claimed that I haven’t myself stared at the various cutesy branded pants size designation at the Gap with a certain...
Mostly Funkyverse Saturday
Premium post · November 19, 2022
Funky Winkerbean, 11/19/22 Hey folks, remember beloved but unheralded elder comic book artist Ruby Lith, introduced back in 2019? Remember when she finally...
Metapost: [to the tune of "Candle In The Wind"] and it seems to me / you lived your life / like a Funky Winkerbean (plus COTW)
Premium post · November 18, 2022
FOLKS … nothing gold can stay, because everything gold will eventually develop cancer, or CTE, or a hearing disability, and that’s why Funky Winkerbean at...
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