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Premium post · June 5, 2022
Hi and Lois, 6/5/22 I think telling stories out of chronological order has gone from being an innovation to something of a crutch or gimmick at this point,...
Praise Jared from whom all blessings flow
Premium post · June 4, 2022
Mary Worth, 6/4/22 Whenever Jared appears in this strip, he inspires intense loathing in both me and, based on your comments, all of you, and one of the...
"We'll see what we can do" is definitely something you want to hear from the cops when you're being held captive
Premium post · June 3, 2022
Mary Worth, 6/3/22 You know, Dawn, you rally ought to listen to your friend Cathy. She’s got a lot of common sense! Thanks to faithful reader Rita Lake who...
Soapy Thursday
Premium post · June 2, 2022
Gil Thorp, 6/2/22 So Gregg wore his dumb mask, the opposing team figured out he was blind and peppered him with bunts, and now he’s real depressed and giving...
Flops and sweat
Premium post · June 1, 2022
Six Chix, 6/1/22 Look, I’ll admit that I’ve spent quite a bit of time on this website – too much time, really – inflicting my musings about mermaid biology...
[A voice devoid of any emotion whatsoever] Ho ... ho ... ho
Premium post · May 31, 2022
Dick Tracy, 5/31/22 I apologize for my commentary yesterday in which I claimed that Dick Tracy would not want to get to the bottom of this whole non-violent...
Always remember >>>>>> never forget
Premium post · May 30, 2022
Beetle Bailey, 5/30/21 Hope you’re having a happy somber and meaningful Memorial Day, everybody! Beetle Bailey, America’s #1 only military-themed comic...
"Geez!" You tell 'em buddy
Premium post · May 29, 2022
Rex Morgan, M.D., 5/29/22 This is definitely one of the on-purpose funniest Rex Morgan strips in years, made funnier by its sort of shambolic, shaggy dog...
Did we ... did we forget about the "Dad doesn't want to be photographed" plot entirely?
Premium post · May 28, 2022
Gil Thorp, 5/28/22 Welp, the gig (gigg?) is up for our boy Gregg, whose blindness was was discovered by Coach Thorp, and after briefly taking the position...
Metapost: Laff! At the Clubhouse (plus COTW)
Premium post · May 27, 2022
Summer's coming, folks, and you know what that means ... time to head down to the beach and enjoy your laptop, and also head to the Clubhouse in Los Feliz...
Walker-Browne shocking conclusions
Premium post · May 27, 2022
Beetle Bailey, 5/27/22 I'm trying to figure out what "cave" would even mean in this context, in which they've clearly all been marching so long that it's not...
Thursday quickies
Premium post · May 26, 2022
Dennis the Menace, 5/26/22 The only thing menacing here is that Dennis is six years old and should only have the vaguest idea of what "radio" is, and he...
You guys are going straight to JANI-JAIL (a closet)
Premium post · May 25, 2022
Rex Morgan, M.D., 5/25/22 Exciting developments in Rex Morgan, M.D., everyone! It turns out that vigilantism is not only bad for your rotator cuff, but it's...
Me, though? I'm VERY owl-friend (in a wholesome way)
Premium post · May 24, 2022
Dick Tracy, 5/24/22 Aww, it looks like this rat dinner is actually just a li’l treat for an adorable li’l owl sidekick to this owlish (?) dude, who I’m...
Mostly distasteful Monday
Premium post · May 23, 2022
Mary Worth, 5/23/22 This upcoming storyline can’t possibly be about Dawn and what’s-his-face, the Star Wars nerd whose name the narration box can’t even be...
Two nices and a nasty
Premium post · May 22, 2022
Family Circus, 5/22/22 There's "I increasingly find Pluggers relatable” old and then there's "I unironically find the Family Circus funny" old, but I have to...
Saturday quickies
Premium post · May 21, 2022
Daddy Daze, 5/21/22 I generally think of piles of leaves as pretty ephemeral things, but apparently the one next to the Daddy Daze Daddy’s house has been...
Metapost: Weekly comments for your enjoyment
Premium post · May 20, 2022
The comment of the week? It’s coming sooner than you think. "What's the angle here? Shady Shrew sinks his boat to collect the insurance money which, by...
Feel like if you refer to your clothes as a "getup" you already have misgivings
Premium post · May 20, 2022
Shoe, 4/20/22 Look, Roz, I know you had to come up with an insult on the fly here, and so I guess I should be impressed by the extremely labored pun your...
Comics deal with the future (i.e., the present)
Premium post · May 19, 2022
The Lockhorns, 5/19/22 I’m pretty sure the first legacy comic to do a cryptocurrency joke was, shockingly, Snuffy Smith way back in 2015, although they just...
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