Best kind of abyss, right after James Cameron's
Heathcliff, 6/11/26 It's true that California has higher gas prices than the rest of the country, but I guarantee that every time you've seen a viral picture...
Unpleasant whimsy
Rex Morgan, M.D., 6/10/26 You know, maybe I'm sheltered, but I think that interpersonal violence happens a lot more often in stories than it does in real...
GORILLAGRIFT!
Mark Trail, 6/9/26 The "Mark's dad is getting romance-scammed” Mark Trail storyline has had some pleasing twists and turns: we learned Mark "Happy" Trail Sr....
I truly see your sleepy, sleepy heart
Gil Thorp, 6/8/26 Isis, a Mudlark student-athlete, was taken by ICE earlier this year, and she's now being released after much protest by fellow students,...
Young love (and also pluggers)
Pluggers, 6/7/26 Look, I know that Pluggers has lost its focus on pluggers being hard-working, blue collar real Americans and now mostly dwells on stuff like...
Young people and their food foibles
Archie, 6/6/26 I guess the joke here is that Archie, who we mostly know through his romantic misadventures but who is in many ways still a boy, likes Ninja...
Metapost: Summery COTW
Is it hot enough for ya, bud? Oh, you say it's too hot? You'd rather it was less hot? Well, sorry to hear that. Try to cool down with this week's funniest...
Old age, youth, etc.
Pickles, 6/5/26 "We're all gonna die eventually, but sometimes our ability to experience even basic pleasures dies before the rest of us" is a pretty grim...
Hollywood elegance? In MY roots country hotspot?
Hi and Lois, 6/4/26 Honestly there's a really sad story written on Ditto's dumbfounded face in panel two. "Oh, wow, I guess he barks all the time because he...
He'd better have some opinions on who offers the country's best yogurt to prove he's not a phony
Mary Worth, 6/3/26 Bad news, everyone: Tommy has managed to "seal the deal," as they say in the sex-having community. He's not like the other guys, as...
They're a cultured people, eh wot
Andy Capp, 6/2/26 Look, I don't pretend to know everything about what life is like in working-class, industrial neighborhoods in Northern English cities. Do...
Honestly a St. Sebastian Met Gala theme would rule
Wizard of Id, 6/1/26 The Met Gala was exactly four weeks ago today, in case you were curious as to what the Wizard of Id publication lead time is! You might...
Mary is FAR too old to be these two's mother by the way, I'm just going to say it
Dennis the Menace, 5/31/26 I know that "Dennis isn't being menacing at all in this one" is one of my (hopefully) beloved running bits, but I'm really not...
Shelly lovin'
B.C., 5/30/26 Look, I'm not a scientist, and I'm also not brave enough to have "how do turtles have sex" left in my Google image search history, but I know...
Metapost: One last May COTW
As you head into June, enjoy this week's top comment: "Boy, those joke-free throwaway panels cast a pall over this whole thing, huh? There's poor Lucky...
Mostly soapy Friday
Mary Worth, 5/29/26 Oh, I guess I haven't really mentioned that Tommy and Dawn are falling in love or whatever. You know how last week I was like "Why does...
Trouble at home
Archie, 5/28/26 I think it's very funny that Jughead is first forbidden from playing the drums in ... his room, I suppose? ... and then decides that the next...
Big and/or small business
Judge Parker, 5/27/26 The humble diner now appears to be the soap opera strips' go-to employer for those seeking to abandon a hectic, go-go lifestyle and...
A little unnerved contemplating what country Beetle is in right now
Heathcliff, 5/26/26 When Jewish theologians began to systematize the ideas they had inherited around the spiritual beings we call "angels," one awkward...
Monday is for heroes, sort of
Hi and Lois, 5/25/26 I feel like I'm one of the last pedants holding onto this fact, but Memorial Day is not for remembering all who served; that's Veterans...