Pleasure cruise
Pluggers, 1/12/22 At long last, we get an answer to the eternal “what is a plugger?” question, and it’s this: a plugger is anyone who isn’t afflicted with...
It's a big ocean out there, so hear me out: Don't bother looking
Mary Worth, 1/11/22 I've been to Rome twice in my life, in 1999 and 2002, and by an odd coincidence both visits were at the same time as big events for the...
Step out of the shade and into the SUN OF GLORY
Slylock Fox, 1/10/21 This is at least the third time this mystery has appeared in Slylock Fox: it showed up in 2013, with exactly the same art albeit with...
Deadly Sunday
Mary Worth, 1/9/22 Oh, hey, so, uh, Wilbur died, everybody! Wilbur … died? I mean, maybe he didn’t die, I have a hard time believing they’re killing off...
Gross and sad
Marvin, 1/8/22 I know what you’re thinking: How could Jeff possibly be this theatrically disgusted by his dog’s poop, when we know (we know because it’s...
Metapost: Back to the grind, back to the COTW
Folks ... it's your very first comment of the new year! Enjoy! "Grandma holds her spoon the way Mary Worth holds a cell phone. That spoon is going to miss...
ELMO: ORIGINS
Blondie, 1/7/22 If you’re a longtime reader of this blog, you know that Elmo is one of my Blondie obsessions. Who is he? Where are his parents? Why does he...
Bad news Thursday
Crankshaft, 1/6/21 I didn't watch Netflix's Bridgerton, but there was a brief window in late 2020 and early 2021 when online discourse about it was...
It's time for Wilbur's "I'm the king of the world!" moment (he'll be alone, and crying)
Mary Worth, 1/5/22 I think we were all ready to read the end-of-year Mary Worth lull as representing an at least temporary shift away from Wilbur’s romantic...
Vote early, vote often!
Mary Worth, 1/4/22 Ha ha, yes, Wilbur, this is absolutely great, completely ignore Estelle's body language and just demand that she recite these vows you...
TRIUMPHAN22 RE22URN COMICS FOR 2022!!!!
Hello everybody! Welcome back to the Comics Curmudgeon, your #1 blogging website for syndicated newspaper commentary! How was your holiday experience over...
Merry Christmas to all! And to all a good next 7 to 12 days
Curtis, 12/24/21 The most recent Curtis storyline has invovled our hero chaperoning Michelle to and from the dentist in her family limo because she’s...
Alexander and Dagwood are basically identical but have different noses and now I can't stop staring at them
Blondie, 12/23/21 Not to be smug, but the idea that cowboys on long-range cattle drives would kill the cows they were being paid to transport to market and...
Tender AND mild? In this economy?
Dennis the Menace, 12/22/21 I’m sorry, I absolutely refuse to believe that a kid who goes to church on the regular would know what a “manger” is but also...
Terrible babies (including Wilbur)
Baby Blues, 12/21/21 Video is an illusion, a series of still images run in sequence so quickly that your brain can't perceive them as individual pictures and...
Tess is in real danger of missing her one allotted smile for the month
Dick Tracy, 12/20/21 I know I should be focusing on the fact that Blackjack, a member of Dick's rogue gallery, owned a collection of Dick Tracy memorabilia...
Sunday mostly panels
Panel from Slylock Fox, 12/19/21 I initially assumed the solution to this mystery would be animal fact based: bears really do eat salmon and raccoons really...
Too much eye contact
Mary Worth, 12/18/21 I may have said this before, but I feel like the new-model Mary Worth doesn't have quite enough nose visible when she's looking straight...
Metapost: TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO LIVE ON-STAGE COMEDY (plus COTW)
Folks, if you were wondering when my beloved live show, The Internet Read Aloud, would return to the stage in Los Angeles, good news: it’s returning in three...
The ellipsis in "They're not ... available" is truly unsettling to me
Daddy Daze, 12/17/21 Normally, I'm a big proponent of the "show, don't tell" maxim in a visual medium like the comics, but you know what? I have zero...