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Wilbur keeps meaning to Google "dogs what do they like" but keeps getting distracted
Premium post · October 4, 2021
Beetle Bailey, 10/4/21 I’m reasonably sure that if a soldier were running away from his commanding officer, who intended to brutally beat him, and was live-...
I certainly hope that Leroy doesn't know that guy and has dropped this line with zero context
Premium post · October 3, 2021
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 10/3/21 For a brief moment, Snuffy realizes that he’s harvesting worms that he’ll use to catch fish that he’ll presumably...
Saturday is for distasteful dudes
Premium post · October 2, 2021
Mary Worth, 10/2/21 [At the wedding] “So she said to me, ‘Is that your Frenchie?’” [leers grotesquely, everyone is kind of uncomfortable] “And I said ‘Yes....
Death, music, dogs, the future death of dogs: Today's comics have it all
Premium post · October 1, 2021
Mary Worth, 10/1/21 “Ah, mes amis! I realize I have not been keeping you up to date about my adventures with Weelbur. Je suis désolé! You see, what happened...
Can't wait for the lightning to finish her off
Premium post · September 30, 2021
Dick Tracy, 9/30/21 One thing I've always respected about Dick Tracy is that it would be easy to portray Diet Smith as an eccentric but helpful inventor...
Wednesday quickies
Premium post · September 29, 2021
Beetle Bailey, 9/29/21 BEETLE BAILEYS WHERE SARGE ASSAULTS BEETLE AND POUNDS HIM INTO A PILE OF GOO: Goofy, fun, cartoonish, the whole family can enjoy them...
I certainly hope he throws his tie over the lamp, right next to the one that's already there
Premium post · September 28, 2021
Shoe, 9/28/21 The obvious version of this joke would have the Professor deliver his first line looking at his desk at work, or maybe in his home office. But...
"Moolah" is actually the name of the hottest new cryptocurrency in the Blondieverse
Premium post · September 27, 2021
Mary Worth, 9/27/21 "Bonjour, mes amis! Eet ees I, Pierre, narrating my new life with zees Weelbur character! Many Americans like to make big jokes about zee...
DUHHHNNNN DUNH DUHN DUHN DUHN DUHHHNNNNNN
Premium post · September 26, 2021
Six Chix, 9/26/21 Wait, isn't the Phantom of the Opera's whole deal that he lives in the opera house full time, mostly in a lair in the basement, and he...
"Zees one, I hear he is easy to trick, no?"
Premium post · September 25, 2021
Dick Tracy, 9/25/21 Oh, huh, I guess the guy in the Ace of Spades outfit isn't actually the first guy to wear the Ace of Spades outfit, and that apparently...
Metapost: Comments? Of the week? In THIS economy?
Premium post · September 24, 2021
olks, it’s COTW time! "'Have you ever unironically used the phrase chick magnet?’ is not a question that appears on animal adoption applications, but I'm...
This is a Pierre stan account now
Premium post · September 24, 2021
Mary Worth, 9/24/21 God damn, look at him. Look at that adorable little smooshed face! Obviously I’m not talking about Wilbur, obviously, how dare you, I’m...
A bad day for nerds
Premium post · September 23, 2021
Beetle Bailey, 9/23/21 Gourmet, as I'm sure we all remember, stopped publication in 2009. Plato may subscribe to Fine Food, surely a much lesser imitation of...
Did his body cannibalize all his cartilage to survive in hibernation?
Premium post · September 22, 2021
Between Friends, 9/22/21 I've been reading and very occasionally commenting on Between Friends for a while now, and I absolutely get and accept that the...
"I'm SINGLE and ready for my dog to TINKLE on my ex's couch, for revenge!"
Premium post · September 21, 2021
Dustin, 9/21/22 A thing about doing a comic strip every day for years and years is that keeping up with whatever “high concept” you used to sell the thing in...
Monday's for the dogs
Premium post · September 20, 2021
Mary Worth, 9/20/21 Oh my god, everybody, it's really happening, where by "it" I specifically mean that Wilbur is going to go to the animal shelter to get a...
Sunday is for grandparents
Premium post · September 19, 2021
Crankshaft, 9/19/21 Oh, hey, remember how Max and Hannah’s business/passion project, the Valentine Theater, went out of business during the COVID lockdowns,...
They didn't even give Alexander's band a dumb name
Premium post · September 18, 2021
Blondie, 9/18/21 A strip like Blondie exists in a sort of eternal present, its world changing almost imperceptibly slowly over time to stay vaguely...
Metapost: F-R-I-I-I-D-A-Y (is for COTW)
Premium post · September 17, 2021
Roll on into the weekend with your hilarious comment of the week! "As usual, the best part of this gag is the lengths that Leroy has gone to make it work....
No armadillos were harmed in the making of these jokes (on my part anyway)
Premium post · September 17, 2021
Hi and Lois, 9/17/21 Do teen boys still, in the year 2021, lie around their bedrooms, decorated with Stones and Led Zep posters, and talk about how bands...
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