Metapost: I'm outta he-e-e-e-e-re (plus COTW)
Hey everybody! I’m off on a little vacation for the next week and change, but have no fear: your favorite Uncle Lumpy will be here to keep you up to date on...
Sorry to get even grosser but I must speak my truth
Funky Winkerbean, 8/27/21 Oh wow, oh wow, not only did the actress playing Lisa have breast cancer, just like Lisa, but in a very real and meaningful way,...
Freud would say there are no accidents, piss-wise
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 8/26/21 I'm a big believer that most comic-strip level gags should include exactly the amount of information they need to...
Glad it's good for SOMEONE
Slylock Fox, 8/25/21 Based on the animal quiz that accompanies this drawing, that's clearly supposed to be a wolf out there howling at the moon, and I'm very...
Libby does not even want any delicious barbecue, this is entirely an attack move
Mary Worth, 8/24/21 Well, Libby sure didn't ask for this war, but it seems she is determined to win it. We have every confidence that she will, of course....
TIME DRONE: The Drone That Experiences Time
Gil Thorp, 8/23/21 Say what you will about Gil Thorp, and I’ve said a lot, but at least it has a certain level of realism that other strips lack, in the...
Something's happening (barely)
Funky Winkerbean, 8/22/21 Continuity comic strips are actually a great example of how you can have a long-running narrative art form with very little...
Not sure if Dolly is trying to make out with that tree or eat it
Family Circus, 8/21/21 I have already shamefully admitted that I kind of like Billy when he's being surly and aggressively ignorant, so this this panel is a...
Metapost: The COTW you demand
You want this week’s top comment? You got it, buddy. "I'm actually super-impressed with the couch. Yes, it's drawn super-low and weird... but the cartoonist...
Mostly apocalyptic Friday
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 8/20/21 The residents Hootin' Holler were vaguely aware that some catastrophe had caused the collapse of the flatlanders'...
Don't get me started on the rest of the room, empty except for a table with nothing on it
Six Chix, 8/19/21 Only I have the guts to say it: this is the worst couch anyone has ever seen in the comics. At first glance it looks kind of like it might...
Mr. Wilkins ... if you're nasty
Judge Parker, 8/18/21 Damn it, Judge Parker, it’s fine when I accuse the Spencer-Drivers of doing a little light insurance fraud, but I don’t like the vibes...
Libby absolutely knows how important Wilbur's opinions are in the grand scheme of things (not important at all)
Mary Worth, 8/17/21 Ha ha, remember that time Wilbur got drunk and obnoxious on a double date with his Estelle and his ex and his ex's new hot young...
WIL-BURRRRRRR
Mary Worth, 8/16/21 Oh, snap! Did Drew get emotional closure on the whole getting-dumped-by-Ashlee situation? Nope! Did we ever really find out why Ashlee...
The "Comics Curmudgeon" is a brand name, that's a totally different situation
Daddy Daze, 8/15/21 When I first read this strip, I felt an immediate spike of anger when I got to panel four. "Damn it," I thought. "It's Superman for whom...
"In our house, we call it 'YWHW's Gorge'"
Family Circus, 8/14/21 So what’s changed in the 17 years since this panel last graced my blog? Well, for one thing, Ma Keane’s attitude on theological...
Metapost: Just another COTW-day Friday
Your comment of the week is here for your enjoyment! "We are discounting the possibility that Mary's 'vegetables’ were just real roots of some remnant plants...
Old favorites
Funky Winkerbean, 8/13/21 So, in case you haven't been keeping track and/or want to feel a million years old, Lisa's death in Funky Winkerbean happened...
Can't really explain the ice bucket, maybe he just keeps them stashed all over the house
Mark Trail, 8/12/21 Oh, uh, the “Mark parties with influencers” storyline has wrapped up, and I’m not going to describe everything that happened (it was...
Billy dreams of the greatest Kompound yet
Daddy Daze, 8/11/21 I think we're all well aware that the actual cat poster caption is "Hang In There, Baby," which led to me read this strip and immediately...