Why pay for a sitter when the docents will keep Dennis from killing himself for free, probably?
Dennis the Menace, 4/30/21 I spent way too long trying to parse Henry and Alice’s facial expressions and how they line up with Dennis’s tattletale claim to...
"Oh, whoops, I dropped my stethoscope. You're probably wondering why I own one of these, huh?"
Mary Worth, 4/29/21 There’s a lot of suspension of disbelief that goes into enjoying a comic strip like Mary Worth, and sometimes I can pull it off and...
Love, death, and lies
Mother Goose and Grimm, 4/28/21 Ha ha, it's funny because Grimm wants to murder a cat! No, wait ... it's funny because ... Grimm is doing mafia cosplay, and...
DREWFLUENCER
Mary Worth, 4/27/21 Oh man, I honestly don't know where this is going exactly but I'm very excited about it. I think every soap strip should do a storyline...
The thrill (of kidnapping) is gone
Judge Parker, 4/26/21 Oh, hey, remember when Sam got kidnapped a couple of years ago? Well, kidnapped might be a kind of strong word for it. Yes, he was...
Childhood trauma
Rex Morgan, M.D., 4/25/21 Two things amused me very much about today’s Rex Morgan. The first is how Rex immediately moves to ensure that Kyle Vidpa, a man...
Saturday quickies
Crock, 4/24/21 Man, I really respect how tired they made Maggot look in the final panel here. “Won’t beer cans explode? [extremely heavy sigh] Get it?...
Metapost: [extremely "Y'all ready for this" voice] Y'all ready for COTW
What's that? You are ready for your comment of the week? Well, good news, here it is! "Mary gave me enough of her delicious turkey stew for days! Every day...
Not even going to try to parse the wordplay on that AA sign
Funky Winkerbean, 4/23/21 When I wrote about the many different strategies comic strip artists were taking to address (or not) the coronavirus pandemic, one...
Maybe the weight-lifting lady should give the jump-rope lady some more space, just a suggestion
The Lockhorns, 4/22/21 As usual, I admire the craftsmanship that went into today’s Lockhorns. It would be easy to have the panel just consist of Loretta...
The phrase "ear mite" jumped into my mind. Is this a real thing that lives in human ears? Don't know and don't care to find out
Slylock Fox, 4/21/21 Man, usually even the non-Slylockverse Slylock Fox True or False strips involve, like, animal facts of some kind. Yes, it’s technically...
4/20 TRY TO EXPLAIN IT
Judge Parker, 4/20/21 Hey, kids, it’s 4/20, and you know what that means: time to get high (IF THAT’S LEGAL IN YOUR JURISDICTION, CAN’T EMPHASIZE THAT...
Some Cory Evening
May Worth, 4/19/21 Oh, wow, I don’t think we’ve ever seen Dr. Jeff’s distinguished McMansion before, have we? Generally, Mary prefers her cozy condo to the...
Youth wasted on the young
Panel from The Lockhorns, 4/18/21 So … is Loretta over there audibly lying about her age to those women? Or is this just how Leroy strikes up conversations...
Crickfluencer
Mark Trail, 4/17/21 You know, one thing I didn’t really like about the first plot of new-look Mark Trail was that it lacked truly cartoonishly hateable...
Metapost: Comments? Comments!
Folks, here it is: your comment of the week! "OK men, welcome to our daily socially-distanced, FaceTime happy hour! You know the drill: Get those...
Dr. Drew needs his place in the sun!
Mary Worth, 4/16/21 Oh, now we're getting to what Dr. Jeff really means when he says Dr. Drew seems "dissatisfied with life" even though he hasn't actually...
One-panel Thursday
Family Circus, 4/15/21 Many years ago, I was going through customs at Boston Airport, and one of the customs inspectors had an extremely cute beagle on a...
Somehow this is even less forgivable than if Jeffy did it
Mary Worth, 4/14/21 Ahh, I love to savor the early days of a new Mary Worth storyline, when it's still full of promise and potential and we can fool...
Funkyblood for the Funkygod
Beetle Bailey, 4/13/21 I'm reasonably sure that Zero's original one-note Beetle Bailey character definition was "is stupid," but apparently at some point...