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Comment of the week? That’s right, it’s the comment of the week:

“After all the other ‘Ed doing things nobody visiting NYC would’ entries, I have to acknowledge today’s strip for verisimilitude: Only a tourist would go to Washington Square Park to buy pot.” –ValdVin

Hilarious runners up? Yeah, you’d better believe it’s the hilarious runners up:

“I expect Crankshaft’s neck hurts too, since he’s adopted the ‘face away from the monument and look over your shoulder at it’ style of tourism.” –Ken

“I’m assuming the discrepancy between long sleeve/long pants and short sleeves/short pants is because the Chicken Lady is undergoing henopause.” –nescio

“Chicken Lady leaning in, eyes narrowed, hand hidden behind her back, is downright ominous! The axe is visible in the background, but it’s cold comfort. She could be concealing any number of murder weapons. Any number, I say!” –Victor Von

“‘Hi Lee, about this script … HOLY SHIT THERE’S A SKULL ON THE CABINET!!!’ ‘Of course! Like all great artists, I need a memento mori: remember you are mortal!’ ‘Well, it’s not working: you supposedly died in 1999!’” –Ettorre

“Delighted to see Garfield is a Wikipedia editor, and even more delighted to see that he immediately got into every Wikipedian’s favourite hobby — adding vexatious disambiguation notices to pages.” –Schroduck

“‘You’ll find out in the Phantom’s own good time.’ AKA, ‘Wow, this comic is extremely slow-paced.’” –Westing1992

“Gil at first was going to play dumb — ‘Prom? What prom? I booked a cruise for that weekend’ — but he was caught out by the word ‘prom’ appearing on every surface of the school.” –Lawyerbob

“Mary has obviously judged this to be a five-muffin situation.” –Pozzo

“I’m mildly … well, ‘alarmed’ isn’t quite the right word, because it’s Beetle Bailey, so let’s go with ‘bemused,’ that Killer — a Private in the Army who has presumably seen these things before and whose name, literal or not, is Killer — has to ask what it is that Zero is ‘arranging over there.’ What do you think they are, my guy? Metal bottles? Strangely unsettling musical instruments? Condoms for variously-sized Transformers? It’s that last one, isn’t it?” –els

“Herb, I don’t know if this is true … I can’t tell for sure … Maybe it’s me, but … If you’re going to blatantly stretch a one-panel gag to multiple panels, I kind of admire your decision to go for four when three would have been plenty.” –Peanut Gallery

“I woke up wondering if I could make it through the day without reading the sentence ‘your table wiping days are over.’ Oh well. There’s always tomorrow.” –Weaselboy

“Mr. Weenie World manager, did you know that Luann’s parents own an actual full service restaurant with liquor license? Kind of makes you wonder why even they won’t hire her.” –Guillermo el Chiclero

“Gen Z, which comic book time has moved Luann into, is having less sex and less interest in it, so the strip is shifting from ‘zany comic’ to more realism comic. When Batuik moved off Funky Winkerbean, creator Greg Evans took the mantle. Sucks for Brad, who will be picked to be the example for the shockingly high rates of colon cancer affecting young people.” –Philip

“I like how the grey background suggest the interior of a bunker. 2023 wasn’t too long ago, especially when you consider that that timelock isn’t going to let you out until 2028.” –pugfuggly

“What really makes this work is that Dustin’s dad is a lawyer, so he knows exactly what ‘keeping two sets of books’ means. ‘I am committing accounting fraud against my wife. I will be sentenced to no more than sixty months in prison, fined no more than one million dollars, and be forced to repay this donut.’” –matt w

“Haha … but seriously, Chip was caddying for me. He tripped, rolled off the green, and fell 200 feet off a cliff to his death.” –Old Man Shadow

“I knew that aliens built the pyramids, but the revelation that they also wrote Shakespeare is a real game changer.” –Mr. Tulkinghorn

“If you really loved Alice, you’d be using those eyestalks to inspect for termites.” –I’m Not Cthulhu, But I Play Him On TV

“The most menacing part is that they’re staying at Caesar’s Palace so that Martha can feast on the eye candy that is their replica statue of David.” –Old School Allie Cat

“Heathcliff has the serene calm of someone who has made peace with being a martyr to their cause (the cause here being wearing meat-product-promoting helmets).” –TheDiva

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Starting the day off right — with your comment o’ the week:

“Leroy’s plan to dramatically self immolate by pouring a bowlful high proof alcohol over a lit barbecue, thereby ending himself in a way calculated to cause maximum inconvenience for Loretta, has been foiled. It’s not a happy relationship by any stretch, but at least they thwart each other’s more self destructive tendancies, even if it is only out of spite.” –BananaSam

And your runners up are very funny as well!

“You know, Dithers could have just emailed Dagwood the documentation instead of wasting money printing it and wasting time driving to his home. But I guess what drives his bad boss routine is not so much economic motivation but the thrill of domination.” –Ettorre

“Has Hi’s hair always had that fixed position, with his ‘front’ curls on the side even when he’s looking straight at us? I can only imagine that his head is rotating wildly while he’s reciting his ‘jokes,’ and it is this that Thirsty is so upset by.” –Laurence J Sinclair

“Who the hell says ‘piping hot fries’ outside of a radio commercial? Will this guy then suggest a ‘succulent hot apple pie’ to top things off? Perhaps ‘crisp and tasty’ chips from the vending machine for a late afternoon snack? Has Ed ever seen this guy before? He’s Satan, isn’t he?” –A Grave Mind

“OK, I get the joke after thinking about it. But it looks like the joke is that Heathcliff is a sick perverted voyeur who hangs around outside doctors’ offices to watch people get thermometers inserted into them. He’s a sick freak and I hope the Garbage Ape cancels him.” –Schroduck

“There’s also a standing joke about baristas humorously slaughtering customers’ names on the cups. So, Jamaal risked about a 50% chance of yelling out, ‘Have a nice day, Lurpy!’” –MKay

“This an oral thermometer. I am a veterinarian, as indicated by the abbreviated sign outside. You are the owner of an orange cat. That is an orange cat names Heathcliff. Look, ma’am, I’ll do this all day at $120 an hour, but I really don’t think your cat has reached the Symbolic function substage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, no matter what his fascination with flags might indicate.” –Voshkod

“Look at Chris’s expression again. It’s not the smug satisfaction that most characters get from malapropisms, or the honest confusion when Crankshaft thinks he’s using a real word. She knows exactly what she’s doing, and it disgusts her. Still, tortured wordplay is the only way she can connect with her father. I don’t know if she’s doing it for the inheritance or because she craves his acceptance, but she knows she has to go through with it.” –Nevin on Patreon

“I love how this strip doesn’t spare a single detail in this incredibly exciting tale. I mean, how exactly is Truck going to communicate with his son through that solid wood door? A buzzer? A text message? Ah, knocking: the tried and tested method. I feel like I’m really starting to get to know Truck as a character.” –pugfuggly

“There’s always something distressing about Marvin, but today I’m choosing to focus on this weird green surface that appears to be 7’x7′ and 4.5′ high and seems to exist solely to rest their child on, like some kind of reverse playpen that encourages falls.” –Conky, on BlueSky

“This is clearly a drug deal, right? Why else would a Chicken Lady with a basket full of unpurchased groceries be hunched over and handing the baggie of ‘prunes’ to a Dogbear Lady whose groceries are already bagged and paid for? ‘I think Trader Joe’s are great’ can only be a code phrase.” –Guts Dozier

“Dear, I have some bad news. Are you sitting down? I moved the landline to lowest bench in the house.” –Stop Motion Cyclops

“Truck’s only inheritance will be a small stake in a legal settlement from the AI companies that will steal his and other musicians copyrighted material, and most of that will go to paying off back rent at the hotel he is living and will die in.” –Philip

“Memo to ‘This End Up’ guy: STOP. VALIDATING. DAGWOOD. BUMSTEAD.” –matt w

“The more I look at Mr. Oversized Load, the more I worry about him. This isn’t a special occasion for him, he’s like that every day, just frozen, grinning and blank-eyed. Does Mr. Dithers pay him to guard the copier against illicit hoagie xeroxing? It doesn’t seem like much of a life, to be honest.” –I’m Not Cthulhu, But I Play Him On TV

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As we move on into the weekend, let’s think about your achievements for the week, as well as places you may have fallen short. For instance, did you happen to say you couldn’t remember the name of a character in a comic, in a post right under a comic where they say that character’s name, right there in your blog in front of God and everybody? No? Well, I guess your week was fine then.

You know whose week was very fine? KevynOnVideo, responsible for this week’s comment … of the week:

“Of course MY is possessive! She’s completely dependent on her partner who has the only articulate arm and hand between the two of them. How will she eat or bathe herself? How will she call for assistance or operate the doorknob to leave the house, as he’s about to do? She was the love of his life, but now I is sentencing her to a slow death. Improbable as it may be, Grimm’s presence here for this scene is appropriate, as it’s very grim indeed.” –KevynOnVideo

And the very funny runners up had good weeks too!

“Leroy has just seen Sinners and is fantasizing about a world where he can transform Loretta into his obedient thrall, or at least keep her from entering his home without being invited.” –TheDiva

“And so they were saved by — oh, let’s say, Bizarro Wilbur.” –Liam

“If the animals every fully develop a civil legal system, some parrot is going to claim ownership due to their great-great-great grandfather being the pet of a peg-legged, eye-patched stereotype of a pirate. The real winners will be the attorneys on both sides, since billable hours are the real treasure.” –Philip

“Look, it’s one thing for the animals to overthrow the primary human government and establish their ostensibly-benevolent dictatorship. But to try to usurp the authority of the California Coastal Commission to manage the beaches and resources therein? Big mistake, animals. Do you have any conception of the number of forms and appeals and public hearings that you’ve just gotten yourself into?” –Dmsilev

“Oh, I’m sorry, Jonah. Have you ever considered that maybe you’re just not attractive enough for television, talented enough for the stage, connected enough to get into movies, or equipped properly for porn? What I’m saying is, have you considered podcasting?” –Voshkod

“‘What?’, says Wilbur. ‘The guy who showed strong emotional intelligence, who cared enough about a relative to track her down on the other side of the country, and who took control of a dangerous situation with confidence? No, he’s not familiar at all. I don’t know anyone like that.’” –Nevin, on Patreon

“Wilbur’s a little out of character here. Don’t get me wrong, I believe he’d be totally oblivious to the similarity between himself and Belle’s brother, but he would be more like, ‘Handsome fellow, wasn’t he? Chiseled jaw, powerful gaze. A little skinny, but nobody’s perfect.’” –Dan

“Pluggers never bought into that ‘Ten-and-Two’ bullshit. ‘Double-Twelve’ was good enough for my grandpappy and good enough for me!” –pugfuggly

“You think Stephen Bentley ever regrets making his two main characters so different in height? Poor old Herb. No wonder he maintains his constitutional right to silence if every time he talks, his speech bubble pushes his own head out of the panel.” –Schroduck

“I like to think that the car isn’t actually moving, but is sitting in a driveway/parking lot somewhere. Wilbur and Dawn are contemplating never getting out, except (possibly) for excretory functions.” –Pozzo

“‘You’re clueless!’ And I mean that literally. Belle left a defaced photo and at least two poisoned meals lying around, and somehow neither of you have found them yet.” –Banana Jr. 6000

“This strip takes place in the middle ages, when power imbalances between leaders and peasants were so extreme that they would extend to their family members, and apparently even their pets. Look at Snert, who, like Hagar, is wearing the horned helmet indicating that he, too, must be honored and feared. Meanwhile, Eddie’s nephew won’t even get to wear one of those upside-down funnel hats until he’s proved his worth by joining Hagar’s raiding parties for a decade or so, starting at age 11.” –BigTed

“Do the animals know about underpass height warnings yet? The little birdie will be okay, it’s the gorilla I’m worried for.” –I’m Not Cthulhu, But I Play Him On TV

“Critics disparage Dick Tracy for relying on the idea that Neo-Chicago’s grotesque villains wear their evil on their disfigured faces. However, it’s important to remember that it’s not entirely biased; Sam Ketchum is also very ugly.” –Victor Von

“These kids are walking and playing sports. We’ve seen Marvin talking with a speech bubble. That means they are bullying each other with telepathy and we should all be absolutely fucking terrified.” –Tabby Lavalamp

“I enjoy how in an isolated community that probably can’t afford full time incarceration, the concept of ‘bail’ has evolved from a security payment that is repaid if accused cooperates, to a simple bribe. It’s taken as given that the accused will ‘flee,’ and everyone is fine with that. The Judge probably wouldn’t even remember what to do if Snuffy Smith actually showed up for his trial and forced everyone to go through the procedures of actual justice.” –AndyL

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