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Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 11/10/26

There’s a whole social media trend of young people posting images of food service on airlines in the days of yore accompanied by captions like “RETVRN” or “THIS IS WHAT THEY TOOK FROM YOU,” and I hate to point out that these are mostly (1) ads for (2) first class service in an age when (3) even coach class was much more expensive than it is today, accounting for inflation. It seems that this kind of rhetoric has filtered down to the young people of Hootin’ Holler who are (both literally and, in terms of their ability to afford air travel, figuratively) miles away from the nearest airport, so I’m here to tell them: you still get snacks! They’re still handing out little bags of pretzels or whatever. Maybe not on Frontier or Spirit, but Spirit went out of business, so maybe handing out snacks is here to stay. Keep hope alive!

Dick Tracy, 11/10/26

Dick and his partner standing at crazy dutch angles relative to everyone else, somehow, while odd shadows falling from no obvious light source make everything very dramatic? Mysterious femme fatale emerging from an incongruous corner doorway? I do not regret to inform you that Dick Tracy has, to use a technical term, gone “full-on German Expressionist.”

Hi and Lois, 11/10/26

Wow, Thirsty gets a new pillow every year? I’m gonna say it: that seems like it’s pretty often. More often than I get one, for sure. Seems like something you’d only do for someone who’s doing horrible stuff to/on/near his pillows, and now I wanna know what.

Mary Worth, 11/10/26

“It’s because I keep spreading vicious false rumors about people and it alienates everyone! Uh, I mean, about other people, people not in this room, that’s it.”

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Pluggers, 11/8/26

This is one of those Pluggers where the art stands in contrast with the caption. We’re told that pluggers have never left the place where they’re from — but here we see a smiling bear-man, striding confidently out of Pluggerville, looking back over his shoulder at his home town with affection but without regret at his new path. Sure, he’s not young anymore, but that doesn’t mean he can’t explore new things, expand his horizons, see the wo[DOG-MAN IS KILLED INSTANTLY BY A SPEEDING LIFTED PICKUP TRUCK DUE TO THE LACK OF PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE ON THIS RURAL ROAD]

Mary Worth, 11/8/26

A tweet I think about a lot is from a woman who claimed that her ex-boyfriend would start shit with guys much bigger than him and then successfully defuse the situation by saying “it’s my birthday, I’m a little birthday boy,” and clearly Nelly is also deploying this strategy. It’s very obvious why Mary has come to her apartment, for the first time ever, but she wouldn’t dare unleash a passive-aggressive emotional interrogation on a sad little birthday girl, would she?

Luann, 11/8/26

I guess “I could use the enjoyment” is a reference to the need to offset the physical discomforts of pregnancy and, soon, the pain of childbirth, but maybe it’s just in general? She’s married to Brad, after all! Brad DeGroot. She could use the enjoyment! Any enjoyment at all, really!

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Crock, 11/6/26

The thing about wars — even low-level wars of colonial occupation, like the interminable one the Foreign Legion is fighting in Algeria — is that they’re dangerous. Even if you’re not shooting at someone, or getting shot at, you’re living in a milieu where there’s a constant baseline of violent chaos. There are weapons around, along with just a general sense of disorder, with civilians finding that their needs and safety take a backseat to those of the occupying forces even in their own homes. It’s the sort of place where a baby could crawl into an artillery piece and get blown up, is what I’m saying, which is one of several good reasons not to fight wars.

Dick Tracy, 11/6/26

I have no idea if Dick Tracy strips in the year 2026 accurately depict old-timey police jargon, or even current police jargon, so I can’t tell if this lady referring to a home that police investigated without coming up with any leads as a “dry hole” is realistic, but I am comfortable saying that it’s gross. I don’t want to hear about dry holes! It’s a very upsetting phrase! Also, I have a problem with Dick’s “different hole” line in the last panel here; for one thing, it’s somehow even grosser, and for another thing we’re clearly looking at two holes and also there’s zero blood or even bloodstains on this white nurse’s uniform, so this is yet another unsettling dry hole situation, in fact.

Mary Worth, 11/6/26

“So, Nelly, dear, are you going to tell me why you spread that rumor? Remember, you’ve already eaten the muffins, and only I have the antidote.”