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Heathcliff, 6/17/25

There are few characters in the comics whose energies are so distinct from one another as Heathcliff and Wilbur Weston, despite the fact that they have remarkably similar body plans. Contrast today’s panel with Wilbur’s drawn-out, over-the-top fish funeral. Sure, Heathcliff mourns. You think he doesn’t mourn for that hot dog, lost forever to the bosom of the sea? But he does it with the sort of quiet dignity that Wilbur has never gotten within a mile of.

Crankshaft, 6/17/25

Crankshaft had two daughters: Pam, who he lives with, and Chris, who lives in the big city and who he visits every once in a while, presumably when he gets the sense that Pam might murder him if he doesn’t get out of town for a little bit. Anyway, you’d think living far away would allow Chris to develop a more independent personality, distinct from her family, but today we learn that making terrible, unfunny malaprops is a tragically genetic condition.

Shoe, 6/17/25

What I really like about this one is that Biz’s facial expression in panel two makes it very clear that he’s flirting.

Rex Morgan, M.D., 6/17/25

“So how does this work? Is a guy with calipers gonna come by and measure our skulls, or do I just jerk off into a cup?”

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Heathcliff, 6/16/25

This is, of course, a hilarious joke about rectal thermometers, and I laud the strip for being subtle enough to not use the words “rectal” or “butthole” or anything like that. However, just to make sure you get the point, Heathcliff’s butt, hanging out the window for his protection, has been depicted in a subtle but still vividly shapely manner, with gentle curves letting us know that yes, the punchline of this panel is specifically about Heathcliff’s ass.

Herb and Jamaal, 6/16/25

Look, Jamaal, I’ve been frank and open about the fact that I too struggle with difficulty remembering the names of acquaintances, even when I remember so many stories about them and details of their lives that it would be extremely embarrassing to ask them, once again, what their name is. So I appreciate you trying out this little “life hack” here, but I don’t think it’s practical. Think of all the social interactions required just to ensure you both end up at the same coffee shop at the same time! Surely his name’s going to come up at some point in that process. So, I like your creativity, but let’s keep brainstorming on this.

Dennis the Menace, 6/16/25

Oh NO but your mom ISN’T HERE RIGHT NOW so he’s gonna DRIVE RIGHT INTO A WALL and you guys AREN’T EVEN IN CHILD SEATS, this is gonna be a BLOODBATH

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Blondie, 6/15/25

The Blondie deep lore is that back in the ’20s, Blondie was a flapper girl and Dagwood was the dissolute son of a millionaire, and he was disinherited for marrying her, and that’s all of course long forgotten now and they’re just normal suburbanites, but it is a little weird that Dagwood’s boss looks suspiciously like his long-vanished father. It’s weird, right? I think it’s kind of weird. Anyway, it’s even weirder that this strip is drawing attention to it, though I’m not sure if the implication is that Dagwood sought out this abusive boss in particular to work out his daddy issues or if something much more complex and dark is going on here, a scenario in which Dagwood’s father has taken on a whole new identity that can never be acknowledged just so the two of them can spend time together.

Dustin, 6/15/25

Obviously, Ed was never going to spend Father’s Day with Dustin, whom he profoundly dislikes. But I appreciate that today’s strip reminds us that really his entire family is just a nonstop source of multilayered shame for him.

Hi and Lois, 6/15/25

Why are you subjecting Thirsty to all this, Hi? This is exactly the kind of thing he opted out of fatherhood to avoid!