Metapost: Friday COTWy baby
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I don’t really know what that post title is supposed to mean either, except that it’s time for your comment of the week!
“Loretta forgot the number one rule of being a Lockhorn: points can only be scored in the moment with a single barb. Long games, like hanging up a banner in the hopes Leroy will remember that he forgot your anniversary, will never get you anywhere. Step it up, girl! Leroy never remembers anything unless he can use it against you! He’s used cheap beer to scour his hippocampus to a fine sheen, becoming a creature of pure id! This isn’t Judge Parker, whose characters can occasionally be induced to feel shame!” –Navigator
And your very funny runners up!
“My guess: the Gasoline Alley team discovered that there is a hamlet named Mosquitoville, Vermont, and said, ‘That’s gold! How can we use this?’ Sad that this was the best they could do.” –Pozzo
“The modern comics pages are full of anachronisms to help make Boomers feel that time hasn’t passed them by, but I refuse to think that even they believe that anyone still sends letters through the mail anymore, even to … advice hobos?” –Tabby Lavalamp
“How many accountants? I have to steal a car with a bigger trunk!” –Little Guy
“Dennis has forsaken High Church Anglicanism for a more evangelical service at the feet of … former congressman Harold Ford Jr? … as his homage to the Heroes of 9/11. I guess?” –bad wolf
“So in Pardon My Planet, the people in Heaven are still miserable? That checks.” –nescio
“I sure hope Saul doesn’t plan to throw away his collection of antimacassars. Those things are worse than six-pack plastic rings when it comes to entangling birds and wildlife.” –Charterstoned
“Have you ever thought about heaven? You’re up on clouds, man. So much closer to the sun! Think of how hot that’s gonna be! So come on down to Crazy Carl’s Cryo Lab! We’ll freeze your head for $99.95! An eternity of cool head comfort or for however long the freezer in Carl’s garage lasts and remains unknown to the local authorities!” –Old Man Shadow
“Sprocket Nitrate has wisely decided to make her escape, having realized that her gimmick (walking around barefoot, and being named ‘Sprocket Nitrate’) is not enough to give her rogue’s gallery immunity but just enough to greatly increase the chances of a painful and ironic death, possibly through tetanus.” –TheDiva
“It’s not so much they are eating orange goo, but the quantity Loretta prepared. There will be anniversaries of these leftovers, Leroy.” –Kevin On Earth
“‘I want a hanging sign that reads Happy Anniversary. ‘No problem. Here at Party City we have dozens! Shiny gold or silver, festive red, rainbow, what color do you want?’ ‘Black. Matte black. Funereal matte black.’ ‘Uh … looks like we’re out of stock! Try Goth Gala, two doors over.'” –Voshkod
“I am totally looking forward to learning the email address associated with Rene’s Venmo!” –taig
“Own it Elmo! Time to show that you are too cool for school. Go buy some booze and smokes, and, flash that mustachioed Elmo photo. Just say you shaved it off because it was itchy!” –tallyHO
“Leroy is using ‘she means well’ as a devastating insult. Yet more confirmation that the Lockhorns are Jewish, on Erev Rosh Hashanah yet. Have we not suffered enough?” –Matt Weiner, on Bluesky
“I like how the box it came in doesn’t look like it’s giftwrapped, but more like it’s warning that it is carrying dangerous contents. So maybe the joke is actually ‘polonium.’” –pugfuggly
“I love love love that Saul’s computer desk is a little dinner trolley with handles. ‘Hmm, methinks I shall partake of some internet. Garçon, the laptop, if you please. And a smartphone for the lady.’” –Schroduck
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44 replies to “Metapost: Friday COTWy baby”
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TheDiva
September 8th, 2023 at 7:38 am Reply
Crankshaft: “You know, now that I think of it we could be doing literally anything with our time other than spending it with you miserable old bats and you ‘book club’ that never actually reads anything, so we’re outta here.”
Tom T.
September 8th, 2023 at 7:49 am Reply
Blondie: Almamatta was the traditional rival of Wassamattu U., until conference realignment.
Bob Tice
September 8th, 2023 at 8:26 am Reply
Rex Morgan: “What do you have to say about things now, Murphy?”
“Well, your guile is otherworldly
And your methods are quite heinous
But I’ll never see, for the life of me,
A swingset on Uranus!”
Professor Well Actually
September 8th, 2023 at 9:34 am Reply
Rex Morgan: Wow! Incompetent con man Rene Belluso is wanted for attempted murder. Now he’s carrying out a kidnapping. What’s next? Will he be tearing the tags of mattresses?
Horace Broon
September 8th, 2023 at 10:10 am Reply
Mary Worth: As a Scot, I am completely unable to see the phrase “Better Together” without remembering the “No” campaign during the independence referendum, so now I’m wondering which of them is Scotland and which is England. Will Saul erect his Union Jack in Eve’s Central Belt? Or will it be Eve’s Southern Regions that overrule Saul’s Holy Rood? And now I’ve, as we say up here, given masel the boak.
Artist formerly known as Ben
September 8th, 2023 at 4:25 pm Reply
Dustin: Yes, “It’s supposed to be very popular with younger woman,” is totally something a man in his early 20s would say and doesn’t make him sound like his dad in a skinsuit.
//Comment of the Previous Week Made Far Too Late to be Worth Listing. Kudos to L’esprit de l’escalier for naming this category.
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Springboard Shadow CsOTW
Anonyminimouse
September 9th, 2023 at 12:15 pm Reply
@Liam: Six Chix-“Crap. Crap. Crap. Unreadable.”
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That covers Monday to Thursday. What about the Friday, Saturday and Sunday strips?
Sequitur
September 10th, 2023 at 12:22 pm Reply
@Peanut Gallery: Jungle Jim: Far to the southeast, a navy bomber, on a routine flight, dips low over the sea to better identify a shadowy shape floating beneath the waves.
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It turned out to be Wilbur.
Garrison Skunk
September 11th, 2023 at 1:29 pm Reply
@Jeffmcm: Dennis the Menace: …and the guy in Dennis the Menace is clearly a real person who either paid to be immortalized in the strip, or did something to make the artist want to very specifically make fun of his appearance.
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…or Barack Obama p.o.ed the Six Chix Witches who cursed him into the Dennis Dimension Zone for not signing their bill moving Halloween to August officially.
Al of the Christian Singles Jungle Patrol
September 14th, 2023 at 9:14 am Reply
@Professor Well Actually: Rex Morgan: The police should be chasing Rene for attempted murder. There are mafia thugs after him. Why is hapless conman Rene still alive?
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He’s related to Wilbur Weston?
Future Metacomments CsOTW
Ukulele Ike
September 11th, 2023 at 9:53 am Reply
Oh, man. Thanks for ROONING three of tomorrow’s comics. Now my equilibrium is all out of balance. I’ll need to read Broom Hilda, Crock, and Safe Havens tomorrow to refill the hole in my skull. And that won’t be pretty, will it?
Gabacho
September 11th, 2023 at 10:22 am Reply
The Comics Curmudgeon – Now the truth comes out. Today’s (tomorrow’s?) wrinkle in the space time continuum of Joshreads reveals that all these years, all these tears, all this wondering how legacy strips have survived with only we, the loyal commenters of the Comics Curmudgeon, as the readers, is revealed to us. There are no other readers.
Yes, Josh accidentally reveals that he is both the author and the mocker of the very comics we follow so avidly. We are not the butt of the joke. We are the joke, much like the angels in tommorow’s Pardon My Planet
The clues were always there.
Special Long-form Shadow CsOTW
astroboy
September 9th, 2023 at 5:00 am Reply
Six Chix: Those Little Free Libraries sprout like weeds in my neighborhood. Whenever I stop to peruse, they always seem to have the same old castaway books in them. The contents never really change. Tomes like “Getting to Know Your New VCR” and “The Magical of Asbestos” and “Everything I Know About Women I Learned From My Tractor,” growing mustier and dustier as the days plod on.
KMD
September 9th, 2023 at 6:08 am Reply
Gil Thorp: Pedro would have fit right in when Chris Claremont decided to make the X-Men consist of mutants from around the world. Pedro! He has the pointlessness of Banshee, the stupidity of Cannonball, the uselessness of Cypher, the vacant expression of Nightcrawler, the torso of Colossus, and the stepping power of Sunfire. Claremont and the readers will forget about Pedro quicker than they did Karma, Polaris, and Longshot! Except for the one “very special issue” where Claremont makes the bold statement that “racism is bad” and uses mutants to make that obvious point. Special bonus points if Magento or Kitty Pryde bring up the Holocaust!
Garrison Skunk
September 9th, 2023 at 6:42 am Reply
Gil Thorp: (Spoken really fast) “Hey Coach Thorp did you know that Pedro is really Tire Guy X, and secretly is Speed Racer’s long lost brother who competes against him as he tries to keep Speed safe on the Tire racing circuit from other evil Tire racers who are trying to kill Speed in overly elaborate ways. Anyway, Coach Thorp what a coach does on his own time is of course his own business, but I saw a monkey and a young child get into your car’s trunk, what’s up with that?”
Chorus: “GO, SPEED RACER, GOOOOOOOOOOOO”
Tabby Lavalamp
September 9th, 2023 at 9:45 am Reply
As I started reading Blondie, my first thought is “Herb is right.” Then I realized that I was reading a legacy comic strip and agreeing with a supporting character whose name I know and will now spend the rest of my Saturday researching retirement communities because it’s time. It’s been a good run.
Ukranazi Stepan
September 12th, 2023 at 4:30 am Reply
Mary Worth: Next: Gasp in excitement as Mary volunteers to help Saul move! Thrill as she chooses the movers! Be amazed as she decides whom to give Saul’s discards! Be at the edge of your seat when Mary realises there’s nobody willing to take 12345 old polka dotted bow ties! What will she do? What will she do?!??
oldgold
September 13th, 2023 at 5:23 am Reply
Judge Parker: “Stealth” as practiced by a renowned veteran international spook: Honking the car horn twice and then driving away in broad daylight, not even bothering to don shades and/ or a wig, with locally notorious and striking blonde daughter in the passenger’s seat.
With mad undercover skills like this, it is no wonder Pavel can’t find her.
jroggs
September 14th, 2023 at 4:51 am Reply
Gil Thorp: The Milford Mudlarks categorize their plays not by formations, blocking assignments, and receiver routes, but instead by how competently they perform them. They’re doing much better now that they make more use of plays like the Perfect Throw and the Unstoppable Rush, but they had to fire their last offensive coordinator who kept calling for the Misread Pick-6 and the Backfield Sack-Fumble.
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Charterstoned
September 11th, 2023 at 5:52 am Reply
Mary Worth: Time stands still as Mary continues to host Saul, Eve, Greta, and Max in her condo.
Without, life continues apace, as Jeff gives up on Mary and medicine both and returns to Vietnam to be with his cherished Thanh Nguyen…Tobi is committed to an alcoholic rehab institution by Ian who then leaves Santa Royale to reunite with Helen Moss…Wilbur falls off another ocean liner, grabbing Dawn’s hand to prevent his going overboard but taking her with him instead…Zak and Iris build a cabin at Piccadee Falls and open a successful rock climbing business…Carlos Alora leaves Charterstone to head up ICE at the northern border…Dr. Ed is imprisoned for killing dogs, and Estelle, after testifying against him, takes over ANIMAL HOSPITAL and turns it into a chic grooming service.
Back in Mary’s condo, the champagne magically holds out, and the salmon cake seems not to diminish as the happy group continues to offer encomiums. Eve takes up her glass to offer her own toast to Max and Greta. The clock on the wall stops ticking.
Voshkod
September 11th, 2023 at 7:29 am Reply
Rex Morgan: “OK, I’ve kidnapped your accountants. Pay me my royalties!”
“Sorry, but those records are on computer. We need our IT guys.”
“Fine, I’ve kidnapped your IT team. Where are my royalties?”
“Uh, all that information is on cloud, AWS, and since we’re remote we’re locked out. We’ll need some AWS personnel.”
“It took some doing, and several large busses, but I’ve kidnapped everyone at AWS! Where’s my damn money?”
“Well, since you’ve got us all locked in a motel room, the servers have gone down, and we’re not there to fix it. You’ll need to . . . .”
“Stop. Shut up. Just tell me who is responsible for the post-industrial information economy and I’ll kidnap them!”
“Hate to tell you this, but Alain Touraine died a few months ago.”
jroggs
September 12th, 2023 at 5:31 am Reply
Rex Morgan: I don’t know how Mud’s idea to check- excuse me, call up his bank account will help him determine what specific residuals would theoretically be owed to Rene, since whatever payment he receives would also take into account all the other work he’s done with his cartoon show. But screw it, whatever it takes to move things along. Hopefully this isn’t Mud’s “clever” excuse to discreetly contact the police, because even with a gun Rene is tragically nonthreatening and Mud could end this hostage situation immediately at any time with one swing of his meaty fist. Hell, Mud could just call the cops right in front of him, and Rene would probably trip and drown himself in the toilet trying to stop him.
Bob Tice
September 14th, 2023 at 4:31 am Reply
Mary Worth:
They’re sleepy and they’re ooky
Delirious and pukey
And altogether fluky
The Addled Family
Eve’s spouse is a no-see-um
And people run to flee ‘im
We really want to re-am
The Addled Family
Meet?
Greet?
Effete!
So get a vicious wrawl on
A doomed schtick we can call on
We’re going to place a pall on
The Addled Family
[click, click]
gardenornament
September 14th, 2023 at 5:02 am Reply
Slylock Fox: Oh, look at the cute little mice, helping themselves to some delicious cheese behind the back of the lazy cat (or, to be precise, over the back of the cat, but you get my meaning). It’s heartwarming to see how they rejoice over finally getting a solid meal…
…until you notice those exterminators, grinning maliciously at the thought of unleashing a monstrous cockroach on the poor unsuspecting rodents. That roach is the stuff of which nightmares are made – just look at the demented look in its eyes as it prepares to launch into a spree of indiscriminate killing. I wouldn’t be surprised if it didn’t stop at the mice – the cat would probably make an excellent dessert.
And they call this “Comics for Kids”. Comics to traumatize kids and haunt their nightmares for years to come, perhaps.
Charterstoned
September 14th, 2023 at 5:22 am Reply
Mary Worth: The large land clam shifted imperceptibly on the grassy knoll, just enough to signal to the land clams who were positioned further along the same path where Saul, Greta, Eve, and Max were now taking a walk. The signal was passed from one land clam to another, the boulders along the walking path moving in slow succession, as from the merest rolling temblor. Here in California, the land clams knew, such tiny earthquakes were common, and as the rocks arranged themselves for the coming attack, they were confident their moves would not be noticed. Besides, except for the blue-necked foursome that was the target of today’s mission, no other creatures were visible. It should be easy. Around the bend, concealed by a small copse, the commanding land clam checked his watch. It was Zero Hour.
Shadow COTW Contenders, Part 1
Liam
September 9th, 2023 at 4:34 am Reply
Mary Worth: “No, Saul” Mary says snapping, “This is my apartment and I say the words around here.”
Old School Allie Cat
September 9th, 2023 at 5:12 am Reply
Gil Thorp: Here’s what we know. Her name is Coach Doyle, she worships the hair of Dorothy Hammill, and she cares about the kids! I’m hooked!!!
MKay
September 9th, 2023 at 6:27 am Reply
Rex Morgan: Stupid bad guy logic: “I can’t cash a check, but if I stuff this guy into my trunk, he’ll start pooping cash.”
ectojazzmage
September 9th, 2023 at 6:37 am Reply
Six Chix: Don’t you just love it when you go to check out a book and some unhinged looking lady appears demanding your personal information so she can presumably steal your identity and/or murder you in your sleep? Truly relatable!
Flipper
September 9th, 2023 at 7:30 am Reply
Rex Morgan: Remember the Wooly Willy toy? It had a cartoon of a man’s hairless head, and you’d use a wand to drag magnetic particles over it as hair to create different looks: full beard and mustache, just a circle beard, etc. Good fun!
I speak Jive
September 9th, 2023 at 7:36 am Reply
Frazz: Kid, stop flailing your arms and give this some thought. A minimal school day is a bad idea. How can you develop smug superiority if you don’t get an education? You’ll have to spend more time in school to be able to quote Heraclitus.
TheDiva
September 9th, 2023 at 8:31 am Reply
Mary Worth: “Excuse you, who’s strip is this? Does it say ‘Saul Wynter’ up there? No? Then shut up and enjoy your wedding muffins, this is Mary’s time to shine.”
Dennis Jimenez
September 9th, 2023 at 10:28 am Reply
Gil Thorp: The Power of Pele’ compels you…
Steve Dallas
September 10th, 2023 at 4:28 am Reply
Crankshaft: If you want to make a point about “climate damage,” maybe don’t use as your mouthpiece the character who drives a diesel school bus, gardens with a flame thrower and starts massive blazes every time he has a cookout.
Hibbleton
September 10th, 2023 at 4:47 am Reply
Gasoline Alley: ‘Blood sucking fans look to Joel to solve all their problems’ is a strange vibe even for this strip.
Ukranazi Stepan
September 10th, 2023 at 5:02 am Reply
Flylock Socks: Why does Slylock believe the bear?
Because if he doesn’t, she’s going to rip his head off just like she’s about to do to Shady.
Ukranazi Stepan
September 10th, 2023 at 5:07 am Reply
Traced Dick: Question: Who’s the character who most resembles Reeky Rat?
Answer: That’s the killer!
taig
September 10th, 2023 at 5:30 am Reply
Shoe: It’s better than the Perfesser’s tell of releasing his cloaca.
Weaselboy
September 10th, 2023 at 5:50 am Reply
Shoe: It could be that he’s simply letting everyone know that the following program is brought to them in living color on NBC.
Morgan Wick
September 10th, 2023 at 6:01 am Reply
Shoe: I think we’re all burying the lede here. Shoe just did a gag that plays on its characters being birds. Clearly the apocalypse is nigh.
Peanut Gallery
September 10th, 2023 at 6:27 am Reply
Shoe: The peacock’s bluffing. With the writers’ strike, there’s no way NBC’s fall lineup could be that good.
Tabby Lavalamp
September 10th, 2023 at 7:30 am Reply
Gasoline Alley: The modern comics page are full of anachronisms to help make Boomers feel that time hasn’t passed them by, but I refuse to think that even they believe that anyone still sends letters through the mail anymore, even to… advice hobos?
Flipper
September 10th, 2023 at 8:18 am Reply
Hi and Lois: Lois is playing it cool, but eventually Hi will notice the young plumber isn’t wearing pants.
Ukulele Ike
September 10th, 2023 at 9:29 am Reply
Arlo and Janis: I’m confused about the blinders too, also wondering which school got stuck with the hideous color combination of orange and Navy blue. Either Arlo went to Princeton and Janis to Annapolis, or they both attended the University of Howard Johnson.
Artist formerly known as Ben
September 10th, 2023 at 11:59 am Reply
Gasoline Alley: “Joel (last name not known) is said to have given tender words of advice to a young married couple before succumbing to malaria.”
Bryan
September 10th, 2023 at 1:48 pm Reply
Gasoline Alley: I know if I’m ever looking for advice about love, I too like to write unsolicited letters to elderly alcoholics who live in a junkyard, in a one-room shack which they share with a donkey. An illiterate elderly alcoholic, it should be noted.
Artist formerly known as Ben
September 10th, 2023 at 3:22 pm Reply
Crankshaft: Funny, I would have thought that it was those stuck talking to Crankshaft who would be looking forward to the apocalypse.
I speak Jive
September 10th, 2023 at 4:14 pm Reply
Mary Worth: Personally, I think it’s okay that the quote is from Princess Diana. It’s appropriate that the People’s Princess is quoted by the People’s Meddler.
Bob Tice
September 11th, 2023 at 4:34 am Reply
Mary Worth: “I can say without a moment’s hesitation, Eve, that you have given me a new leash on life!”
taig
September 11th, 2023 at 4:37 am Reply
Dennis the Menace: Barack Obama regrets dropping in on that church.
Hibbleton
September 11th, 2023 at 4:56 am Reply
Dennis the Menace: Dennis sees church as a spaceship and Barak Obama as its pilot. Alice and Henry now know what happened to that missing tab of acid.
pugfuggly
September 11th, 2023 at 4:57 am Reply
Dennis the Menace: After months of intensive polling research, Vivek Ramaswamy’s team has determine that his path to the nomination lies in the coveted Dennis the Menace readership demographic. He was originally going to try to appear in a Pluggers, but Chris Christie already has the Bearman vote tied up.
Shadow COTW Contenders, Part 2
TheDiva
September 11th, 2023 at 7:28 am Reply
Crankshaft: “Also we’re new in town. So you’re the bus driver everyone calls ‘The Demon of Death,’ huh?”
Flipper
September 11th, 2023 at 8:37 am Reply
Rex Morgan: If only there were a doctor around who could help Buzzy with his sore neck. Oh well.
Garrison Skunk
September 11th, 2023 at 9:30 am Reply
Dennis Minus Menace: “Beam me up, Obama.”
Horace Broon
September 11th, 2023 at 10:13 am Reply
Phantom: Devil somehow leads them all the way to a disused warehouse in Santa Royale, only to then realise that that’s the wrong story.
Weaselboy
September 11th, 2023 at 11:29 am Reply
Rex Morgan: Unfortunately, Rene won’t see any royalties from Mud’s next song, “My Manager Got Locked in a Trunk by an Idiot.”
Artist formerly known as Ben
September 11th, 2023 at 3:29 pm Reply
Dennis the Menace: It’s not for Johnny Mathis to say whether Dennis is going to heaven on the twelfth of never or any other time, but it’s wonderful! wonderful! that the lad is thinking about it, and it wouldn’t hurt to give him a certain smile.
Schroduck
September 11th, 2023 at 4:58 am Reply
Pardon My Planet: You can survive with your head removed and frozen, but even in Heaven you can’t survive without coffee, amirite?
Charterstoned
September 11th, 2023 at 5:00 am Reply
Mary Worth: I sure hope Saul doesn’t plan to THROW AWAY his collection of antimacassars. Those things are worse than six-pack plastic rings when it comes to entangling birds and wildlife.
I’m Not Cthulhu, But I Play Him On TV
September 11th, 2023 at 6:35 am Reply
Mary Worth: “Of course, we’ll be taking my stocks and bonds, Mary.”
“Ah, your financial instruments.”
“I didn’t say that.”
Anonymous
September 11th, 2023 at 7:14 am Reply
Mary Worth: Smash cut to Madi, sitting in an empty apartment.
taig
September 12th, 2023 at 4:48 am Reply
Crankshaft: Stab him with the umbrella, wear his skin as a Crankshaft suit, and drive that bus yourself, lady. You know you want to!
TheDiva
September 12th, 2023 at 6:39 am Reply
Dick Tracy: Sprocket Nitrate has wisely decided to make her escape, having realized that her gimmick (walking around barefoot, and being named “Sprocket Nitrate”) is not enough to give her rogue’s gallery immunity but just enough to greatly increase the chances of a painful and ironic death, possibly through tetanus.
Guillermo el chiclero
September 12th, 2023 at 7:00 am Reply
Phantom: Meanwhile, at the Bandar camp Devil is thinking. “I would’ve made it here a lot faster if I didn’t have that goddam pygmy riding me like a pony and yelling giddyup! giddyup!”
Kevin On Earth
September 13th, 2023 at 4:41 am Reply
Lockhorns: It’s not so much they are eating orange goo, but the quantity Loretta prepared. There will be anniversaries of these leftovers Leroy.
MKay
September 13th, 2023 at 5:19 am Reply
Lockhorns: There must be a sign that better reflects the look of sheer, miserable resignation in both of their eyes. Party City probably doesn’t carry it though, you may have to slip into a funeral home and pinch a sash off a wreath.
jroggs
September 13th, 2023 at 5:23 am Reply
Rex Morgan: As Mud explained that his phone was not capable of dispensing cash and they’d have to wait until the bank opened, Rene discovered the true depth of the folly of kidnapping two smelly old men on a Saturday night.
Scratchy Scrotum LXIX
September 13th, 2023 at 5:35 am Reply
Luann: That pictogram of Bets looks like the ones I see advertising “gentlemen’s clubs.”
gardenornament
September 13th, 2023 at 6:25 am Reply
Dustin: This is a rare occurrence: the Kudlick family are engaged in a fun activity together, without snarking at each other. This isn’t normal. Do they need to see a doctor?
Voshkod
September 13th, 2023 at 6:41 am Reply
Lockhorns: “I want a hanging sign that reads ‘Happy Anniversary.’”
“No problem. Here at Party City we have dozens! Shiny gold or silver, festive red, rainbow, what color do you want?”
“Black. Matte black. Funerial matte black.”
“Uh . . . looks like we’re out of stock! Try Goth Gala, two doors over.”
Guillermo el chiclero
September 13th, 2023 at 6:44 am Reply
Phantom: Guran’s fire? We haven’t let that fat oaf play with matches since he burned half the village down.
TheDiva
September 13th, 2023 at 7:05 am Reply
Rex Morgan: “You know, Rene, I have the account information for your share right here and can–”
“You stay out of this, Buzzy!”
Liam
September 13th, 2023 at 7:08 am Reply
Family Circus: Jeffy, you’re supposed to leave the dotted line trail outside.
Shadow COTW Contenders, Part 3
Liam
September 14th, 2023 at 4:36 am Reply
Mary Worth: “I always wanted a family like this.” Unlike Eve’s previous family, the Mansons.
Ukranazi Stepan
September 14th, 2023 at 4:37 am Reply
Wrecks Moregone: After many days of reading this strip most attentively, I have a faint suspicion that the real hidden message is that Rene wants some money.
Schroduck
September 14th, 2023 at 5:00 am Reply
Dustin: I don’t often say this, but kudos to Dustin’s dad – specifically, for resisting the urge to blame lazy, feckless millennials for knocking $2 trillion off the global GDP.
Kevin On Earth
September 14th, 2023 at 5:10 am Reply
Gil Thorp: Since Tobie and Rod were the only players in “juvie”, is the rest of the team meandering around the field like players in that old electric football game?
Uncle Lumpy
September 14th, 2023 at 5:38 am Reply
Phantom: How are Guran and Babudan even the same species?
astroboy
September 14th, 2023 at 6:30 am Reply
Dustin: Is there an explanation for DustinMom’s weird, three-tone hair color? Are those supposed to be highlights? Or, a signifier that she’s greying? But why only on the sides and front? The sides look like a Home Depot paint sample booklet. It annoys me.
Garrison Skunk
September 14th, 2023 at 6:51 am Reply
The Schlockhornes: “Actually, Lorretta, I’m tired of hearing your mother complain that she can’t go anywhere because you have her broom.”
Guy Nerdlinger
September 14th, 2023 at 8:20 am Reply
Dustin: So why is Helen (Helen, right?) laying in bed with her mouth open in panels two and three, but only saying something in panel 3? Is she doing voice exercises? Breathing in to feel a minty tingle after having just brushed teeth? Slowly forming the perfect put down to her annoying, yet gassy, husband? *throws arms up* Why do I even care about this?
Daisy
September 14th, 2023 at 8:46 am Reply
Mary Worth: Saul and Greta’s bow ties are *blue* now?? Where are the yellow bow ties??? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE YELLOW BOW TIES????
I can’t go on like this!!! My angst is reaching Sally-Forth levels!!!!!
cheech wizard
September 14th, 2023 at 8:54 am Reply
Judge Parker: “We have people to kill and I didn’t want to be selfish and hog them all to myself. Oh, and there’s doughnut holes in the bag.”
Dennis Jimenez
September 14th, 2023 at 12:22 pm Reply
Gil Thorp: “Atazhoon hands” are going to be the next “jazz hands…”
Charterstoned
September 15th, 2023 at 4:45 am Reply
Mary Worth: That multifunctional cocktail cart makes a great computer desk. With this new arrangement, Saulie and Eve can now explore the interweb while simultaneously getting plastered. What could go wrong?
Rube
September 15th, 2023 at 4:50 am Reply
Mary Worth: Oddly, this week’s Arlo and Janis has also been about people of a certain age dealing with their possessions. Predictably, Arlo and Janis has been both amusing and poignant, and Mary Worth has been, well, this.
Ukranazi Stepan
September 15th, 2023 at 4:59 am Reply
Mary Worth: So, Arther Zerro will scam Eve, and Saul is going to sic Greta and Max on him.
I hope against hope.
gardenornament
September 15th, 2023 at 5:11 am Reply
Phantom: The look in Savarna’s eyes and the way she’s clinging to the Ghost say it all: all that death and destruction has made her horny, and she’s not going to let the presence of a few Bandar warriors stop her. It’s a good thing Guran has drugged Diana senseless, or this would have turned ugly.
astroboy
September 15th, 2023 at 5:13 am Reply
Mary Worth: Is “Giantess” a popular category on OnlyFans like it is on PornHub? Uh, I mean…so I’ve heard. From a friend.
The Rambling Otter
September 15th, 2023 at 5:44 am Reply
Mary Worth: I shudder to think what Saul does on that computer…
His self-insertion sexy escapades of him and a 7ft bipedal Greta should be not seen and burned.
Old School Allie Cat
September 15th, 2023 at 6:22 am Reply
Mary Worth: That’s one small hop into marriage and one enormoushop.com into the dark web.
I’m Not Cthulhu, But I Play Him On TV
September 15th, 2023 at 6:38 am Reply
Mary Worth: If this ends with Eve exploring the internet of things and accidentally causing an uprising in our new smart refrigerator overlords, I will take back several mean things I’ve said about Mary Worth.
sw
September 15th, 2023 at 7:04 am Reply
Mary Worth: Eve, I found this great site where someone reads the comics so we don’t have to!!! And then we can make pithy comments about the comics. Gee willikers I have a lot to say about Maggie & Jiggs and Steve Canyon. Maybe I can get the COTW with something pithy about Luann.
TheDiva
September 15th, 2023 at 7:13 am Reply
Judge Parker: April’s mom is taking advantage of the fact that Sam and everyone connected to him is obliviously stupid.
Daily Shadow CsOTW
Saturday
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Bob Tice
September 9th, 2023 at 4:41 am Reply
Mary Worth: “I’m ready, Mary, and I’d like to say a few words…”
“Speak, Saul!”
“Woof!”
Charterstoned
September 9th, 2023 at 6:46 am Reply
Mary Worth: “I’d like to toast you both!” Mary exclaims, and quickly shoves Saul and Eve into her extra-large pre-heated oven. “Now I can put TWO units back on the market, be rid of that tiresome couple, and raise the rent besides! I’d better get in touch with that dogfighting ring to let them know I have two more ‘clients’ for them…!”
Sunday
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pugfuggly
September 10th, 2023 at 5:22 am Reply
Shoe has never been strong on avian physiology, but do they think that a peacock’s feathers retract up into its butt like a vacuum cleaner cable?
TheDiva
September 10th, 2023 at 7:03 am Reply
Phantom: “Honey, did you start ANOTHER multi-generation colonialist scam?” *laugh track*
Monday
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matt w
September 11th, 2023 at 6:01 am Reply
Dennis the Menace: Dennis has finally realized that Dolly Keane is more menacing than he’ll ever be.
I’m Not Cthulhu, But I Play Him On TV
September 11th, 2023 at 6:55 am Reply
Rex Morgan: Never mind the assault and battery and kidnapping, I’m trying to extort you here!
Tuesday
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Effluvius Erratus
September 12th, 2023 at 4:58 am Reply
Rex Morgan: Rene is so bad at criming that it’s on his victims to figure his shit out for him!
cheech wizard
September 12th, 2023 at 8:30 am Reply
Judge Parker: “Ok honey, so what are these bullies saying to you?”
“They want me to help them find grandma.”
“WHAT!??”
“I didn’t say they were other students.”
Wednesday
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Weaselboy
September 13th, 2023 at 6:03 am Reply
Mary Worth: The guest writer is Jean Paul Sartre. There is No Exit from this story line.
Guillermo el chiclero
September 13th, 2023 at 8:21 am Reply
Phantom: Babudan: You motherfuckers had to eat all the s’mores and not save me any?*
*in the Bandar tongue
Thursday
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Liam
September 14th, 2023 at 4:36 am Reply
Family Circus: Those sticks are like braces to help the tree grow. Unlike your malformed fifth sibling that is locked up in the basement who needs braces too.
taig
September 14th, 2023 at 5:15 am Reply
Mary Worth: “It sure is nice to be married.” “It sure is nice that we’re walking these dogs.” “It sure is nice that our existence isn’t a simulation.” “What?” “Sorry, I think I glitched there. It sure is nice that it’s always sunny.”
Friday
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Kevin On Earth
September 15th, 2023 at 5:07 am Reply
Judge Parker: Sam’s HOA takes cleaning up after your dog very very seriously.
Voshkod
September 15th, 2023 at 6:42 am Reply
Mary Worth: One week later
“Boom! Headshot! Eat it, BowtieWeiner23!”
“Eve, dear, we’re on the same team here.”
“Alt-F4 if you can’t handle the heat, Saulie!”
Shadow COTW
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Little Guy
September 12th, 2023 at 6:07 am Reply
Judge Parker: April’s daughter hands Pavel’s daughter the head of Pavel, saying, “That’s for being mean to Grandma!”
Congratulations, Navigator!
Thanks for the mentions, Josh and Baja!
Just in case anyone needs to know, my Venmo account is rene@rexmorgan.md.
Congratulations to all. Sorry about the people I’ve missed with Scrotes this week. This will be a Short Balls week as I’ve been tied up with lesser tasks.
Scratchy’s Scrotums of the Week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bob Tice
September 9th, 2023 at 4:41 am Reply
MW:
“I’m ready, Mary, and I’d like to say a few words…”
“Speak, Saul!”
“Woof!”
astroboy
September 9th, 2023 at 4:51 am Reply
MW – Sigh. Saul’s “few words” are going to be a whole lot of unearned praise for Mary, in which she will unashamedly bask.
6C – Those Little Free Libraries sprout like weeds in my neighborhood. Whenever I stop to peruse, they always seem to have the same old castaway books in them. The contents never really change. Tomes like “Getting to Know Your New VCR” and “The Magical of Asbestos” and “Everything I Know About Women I Learned From My Tractor,” growing mustier and dustier as the days plod on.
6C: Good lord, that third panel! Is that what unrestricted literacy does to a woman’s breasts? Maybe that “great rack = stupid” stereotype was right all along! Though perhaps it’s less about reading or education and more about these ladies’ horrible bust-unfriendly postures.
jroggs
September 9th, 2023 at 5:03 am Reply
GT: For hardcore roadtrip enthusiasts, restroom stop frequency is determined by the strongest bladder rather than the weakest. And here we see that same principle in action, as football training will only conclude when the last child has collapsed from life-threatening heat injuries. That… doesn’t seem like a smart plan. And come to think of it, the roadtrip thing isn’t really a great idea either.
Scratchy’s Scrotums of the Week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (All taig All the Time)
taig
September 9th, 2023 at 5:10 am Reply
Blondie: RIP Wordle.
CS: I hope the discussion turned to Loathsome Lillian fucking over her sister.
Luann: I can’t decide who the most pathetic person is in this little “drama.” Also, wouldn’t be “Kipetition” rather than “Kipatition?”
Scratchy’s Scrotums of the Week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Liam
September 9th, 2023 at 4:34 am Reply
FC-“So are they saying that I should shower people in gold?”
I speak Jive
September 9th, 2023 at 7:36 am Reply
FC – I can’t stop wondering where that bigass saying is. It takes up almost an entire wall, and everything else is bare. Are they at home? I don’t remember seeing that on the wall in the Keane home before. Is this at the fellowship hall at church? Is it on holier than thou Grandma’s wall? It seems to me that she would be more likely to have a framed saying of “As ye sow, so shall ye reap” or “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.”
MKay
September 9th, 2023 at 6:27 am Reply
RMMD: Stupid bad guy logic: “I can’t cash a check, but if I stuff this guy into my trunk, he’ll start pooping cash.”
Peanut Gallery
September 10th, 2023 at 6:27 am Reply
Shoe – The peacock’s bluffing. With the writers’ strike, there’s no way NBC’s fall lineup could be that good.
Naked Bunny with a Whip
September 10th, 2023 at 6:31 am Reply
The peacock is the only one at the table wearing pants, so he may just be confused about what the game is.
Scratchy’s Scrotums of the Week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alter Ego
September 10th, 2023 at 6:48 am Reply
H&L – “I fixed the leak, Mrs. F, but you’ll have to get someone to repair the ceiling. I guess we got a little too rambunctious when you were giving me my ‘bonus pay,’ heh heh!”
Rube
September 12th, 2023 at 6:27 am Reply
Arlo and Janis Forget it, Arlo. Even if you can find that video of Janis pulling a train on New Year’s Eve, you don’t have your VCR anymore.
Applemask
September 13th, 2023 at 4:42 am Reply
Shoe is increasingly becoming a cry for help. It’s the comic strip equivalent of self-harm. How much lamer can the jokes become before the syndicate get the hint and let them die?
taig
September 13th, 2023 at 4:51 am Reply
Shoe: Tom Batiuk is rolling over in his grave. Oh…he’s still alive? That’s a shame.
Old School Allie Cat
September 13th, 2023 at 4:54 am Reply
Shoe – Claire Voyance would be an excellent name for a burlesque performer, especially given that it basically translates to “clear view” – a fine aptonym for a fortune teller, sure, but even better for a lady who gives you a clear view of her…tassels.
ectojazzmage
September 13th, 2023 at 6:44 am Reply
Shoe: The weirdest part of this joke is how enthused and happy the Perfesser seems to be about telling Madame ZooDoo about competition to her business. “Yo, bitch! Guess who’s monopoly just got busted!”
TheDiva
September 13th, 2023 at 6:47 am Reply
Shoe: I was going to say that sounded like a good drag queen name and, lo and behold, Google turns up two who go by “Claire Voyant:” one based in Chicago and another from New Zealand. Is that allowed? I would think drag names would be like joining an actor’s union and you’re not allowed to take one already in use.
Scratchy’s Scrotums of the Week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Braniff
September 13th, 2023 at 5:14 am Reply
FC: Jeffy led a trail of footprints through the neighborhod, through the lots of the Wilsons, the Mitchells, the Andersons, the Flagstons, the Cleavers, the Douglases, the Davises, the Taylors, the Rutherfords, the Keatons, the Sopranos and the Waltons.
jroggs
September 13th, 2023 at 5:23 am Reply
RMMD: As Mud explained that his phone was not capable of dispensing cash and they’d have to wait until the bank opened, Rene discovered the true depth of the folly of kidnapping two smelly old men on a Saturday night.
Luann: “Bets gave you a kick on Route 66, Gunther! You had to let the country roads take you home to the place where you belong! Face it, you were born a ramblin’ man!”
I’m Not Cthulhu, But I Play Him On TV
September 13th, 2023 at 6:50 am Reply
Luann: Who substitutes a Capiscum cultivar for a starch? Do they think we all just fell off the turnip truck?
Liam
September 13th, 2023 at 7:08 am Reply
Luann-“She gave you a kick on Route 66.” Only because Gunther wouldn’t go down Route 69.
Scratchy’s Scrotums of the Week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MKay
September 13th, 2023 at 5:19 am Reply
MW: So now we know: it takes more time to put on two bandanas than two bowties. I hope I never need this information.
Downpuppy
September 13th, 2023 at 7:39 am Reply
Blondie turning her chair away from the TV to read in the living room is normal. Turning it 180° from Dagwood is a move that would make Loretta Lockhorn salute her.
Anonymous
September 13th, 2023 at 6:43 am Reply
The Lockhorns: That may look like defeat on Loretta’s face, but it’s in fact a bit of sadness for the end of her long struggle, even as she wins it, for “happy anniversary” is merely an anagram for “navy piranha preys,” and Leroy should really check what’s swimming in his pumpkin soup.
Voshkod
September 13th, 2023 at 6:41 am Reply
“I want a hanging sign that reads ‘Happy Anniversary.’”
“No problem. Here at Party City we have dozens! Shiny gold or silver, festive red, rainbow, what color do you want?”
“Black. Matte black. Funerial matte black.”
“Uh . . . looks like we’re out of stock! Try Goth Gala, two doors over.”
Scratchy’s Scrotums of the Week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gardenornament
September 13th, 2023 at 7:24 am Reply
FC: I’m eternally grateful that this isn’t happening in Marvin (with brown stuff rather than black, of course).
jroggs
September 14th, 2023 at 4:51 am Reply
Dustin: Haha, it’s funny because politicians would be bad at ballparking economic figures! Or it’s funny because they’d be good at it, maybe? I don’t know, this one could really go either way.
Luann: Not nice, Gunther. You shouldn’t call other people forehead fu- [squints] Oh! Forehead flickers!
Artist formerly known as Ben
September 14th, 2023 at 4:46 pm Reply
Luann: Before smartphones Les would have had to tell Gunther he had a stain on his shirt before giving him a well-deserved flick.
Bryan J Shipley
September 14th, 2023 at 5:43 pm Reply
LUANN: Let’s face it, today was pure padding to stretch out this arc’s runtime.
Scratchy’s Scrotums of the Week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
taig
September 14th, 2023 at 4:58 am Reply
Zits: Jeremy definitely whizzed in that coffee.
GT: Rod misunderstands “Let’s show them how we do it in juvie,” and shivs an opposing lineman.
Rube
September 14th, 2023 at 5:03 am Reply
“Perfect throw”. Wow, the sports terminology in Gil Thorp is too technical for the average fan to keep up with.
But What Do I Know?
September 14th, 2023 at 5:44 am Reply
GT — Look, I don’t hold myself out to be a football expert, but if Rod can throw the perfect pass, shouldn’t he be the quarterback?
Kevin On Earth
September 14th, 2023 at 5:10 am Reply
GT: Since Tobie and Rod were the only players in “juvie”, is the rest of the team meandering around the field like players in that old electronic football game?
Garrison Skunk
September 14th, 2023 at 6:38 am Reply
Apparently in Juvie you learn exactly where to hold a football to make it give a silly smile.
astroboy
September 14th, 2023 at 6:22 am Reply
Blondie – I’m trying to figure out the setup here. Dagwood waits for his carpool in the exact same spot and exact same time that Elmo waits for his school bus? Wouldn’t Dag’s carpool just pick him up at his house instead of a vast, grassy knoll?
made of wince
September 14th, 2023 at 7:06 am Reply
Blondie: But the school photographer must have gotten a big kick out of it, since they took the picture anyway. “Ha! You drew on a mustache? That’s hilarious, because you’re too young to have a mustache, and it also looks so fake! I gotta get a bunch of shots of this! Turn your head just a bit to the left, okay? You’re going on the cover of the book, kid!”
Scratchy’s Scrotums of the Week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I speak Jive
September 14th, 2023 at 7:35 am Reply
JP, Rex Morgan, and MW:
JP – We have a toxic CIA operative and her even more toxic mother trading quips. They don’t know that the really bad guy has threatened failed factory owner Neddy and insufferable genius Sophie. Or maybe Mom does know.
Rex Morgan – Inept master criminal Rene, obtuse Mud, and not totally there agent Buzzy are having a high finance argument about how to withdraw money from a bank. This has been going on for days. Buzzy must be drunk or drugged to the gills or he would be at least a little upset about being locked in a car trunk for most of a day.
MW – The world’s least appealing and least interesting couple and their dogs take a walk while wearing matching neckwear. The alleged humans spout inane words that were obviously written by extraterrestrials, and the dogs throw in an occasional “woof.”
I can’t decide which of these three strips I give less of a shit about.
Garrison Skunk
September 14th, 2023 at 7:45 am Reply
@I speak Jive:
I can’t decide which of these three strips I give less of a shit about
________________
“Marvin”?
Scratchy’s Scrotums of the Week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Banana Jr. 6000
September 14th, 2023 at 6:48 am Reply
CS: Who named their daughter “Cindy” in 2015? She should be “Mackenzie” or “Brooklyn” or “Neveah” or something.
Garrison Skunk
September 14th, 2023 at 7:18 am Reply
@Banana Jr. 6000:
CS: Who named their daughter “Cindy” in 2015?
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Funky Winklebeaners, those fans are more loyal then Trekkers ever were. I understand one couple even named their kid “vendo”.
Trufan comment:
J.J. O’Malley about 10 hours ago
So, four days in and we’re still spending time re-establishing the fact that the old woman is the little girl’s granddaughter. Meanwhile, it’s now 11:40 a.m. and Cindy’s class is already breaking for lunch.
Pat McRauchSequiturSeptember 14th, 2023 at 11:51 am Reply
To turn your afternoon rotten Family Circus.
Tom T.
September 14th, 2023 at 6:53 am Reply
Lockhorns: According to Wikipedia, this strip debuted on September 9, 1968, so this week it turned 55.
Rita Lake
September 14th, 2023 at 10:00 am Reply
@Tom T.: Ah, 55, the emerald anniversary! Or is it vacuum cleaners? Maybe I should check before I buy my spouse a gift.
PS, this week is also MY anniversary (not 55, though, only 19), and I hope the knowledge that I share this date with the Lockhorns does not permanently taint my future celebrations.
I speak Jive
September 14th, 2023 at 11:10 am Reply
Mr. Jive and I are another couple who share an anniversary week with the Lockhorns. Today is our 49th anniversary.
Scratchy’s Scrotums of the Week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Col. Havoc
September 15th, 2023 at 4:30 am Reply
Today I casually skipped to Mary’s Worth’s second panel and read it totally without context. I…I don’t like where this is going.
Liam
September 15th, 2023 at 4:31 am Reply
MW-“Just don’t look at my Internet history and don’t open the folder that says ‘Female Dogs in Bowties’.”
MKay
September 15th, 2023 at 4:33 am Reply
MW: “…So can a beautiful young bitch like you!” Unmixed your idiom, Saulie. You’re welcome.
Tabby Lavalamp
September 15th, 2023 at 4:34 am Reply
Now I don’t want to stereotype but Saul is about to show Eve how to bury your computer with viruses by indiscriminately searching for porn online to spice up their already dull love life. And also by clicking every email offering deals on boner pills. Saul’s computer is probably 80% virus now is my guess.
Charterstoned
September 15th, 2023 at 4:45 am Reply
MW: That multifunctional cocktail cart makes a great computer desk. With this new arrangement, Saulie and Eve can now explore the interweb while simultaneously getting plastered. What could go wrong?
Philip
September 15th, 2023 at 5:13 am Reply
Mary Worth – I wonder if this storyline is an attempt to get a significant chunk of the Mary Worth readership to finally switch to reading the comic online, before the last of the newspapers go under.
taig
September 15th, 2023 at 4:35 am Reply
MW: First of all, that looks like a diaper changing table, so ewwww. Second of all, where is the dog to punctuate Saul’s line with a “Woof?!?”
Luann: Dammit, Les! Grunter’s life was mournfully masturbating to Instagram posts of Bets in cosplay outfits! What’s he going to do now?!?
Zits: The Instagram posts of Bets in cosplay will be there in the morning, Jeremy.
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gardenornament
September 15th, 2023 at 5:12 am Reply
CS: So it looks like grandma here is going to seduce Crankshaft in order to get her granddaughter a ride to school. I didn’t think even a Batiuk character would stoop quite so low.
Liam
September 15th, 2023 at 5:11 am Reply
Crankshaft-Don’t come a knockin if the school bus is a rockin.
nescio
September 15th, 2023 at 6:02 am Reply
Lockhorns: This is the natural consequence of Leroy saying “I need a big belt.” every time Loretta’s mother came over.
Dennis Jimenez
September 15th, 2023 at 5:53 am Reply
Schlockhorns – Mother says you’ve got a little dick, too….
Adios Amigos, DJ.
Thanks Baja and Scratchy, and a good weekend to all.
Special Scrotal Awards to the Best No. 69 and Beyond of the Week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
69. Baja Gaijin
September 13th, 2023 at 7:25 am Reply
Shoe: In the missing next panel, The Perfessor uses the crystal ball as an anal bead. Wait a minute–he’s a bird; would that be a cloaca bead? Any orinthologists in the house?
Thanks, Baja and Scratchy.
Thank you, Scratchy and Baja!
Congrats to everybody, and thanks to Baja and Scratchy!
Thank you for the mentions, Scratchy!
I hope your list of tasks is behind you.
To Navigator I give my congrats for getting the COTW! Nice stuff by all those floating around.
And thanks for the mentions to
ViciousFoodBaja andCumAsYouAreScratchy.Yes. I will be at a work conference next week, which means I should have more time for the important things.
Congrats, Navigator, for your excellent COTW entry! Hilarious stuff all around. Thanks for the mentions, Josh, Baja, and Scratchy—I’m throwing all the old yellow polka-dotted bow-tie inventory from the retired merchandise in Sid, Agent to the Animal Stars!’s warehouse inventory.
Thanks, Baja and Scratchy!
Thanks Josh, and thanks Baja and Scratchy, and Voshkudos to Navigator, Little Guy, and taig.
Thanks for the mentions Baja and Scratchy!
Congrats to Navigator, everyone on the float, my fellow shadowfloaters and the scratchies!
We at The Comics Curmudgeon can no longer makes jokes about Gil Thorp. We’ve been replaced by MST3K.
Thanks for the mentions, Baja and Scratchy!
Slylick Fox and Comix for Kinx: ADDITIONAL DIFFERENCE- in the first picture the frog is happy the bear cub invited him to a golden shower, in the second picture the frog is already bored with the concept.
Thanks, Baja!
@Bravo McGuire:
We at The Comics Curmudgeon can no longer makes jokes about Gil Thorp. We’ve been replaced by MST3K.
_______________________
King Features shot Josh into outer space?
Hearty congratulations to Navigator and the others on the float, as well as my fellow scratchies and shadow-ies. Tips of the beret to Little Guy, Voshkod, and Matt Weiner.
Congratulations to Navigator, Josh’s float riders, Baja’s shadow winners, and LXIX’s scrote recipients! Thanks for the mentions, Baja and Scratchy!
Hoorah for Navigator who won the large golden crown that is the COTW! More hoorahs for the winners of the gold and silver crowns of the Float, Shadow Float, and Scrote varieties! Lotsa great merriment here, and thank you to the compilers and creators thereof! Happy weekend to all.
@Bravo McGuire:
We’ve got comic sign!
Congrats to Navigator and the floaters and thanks, Baja!
Thanks for the nod of approval!