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Family Circus, 1/27/26

Look, we’re pretty mean to Jeffy on this website, and for obvious reasons: he’s pretty stupid, he’s very annoying, etc. Sometimes, though, we lose sight of the fact that he’s three years old, and those are in fact qualities that most three-year-olds share, so maybe we shouldn’t be so hard on him. On the other hand, he’s extremely smug. Look at that face! What have you got to be so proud of, kid? The finger thing? It doesn’t even make sense. It’s just not something you should feel good about saying. We definitely don’t feel good about hearing it.

Mary Worth, 1/27/26

Oh wow. That “go on” says volumes. This whole parrot business has been an excuse to force Ian into a struggle session about his many shortcomings. Additional parrots will be introduced into the situation until Ian’s mind is completely shattered and Toby can begin the long process of building him back up as someone who’s vaguely bearable to live with.

Blondie, 1/27/26

“I routinely suffer physical abuse that no worker should be forced to bear in a free society! Don’t you read this strip?”

Curtis, 1/27/26

That’s right, Curtis! You’ve killed your beloved! Now you must live with the guilt and shame … forever.

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Mary Worth, 1/17/26

Minutes later, Mary would of course be relaying all this information to Toby and Ian’s homeowners insurance carrier. Why should the general Charterstone policy bear all the risk for their negligence?

Blondie, 1/17/26

Look, being Elmo’s #2 is a coveted position, and this kid is not doing well on his first day. Panel two makes it clear this was supposed to be a surprise, but the kid just blurted it out in panel one, ruining it! Sorry, buddy, there’s not going to be any more visits to the house of some weird adult who isn’t your friend’s dad and who doesn’t even have kids your age in your future!

Pluggers, 1/17/26

You can call me cruel for enjoying things like “pluggers routinely pass out on the toilet,” but even I have my limits. I don’t think “pluggers have a bad relationship with their kids” is much fun, actually. I think it’s pretty depressing!

Gil Thorp, 1/17/26

Gil Thorp has had a lot of artists over the years, both permanent and guests, and they’ve all brought something specific and interesting to the strip. The last couple weeks Jason Margos has been filling in, and what he’s brought to the strip is an extreme close-up on Coach Gerads’ weird, gross lips. Enjoy your weekend!

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Gil Thorp, 1/9/26

Oh, you thought Gil got engaged because he was “in love” or “haunted by the specter of his mortality and eager to recapture a fleeting taste of youth” or whatever? Wrong! Like all great coaches, Gil is intensely competitive, and since his ex-wife is now a rival Valley Conference coach, he’s competing with her at all levels and at all times. Now, a less enlightened man would see getting engaged as a way to defeat his ex because she can no longer have him; but to Gil, getting married while Mimi strings along her current girlfriend would be the sweetest victory of all because it proves he’s better than her at getting married. In your face, Mimi! Who’s extremely divorced now?

Blondie, 1/9/26

Do you think that the Blondie writing staff gets burned out from churning out weird food verbiage like “holiday eating season” and “eating it forward” week after week? Or do they love it, constantly pushing the envelope with off-putting phrases like “one fat patty at a time,” because their relationship with food is profoundly disordered, just like the beloved comic strip character Dagwood Bumstead?

Intelligent Life, 1/9/26

I gotta disagree here; if my choices are seeing the unpleasant nerds of Intelligent Life discuss franchise movie box office numbers or watching them being hunted for sport, I will take the latter choice every day of the week.