Archive: Family Circus

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Hi and Lois, 9/30/11

Jonesing for sugar, Ditto has hit rock bottom, and can only hope that his senile neighbors have forgotten what month it is. It’s a strategy that’s likely to only net him hostility and Werther’s Originals, but it’s all he’s got.

Family Circus, 9/30/11

Jeffy is right to look sad! Obviously no pretty school is going to accept him.

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Beetle Bailey, 9/25/11

As I’ve noted before, I’m totally down Beetle Bailey’s depiction of General Halftrack’s increasingly rapid descent into alcohol-fueled dementia. I approve because I enjoy jarring mismatches of tone and subject matter, and unlike some strips we could mention that get Very Serious with their Sad and Serious topics, Beetle Bailey seems to be under the impression that Halftrack’s angry and disoriented flailing is awesome fodder for wacky jokes. Which it isn’t but there’s something meta-funny about the strip’s complete inability to see that, you know? Anyway, things get extra hilarious today when the General destroys Army property and then discharges his sidearm in violation of any number of military regulations, before collapsing (it’s not clear whether that’s because the booze has overpowered him or he’s suffered a deadly rage-stroke).

Oh, also, I made this panel for you, to use as your Twitter avatar or put on your Tumblr where you curate zany contextless images or whatever:

Family Circus, 9/25/11

Awww, Jeffy’s learning life skills! Hateable life skills.

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Shoe, 9/14/11

Actually, some newspapers are considering giving tablet computers preloaded with their apps away to their subscribers, as a way to keep a hold of those readers in a digital age! Also, the U.S. Army under Custer had a number of Native American scouts and allies during the Battle of Little Bighorn, and having more of them might have improved Custer’s chance of victory. Oh, wait, no, sorry, iPads are hilarious, ha ha!

Spider-Man, 9/14/11

Noooo, Mary Jane, don’t tell Peter the secrets about the people of the Magic Picture Box! They’re his only friends!

Family Circus, 9/14/11

“Can I sit here and breathe in the sweet, rotten miasma of failure that hangs over you at all times? Can I, daddy? Can I?”