“I feel like the weird, scraggly speech bubble from Luann’s Dad is supposed to be some cute little visual gag indicating that he’s about to go on some deranged slut-shaming rant about his wife’s sexual history. But I prefer to read it as him experiencing a massive stroke while his family is too stupid to notice.” –ectojazzmage

“Where is Glenwood, you ask? Glenwood is where men are men and are named Truck, Buck, and Mud, little missy.” –MKay

“I’d like to think that that last panel is completely unrelated to the main plot. No, it’s just a reminder that while this inane conversation is going on, there is real suffering out there in the world. Really puts it all in perspective.” –pugfuggly

“I dunno, Mud, it’s like the wall itself rejected your picture. And with extreme prejudice, too!” –Joe Blevins

“If only Barney Google could have warned him: Never get involved in a land war in Asia and never introduce hillbillies into your comic strip.” –Where’s Rocky?

“Brad may be overstating his case as usual, but he does have significantly more hair than he did a few years back. That counts as a monumental achievement in the world of Luann.” –I’m Not Cthulhu, But I Play Him On TV

“Neither of those are sentences. Look, I’m not normally pedantic about this kind of thing but you guys set up the rules for yourselves. I’ll accept that Luann’s mom considers ‘lover’ a legitimate phase in her career path. There’s obviously a lot we don’t know about her past — there’s a lot Luann’s dad doesn’t know about Luann’s mom’s past — and this could be a fun narrative framing device for that kind of reveal. But give us a goddamn verb.” –Stuart F

“You’re a plugger if a lifetime of working with your hands has turned them into twisted claws, which can barely use a touch-screen phone.” –Guts Dozier

“I call foul on Pluggers, they would never use A.I., or a smartphone, or go shopping with their wives.” –The Rambling Otter

“Not just oceans apart, Mary, but worlds apart! Goleta, California, is a real city in the real world, and Sharon has chosen to live there, away from the wholly imaginary Santa Royale, its dysfunctional denizens, and her thoroughly deluded dad. Leave her alone!” –Charterstone: Dune

“There’s so much going on here I can’t begin to figure it out. Why is he smiling while she’s grimacing? Why does she then smile while he grimaces? And are those pool cues in the background? I can accept that they both lost a bet on a pool match. The world of Mother Goose And Grimm is one where there are no winners.” –Spunky The Wonder Squid

“Toby thinks ‘Maybe if I look to the right, Mary won’t know that I am secretly loving this!’ and Mary thinks, ‘Maybe if I look to the left, Toby won’t know that I’m secretly loving this!’” –TK

“Enough with the time out jokes! Let’s talk about how everyone in this strip has a supremely weird right ear!” –Ettorre

“‘Go out there and show them what you’re made of.’ ‘But, coach, we want to win!’” –But What Do I Know?

“Is it possible they could get married and incorporate? What kind of execrable wordplay could Ed make out of that? The possibilities make me tingle.” –Scratchy Scrotum LXIX

“This would be a great joke if there had been literally any mention of internet payment in the previous panel. Otherwise it’s just ‘Crankshaft pronounces Paul with a slightly more fronted mid-open vowel sound.’” –Schroduck

“While everyone else is smiling wryly, Crankshaft is angry. They did Peter so dirty!” –matt w

“The work/life balance issue is, for me, eclipsed by the hand/finger balance issue. Do pluggers have one hand with seven fingers, or two hands — one with three, one with four?” –Lurker Who Rarely Comments

“I honestly love that Shoe is still sticking it to Tip O’Neill in year of our bird lord 2026. He did like to hit the sauce, didn’t he! Ha ha, that’s probably why he’s been dead for over 30 years.” –Dan

“I’ll believe those two are actual Pluggers if they start ranting about chemtrails.” –Tonio

“Why is nobody at this pool party wearing swimsuits? And no I’m not asking to see Wilbur frolicking in a Speedo but an ascot seems like a little overdressed.” –Professor Well Actually

“Pluggers rarely pleasure themselves because they can’t stay awake long enough to find porn on their computers.” –Tabby Lavalamp

“Dennis doesn’t know why they keep switching churches, but even he has noticed all the clergy are young attractive men and his dad is tired of his mom’s shit.” –Poewar

“Pluggers specifically avoid asking their doctors if they are still healthy enough for sexual activity.” –nescio

“Where else but a Charterstone pool party would three distinct extraterrestrial species wearing ill-fitting skin suits bump into each other? What a country!” –Charterstone: Dune

“Uh, correct, 1455 to 1487! Now, why did the War of the Roses occur? Who were the major leaders, and what significant military-political events can we point to as turning points in the conflict? What was the role of France? Come on, there’s cash prizes for you, and my A-Level exams are coming up. Cambridge, here I come!” –Voshkod

“Hi and Lois got its start in 1954. So if you consider normal, real world-style aging, a 73-year-old Trixie Flagston Mitchell van Pelt Yokum Doonesbury Arbuckle would be completely age-appropriate for our dapper gentleman here.” –BigTed

“I am not a fan of Jamaal’s sly look in that last panel. Is he getting off on Herb’s pain? Does he think we are too? Buddy, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy seeing your friend suffering, but I can assure you it’s not sexual.” –pugfuggly

“Oh, I’m not killing him. I just showed him the next three weeks of ‘plot’ in the strip!” –Bob Tice

“Well, April, I appreciate the breakout, but I don’t actually want to leave. The people you just killed were my mental health counselor, my job coach, the prison guard who brought me a donut every morning, and the warden I was having a civil conversation with. Norwegian prisons are incredibly lenient and nurturing. Or did you not know that, Little Miss CIA?” –Banana Jr. 6000

“‘I chose the stability of a boring normal job instead of the excitement and instability of the arts.’ ‘It’s a either/or choice?’ ‘Well, there was a way to combine boredom with uncertain artistic work in a dying industry. But someone else took up the job of drawing Luann!’” –Ettorre

“Daisy is enjoying watching the Bumsteads kiss WAY too damn much. Spay or neuter, people! Did Bob Barker live his live for NOTHING?” –A Grave Mind

“The difference between Dagwood and a machine is that Blondie has been given orgasms by a machine.” –Schroduck

“Those aren’t black pants. Those are censor bars.” –Chance

“I can’t wait to use this Worthian passive-aggressive gem. ‘It’s UNREAL how young you look, considering we’re the same age!’ ‘It’s UNREAL that you’ve decorated your entire home by yourself!’ It’s the big smile that carries it.” –MKay

“Competitive eating! Dagwood’s Olympic-style skills are in competitive eating! Do I have to do everything around here?” –matt w

“I like how Gina’s smirking as she breaks the fourth wall. There’s no ‘fight’ going on here, just she and Dennis making snowballs which Joey is throwing at a tree. And missing. From about a foot away. If she and Dennis do go after Joey it won’t be a fight. It’ll be a massacre.” –Spunky The Wonder Squid

“Sure, Mary may be getting a pet. But me? I’m off to get a PET. The doctors are determined to find out why my brain makes read this drivel.” –I’m Not Cthulhu, But I Play Him On TV

“I’ll accept that they gave no lines to Dustin’s Dad as a belated Valentine.” –nescio

“I’m kind of charmed by the parallel universe Dustin lives in. It’s the present day, but it’s also a perpetual 2008 where there’s no jobs, a perpetual 1960 where people wear kicky ascot scarves, a perpetual 1920 where the funnies are the height of pop culture, and a perpetual 1880 where people dress up formally to read the newspaper.” –Schroduck

“Mother Goose didn’t give Ariel anything to sit on. No wonder Atilla’s confused, that girl’s just flopping around on the floor! That’s gotta trigger some predatory instincts in a sapient feline.” –Victor Von

“How long does that awkward pause in the second panel last? I’ll say, 20 minutes.” –Joe Blevins

“In a field … somewhere? Or maybe it’s not somewhere. Maybe it’s nowhere. Maybe this whole comic strip thing is but a dream — your dream, a creature of your imagination. But I, your poor narration box, have revealed you to yourself and set you free. Dream other dreams, and better!” –Peanut Gallery

“Stroll on the boardwalk, long walk off a short pier, whatever will end this God-awful conversation.” –Hibbleton

“The most disappointing thing to emerge from modern comics is ‘CODE-FIVE-O’ not meaning, ‘I’ve spotted a man with magnificent hair reminiscent of Jack Lord’s!’ If you’re going to write in a medium that mostly appeals to Boomers, THEN APPEAL TO BOOMERS!” –Tabby Lavalamp

“This is where Herb and Jamaal’s famous nonspecificity stings. I want a detailed catalogue of Herb’s many crimes!” –matt w

“I didn’t expect Hagar to be complicit in the Triangle Trade, but honestly I can’t say I’m surprised.” –TheDiva

“Sorry, Herb, but dunking a teabag in hot water really is the least you can do for your mother-in-law. If you want karmic rewards, how about sticking a book or TV set in the sad corner where she sits all day, or at least finding her a better hairstylist.” –BigTed

“I’ll tell you what IS brutal! The warden’s time at the tanning salon, am I right? Unless this prison is actually building staff out of hot dogs, which would be … huh. Adjectives defy me, here.” –A Grave Mind

“The sign is clearly visible. This greatly reduces Rusty’s parents’ chances of winning that lawsuit when he falls off a cliff/is eaten by a bear/gets near-fatal poison oak.” –MKay

“A pet, Jeff? Really? Mary already has pets, dozens of them — and they live in a Habitrail named Charterstone. Here they scurry, there they scamper, nibbling at their Mary-provided muffins and providing her with hours of daily entertainment as she watches them run on their busy little wheels, or flop in their cute little dust baths, or, in Wilbur’s case, probably get their leg stuck in the water bottle somehow and try to gnaw his way through it.” –els

“I love how careful we are to protect Bogdan’s reputation. He’s not the snitch. Someone who overheard them was the snitch. Will April let Randy keep Bogdan if he asks really nicely and promises to walk him every day?” –richardf8

“‘Deputy Chang, how’s the leg?’ ‘Whose leg?’” –Bob Tice

“‘Why is this happening?’ is a question that really should be asked in the middle of every Gil Thorp strip, even if the answer just demands more questions.” –pugfuggly

“Dot wants to be the FIRST female president specifically, which obviously means that she wants every other woman in the country to fail at becoming president until her term so she can get all the praise. Ergo, Dot is a misogynist and this is a callout post. #DotIsCancelled” –ectojazzmage

“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — while showing off a woman’s ass — forever.” –Ettorre

“Give Ox a break — not having any hair, his experience with hair dryers is limited.” –Pozzo

“It’s gotta be hard knowing friend from foe when you all wear the same khaki colored uniform. Maybe Jungle Patrol recognize each other through their ‘THRACK’ sounding kicks, which is different from whatever sounds their foe makes.” –Philip