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First, on Friday I got a mysterious box in the mail. What could it be? A bomb? A container of anthrax? None of these, it turned out! Instead, it was fabulous commemorative Family Circus plate from faithful reader Krazy Kat!

The lovable Keane Kids are rolling around in the leftover detritus of an orgy of Christmas consumption, while their parents are passed out exhausted on the couch, hoping that at least one of them will choke to death on a small toy part so that there’ll be less shopping to do next year. Thanks, Krazy Kat!

(By the way, does anyone know if you can actually eat off these commemorative plate dealies? I’ve heard a rumor that the paint on them is often lead or something equally unpleasant.)

Also! Faithful reader Harold, maker of several fonts, has developed one based on the lettering of former Gil Thorp artist Frank McLaughlin! Behold, Ohmigosh! Perhaps the new artist can swap it in for Comic Sans? It can be yours for a mere $30!

Also also! Faithful reader KT has completed his Comics Curmudgeon Get-Together cartoon diary. There are photos too!

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Do you like comments? Do you want to hear this week’s top offerings? Then this post is for you, my friend. Here’s #1:

“If I had to pick a job best suited for chronic masturbators, ‘worldwide-sporting-event-organizing travel agent’ probably wouldn’t even make the top ten. But hey, if that’s his fantasy, he should go ahead and grab it with both hands. Or one hand. Or whatever. I don’t need to know the details, dude.” –Trilobite

And the runners-up:

“RE: Earth Day strips. The only recycling these strips inspire in me is recycling a bit of my dinner up into my mouth.” –Hank

“Parents who practice to Friedmanian monetarist notions of macroeconomics have children who practice Friedmanian monetarist notions of macroeconomics.” –Lolsworth

“Wait, is Mark supposed to be in a seedy motel room? Double wait, what the hell did that call interrupt?” –skullcrusherjones

“Sturdevant has the hots for Ada because she has no chin, which is the only kind of girl he’s physically able to kiss.” –The Spectacular Spider-Brick

“I’ll say one thing for Mary Worth — in the months since I started reading it, it hasn’t attempted to educate me about anything except meddling.” –Poteet

“The sheer delight on Lu Ann’s face will vanish as soon as she discovers that he is not going to pull a quarter from behind her ear.” –Gabacho

“HOLY CRAP there is a male in A3G who I can tell apart from all the other males in A3G, what is this madness.” –terrene

“I like how we never see the rack on which Abbey is putting away the plates. Because another rack would just be redundant.” –RaJ

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Hey kids, do you know what time it is? It’s COTW TIME!

“Ah, Margo, that’s how I love you. Rapacious, egotistical, and safe on the comics page where you won’t have any access to my emotions or my checking account.” –Donald The Anarchist

And, of course, it’s also COTW RUNNERS-UP TIME!

“I must admire the way the gesture of the man behind the podium in panel 3 echoes the gesture of the fellow talking to Gil. It looks like a church fresco, with the saint in the foreground pointing toward Christ, who points calmly toward himself. ‘Check out the tie, Gil,’ he seems to say. ‘How it should be done, indeed.’” –Mollie

“Yay, unfocused hostility! Next I look forward to a demonstration with signs that say ‘Down With Death!’ and ‘We Demand Life Eternal!'” –Poteet

“You can’t spell ‘explOitinG bRAin daMage’ without M-A-R-G-O.” –The Spectacular Spider-Brick

“I’m glad to see that A3G alerts us to the fact that ‘Margo speaks,’ for comics readers not yet familiar with the speech bubble paradigm.” –Nekrotzar

“Oh, Rex. You don’t even wanna know where I have staph growing!” –Naked Bunny with a Whip

“Ah, eavesdropping on an argument — the old biddy’s meddling equivalent of a doctor scrubbing in for surgery. Alas, Donna and sons, you cannot simply count backward from 100 and wake up when it’s all over. Mary’s meddling is more like surgery during the Civil War: you will be awake and screaming in agony the whole time.” –Whippersnapper

“I don’t know what kind of actress Mary Jane is, but I’m really impressed by the expressiveness of her bangs: When she’s concerned, they curl into question marks. When she’s appalled, they stand bone-straight in exclamation. It seems a shame that such talent should be delegated to the DVD rack. Meanwhile, Peter’s lone spitcurl hangs ever thus, flaccid and useless.” –RaJ

“[Gabriella] knows from experience what comes next: that Lu Ann is about to get the beating of a lifetime as Margo freaks out completely. ‘I told you! Never touch me! Never! Never! Never! Touch! Me!’ Probably Gabriella’s afraid of becoming collateral damage.” –mcmc

“I guess if Dagwood is in such a state of serfdom or slavery that his boss is entitled to search for him in the bath in his home, then he doesn’t have many secrets from his boss regarding any aspect of his life. In short, the junk is nothing the boss hasn’t seen before.” –Les of the Jungle Patrol

“I hate the throwaway panels in Marvin. They never contribute anything, but simply give us more Marvin, which no one anywhere has ever wanted.” –Corkey

“Slylock has been watching way too much Battlestar Galactica. Futuristic robot technology? Count Weirdly has yet to comprehend the secret of pants.” –Master Mahan

And it’s also the time when we give a big thanks to everyone who put a bit of scratch in my tip jar this week, and when we thank our fabulous advertisers:

• The world-famous laugh factory: A fixture on Hollywood’s Sunset Strip for 28 years! All the legends of modern standup comedy have graced our stage, including Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Carrey, Chris Rock, Rodney Dangerfield, Richard Pryor, Paul Rodriguez, Dave Chappelle, George Lopez, and more.

To find out more about advertising on this site, click here. And hey, did you know that the coveted top spot is available? Guarantee yourself a slot at the top of the left-hand nav bar by clicking here!