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Pluggers, 11/14/26

Sorry, I do not accept a Pluggers that’s about ordering pizza on your phone unless it depicts a plugger on a corded phone saying “Hello? Joe’s Pizza?” and the caption is “Pluggers remember that you used to be able to order pizza on the phone without using an app.” (The pizza the plugger is ordering will be one of the most mediocre things you can imagine, by the way, but that’s the way he likes it.)

Mary Worth, 11/14/26

Wow, just think how much better Nelly’s mood would be if her apartment overlooked the beautiful, peaceful Charterstone garden, rather than the parking lot where she’s forced to see people maybe doing hand stuff. Anyway, looks like Mary has acquired a new manual laborer! Sure, she’s a little slow and arthritic, but she won’t be paid anything, which I think makes up for it.

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Hi and Lois, 11/11/26

As I like to occasionally remind my readers, thanks to comic strip time you have been reading Hi and Lois and following the non-adventures of Trixie Flagston for decades, and all the running bits involving her seem like old hat to you, but Trixie is literally a baby, less than a year old, and from her perspective she’s experiencing many of the things you see happening to her for the very first time. That’s probably why she looks so gobsmacked here. Maybe this is the first time in her entire life (i.e., the last several months) that it’s ever rained two days in a row! Where’s her friend Sunbeam? Is he dead?

Pluggers, 11/11/26

Happy Veterans Day! Do you carry a metal water bottle with you, so you can stay hydrated while saving money and cutting down on unnecessary litter? Well, I hope you enjoy stealing valor, asshole.

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Pluggers, 11/8/26

This is one of those Pluggers where the art stands in contrast with the caption. We’re told that pluggers have never left the place where they’re from — but here we see a smiling bear-man, striding confidently out of Pluggerville, looking back over his shoulder at his home town with affection but without regret at his new path. Sure, he’s not young anymore, but that doesn’t mean he can’t explore new things, expand his horizons, see the wo[DOG-MAN IS KILLED INSTANTLY BY A SPEEDING LIFTED PICKUP TRUCK DUE TO THE LACK OF PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE ON THIS RURAL ROAD]

Mary Worth, 11/8/26

A tweet I think about a lot is from a woman who claimed that her ex-boyfriend would start shit with guys much bigger than him and then successfully defuse the situation by saying “it’s my birthday, I’m a little birthday boy,” and clearly Nelly is also deploying this strategy. It’s very obvious why Mary has come to her apartment, for the first time ever, but she wouldn’t dare unleash a passive-aggressive emotional interrogation on a sad little birthday girl, would she?

Luann, 11/8/26

I guess “I could use the enjoyment” is a reference to the need to offset the physical discomforts of pregnancy and, soon, the pain of childbirth, but maybe it’s just in general? She’s married to Brad, after all! Brad DeGroot. She could use the enjoyment! Any enjoyment at all, really!