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Rex Morgan, M.D., 6/22/25

“Would it help to know that after your relationship ended in failure, she still thought about you all the time, obsessively, even though she never tried to communicate with you, or tell you about your son? Think carefully about the answer to that one, New Dad, it’ll probably tell me a lot about your whole deal!”

Crankshaft, 6/22/25

Ha ha, it’s funny because Crankshaft is in constant pain and has a hard time thinking about anything else! Now, usually when I do the “Ha ha, it’s funny because” bit, I’m doing it specifically about something that’s not funny, but this one is funny to me, actually. Crankshaft’s not a great guy! I wish him ill!

Pluggers, 6/22/25

Ideas? Thinking? Originality? Not on a plugger’s watch.

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Six Chix, 6/19/25

Remember kids, the daily comics aren’t just for laffs; they also can provide important safety information. For instance, have you ever wondered if it was possible to turn your ankle while wearing Uggs? Well, the answer: is yes. It’s also possible to do so while wearing Crocs, which is what I’m reasonably sure we’re looking at in this cartoon.

Family Circus, 6/19/25

Over the years of doing this blog, I’ve slowly changed my position on the Family Circus children from “God, the Keane Kids are annoying” to “Haha, the Keane Kids are annoying, and that is in fact the joke in the Family Circus most days.” I’m really enjoying Big Daddy Keane’s facial expression in this one. “Well, that’s one fewer college savings fund we’re going to need,” he’s thinking.

Mary Worth, 6/19/25

“Yes, Mary, it’s true that Belle tried to turn me into goo from the inside with a powerful liquid solvent, but have you considered the fact that Wilbur is no longer getting laid on the regular? Who’s the real victim here?”

Rex Morgan, M.D., 6/19/25

“I know a good doctor, but he doesn’t like it when you make him do medical stuff, so I don’t want to bug him about it. I’m sure whatever private equity fund paid 23 And Me’s creditors pennies on the dollar for rights to use the company’s branding won’t steer us wrong in any legally actionable sense!”

Blondie, 6/19/25

Big news, everybody: Blondie and Dagwood are getting a divorce. It’s been a long and winding road for these two in more than 90 years of marriage, and I think I speak for everyone in wishing them and their children the best during this difficult time.

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Hi and Lois, 6/7/25

Years ago, I was doing some PT for a few weeks, and at one of my sessions there was an older guy there who was rehabbing a knee injury, and his therapist was (gently) berating him because he kept going back and playing in his softball league despite the fact that she hadn’t cleared him for it. He was agreeing with her in a kind of hangdog way — he knew it was bad for his knee, but it seemed clear to me that his softball team was a big part of his social circle and missing games meant missing an important part of his life. I felt bad for him at the time, though I might need to revise that now that I know that a big part of senior sports is getting together and pissing in groups.

Rex Morgan, M.D., 6/7/25

Oh, man, remember the shitty motel where Truck had to isolate for days due to a viral respiratory infection in the spring of 2020 that somehow turned out to not be COVID? And then he wrote a song about it that went (the good kind of) viral? Well, it turns out his bastard maybe-son is staying there now, and there’s no way he doesn’t know that whole backstory, so now I’m assuming he’s documenting this entire journey-to-find-his-father for TikTok clout.

Mother Goose and Grimm, 6/7/25

You ever think about the fact that, before he became a real boy, Pinocchio’s flesh was all wood? You ever think about how creatures that eat or peck or chew on wood would do a real number on Pinocchio, if he encountered them? You ever think about how Pinocchio wasn’t technically in the Wizard of Oz, but we could put him there, through the magic of cartooning?