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Shoe, 4/10/23

I joke about goggle eyes of horror a lot on this site in regards to Shoe but here’s an instance when they’re absolutely justified. Why on earth would you start a conversation like this? Why are you going around springing little “I can’t operate on this man … he’s my son!” riddles on people without their consent? Roz is just trying to supply everyone with passable diner food and make just enough conversation so they don’t feel lonely, so why would you do this to her? It’s unconscionable!

Mary Worth, 4/10/23

I was going to go on a riff about how Estelle’s going to be “getting her hands dirty” all right, once she starts having to euthanize animals, but then I caught glimpse of her eyes in the second panel. That’s a lady who got to her volunteer gig this morning and immediately started enjoying the massive amounts of horse tranquilizer that Dr. Ed keeps on hand at the vet clinic (a vet clinic that does not now and has never in the past treated horses).

Beetle Bailey, 4/10/23

You ever think that Beetle Bailey just might kind of want to die? Would explain a lot!

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Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 4/9/23

I actually find Sheriff Tait’s expression in the second panel of the middle row quite poignant. Why, he never meant any harm! He doesn’t even carry a gun! He never should’ve taken Snuffy’s shouts of “I’ll die before I spend anoth’r night in yore jail, Tait!” as mere bluff! What has he done?

Hi and Lois, 4/9/23

Trixie Flagston, the character, has existed for nearly 70 years, but is canonically an infant, so we’re meant to understand that she has experienced each of these milestones exactly once. What happens when she finally encounters the Tooth Fairy? Will the spell be broken? Will the Flagstons finally be freed from their time-prison and be allowed to age, or, blessedly, to die?

Shoe, 4/9/23

“The flags should be at half-mast — to mourn the baby I just killed when my ball landed in this nest! We’re birds, right? Eggs are babies, to us?”

Panels from Blondie, 4/9/23

The canonical gospels tell us various (and somewhat conflicting) stories about Jesus’s disciples learning about his resurrection. But we’ve never seen how his beloved dog reacted when he rose on the third day — until now.

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Rex Morgan, M.D., 3/31/23

What’s that you say? Prof. Augustus Mirakle? Sounds like TAFKAMMM has fallen under the sinister influence of…

THAT’S RIGHT BABY, RENE THE ART FORGER IS BACK

I MEAN, I ASSUME

HE’S REALLY THE ONLY RECURRING VILLAIN THIS STRIP HAS, AND HE’S ALREADY DONE A SPIRITUALITY GRIFT BEFORE SO THIS IS PROBABLY IN HIS WHEELHOUSE

MAYBE WITH THE “PROFESSOR” BIT HE’S DOING A JORDAN PETERSON THING, LIKE “CLEAN UP YOUR ROOM, CLEAN UP YOUR OUTFIT, DRESS LIKE A SECRET SERVICE AGENT, BECOME A MUSICAL SUPERSTAR”

I DUNNO, I COULD BE WRONG HERE, TUNE IN TO JOSHREADS DOT COM FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS

Shoe, 3/13/23

You know, normally this is the time when I’d expect to see goggle eyes of horror in a Shoe punchline panel, but instead our redhead looks pleased, and maybe a little aroused, by the Perfesser’s answer. She’s a big fan of delicious desserts, and it looks like her decision to look for love at the town diner in the middle of the day rather than at the sad fern bar has really paid off!