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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!

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Rex Morgan, M.D., 3/27/23

SMASH CUT TO: a group of furious middle-aged cruise-goers dangling “Mud Mountain” Murphy off the side of the ship, threatening to let him drop into the sea unless he “plays the god-damned hits.”

Gasoline Alley, 3/27/23

SMASH CUT TO: The children all being trampled to death by Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee’s Confederate cavalry division on day three of the Battle of Gettysburg, while Ida Knoe the evil doll sits in a tree, grinning down at them.

Shoe, 3/27/23

Ha ha, it’s funny because Skyler’s grim, depressing home life occasionally crosses over the line separating neglect from abuse!