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HO HO HO! I’M OUTTA HERE SUCKERS – The Comics Curmudgeon
TODAY78HO HO HO! I’M OUTTA HERE SUCKERSPost ContentFolks, it’s that time of year again: time for me to get the hell out of dodge and gently put this blog to sleep for a couple of weeks for its Chrishanukkwanzaa rest. But I don’t want to depart without sharing lessons from the comics about the reason
Les’s head, still smirking, will be left on the altar – The Comics Curmudgeon
TODAY153Les’s head, still smirking, will be left on the altarPost ContentRex Morgan, M.D.,12/22/22SoRex Morganis trying to do a thing where they’re aging up the kids a bit, and … look, as a non-kid-haver, I’m just going to admit that I often have a hard time guessing the age of kids I encounter in r
We still haven’t gotten a Milford bonfire — maybe it will be a funeral pyre for their hopes and dreams? – The Comics Curmudgeon
TODAY77We still haven’t gotten a Milford bonfire — maybe it will be a funeral pyre for their hopes and dreams?Post ContentBetween Friends,12/21/22So Monday and Tuesday’sBetween Friendswere about one of the families in theBetween Friendsgang watching theTwilightsaga, which, for those young people who
At sea – The Comics Curmudgeon
TODAY175At seaPost ContentBlondie,12/20/22I’mreasonablysure that we’ve never seen Dagwood and his “fishing buddy” Herb ever actually go fishing? Maybe there was talk of fishing gear borrowed and never returned, or some bit set up by a powerboat (not a rowboat) parked in Herb’s driveway? This makes m
Women do be shopping (for necessities, and also luxuries) – The Comics Curmudgeon
TODAY12Women do be shopping (for necessities, and also luxuries)Post ContentMarvin,12/18/22OK, today’sMarvinis dumb and bad and revolves around a terrible “women be shopping!!!!” premise, but I still found itveryfunny, mostly because of the fact that Jeff has brought in a big stack of cash as a visu
Love Iris’s jacket, I think it’s inspired by the 1980s Star Trek movie uniforms – The Comics Curmudgeon
TODAY18Love Iris’s jacket, I think it’s inspired by the 1980sStar Trekmovie uniformsPost ContentBarney Google and Snuffy Smith,12/19/22We’ve all wondered about the circumstances of the elaborate gift-giving sequence in “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” and especially about its emphasis on birds. Well,
Santa Claus: Enter the Santa-verse – The Comics Curmudgeon
TODAY143Santa Claus: Enter the Santa-versePost ContentBlondie,12/17/22I spent a probably embarrassing amount of time staring at this thinking “Which of the third-tierBlondiecharacters is this dressed up as Santa at the bowling alley with Dagwood and Herb? Is it one of the carpool guys, or maybe the
Metapost: Wintry COTW – The Comics Curmudgeon
Friday, Dec 16, 202262Metapost: Wintry COTWPost ContentAs the snow comes down and that icy wind begins to blow (on you, not me; I live in Southern California), please warm yourself with laughter at this comment of the week:“Well, I don’t know if I consider Carol Channing someonefrommypastin particul
Cantankerous Friday – The Comics Curmudgeon
TODAY65Cantankerous FridayPost ContentCrankshaft,12/16/22Hey, did you know that “deja vu” means “seen again,” and that “vu” is the past participle of the verb “voir,” which means “to see,” and that an earlier form of the same French word entered English after the Norman conquest and gave rise to the
[Sadly, drunkenly] goooooooaaaalllll – The Comics Curmudgeon
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2022206[Sadly, drunkenly] goooooooaaaalllllPost ContentCurtis,12/13/22Part of the whole comedic engine that makesCurtiswork is that Greg Wilkins is kind of a square. Still, I hadn’t guessed just how much he eschewed the modern world’s loose morals — and how much he secretly yearned
You’re living life right if you’re WALKING AROUND with pants but not WEARING pants – The Comics Curmudgeon
TODAY122You’re living life right if you’re WALKING AROUND with pants but not WEARING pantsPost ContentDustin,12/15/22I always criticize the comic stripDustinfor its failure to depict its young-person characters in realistic ways, so I have to give credit where credit is due: TikTok is, in fact, an a
Grumpy Wednesday – The Comics Curmudgeon
Wednesday, Dec 14, 2022200Grumpy WednesdayPost ContentCrankshaft,12/14/22I love the idea of this TV station boss threatening to make his staff pick up dog shit if they annoy him. There are just lots of levels to it. First of all, there’s the fact that they have a regular event where a bunch of dogs
Fathers and sons – The Comics Curmudgeon
Saturday, Dec 10, 2022196Fathers and sonsPost ContentZits,12/10/22The thing about dad jokes is that they arecornybut actuallyperfectly constructed.Think about the classic “I’m hungry!” “Hi, hungry, I’m dad.” It’s corny as hell but pure and precise and notclunkyat all. Claiming that Harley-Davidson u
A deady game of peek-a-boo – The Comics Curmudgeon
TODAY215A deady game of peek-a-booPost ContentMary Worth,12/12/22Good morning and happy Monday, everybody! Definitely what we all wanted after putting a relaxing weekend behind us to log in and see this:Look, there’s been a lot of buzz about AI programs that can generate art from prompts lately, but
Ah, that Hooper … always … giving the signal and such … classic Hooper – The Comics Curmudgeon
Friday, Dec 09, 2022108Ah, that Hooper … always … giving the signal and such … classic HooperPost ContentShoe,12/9/22I suppose it’s possible that immediately before the action we see here in the strip, Loon was pridefully boasting of his achievements or good qualities to this bird-priest and earned
Max will never be swole – The Comics Curmudgeon
Sunday, Dec 11, 2022193Max will never be swolePost ContentPanel fromSlylock Fox,12/11/22There’s a lot going on in this panel — Max trying and failing to pump iron; howpeevishthe alligator gym attendent is about this crime; “Biceppe’s”; the fact that Harry Ape is wearing a fedora to the gym — and I l
Metapost: Crack o’ down COTW – The Comics Curmudgeon
Friday, Dec 09, 202262Metapost: Crack o’ down COTWPost ContentLet’s get right into the day … and right into the comment of the week:“As a scholar of game theory and social choice, Elmo knows that any binary selection system will inevitably fail Arrow’s impossibility theorem, and only anumerical scal
The terrorists know Westview must be destroyed – The Comics Curmudgeon
Tuesday, Dec 06, 2022297The terrorists know Westview must be destroyedPost ContentFunky Winkerbean,12/06/22It probably shouldn’t surprise you to learn I have been a daily comics reader for more or less my entire life. But until I really got started on this blog, that meant that I read the daily comi
Josh contains multitudes – The Comics Curmudgeon
Wednesday, Dec 07, 2022201Josh contains multitudesPost ContentDustin,12/7/22If you had asked me before today, I would have said with some conviction thatBlondieandDustinboth fell into the category of “comics I read every day but do not particularly like.” Nevertheless, the past couple days have prov
The sad ballad of Marty Moon – The Comics Curmudgeon
TODAY53The sad ballad of Marty MoonPost ContentBlondie,12/5/22Look, I’vegrudginglyaccepted that Elmo, a child to whom the Bumstead family is not related but who nevertheless just kind of hangs out at their house a lot, is a major recurring character inBlondie.But what I willnotaccept is jokes that a
Dude’s named “Greymuzzle” and isn’t even a furry, hmm – The Comics Curmudgeon
TODAY153Dude’s named “Greymuzzle” and isn’t even a furry, hmmPost ContentDick Tracy,12/4/22Look, here’s a tough message to all you “social justice warriors” out there: if you would simply allow police to do their jobs byhounding suspects to their ironic deaths, and if juries on the trials for those
Ah, the Thai restaurant of DRAMA – The Comics Curmudgeon
TODAY56Ah, the Thai restaurant of DRAMAPost ContentHagar the Horrible,12/3/22Lucky Eddie is indignant: His position as the ship’s cook is integral to his identity, and is probably a result of his hereditary caste, not because he’s “good” at cooking or anything. But frankly you can’t keep plundering
How is Dagwood even going to get home from this dinner? His carpool left hours ago – The Comics Curmudgeon
Thursday, Dec 01, 2022186How is Dagwood even going to get home from this dinner? His carpool left hours agoPost ContentBlondie,12/1/22I have to admit I find it interesting how Dagwood and Mr. Dithers silo off different types of interactions in their relationship. At the workplace, of course, it’s al
Metapost: December-iffic COTW – The Comics Curmudgeon
TODAY36Metapost: December-iffic COTWPost ContentIs it chilly in here? Or are we all just shivering with laughter at this week’s top comment?“I’m not clear on the rules for business meal deductions, but maybe Dithers figures if he and Dag ‘talk business’ for thirty seconds he can write off the cost o
Summer should either be a lot more horrified or a lot more excited in my opinion – The Comics Curmudgeon
TODAY177Summer should either be a lot more horrified or a lot more excited in my opinionPost ContentMary Worth,12/2/22Now, I’m just a simple country blogger, not a fancy math wizard, but if I’m counting right, Nan is around 12ish years older than Zak, whereas Iris, who has noted that Zak is Tommy’s
Mary Worth is also invited to the wedding, so it’s gonna get real Oedipal up in there – The Comics Curmudgeon
TODAY0Mary Worth is also invited to the wedding, so it’s gonna get real Oedipal up in therePost ContentCurtis,11/30/22Curtismay have been a little late incelebrating Charles Schulz’s 100th birthday, but it’s making up for lost time with a wholeweekof belovedPeanutscharacter Franklin tutoring the str
Sparktacular Saturday – The Comics Curmudgeon
Saturday, Nov 26, 2022149Sparktacular SaturdayPost ContentFolks, today is what would’ve beenPeanutscreator Charles Schulz’s 100th birthday! I feel pretty strongly that he was the best who ever did it in the newspaper comics world, and one of the great things he did was not hand off the strip to a ch
Here comes the groom … and his secrets – The Comics Curmudgeon
Sunday, Nov 27, 2022187Here comes the groom … and hissecretsPost ContentMary Worth,11/27/22Ah, this is the point in theMary Worthstoryline where all the characters have been chirpily telling each other how great everything is for weeks until we, the readers, want to die, but then we hit a sudden sho
A panoply of unpleasantness – The Comics Curmudgeon
Monday, Nov 28, 2022195A panoply of unpleasantnessPost ContentRex Morgan, M.D.,11/28/22Oh myGod,thisRex Morgan, M.D.,plot really is going to be “Mud Mountain Murphy onlypretendedto have acatastrophic digestive situationso he could move up from opening act to headliner,” huh? Well, since Rexvaguely t
Metapost: Post-prandial COTW – The Comics Curmudgeon
Friday, Nov 25, 202254Metapost: Post-prandial COTWPost ContentAs you digest your turkey, please enjoy this comment of the week:“‘I didn’t think you needed a prescription to getibuprofen.’ ‘Look, who’s the fake doctor here? Do you have scrubs you got at a post-Halloween costume sale? No. Now shut up
Zero, dark and gritty – The Comics Curmudgeon
Tuesday, Nov 29, 2022202Zero, dark and grittyPost ContentBeetle Bailey,11/29/22Beetle Baileyhas recently established that, in addition to being extremely stupid, Zero is also anextremely accurate rifleman. But how can the U.S. military harden this peaceful simpleton’s heart so that he can use his sk