Funnies Fun and Games
Join Phoebe and Marigold on a trip through the history books for 10 magical facts about the most stunning creatures…
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CSotD: Blamecasting
I’ll confess (A) I didn’t stay up for the RNC, it being hard enough to get up at 4 AM…
Thinning The Herd at GoComics
As is my habit on Sundays I turn to Steve McGarry’s Biographic to check if the new page features Ray…
What’d I Miss? The 100th Installment
Earlier this month, on August 14, 2020, I missed the 100th What’d I Miss comic strip anniversary. The weekly What’d…
CSotD: The Party you have dialed is no longer in service
This Clay Bennett panel seems harsh. But if he drew back and provided a longer perspective, you’d see all the…
Idaho State Journal Makes Comics Page Changes – update
Original August 21, 2020 post: Over last weekend the Idaho State Journal made changes to their daily comics page. As…
Spaceman Spiff – The Movie Trailer (fan art)
The opening voice over quotes Calvin from the November 8, 1989 comic strip. From Calvin and Hobbes fan Joseph Conover:…
A Look Back: British Intel Animal Farm Comic Strip
From The National Archives of the UK: George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’, first published on [August 17] 75 years ago in…
CSotD: Looking behind the curtains
Wallace the Brave is consistently filled with such surreal touches that it is generally easier to point out the ways…
Happy George Herriman’s Birthday from Tisserand
George Herriman was born 140 years ago on August 22, 1880. To celebrate Michael Tisserand, the author of Krazy: George…
Shoe Bids Farewell to Plugger Gary Brookins
As announced earlier this year Gary Brookins has decided to retire from the daily grind.It appears he has timed his…
CSotD: Doing the Aftermath
“The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on,” the Arabic saying goes, and, the DNC having concluded, the analysis begins….
What Might Have Been – Nancy (part two)
Two or three decades ago the syndicate was entertaining auditions for cartoonists to take on the Nancy comic strip. Well,…
CSotD: Friday Funnies – Tales of Anxiety and Perception
Most weeks, Friday Funnies are things that made me chuckle, perhaps snicker, occasionally LOL, but this Rhymes With Orange channels some…
School Project Pulled Due To Fitzsimmons Cartoon
From The Texan: A cartoon depiction of a police officer which tacitly compared him to a member of the Ku…