John Deering gives us our opening today with his Strange Brew.
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Been enjoying Mick and Keith checking in to Hotel UFO this week. And alway happy to see a Kinks reference.
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FurBabies‘ week long scavenger hunt gets a juxtaposition with UFO today.
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Bob Weber, Jr. threw a nod to friend and co-creator Jay Stephens this week in Slylock Fox.
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Not so funny gag lines come from Man Martin’s Man Overboard.
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On a similar note Samson, who likes to take things literally, got real with Dark Side of the Horse:
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And from this week’s Prickly City on a sad state of affairs:
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Dave Coverly covers a different sad state of current affairs in Speed Bump.
Then co-conspirator Mike Peterson triggered my OCD today with his take on The Joy of Tech strip.
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I had to find those issues of Batman and World’s Finest Nitrozac and Snaggy used in the strip.
That TGIF is also a Michael Shaw toon that ran in the New Yorker..