God Bless The Child That Got Their Own It’s very possible that the ages of the kids in Crabgrass and Frazz has been mentioned before and I never paid attention to it, but I always figured that they were a couple years older than what was established in today’s strips. Having grandchildren currently in the […]
Nice timing, since I was just talking about this to someone yesterday, but, then again, it’s a topic I think about a lot. We used to joke about 150 channels and nothing good on, which was a reaction to growing up with four or five channels and nothing good on. I’m no snob and I […]
Crabgrass is set in an unspecified past and Tahuid Bondia is reading my mind, because I was just thinking of how, when I was a kid, every boy had a jackknife and how unlikely it would be for any kid to have one today. I know I had one at eight, because we spent that […]
Lancaster Eagle-Gazette columnist Mark Kinsler (or here) gets lost during the flights of fancy in Crabgrass: I grew up reading the daily newspaper comic section, and my father’s humor has kept me at it since. One quote from perhaps 1956: “I wonder when Rex Morgan, MD, will make an honest woman out of Nurse June […]
Featuring Crabgrass, Pogo, The Saga of Brann Bjornson, Macanudo, Blondie, Broom-Hilda, Garfield, Mark Trail, Cornered, Shrimp & Grits, and more, including Flash Gordon and Ming the Merciless! Batty Squirrels The second row of today’s two-tiered Crabgrass introduced new characters who I would like to see return. Matt, the unseen Jeff, Pam, and the unnamed Pam’s […]
This Arctic Circle came the day after we were remarking that the geese seem as off-schedule as everything else this year. We’re in an extreme drought, so the foliage has been disappointing and whether it’s lousy weather or climate change, a lot has not happened on time. But suddenly we’re getting skeins of geese, and […]
Super Power Sunday Seems we had some children exhibiting super powers in the Sunday comics. Clayton reveals his superpower to little sister Katy in Adam @ Home. While we may be witnessing the rise of the most powerful being in the Comics Kingdom universe. A couple months ago we saw Olive exhibit some kind of […]
Medical Emergency Alert in Rex Morgan, M.D. Finally, after two months of no Doc Rex (since July 5, 2025), we will get the star of his eponymous comic strip back in action! Or so you would have thought. But Dr. Morgan is a no show, instead it is some anonymous attending physician who happens to […]
Just got an update on my computer, but I haven’t yet figured out what it changed. I don’t recall the last time an update made a drastic change; they usually save those for new versions of the basic program, like when Windows 11 added a thingie so that people with Photoshop disks couldn’t install it […]
Comic philosophy from Wiley Miller, and a protest against blaming people for things they had little control over, though we could have a seminar on the topic of how much the things that happen to you are a reflection of your attitude and character. We’d eventually come down to a discussion of how much your […]
One of the options at the moment is despair, but that’s an unacceptable choice. Besides, we’re not there yet and there’s still plenty of room for comic relief. Like the guy in Bliss, you can still stay aware of things, as long as you’ve got some good coffee, to which I would add “and a […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for July 2025 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection, vol. 11 (1945) by Milton Caniff It’s a […]
I’m not thinking about games and consoles, but I am taking a day for humor in hopes of distracting from the news a bit. That doesn’t mean giving in and it doesn’t mean turning off entirely. I emailed my Congressional representative before I began today’s posting. It took about two minutes, in part because I […]
I admit that I don’t follow Brooke McEldowney’s 9 Chickweed Lane religiously due to the weird (to me) arcs. But this week’s amusement with Edda and Amos is sweet and endearing (so far). We’ll see if Brooke can keep it on course, meaning the course I want. Though my favorite individual comic of this week […]
Notes on Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Shrimp & Grits, Flash Gordon, Crabgrass, Macanudo, Andy Capp, The Saga of Brann Bjornson, Home Free, Heaven Help Us, Crankshaft, Phoebe and Her Unicorn, The Far Side, Thimble Theater Starring Popeye, Wallace the Brave, and including a Ziggy Stardust cameo. With Ripley’s Believe It or Not characterization in […]