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Join the club... 2008-08-06 19:27:15 Here, we have a weapon of mass destruction.Now, this brings up a few interesting ideas. A weapon of such massive destruction can only be wielded by a person large enough to be their own weapon of possibly more massive destruction. Therefore, why would such a club of mass destruction be needed? Why not simply use the giant caveman that would use such a large club? He must have some type of trai
Candorville does grammar 2008-08-06 18:22:40 Yes! Thank you, Lamont!Lamont shows us that people who are trying too hard to be grammatically correct actually sound stupid. Those English teachers who tell us that it's always correct to put "I" after the third person pronoun are only making it worse for the rest of us who know better. The rule, of course, involves the difference between subjects and direct objects, or some such, but Lamont e
Animals must help each other 2008-08-05 15:45:02 It's sad that certain animals must live the lives they live. Today's The Grizzwells is an example of why.So the little squirrel creature porcupine is walking home with his really big bear friend, and he seems quite tired. The bear retorts that they're not really that far from home, and he should stop whining. The squirrel porcupine, understanding that his legs are much shorter and smaller than Read more:Animals
Worst strip ever? 2008-08-05 12:55:12 Jerry Beck of Cartoon Brew believes that Uncle Funny Bunny and Chumpy is the worst comic strip ever created. Here's his post about it:Cartoon BrewNow, it is a cartoon aimed at children, so the jokes are extremely lame. You know, the kind of jokes that kids find really funny and they tell them to you over and over again. I did that when I was a kid, too, and so did you. Go on, admit it.However,
Send these ideas to Chris Nolan, quick! 2008-08-05 12:43:47 This is genius.Now all we need are origin stories and personal vendettas. I'm not a comic book writer, unfortunately, so I couldn't come up with them myself. I'd be most interested to find out how Windows Vista became so evil, though. That origin must have been a doozie.
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Never miss an opportunity 2008-08-05 12:38:25 If you happen to have a fox in your strip, there are a few things that are required for you to do. Today, Little Dog Lost has done one of them.You must have him use the "sour grapes" line at least once. We all know that foxes are always going around repeating this line, because they all know their history. Every fox knows the sour grapes story, and they all repeat it to their children and grand
When cliches go wrong 2008-08-05 12:31:21 I'm sure we all know someone like this.They're always throwing out cliches, but they either use them incorrectly or simply say them incorrectly. Perhaps you know more than one person like this. I know a few. I won't name them. If they don't know who they are, they ought to.The solution, though, is simply to correct them gently and try not to be condescending about it. People don't take kindly
Comic Riffs: The search for the next Calvin 2008-08-05 12:27:35 Michael Cavna has written an interesting article on his Comic
Riffs blog about the which strip is most like Calvin
and Hobbes.Comic RiffsMr. Cavna says there are four contenders, in his book: Frazz, Zits, Red and Rover, and Big Nate. I don't have much to say on any of them, especially since one of the comments on the site goes into great detail about why Mr. Cavna is wrong. I wouldn't be so hars
Right, but wrong 2008-08-05 11:25:34 Winslow has missed a very important point. See if you can catch it.Yes, indeed. Although everything we have is made in China, all of it is shipped over here, and you can't buy it there. All the stuff they have there is made somewhere else. Too bad for him, huh?
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Why cows are not known as "man's best friend" 2008-08-04 17:01:36 ...or boy's friend
.htm">best friend
, for that matter. Today's Cow and Boy is delightfully surreal.First, it starts out with Boy trying to celebrate a holiday from Australia of all places. Secondly, it's a very strange holiday. No offense to my Australian friends out there, but who needs a holiday to tell them to go have a picnic? Why not just... you know... go have a picnic? Thirdly... well, the ants
In The Bleachers redeems the golf strip 2008-08-03 18:38:34 Tons of strips have gags about guys playing golf ( Hi and Lois, Shoe, Beetle Bailey, The Born Loser, and even FoxTrot), but this one actually made me laugh.Good job, alligator. Not only have you made a golf strip funny, but you've shown us that alligators don't have to eat anybody to ruin a golf game.
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Brevity does colors 2008-08-03 18:34:07 Colors!This one took me a second, but then I got it.The primary colors had children, and their children are secondary and tertiary colors... ha! That's kind of funny, and yet kind of disturbing at the same time. Take, for instance, the fact that the marriage must consist of three people, since there are three primary colors. That's bigamy as far as I'm concerned. Secondly, there's the fact th
Things that make you go "What?" 2008-08-03 18:27:23 Today's double feature is about comic strips that might be funny if one could understand exactly what they are talking about. First, we have Ballard Street, which I have maligned before for being dumb. This time, it isn't dumb so much as bizarre.So, Ted and Sandra have the largest "flinger..." Right. So... what exactly is the point? Why does every family on the block need a flinger? Why woul
Monty battles bad grammar 2008-08-03 17:06:20 Today, Monty
shows that one person can save the world from the oppression of bad grammar and people who can't count.Most of us, if we thought about it, would realize that "less" is a word that should not apply to a quantity of items. That's what "fewer" is for. Of course, most of us don't think about it, so we just go about our merry ways and use "less" for everything. Monty knows better, and s
A Garfield minus Garfield book! 2008-08-03 17:01:07 Yes, they've finally done it. The world has recognized that the Garfield
comic strip is indeed funnier without its title character. To commemorate this discovery, Ballantine Books will be publishing an entire book filled with Dan Walsh's creations. Hey, why not? Jim Davis even likes it, so how could it be bad?Dan Walsh posted about it on his own site, and there are also articles on The Daily C
Frank and Ernest do Quixote 2008-08-02 16:42:05 Today's Frank
and Ernest
may require a bit of literary knowledge to get, namely Don Quixote.It just makes me want to start singing... To dream the impossible dream... to fight the unbeatable foe...
Non-Sequitur shows us how to look smart 2008-08-02 16:37:44 She's giving away all my secrets!Now, of course, if studies actually have shown certain things to be true, then you just have to say it. If you want to simply look smart, then you can just say it, and certain stupid people will believe it. Of course, it's important that you look and sound confident when you say it, or it won't have the same effect. Now, smart people will ask you for a reference
Wizard of Id knows the solution to national security and national debt 2008-08-02 16:27:57 This is the perfect solution to all of our nation's problems. That king is a genius.If you're going to have guards at the border, make them toll booth guards. Then, you can keep out the people you want to keep out, and you can make a little money on the side. It's perfect. Someone has to suggest this to Congress.
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Satchel continues his revenge on Bucky 2008-08-02 16:22:02 It continues! Go Satchel
!Today, Satchel drops the bread loaf and goes straight for the jugular. Let's only hope that it continues tomorrow.
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"The Stupid Husband" in the comics 2008-08-02 16:14:36 Today, I bring you two examples of "The StupidHusband
" in the comics. It's unfortunate that these women must live with such bumbling and idiotic men, but somehow they seem to survive. Janis must time Arlo as he runs to the fridge during commercial breaks. Arlo doesn't understand, of course, that if the 30 minutes of exercise are only during commercial breaks, they don't really count. If they d
You just can't win with some people. 2008-08-02 16:13:59 People changing their ways just isn't enough for some people
.If people really cared, they just wouldn't be stupid in the first place, right? Right. Once you've done stupid things, it's too late to go back, I guess...
A couple quick funnies 2008-08-01 12:57:24 I found these both particularly amusing, though I don't have much to say about either of them.Cow and Boy:Being a college student myself, and hoping I won't have to ask myself those questions that Cow is asking, I found it quite amusing as well as scary.Close To Home:Any joke involving crazy stuff made in shop class is funny in my book, so makeshift braces are just hilarious.
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Frog is unspottable 2008-08-01 12:53:42 Today's Spot the Frog classic shows that it's really only necessary to draw one panel of your comic strip as long as the rest of it takes the form of a note written to someone.It could be considered laziness, but I think the joke is funny, so I'll let it pass. Mark Heath probably knew he couldn't get away with that too often, though.
Shocking news: Satchel beans Bucky with bread 2008-08-01 12:49:35 Score a point for Satchel
! Get Fuzzy knows that the oppressed will not stay down forever!Obviously Satchel has had enough of Bucky
's monkey business, so he decides to deal with it by taking his Nutty Bread ("It's good for you!") and knocking Bucky over the head with it. Way to go, Satchel! All the Bucky haters that read Get Fuzzy are cheering for you, I'm sure.
Syndicates need to work on their communication skills 2008-08-22 08:41:30 ...because they don't seem to be getting the word out properly about For Better or For Worse and it's new direction. I think Lynn Johnston explained it well enough. I guess the newspapers just don't get it.The Daily CartoonistThere's some debate going on over the whole "new-run" idea, and it's certainly warranted. As for me, I like the idea, and I think it's a brave thing for Ms. Johnston to do Read more:communication
Some comic love from BoingBoing 2008-08-22 08:32:55 BoingBoing, possibly the most popular blog on the 'Net, has had a couple comics-related posts in recent days.The first is about a new collection of comics about Little Sammy Sneeze, by Winsor McCay. This is the lesser-known character that preceded Mr. McCay's amazing Little Nemo. I'll admit that I was first exposed to Little Nemo from the cool video game on the original Nintendo Entertainment Sy
Judge Parker meets CSI 2008-08-22 08:21:19 So, I was reading this Comic Riffs post yesterday, when I came across the JudgeParker
strip. I didn't immediately recognize anything different about it, since I usually ignore Judge Parker anyway. However, one of the commenters pointed out that there were a couple of familiar faces in the strip. I looked back at it, and sure enough, it's a couple characters from CSI.Catherine Willows and Gil G
Dogs and cannibals 2008-08-18 13:46:13 Here's a couple strips about strange things talking dogs say. Then I have a funny joke for all the cannibal lovers out there.First, we have Pooch Cafe:Why wouldn't the dog just say "a garage just flew by?" Either the lead up to the final panel made it a lot funnier, or Paul Gilligan simply came up with a two panel joke and needed to stretch it out to four panels. Either way, it's a keeper.Next,
A couple Richard Thompson interviews 2008-08-18 13:35:31 Mr. Thompson
was nice enough to leave a comment on a blog post I wrote about Cul de Sac a little while ago, so I thought I'd be nice enough to post a few things he's said recently to some nice interview people.Here's one from Chris Mautner on his Panels and Pixels blog, and another from Comic Riffs which is basically Mr. Thompson responding to a question about Calvin and Hobbes. Boy, Michael Cavn Read more:couple
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