by zbicyclist

Fourth Wall

New Adventures of Queen Victoria is now irregularly updating, and the 3 after this one have also just been thought balloons in the dark. Per Wikipedia: “The strip ended on February 14, 2021; according to Sungenis, “15 years is long enough to do anything.” In January 2026 the comic returned to GoComics with new strips.”

There’s not much about new projects on Pab’s website. I dimly recall hearing he had some health issues.

by multipleciduers

Sunday Funnies – LOLs – August 2, 2026

The fun part of this one is figuring out what real cereals Nathan Pyle is referring to:

I had dessicated grape chaff for breakfast this morning.

I may have the citation wrong here. This is a comic that resurfaced among the ones I’ve saved over the years, but this one was saved without citation, and may not be from Bug Martini.

by zbicyclist

95 Years Ago in The New Yorker

July, 1931. The Great Depression is in full swing. Still over a year until the 1932 election. The New Yorker has always had a subscriber base with a richer demographic than average, but these cartoons from the 7/4/31 and 7/11/31 don’t show much awareness of the Great Depression.

Another ping-pong related cartoon. Was there a ping-pong boom in 1931?

What is that device?