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.
Mitch4 sends this in as a momentary CIDU:
I feel like this is a parody of a popular song lyric, but I’m not finding it in my memory.
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.
How cartoonists at a convention decide what bar to go to.
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?
Mitch4 sends this in.
So, what sort of seed would be used?
The general theme of car parts stuck in the ground also occurs in Sally Forth’s current storyline. I’m not going to explain any of the time-traveling aspect of this, though.
The inspiration is perhaps the Cadillac Ranch in Texas.
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