Month / June 2020
Gray
I think she’s missing a step
Unless her father and his mother are getting married, that’s not how step-siblings work.
Strangehawks
And honestly, the food’s probably not good enough to warrant coming for take-out: the appeal of the place is that it’s open late and it affords the opportunity to be alone together.
Gloria
Wallendas
So… the acrobats are taking the train rather than flying. Is that it?
And what does the fact this this isn’t an express train have to do with anything?
Ta
So… whatever Ms. Foxx’s first name is, it’s also something she wants kept secret.
Fun (though probably — and maybe hopefully — irrelevant here) Fact: “Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay” originated, not in England, but in African American music halls (article).
Arf
“In Honor of the Vacation I Won’t Be Getting This Year”
Arlene: “Long-time listener, first-time disc jockey”
1980 Called
Okay, I’m just picking a year at random here, but… Silly Putty was a thing of the past by the time my nieces and nephews were born in the 1980s; and even if it were still around, newspaper comics?
Yes, newspapers and their comics still do exist, sort of, but would any kid get a thrill out of being able to transfer today’s Bizarro comic from the newspaper page?
Comics I Don't Understand 