billr sends this in: “I’m sure there’s a pun in there, but I’m not getting it.”
B&C already has one character who tells very obscure jokes – Horace, posted a couple of days ago. Do they need two?
Gut Check
Author / zbicyclist
Arcana
Even the sophisticated mitch4 is confused by this one: “So, what French/English translation oddity, or sound-alike, or pun, would make a plain American sympathy card look to a Frenchman like a thank-you card? I can’t figure it out. Or do I have that set.up wrong? “
Saturday Morning OYs February 21, 2026
Kedamono sends this in: “Just a funny thought, though the title implies that the writer owned those Hobbits. Merry and Pippin would like a word with them behind the shed about that.”
Primary season coming up.
Kedamono sends in this OY / Ewww
Something Shady Going On?
Kedamono sends this in: “That backwards look in the second panel and the dark spot on the ground looks like a shadow looming over Horace… Maybe?”
Dating
Kedamono sends this in, giving us some background on what’s happening in the strip: “Queen Victoria is rebooting after the incident of the Infinite Vickies. (Go read the comic for more elucidation.) This is the second strip after they started the reboot. What perplexes me is the “0/0/0” in the bottom left corner of panel 1. Since there isn’t a “year zero” in the Gregorian Calendar, let alone zero day or month, is it a different date? Or something else?”
Also, is this date in mm/dd/yyyy, dd/mm/yyyy, or yyyy/mm/dd format?
That was February 6. On February 7, here was a strip referencing Scott Adams death. Then nothing until Feb 12.
That one is in CIDU territory for your editor:
No comics since, up to February 15. Your editor is only an occasional reader of this strip. (I lost interest with all the endless strips about elephants.)
The New Nancy Cartoonist is Rockin’ It
Is there a pun somewhere hidden — maybe under a rock?
The following day, Cash indicated these rocks stood for Nancy, Sluggo, and Aunt Fritzi, clarifying her intention a bit.
Honoring Presidents
Satuday Morning OYs – Valentine’s Day
Janice Rey sends this in:
Know Your Place!
Jack Applin sends in this language question: “Heart figures that her team might be able to achieve third place. Tall girl says “we might place”. To me, to “place” as a verb means to come in second (horse racing: 1st/2nd/3rd = win/place/show). Did tall girl truly think that their team might come in second, or is she using “place” to mean any of 1st/2nd/3rd place?”
Redacted
Joshua K. and Hinches both sent this in: “This appears to be a joke about redaction or censorship, but it would seem like it would need to have *some* visible text to make sense.” and “Is this supposed to be some sort of political statement? What an I missing, besides all the dialogue??
Was this an earlier Sunday Wizard of Id at one time?
Comics I Don't Understand 