There are many Reynolds movies I haven’t seen. Is this a reference to a scene in one of them?
Is Reynolds Just a Foil Here?
Author / zbicyclist
Human Beans?
The Yeast of our Problems
Maggiethecartoonist sent this in.
Per Wikipedia, “Kombucha is a fermented, lightly effervescent, sweetened black tea drink commonly consumed for its purported health benefits. Sometimes the beverage is called kombucha tea to distinguish it from the culture of bacteria and yeast. Juice, spices, fruit or other flavorings are often added.”
Who’s on the other side of this war? Is this one of those Culture Wars that’s been in the news so much lately?
Splendid (non)Isolation
Jack Applin sends in this one. “I understand the initial gag about ‘coloring’ books. The rest stumps me. We thought he was on an isolated island, but, really, the island was quite close to shore. AND … ?”
Rx for Love?
Boise Ed sends this one in. Prescription?
Seegars?
Unca $crooge sends this one in, noting “This seems like two different conversations but maybe there is a connection that I don’t get.”
The Dinette Set is in reruns, so this could refer to some current event we’ve forgotten, although this comic didn’t tend to refer to current events.
50 Years Ago in the New Yorker: A Cultural Reference Test
These appeared in July, 1973. How many cultural references from that particular time can you recognize?
Time for Comic Therapy
The Agony of de Feet
There’s an obvious reference to a security gate in this comic, but why just shoes and lower legs?
A hasty X-it?
X is sometimes used as a shorthand for Christ (hence Xmas) but that doesn’t seem to make the meaning clearer.
