Category / Holiday-Thematic

by zbicyclist

Independence Day

It’s interesting that the white character in this comic from 1976 is named Nate. Much later, Nate Bargatze will have a similar theme in this now well-known SNL skit:

On a serious note, it is always worth pondering the end of Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Speech:

“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”

by zbicyclist

CIDU’s Swimsuit Issue

It’s May 2, the average day of the last frost here in lovely northern Illinois.

Pools and beaches aren’t open yet, but JMcAndrew sends in some Hi and Lois swimsuit comics to get us in the mood: “Here are several Hi and Lois comics about swimsuits, some of which are just very bizarre. It’s apparently been a theme since the very early days of the comic.”

by zbicyclist

The New Yorker Looks at the Environment

A few New Yorker cartoons from just after the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970.

Remember, you can use the link at the left (or here) to submit a CIDU to our kind, generous and handsome editorial staff.

Want to hug more trees? Mark Parisi has several recent Off-the-Mark Arbor Day comics here: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1275651730585573&set=pcb.1275610267256386

by multipleciduers

Happy Valentine’s Day

Danny Boy sends this in.

JMcAndrew sends these two in. “Not only does this comic end with a rabbit about to hook up with a shoe but it also manages to slip in a joke about the title character from the movie “Babe”in a relationship with “Oscar Mayer””

“There’s also this one suggesting a relationship between Madonna and Sandra Bernhard and OJ Simpson with Lorena Bobbitt”

by zbicyclist

[E]n[o]u[gh/ff] said

Jack Applin sends in this New Year’s CIDU. “A tepid comic, not much more than “Huh”/“You know it”. Two things: Is 2024’s beard talking? Point that speech bubble toward his mouth!
Also, was I the only person to stumble over “ ’nough said”? I blame Stan Lee for making me so used to “ ’nuff said” so that I didn’t recognize the standard spelling. See https://cbr.com/marvel-comics-stan-lee-fantastic-four-nuff-said/ for a history of that.”

And a big Happy New Year wish for all of us. Here’s a classic Nancy.

by zbicyclist

How Did Those Resolutions Work Out?

According to this article in The Guardian, ” In the US, 44% of new year resolutions last two to three months; only 6% last a year..”

The most common resolutions:

About 40% of Americans make resolutions, but this varies by age. Younger adults (59% of those ages 18 to 34 versus 19% of those older than 55), which I would ascribe to the optimism of youth versus the resignation of those whose past resolutions haven’t really improved their fitness or finances.

by Kilby

Pick a Holiday, ANY Holiday!

This year they all fall so close to one another, it’s hard to keep track.

Or perhaps not:

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I really doubt that any mohel would be willing to perform 1/8th of a bris.