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    Mitch4 on A week joke at bestSeptember 30, 2026

    See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar . "Though it was never officially adopted at the country level, the entrepreneur George Eastman instituted its use…

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February 17, 2020February 24, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Mr. Potato Head: “How come I wasn’t invited to play DeathMatch???”

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  • (Not a Cidu), DeathMatch!
  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Mark Parisi, Mister Potato Head, Off the Mark
  • 14 Comments

off the potato

February 14, 2020February 11, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Mixed Signals

  • (Not a Cidu), Valentine's Day
  • Andertoons, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Mark Anderson, Wizard of Id
  • 4 Comments

arroes ander

arrows id

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 by CIDU Bill

2B

  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel
  • comic strips, comics, Dave Coverly, humor, Speed Bump
  • 27 Comments

2b

Okay, I’m not going to change the DeathMark rules again under any circumstances, but… Seems to me there’ve been a lot of Magic 8-Ball comics lately.

(For no apparent reason)

February 12, 2020March 14, 2022 by CIDU Bill

Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel
  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Edge City, humor, Terry and Patty Laban
  • 16 Comments

Do You Want to Build a Snowman Okay, to be fair… if they need to read “First we roll a big snowman,” that’s on Len: this is the sort of thing you learn from your father.

Yes, it could also be your mother or your aunt or your grandfather, but traditionally it’s a dad thing.

February 11, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Miss Crabtree called…

  • (Not a Cidu)
  • Bill Bickel, Bizarro, comic strips, comics, humor, school, Wayno
  • 26 Comments

blackboard

Just curious: when was the last time anybody used a blackboard in school? My kids are approaching 30, and I’m pretty sure they’ve never been in a classroom with them.

Hell, for all I know they’re using holograms there days.

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 by CIDU Bill

The Halter

  • (Not a Cidu), Arlo (Award), Bill Bickel
  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Zits

And today’s Arlo Award goes to…

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 by CIDU Bill

The year 2000 called…

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  • (Not a Cidu)
  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Doug Bratton, humor, movies, Pop Culture Shock Therapy
  • 17 Comments

castaway

January 29, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Oh for God’s sake, Roger, you’re the @#$% parent.

  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel
  • Bill Amend, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, FoxTrot
  • 19 Comments

Beg 1beg 2beg 3

January 29, 2020January 29, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Call Me Maybe

  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel
  • comic strips, comics, humor, Mark Parisi, Off the Mark
  • 36 Comments

phone

I’m not sure whether this makes the comic more funny or less funny: a few years ago when I lost my phone at the supermarket, the woman at the Customer Service desk made this exact comment.

January 29, 2020January 28, 2020 by CIDU Bill

“Because we’re grown-ups”

  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel
  • Arlo and Janis, comic strips, comics, humor, Jimmy Johnson
  • 18 Comments

because we're grown-ups

Actually, this strip contains a huge error:

The server’s supposed to wait until Arlo has his mouth full before asking any question.

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