The Berrys, by Walt Ditzen: April 7, 1944. While filling in for Carl Grubert during World War Two, Walt Ditzen grew increasingly tired of drawing the elaborate lamp in the Berry bedroom. This strip was his solution. (Source: Mort Walker’s Backstage at the Strips: 1975).
One of my favorite Cul de Sac comics:
Not really an LOL, but was this a real thing?
Mitch4 sends this in: “Nice job, the pun is two words onto one.”
The cage bottom is lined with the newspaper.
Dan Sachs sends in this news item: “None of the existing categories; thought the news was of interest.”
A reminder that the life of a cartoonist is not just peaches and cream.
Your editor has always found this comic a bit hit or miss, but here’s a favorite:
Happy Easter! / Happy Passover!
We all have one relative like that … or maybe we are that one relative.
Not really an OY, but a wordplay. It reminds me of words that seem like they should have an opposite, but don’t.
You can be disgruntled, but not gruntled, for example.
Or convoluted, but not voluted;
disgusted but not gusted;
disturbed but not turbed;
preposterous but not postpreterous.
I don’t remember any books being read to me. I read to my daughters, beginning with Pat the Bunny, Goodnight Moon, Peter Rabbit, Where the Wild Things Are, and other classics.
How about you? What books do you remember being read to you?
Can’t I just use facial recognition?
Meanwhile, over in Gasoline Alley, Walt (who must be somewhere north of 115 years old) is having a dream and discovers you can’t even get into hell without proper credentials.
Mitch4 sends this in:
Marrose sends this in: “Once again, The Perfesser for the win,”
Boise Ed sends this in: “There have been a lot of fourth-wall strips in recent times, but Parisi has a bit of a different take here.”
Not technically 4th wall, but including this anyway.
Mine are on a 5.25 inch floppy disk, formatted for the Kaypro, using the Select word processor. I’m good.
Timmy never learns.
Boise Ed sends this in: “Background: Parents are off on a vacation, Dad’s young assistant is staying with the kid while her home is fumigated or something. Kid catches assistant canoodling with boyfriend and uses a fire extinguisher on them. (That part ran March 9-13.)”
