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February 20, 2021February 15, 2021 by EditorM

Saturday Morning Oys – February 20th, 2021

  • (Not a Cidu), Oy
  • Gary Brookins, J.C. Duffy, Lug Nuts, Mike Du Jour, Mike Lester, Shoe, Susie MacNelly
  • 27 Comments

Apart from the admirable pun, the line always raises the question of whether a truncated quotation, which changes the meaning, constitutes a misquotation.


Woops, a week late but valid topical pun:

February 13, 2021February 11, 2021 by EditorM

Saturday Morning Oys – February 13th, 2021

  • (Not a Cidu), Oy
  • Birdbrains, Bizarro, Brian and Ron Boychuk, Chuckle Brothers, Fusco Brothers, J.C. Duffy, Thom Bluemel, Wayno
  • 32 Comments

Contributed by Andréa.




February 6, 2021February 5, 2021 by EditorM

Saturday Morning Oys – February 6th, 2021

  • (Not a Cidu), Oy
  • Brevity, Dan Thompson, Doc Rat, Jeff M Hobbs, jeffmhobbs.wixsite.com, Jenner, Leigh Rubin, Rubes
  • 28 Comments

Sent by Boise Ed.

The comic’s creator on his website can’t stop punning apparently, and gives the post containing this a title of “O temp, O remoras“.

January 30, 2021January 29, 2021 by Winter Wallaby

Saturday Morning Oys – January 30th, 2021

  • (Not a Cidu), Oy
  • Brian and Ron Boychuk, Chuckle Brothers, Dave Whamond, Leigh Rubin, Reality Check, Rubes
  • 15 Comments

From Andréa.

From Philip.

January 23, 2021January 20, 2021 by EditorM

Saturday Morning Oys – January 23rd, 2021

  • (Not a Cidu), Oy
  • Arlo-Oy, J.C. Duffy, Lug Nuts, Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis, Tom Falco, Tomversations
  • 16 Comments

Tom Falco says on his blog that two of the most popular of his cartoons last year were on the cavemen/cavewomen motif.

An Arlo-Oy?

Hmm, this feels familiar, but only the horse-drawn carriage shows up on a pun search.

January 16, 2021January 14, 2021 by EditorM

Saturday Morning Oys – January 16th, 2021

  • (Not a Cidu), Oy
  • Bizarro, Tom Falco, Tom Wilson and Tom II, Tomversations, Wayno, Ziggy
  • 19 Comments
January 9, 2021January 8, 2021 by EditorM

Saturday Morning Oys – January 9th, 2021

  • (Not a Cidu), Oy
  • 6 Chix, Andertoons, Bizarro, Dave Whamond, John Atkinson, Mark Anderson, Mary Lawton, Pardon My Planet, Reality Check, Vic Lee, Wayno, Wrong Hands
  • 33 Comments
Contributed by Andréa

(Explained as a pun at Arnold Zwicky’s Blog)

January 2, 2021January 1, 2021 by EditorM

Saturday Morning Oys for a new year!– January 2nd, 2021

  • (Not a Cidu), Oy
  • David Waisglass and Gordon Coulthart, Farcus, Non Sequitur, Tom Falco, Tomversations, Wiley Miller
  • 10 Comments
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December 26, 2020December 25, 2020 by Winter Wallaby

Saturday Morning Oys – December 26th, 2020

  • (Not a Cidu), Oy
  • 1 and Done, Andertoons, Bill Whitehead, Dave Whamond, Eric Scott, Free Range, J.C. Duffy, Leigh Rubin, Lug Nuts, Mark Anderson, Mark Parisi, Off the Mark, Reality Check, Rubes, Tom Falco, Tomversations
  • 38 Comments

Both from Andréa.

(The pun isn’t always on a word that appears in the caption or dialog.)

From Andréa.
December 19, 2020December 16, 2020 by EditorM

Saturday Morning Oys – December 19th, 2020

  • Oy
  • 1 and Done, Barney & Clyde, Brevity, Crankshaft, Dan Collins, Dan Davis, Dan Thompson, Eric Scott, Hilary B. Price, J.C. Duffy, Looks Good on Paper, Lug Nuts, Rhymes With Orange, Tom Batiuk, Weingartens & Clark
  • 33 Comments

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