


From Andréa.



From Andréa.
Some deep archival research from elGeo. He noticed this one on GoComics for 15-Mar-2021 (that is, the Ides of March):

And he recognized that the above was adapted from this other one, which had been published in Whack Your Porcupine (1977) and ran on GoComics on 14-Oct-2015:

Let’s leave elGeo to editorialize a bit:
It’s hard to believe that B. Kliban himself had made the second version – the wit in the original is completely lost in the second. I particularly liked that the Greek looked suspiciously like John Belushi after a toga party, although I’m pretty sure that Animal House was released after the cartoon was published.
I enjoy seeing old familiar cartoons sometimes – after all, there’s plenty of room on the internet for legacy stuff – but this one bothered me. Even though the estate owns the copyright, the reworked one just seemed like vandalism.
For a bit of IDU element, does anybody care to share some knowledge (or new reading) on the chronology and interaction of the Greeks and the Etruscans?
Published 2021-Mar-07, which among other things on the designated-days calendar was the Sunday of Celebrate Your Name Week. Dunno if that explains anything.

That is Tom Falco’s blog headline for this:

Not a CIDU, but we didn’t want to let seasonal relevance pass unnoted!
Thanks to Andréa and Phil Smith III.

BTW I recently heard Scott Hilburn as invited guest speaker at the Pun Intensive Podcast – Episode 31 “Pun-Off Dinner 2019 Part 2”.
Philip contributes this one, asking “Huh? Is this something people worry about?” –


From Ken.
Here’s one from Andréa and Mark Jackson:


This is from Andréa (and was a CIDU for Winter Wallaby, until Andréa explained it):


And this one from Chemgal:





Well, sure. I guess no one who could move snow with a magic wand would bother shoveling snow. But what’s the joke?
Actually, now that I think about it, I don’t understand why he was bothering to shovel snow before.