by multipleciduers

Saturday Morning OYs – September 23rd, 2023

Diacritical impatience?

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Yes, just as you suppose, this did appear on Talk Like A Pirate Day.

And more off the mark…

And a date-topical OY:

by EditorM

Delicious, really?

Thanks to Darren, who says ‘Okay, I get the apple/forbidden fruit appearing in a grocery store. But is the spelling on the sign significant or a typo? Something to do with “eden” somehow?’.

Yes, trying for a full anagram is tempting!

(Note however that artist Eric Scott has a comment on GoComics suggesting it is just typo. But could he be still joking at another level?)

by EditorM

It’s just the drawing that’s hard to parse

I can’t make out what the guy sees, or thinks he sees, in the sky. And thus, whether the racing challenge is directed to that celestial figure or to the child. Is it about reaching shelter before storm conditions catch up with them? Or less on-the-nose?

Maybe patience and the color version will help…

OK, we’ve heard of the Purple Mountains’ majesty…. But I guess the adult is addressing the child, and the joke is in either the non-specificity of the race goal, or in the implausible distance for them to cover?

by multipleciduers

Sunday Funnies – LOLs, September 17th, 2023

That’s what happens when your temps come from crossovers!

In the news, Dave Blazek and Loose Parts have won the National Cartoonists Society 77th Annual Award in the Newspaper Panel division. See The Daily Cartoonist article of September 7th for full results.

In the news, Will Henry and Wallace The Brave have won the National Cartoonists Society 77th Annual Award in the Newspaper Comic Strips division. See The Daily Cartoonist article of September 7th for full results.

In the news, Rich Powell and Wide Open have won the National Cartoonists Society 77th Annual Award in the “Online Comics – Short Form” division. See The Daily Cartoonist article of September 7th for full results.

Here’s an Ewww-LOL, fair warning!

The rare occurrence of a printable Gibbleguts :-)

by phsiii

In Memoriam, Bill Bickel

Today is the third anniversary of Bill’s passing. The fact that it’s on a Saturday this year makes me want to say “OY” in a big way.

I expect I had much the same experience as y’all: there we were in the throes of pandemic lockdown, getting the idea that it wasn’t quite going to be piles of bodies in the streets but was still pretty bad, and one of our daily lifelines to sanity just…stopped for several days. I remember feeling vaguely irritated with Bill, while realizing that was unreasonable of me. Then after a few days I started to worry, and then we got the news.

It’s amazing and wonderful that this wee community has continued.

RIP, Bill.

And here’s a link back to Kilby’s most excellent birthday post for Bill, back in July:
https://cidu.info/2023/07/08/birthday-memorial-for-cidu-bill/