Tag / B.C.

by zbicyclist

Fourth Wall

Mitch4 sends this in: “Some kind of META, or 4th Wall … The META aspect is that it acknowledges being a comic. The allusion to the Silly Putty tradition of pulling off a layer of ink from the funny papers (and maybe applying it elsewhere, like a rubber stamp), here goes farther and shows us the removal of a layer of his physical body, leaving a skeleton. The artist’s hand reaching in to do this is reminiscent of Escher’s meta practices.”.

Boise Ed sends this in, and wonders: “Is it my imagination, or are cartoonists in general doing a lot more fourth-wall gags recently? This example is more blatant than most, though.”

Not a strong vote of confidence from the cartoonist.

I don’t know the revenue model at Comics Kingdom, but I see Wannabe has 309 followers (those who have make it one of their favorites). A lot of the comics with larger numbers are strips that have been around forever, either with new authors (Blondie, 13.8k; Family Circus 10.6k; Hagar the Horrible 13k) or simply classic reruns (Buz Sawyer 1.6k; Beetle Bailey classics 12.7k)

Newer strips tend to have much lower numbers. (Macanudo, 3k; Todd the Dinosaur 2k; TBD 900).

That’s not a comprehensive list,

Saving you the trouble of looking it up: “Estradiol is a form of estrogen, a female sex hormone that regulates many processes in the body. Estradiol is used to treat menopause symptoms such as hot flashes and vaginal changes, and to prevent osteoporosis (bone loss) in menopausal women. Estradiol is also used to treat low estrogen levels in women with ovarian failure. It is also indicated to treat certain types of breast cancer and prostate cancer.”

That last panel is intended to be intentionally confusing, so doesn’t count as a CIDU.

Boise Ed sends this in: “Here’s a different approach to the fourth-wall mania.”

by multipleciduers

Saturday Morning OYs September 26, 2026

Bob Ball says this one “appears to lack gravitas”.

Mouseover text: “It does come at the cost of some launchpad expansions and increased fuel requirements, but all that comes out of the facilities budget.”

Mitch4 sends this in: “Well, they don’t even try to handle the “intolerance” part, but even so it was a pretty clever pun.”

Mitch4 sends this in: “Because of whose picture is on which denomination.”

B.C. sometimes has Christian themes, and this one is NOT non-denominational, but we’re posting it anyway.

And while we’re on the subject of George Washington:

by phsiii

Where we’re going…

…they don’t have roads?

Jack Applin writes:

I was puzzled by the “off-road trim”, because cavemen don’t have roads. Then I recalled “Dip in Road”. OK, fine. Why would the triangular wheel cause political arguments? It’s not pink. Is it simply “That other political party is so stupid that they promote triangular wheels! Haw haw!”?

by zbicyclist

More Fourth Wall

Boise Ed sends this in: “Here’s nother imaginative use of the Fourth Wall idea.”

I seem to remember Dagwood used to talk to the dog for this type of monologue, not directly to the reader.

Boise Ed notes, “You don’t get much more fourth-wall than this one.”

by multipleciduers

Sunday Funnies – LOLs – May 17, 2026

Polymarket is a prediction market — under current rules of the CFTC, technically not gambling so legal in all 50 states. It allows you to gamble (ahem, “predict” with $ at risk) on a wide variety of things. Here are some of the trending bets as I’m writing this (May 2, 2026). Note you can bet on whether Bitcoin (BTC) will go up or down in a 5 minute period. But that’s not gambling. Definitely not gambling.

Boise Ed sends this in: “So long as he considers it only a first draft and revises it as needed, why not take advantage? (I do appreciate Wayno’s irony, though.) And I like the name RevBot.”

by zbicyclist

Fourth Wall Fun

By one definition, “4th wall comic refers to a comic book where characters become aware of their own fictional existence and address the audience directly. This concept, known as the Fourth Wall, separates the characters from the readers, allowing them to comment on the narrative and its limitations.” By that definition, not all of these fit. In some of these, it’s that the cartoonist lets us acknowledge the cartoonist’s existence, while the characters remain unaware. Is there a separate term that should be used for that?