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February 11, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Sweater

  • (Not a Cidu), Bill Bickel
  • comic strips, comics, Frazz, humor, Jef Mallett
  • 9 Comments

sweater2

Since a neckline that covers only the mouth is a fairly poor excuse for a disguise, especially when this is somebody you supposedly know well and is talking to you, I’m reading this as a break-the-fourth-wall reference to the fact that other than Caulfield, the children at Bryon Elementary are literally interchangeable and even Frazz can’t tell them apart.

February 11, 2019February 10, 2019 by CIDU Bill

F-War

  • Image
  • CIDU
  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, F-Minus, humor, Tony Carrillo
  • 21 Comments

f-war

February 11, 2019February 9, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Circle of Id

  • Image
  • CIDU
  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, music, Wizard of Id
  • 9 Comments

id heartbroken

February 11, 2019February 10, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Monday Morning Creepiness – February 10, 2019

  • creepy
  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, John Deering, Strange Brew
  • 18 Comments

“Creepy” really does need its own tag, I think…

strange prizes

Submitted by Andréa

February 11, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Okay, since tonight’s CIDU was too easily explained, here’s one from Arlo and Janis’s distant past…

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  • CIDU
  • Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Jimmy Johnson
  • 15 Comments

partyarlo

February 11, 2019February 10, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Played

  • Image
  • CIDU, Saint Valentine's Day
  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Retail
  • 3 Comments

feb11 retail

February 10, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Valchronicity

  • Saint Valentine's Day, Synchronicity
  • Bill Bickel, Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes, comic strips, comics, humor, Wallace the Brave, Will Henry
  • 1 Comment

Submitted by Andréa:

sync val calvin

sync val wallace

February 10, 2019 by CIDU Bill

And just like that, Mrs. Olson devolves into an absolute moron.

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  • (Not a Cidu)
  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Frazz, Jef Mallett
  • 9 Comments

olson moron

February 10, 2019October 29, 2021 by CIDU Bill

Sunday Funnies – LOL, February 10, 2019

  • LOL, Saint Valentine's Day
  • Beth Morrell (Reidmiller), Bill Bickel, Bizarro, Brian Gordon, comic strips, comics, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Dan Piraro, Dave Kellett, Fowl Language, humor, Sheldon, The Doozies, The New Yorker, Tom Gammill
  • 19 Comments

Bizarro valentinedoozles tom gammill valentinefowl language brian gordon 1-7

sheldon cookie dough andrea

Submitted by Andrea

xxx NYer early texting

February 9, 2019February 8, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Saturday Morning Oy -February 9, 2019

  • Oy
  • Bill Bickel, Bizarro, comic strips, comics, humor, Wayno
  • 28 Comments
feb 9 oy bizarro andrea

Submitted by Andréa

Feb 9 Oy rest

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