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    Mark in Boston on IPApril 21, 2026

    jajizi and Powers have it, and you also have to know what "going commando" means.

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    billytheskink on IPApril 21, 2026

    Name wise, the IP is closer to Capcom's long time mascot and occasional actual video game character Captain Commando... though…

  3. ML's avatar
    ML on IPApril 21, 2026

    No connection to the renowned author of "The Yellow Stream," I.P. Freely?

  4. ML's avatar
    ML on IPApril 21, 2026

    No connection

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    Powers on IPApril 21, 2026

    No, the joke requires you know about Captain Underpants. There's no inherent humor in being more concerned about IP than…

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June 11, 2019June 13, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Parking

  • Bill Bickel
  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, humor, Retail
  • 13 Comments

parking

Yeah, the joke’s ancient, but this made me smile anyway.

Maybe it was the head pat.

June 11, 2019 by CIDU Bill

What’s it?

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  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Greg Evans, humor, LuAnn
  • 15 Comments

that's it.gif

I can’t make any sense of the final panel.

(Anybody who doesn’t follow LuAnn, please disregard)

June 11, 2019June 10, 2019 by CIDU Bill

The Chicken and Barney Pillsbury

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  • Barney & Clyde, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Weingartens & Clark
  • 36 Comments

Barney and the Chicken.JPG

June 11, 2019June 10, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Strange Inspiration

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  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, John Deering, Strange Brew
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June 10, 2019June 10, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Soufflé

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

souffle.JPG
My first interpretation was “Nobody’s going to get excited about it since we already did it 50 years ago.”

(Wait a second while I get my head around that… fifty years ago…)

But Arlo’s also mentioning a permanent base, which is a pretty new thing and still quite science fictiony and therefore something people probably would get excited about.

June 10, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Oil

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  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Cornered, humor, Mike Baldwin
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June 9, 2019June 9, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Sunday Funnies – LOL, June 9, 2019

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  • Argyle Sweater, Baldo, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Dave Coverly, Extra Ordinary, humor, mimes, Scott Hilburn, Speed Bump
  • 24 Comments
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baldo spanish word

Extra Ordinary anon

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speedbump coverlyandrea scream

Submitted by Andréa

June 8, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Saturday Morning Oy – June 8, 2019

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  • Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Leigh Rubin, Mark Parisi, Off the Mark, Rubes, Scott Hilburn, Steve Melcher, That is Priceless
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June 7, 2019June 7, 2019 by CIDU Bill

¿Qué?

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  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Frazz, humor, Jef Mallett
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que

June 7, 2019June 7, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Missing Synchronicity

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  • Andy Capp, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Dave Coverly, humor, Speed Bump
  • 2 Comments

missing speedbump

missing andy capp

Both submitted by Boise Ed

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