January 2, 2023January 1, 2023 by EditorM

Obligatory topic

Okay, it’s Resolutions…

“This year we’ll turn it around” counts as a resolution in my book!

Maybe IDU that one?

Nancy: still looking for loopholes after all these years (and cartoonists!)

November 22, 2022November 21, 2022 by EditorM

This can’t be heading to a good place

Sent in by Mark H.

(Warning: Arlo Award material)

Well, it’s a double-entendre, so it qualifies, but not at all subtle. The next strip shows LuAnn has chosen a different title, which helps a little.

Earlier, LuAnn did tell Tara that Brad is married, but we didn’t see her disavowing any idea of flirting. Where is this leading? Do we trust Brad?

August 29, 2022August 30, 2022 by EditorM

Bonus (or is it Bogus?) quasi synchronicity

When a strip still has new material daily, but there is also a “classic” or “legacy” or “retro” version, and the current feed of the new ones does a story with memory or nostalgia, is it reasonable they would actually coordinate content?

February 13, 2022February 12, 2022 by EditorM

Sunday Funnies – LOLs, February 13th, 2022

(Not a Cidu), Ewww-LOL, LOL
Andertoons, Argyle Sweater, Bliss, Donna Lewis, Greg Evans, Harry Bliss, LuAnn, Mark Anderson, Mark Parisi, Off the Mark, Reply All, Scott Hilburn
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TBH, this was for me more a chuckle than a full LOL. But I was wondering if others also see an analogy between the point here and our thread about interpreting “The exception proves the rule” from early January.

For that matter, what sort of thing was a “buck” in that saying, by the time HST talked about it?

Thanks to Boise Ed for this Ewww-LOL!

Okay, okay, Reply All is an acquired taste I guess.

Is anyone ready to name a particular Raymond Chandler title being quoted? Or is Bliss just happily riffing on the voice?

February 27, 2021February 26, 2021 by EditorM

Saturday Morning Oys – February 27th, 2021

(Not a Cidu), Meta, Oy
1 and Done, Daily Drawing, Dave Blazek, Eric Scott, Greg Evans, Loose Parts, Lorie Ransom, LuAnn, OY-Meta, Randall Munroe, Sad-OY, XKCD
25 Comments

XKCD #559. Mouseover text: “Like spelling ‘dammit’ correctly — with two m’s — it’s a troll that works best on the most literate.”

Y’know, it’s true both ways!

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Okay, this pun is done all the time, not only in cartoons but standup and sketch comedy too. But this is such a nice pure instantiation of it!

January 12, 2021January 11, 2021 by EditorM

Arlo day at the DeGroots’ ?

Arlo Award, CIDU
Arlo Award, Arlo-CIDU, Greg and Karen Evans, Greg Evans, LuAnn
23 Comments

Yes, the Arlo Award is still an ongoing operation! (The sequestered Arlo Page site is another matter.) The Award is for a somewhat racy or suggestive comic that by virtue of double entendre or sheer bluff can get past newspaper-oriented standards-and-practices.

This LuAnn Sunday strip was sent in by some CIDU stalwarts, most asking about the Arlo Award category, but one also counting it as a CIDU since the “spicy” reading is not unambiguous. And some have taken it to the GoComics comments thread, for that matter. Thanks to Bob Ball, Findus, Unca $crooge, and Karl.