October 4, 2022May 15, 2024 by EditorM

Breaking the Fourth

Fourth Wall, LOL
Bizarro, Dan Piraro, Liniers (Ricardo Siri), Macanudo, Wayno
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I’m delighted with how the Bizarro literalizes the idea of the fourth wall.

So then the problem-solvers’ question is “what are we seeing on the left side of the drawing?” And the answer should be “The adhesive side of the wallpaper”.

The contributor sending in the Macanudo points out that it’s a very old joke (probably could be found in Mutt & Jeff :) ), but this is still a very good realization of the idea.

And they pair well because the Macanudo is at the other end of sticking to the metaphorical.

P.S. Wayno prepares two versions of each Bizarro he makes, a squarish panel and a more horizontal strip format. Occasionally in his weekly blog he shows the variation, and in the week covering this cartoon it was the one getting that treatment. Here is that alternate image:

August 18, 2022August 18, 2022 by EditorM

Why not happy?

Thanks for this Macanudo to Kilby, who says ‘The moon doesn’t look “happy” to see friends drop by, the eyebrows and wrinkles make it look distinctly “worried”.’

Also he gives a reference example of a smiling full Luna — though not the classic comics one he wanted to locate.

August 8, 2022May 15, 2024 by EditorM

Some striking Macanudos

Some recent Macanudos. They’re all pretty striking, but in different ways, and generally neither straightforwardly funny (“in the classic sense”) nor definitely an outright CIDU. The tube-sculpture set as the featured image (above the post title) is a consummate meta. Others fit the “funny just for the absurdity of picturing it” tag. The one with Martin and the Olgas is kinda terrifying.

Enjoy!

(In case the Featured Image feature didn’t work for your platform, repeated at the end.)

July 10, 2022July 8, 2022 by EditorM

Sunday Funnies – LOLs, July 10th, 2022

Two Andertoons for the price of one.

Well that’s getting down to the point!

Nice to see the secondary characters getting featured on their own.

Here’s that “LOL-Yikes! (horror)” you saw category-tagged and wondered about.

Actually I think this is making a pretty deep point about the relativity of relativity.

April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 by EditorM

Sunday Funnies – LOLs, April 10th, 2022

Oh oh oh, I’ve found it!

*“Here’s an apocryphal story that I figure prominently in.”*

A CIDUer received this in some email without source info, and passed it along. The artist seems to be Mike Gruhn, who posts cartoons to Instagram and here-and-there; and has his own site, called WebDonuts. He had a feature called Caption Challenge or Caption Contest, which seems to end in 2015. A note on the WebDonuts site from 2019 indicates that Instagram would be the place to look for his current material.