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    bensondonald on Saturday Morning OYs April 11, 2026April 11, 2026

    Prefer an old magazine toon, in which a chained-by-wrists jester says to his wallmate, "Well, so much for satire." Man…

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    Brian on Saturday Morning OYs April 11, 2026April 11, 2026

    Keep up the 'Hi(Whatever), I'm Dad!', and one of these days, it will get its own tag.

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    Boise Ed on Saturday Morning OYs April 11, 2026April 11, 2026

    "Twirly" is the winner here.

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    beckoningchasm on Piecing It TogetherApril 10, 2026

    Best lazy cartoon would be a white space with two dialogue balloons. 1: Here we are in the middle of…

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    Chipper42 on Piecing It TogetherApril 10, 2026

    Thanks Pete! I assumed the second piece was speaking the words, rather than the words being a title of the…

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January 11, 2020January 11, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Saturday Morning Oy – January 11, 2020

  • Oy
  • Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Dark Side of the Horse, Dave Coverly, humor, John Deering, Pearls Before Swine, Scott Hilburn, Speed Bump, Stephan Pastis, Strange Brew
  • 20 Comments

Jan 11 oy argyle graze

Jan 11 Oy Dark Side Andréa

Submitted by Andréa

jan 11 oy patriot

jan 11 oy speed bump impossible

January 7, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Do we even want to know what the boyfriend must be touching to make her buzz?

  • CIDU
  • Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Scott Hilburn
  • 35 Comments

operation

For those to whom the game itself is a mystery:

January 6, 2020January 5, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Okay, but…

  • CIDU
  • Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Scott Hilburn
  • 74 Comments

raisins

B.A.: “If he’s a raisin, isn’t he supposed to be dehydrated? Or did he run off thirty years ago to become a star and his bunch is just now finding out what became of him?”

January 4, 2020January 3, 2020 by CIDU Bill

Saturday Morning Oy – January 4, 2020

  • Oy
  • 1 and Done, Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Eric Scott, Frank and Ernest, humor, Scott Hilburn, Thaves, The New Yorker
  • 54 Comments

Jan 4 argyle oy

jan 4 ewww 1 and done Andréa

Submitted by Andréa

jan 4 oy frank and ernest

jan 4 oy mice

Submitted by a mouse who wishes to remain anonymous

December 30, 2019September 21, 2023 by CIDU Bill

Son of Comics We Might Already Have LOL’ed At in 2019 or Earlier

  • LOL
  • Argyle Sweater, Batman, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Farley Katz, Gary Larson, humor, Scott Hilburn, The Far Side, The New Yorker
  • 17 Comments

karate class clown

butt signalim-monet-who-the-hell-is-manet-jason-adam-katzenstein ba

ex_far_side

December 28, 2019December 27, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Comics That Might Or Might Not Have Already Made Us Say “Oy” in 2019 or Earlier

  • Oy
  • Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Non Sequitur, Scott Hilburn, The New Yorker, Wiley Miller
  • 25 Comments

argyle ommankoff-boat brisminionneopolitan

non seq squid

For the record, this comic long predates any current references to “quid pro quo”

December 21, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Saturday Afternoon Oy

  • Christmas, Oy, Synchronicity
  • Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Frank and Ernest, humor, Leigh Rubin, Rubes, Scott Hilburn, Steve Melcher, That is Priceless
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dec 21 argyle oy Andrea lol

Submitted by Andréa

dec 21 oy branch

These two first appeared a few days apart. Under the circumstances,  enough for the Synchronicity tag.

Dec 21 Frank and Ernest (11-25)Dec 21 oy rubes schmeer (11-15)

December 11, 2019December 5, 2019 by CIDU Bill

50 Shades of CIDU

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  • Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Scott Hilburn
  • 31 Comments

50 Shades of CIDU.JPG

Andréa sent me this for the Oy folder, but I’d already tagged it as a CIDU. I assume it’s a 50 Shades of Grey reference.

December 10, 2019 by CIDU Bill

HHHOL?

  • Image
  • Bill Bickel, Christmas, CIDU
  • Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Scott Hilburn
  • 9 Comments

HHHOL.JPG

December 7, 2019December 7, 2019 by CIDU Bill

Saturday Morning Oy – December 7, 2019

  • Oy
  • Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Scott Hilburn
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Dec 7 oy andrea argyle nut

Submitted by Andréa

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