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    Mark in Boston on A week joke at bestSeptember 29, 2026

    Boise Ed: Some business calendars run Monday through Sunday. One of the most interesting business calendars was kept by Eastman…

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    beckoningchasm on Remembering P. C. VeySeptember 29, 2026

    I remember his National Lampoon work, quite odd and amusing.

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    Boy, is that last one with the cat a typical TNY cartoon: sorta kinda almost funny, but but in such…

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    Atanwat on Remembering P. C. VeySeptember 29, 2026

    Here's a link to P.C. Vey's memorial post at The Daily Cartoonist, with a small collection of (different) cartoons.

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    phsiii (11): No, that was in Northwest Indiana. But yes, I'm sure it was influenced by farming. Mark in Boston…

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September 23, 2018September 21, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Sunday Funnies – LOL, September 23, 2018

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  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Dave Coverly, humor, Ruben Bolling, sadanduseless.com, Speed Bump, Steve Melcher, That is Priceless, The New Yorker, Tom the Dancing Bug
  • 30 Comments

aliens

 

NYer-eh

sex dolls

 

tim trip time traveler ba

sb conductorcize andrea

Submitted by Andréa

September 21, 2018September 20, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Credit

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  • Bill Bickel, comics, humor, The New Yorker
  • 9 Comments

Sept20 credit

September 18, 2018September 17, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Okay, maybe I just don’t get Glen Baxter…

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  • 17 Comments

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September 18, 2018September 17, 2018 by CIDU Bill

… I can’t even come up with a subject line for this one

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September 13, 2018August 24, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Stop Staring

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  • Bill Bickel, comics, humor, Michael Crawford, The New Yorker
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sept13 Michael Crawford stop staring

September 10, 2018September 4, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Ketchup

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  • Bill Bickel, comics, humor, Peter Arno, The New Yorker
  • 29 Comments

ketchup use this one

So presumably the joke is that he’s asking for ketchup in a fancy restaurant. Or something.

But is there some significance to the fact that everybody else has been given large meals while he seems to have just a small sandwich?

(Or a square of tofu, but that’s unlikely)

September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 by CIDU Bill

It’s him!

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  • Bill Bickel, comics, humor, Peter Arno, The New Yorker
  • 22 Comments

peter arno lineup

“That’s the man! I’d know him anywhere.”

If she’s pointing to the guy in the sport jacket, what’s the joke?

If she’s not pointing to the man in the sport jacket, what’s the joke?

Actually, it looks like she’s trying to stick her finger up the police detective’s nose, in which case I might not want to know what the joke is.

September 2, 2018August 24, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Sunday Funnies – LOL, September 2, 2018

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clear

loose spurs

peter arno game

“Well, I guess that breaks up our little game.”

 

piccolo escher

 

argyle mall Andrea

Submitted by Andréa

 

August 26, 2018August 9, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Sunday Funnies – LOL, August 26, 2018

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  • Bizarro, comic strips, comics, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Dan Piraro, humor, John Deering, Leigh Rubin, Mark Parisi, Off the Mark, Paul Noth, Rubes, Strange Brew, The New Yorker
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bizarro wayno sensitive skin

Paul Noth magician

rubes acme

 

spin mark

strange pie

August 22, 2018August 21, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Lefty

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  • Bill Bickel, comics, humor, Peter Arno, The New Yorker
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lefty

“Want to sit on this side, Lefty?

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