May 20, 2023May 18, 2023 by multipleciduers

Saturday Morning OYs – May 20th, 2023

(Not a Cidu), Oy, Selfconsciously has a character trying to be a punster
Barney & Clyde, Brookins and MacNelly, Dave Whamond, Facebook page Ludwig von Beethoven, John Deering, Leigh Rubin, Reality Check, Rubes, Shoe, Strange Brew, Tom Falco, Tom Wilson and Tom II, Tomversations, Weingartens & Clark, Ziggy
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And another Rubes, suggested by Maggiethecartoonist :

Should I feel sheepish posting a second comic on herding?

August 6, 2022August 6, 2022 by EditorM

Saturday Morning OYs – August 6th, 2022

Greedy for layers of pun, I almost wanted to see a ‘c’ in place of the ‘k’ — to reflect that they are drawn to look quite cute! And we would of course still recognize them as sharcs.

A reminder that it’s prime grilling season!

It’s also an excuse to listen to some B B King:

From Andréa, who says “I see it as more of an OY . . . flippin’ in all its meanings”

June 27, 2022June 24, 2022 by phsiiicidu

Crossover Synchronicity

CIDU, Synchronicity
B.C., Johnny Hart, Leigh Rubin, Rubes, Tom Wilson and Tom II, Ziggy
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Thanks to Powers, who wrote:

Extra synchronic because they appear kitty-corner from each other in my Sunday paper.

And then there was Rubes from the very next day (Monday 20 June), which seemed to combine the two and made me wonder what was going on.

And just for a kicker, Monday’s Ziggy continued the theme:

Editorial comment on “kitty-corner”: this Anglicism, also spelled “catercorner” and various other variations, apparently comes from the dots on a four in dice or cards being, well, kitty-corner from each other, plus the French word “quatre” for four, at one point also spelled “catre”. Given that the Brits have “centre” and the like, the mystery to me is why it’s not “catre-corner”.

June 12, 2022June 9, 2022 by EditorM

Sunday Funnies – LOLs, June 12th, 2022

Sender Dana K and I were in minor disagreement over whether the word-play element here is pun-like enough to count as an OY. “Neg/Q Scope Ambiguity” is certainly there potentially in the 3rd panel; but it’s not clearly intentional, and even less the point of the gag.

This Moderately Confused sent in by Rob is in what we might dub the “foibles funnies” genre:

Out of season

Two funny bits that seem like they might belong more to winter publication. The Kliban of course is a reprint from ages ago, so that makes sense. And the Liz Climo is funny any time. Also noticed by Andréa and used in a comment!