Okay, this is just… nice. It’s remarkable how much better this strip became around the same time Jon and Liz began an adult relationship.
December 31, 2007
Answer That?
Comics That Made Me Laugh Out Loud in Late December
I think the difference between fathers and mothers is that fathers deliberately embarrass their pre-teen and teenage children, while mothers just… do. (more…)
December 30, 2007
A Post-Christmas Comic That Made Me Laugh Out Loud
I can laugh at this, because Christmas isn’t my holiday. All I ever have to do is put away a menorah, and I’m done.
And I hope to get around to that by the end of the week at the latest.
December 29, 2007
Matthew 20:16
This is the first time he ever stayed to the end of a Christmas dinner??
Politically Incorrect Comic of the Week
(and why the comic is dated 12/24 but published 12/29 is another matter)
December 28, 2007
Put a Little Sugar On It Honey
I have to wonder whether Mr. Fry ever ate breakfast cereal as a child
since this
and this
have always been around.
In fact, if anything, the trend is toward playing down the sugar content:
The Uber-Ewww
Okay, I think I just found both the icon
and the iconic comic
for the Ewww Files
Cookies
They’re Christmas cookies. Even the President of the ACLU calls them Christmas cookies. Unless, you know, some of them are shaped like dreidels and Kwanzaa candles.
Just saying…
Big Books
Jim Moore: Visually, it looks like the book “who isn’t on steroids” is BIGGER than the book “who is on steroids”? Then what’s the gag?
December 27, 2007
No New Trial for Donald Blom
He’s guilty as hell, a sadistic killer and possibly a serial killer as well — so should it matter that he didn’t get a fair trial?
- Today’s update
- A Preponderance of Implication: If we all know the defendant’s guilty…
Post-Christmas Comics I Didn’t Understand
Yes I know what schadenfreude means. I just don’t understand how it relates to Santa and The Donald.
If Grandma had gotten run over by a reindeer, at least I’d have known what the joke was supposed to be; but…
December 26, 2007
Need a Lift?
Is there something specific happening here, or just an unspecified Chas Addams “Uh oh!” gag (which, personally, I find funnier)?
December 25, 2007
Christmas Cards
I have no idea what the joke is here, but I suspect the cartoonist is getting coal in his stocking this morning.
(Click the comic if you can’t see the whole thing)
December 24, 2007
Christmas Comics That Made Me Laugh Out Loud
Honestly there’s a bit of CIDU here because I’m not sure whether Dan Piraro intended this as a “There’s a War on Christmas!” whine. I will give him the benefit of the doubt and say no, though, because it made me laugh.
Well, at least he’s not wearing a cheerleader skirt…
I really do believe that Tom Batiuk is leading up to Les being not just embarrassingly eccentric, but mentally ill — ever since, in fact, that bizarre adventure in Manhattan “ten years ago.”
Which of course will make these strips a lot less amusing in hindsight, the same way all those jokes about Ronald Reagan’s memory and attention span lapses were funny until it turned out he had Alzheimer’s.
