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This is a blog about comic strips that combines a healthy dose of Internet snark with hopefully cogent and in-depth analysis. We'll see how that last part goes.
Recent Posts
Family Circus: If Grandma is goin\' shopping too, I\'ll come with you, but if she\'s not, I think I\'ll stay home.
Aww, old people, isn't it adorable how Jeffy loves his grandmother more than his mother?The smug look on on Grandma's face is an especially nice touch. ...
Mark Trail: I\'m afraid we busted a tire when we went over those rocks...
I was actually looking forward to see what would happen in Mark Trail today after yesterday's cliffhanger. So unless it's just a fake out and Mark is going to get eaten by a rabid seal tomorrow, today's flat tire is a bit of a letdown.All of this sug...
Shoe: IRS
At least he's not getting anally raped ha ha ha? ...
Mark Trail: MARK, LOOK OUT!
There are times when I feel like any comment I could make would be superfluous. This is one of those times. Observe the bland, wooden dialog. The exclamation points. The action of a vehicle in motion. The sloppily rendered scenery contrasting with th...
Family Circus: Mommy and Grandma will NEVER get those dishes done, \'cause all they do is talk.
This cartoon is hilarious because Dolly is annoyed that her grandmother's arrival has thrown a kink into her carefully calibrated family power structure. Thel really should have the dishes done by now, goddamn it. ...
Mark Trail: A deer suddenly darts out of the woods in front of Mark and Rusty...
This really ought to be the last Mark Trail ever, as a more perfect ending--Mark and Rusty driving off a cliff together to save a woodland creature--could not possibly exist.*It's more likely, however, that Mark will reach out the window, grab hold o...

