If You Post a Message and It Doesn’t Appear

Cidu Bill on Jul 3rd 2009

You don’t have to repost it, because it was shunted into either the Moderation file or the Spam file and I’ll spot it within a few hours and get it online.

These are a few of the things that get a post automatically moved to the Moderation file: two or more links, and certain words including “suck” (which is a real painwhen we have a comic about vampires), “sex” and “penis.” A post goes directly into the Spam folder if it contains racial epithets, or any of the more common sexual terms, or if it was written by Morris Keesan. I have no idea what the WordPress spam filter has against Morris — there’s nothing hidden in either his name, his e-mail address or his ISP name that should trigger this sort of problem — but nonetheless…

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Assist Me Please

Cidu Bill on Jul 3rd 2009

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Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Frazz, Jef Mallet, comics, comoc strips, humor | 4 responses so far

Vic Lee and I Aren’t Seeing Eye to Eye on This One

Cidu Bill on Jul 3rd 2009

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Um… Okay, if the prince were looking for a woman with two glass eyes…

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Cinderella, Pardon My Planet, Vic Lee, comic strips, comics, humor | 5 responses so far

They Lost Me at ”Hat” (definitely Arlo Page material here)

Cidu Bill on Jul 3rd 2009

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Filed in Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Randy Milholland, Something Positive, comic strips, comics, humor | 11 responses so far

Cornish

Cidu Bill on Jul 3rd 2009

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Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Rina Piccolo, Tina's Groove, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far

The Wrong End

Cidu Bill on Jul 2nd 2009

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Filed in Bill Bickel, For Better or For Worse, Lynn Johnston, comic strips, comics, humor | 18 responses so far

Triple Synchronicity

Cidu Bill on Jul 2nd 2009

Slager: These three comics are right in a row in my paper. A terrifying triple synchronicity!

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How would you kill this sort of creature? I’m thinking holy seltzer -Bill

Filed in Bill Bickel, Buckles, Cul de Sac, F-Minus, Tony Carrillo, clowns, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 12 responses so far

Eating Arlol

Cidu Bill on Jul 2nd 2009

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Filed in Arlo Page, Arlol, Bill Bickel, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Zach Weiner, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, xkcd | 9 responses so far

Bizarre Realization of the Day

Cidu Bill on Jul 2nd 2009

Michael Jackson was four years older than President Obama.

Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, Michael Jackson | 15 responses so far

Organ Rhymer

Cidu Bill on Jul 2nd 2009

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Actually, depending on what part of the country you’re from, sometimes it does: A couple of years back, my publisher asked whether we had enough room for “the article about the organ woman.”

“The what??”

Took a while before I realized he meant an article I’d written about a private detective from Oregon.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Cow and Boy, Hannah Montana | 7 responses so far

Dam Confusing

Cidu Bill on Jul 2nd 2009

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yellojkt: Beavers = construction workers and deer = hot babes? That sort of inter species sexual harassment is just sick.

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Doug Eat Doug, comic strips, comics, humor | 13 responses so far

Michael Jackson News I Don’t Understand

Cidu Bill on Jul 2nd 2009

The top Jacko-related story Wednesday was that his will didn’t leave anything to ex-wife Debbie Rowe. Is it common to leave money to ex-spouses?

This certainly can’t be a case of “they ran out of things to write about,”  because there’s certainly no shortage of rumor and speculation still to be mined.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Debbie Rowe, Michael Jackson | 17 responses so far

@#$% Economy

Cidu Bill on Jul 2nd 2009

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Nicole: Ok — the economy is in the toilet, jobs are scarcer than hen’s teeth and it is an EMPLOYER’S market. Why wouldn’t this guy RAISE his standards and tell Eno to take a hike and interview the next guy?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 15 responses so far

How Many Comics Does It Take to Have Synchronicity?

Cidu Bill on Jul 1st 2009

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These Tuesday comics were spotted by Bookworm

Filed in Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, Bill Gates, Daddy's Home, Jimmy Johnson, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 12 responses so far

Dinette Set, The

Cidu Bill on Jul 1st 2009

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yellojkt: Except that books are either sorted by topic or author’s name.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Dinette Set, comic strips, comics, humor, libraries | 17 responses so far

CIDUterus (okay, I know that doesn’t really make any sense…)

Cidu Bill on Jul 1st 2009

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Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Far Left Side, comic strips, comics, humor | 25 responses so far

Threes

Cidu Bill on Jun 30th 2009

All the recent talk about famous people dying in threes (though it’s unclear who’s supposed to be the third celebrity along with Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson — sort of like all the various candidates for the “Fifth Beatle” or the “Eighth Wonder of the World”) calls to mind this Far Left Side comic from earlier this year:

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Filed in Bill Bickel, Far Left Side, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, comic strips, comics, humor | 35 responses so far

The Man in the Attic

Cidu Bill on Jun 30th 2009

Newsweek might have gone through a format change, but the editing still seems to be non-existent: not just the grammatical errors, but also the bits of writing that just don’t make any sense.

In the current issue, a writer mentions Michael Jackson’s extensive plastic surgery and then adds “No one — least of all Jackson himself — would have wanted to see the Dorian Gray portrait in his attic.”

Um… Wouldn’t the portrait in the attic show a good-looking black guy? It was the real-life version that became increasingly bizarre-looking over the years.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Dorian Gray, Michael Jackson, Newsweek | 16 responses so far

L’Chaim

Cidu Bill on Jun 30th 2009

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“L’Chaim” (”To life”) is the traditional Jewish toast. That’s the easy part. But what’s the joke here?

Filed in Basketcase Comix, Bill Bickel, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 29 responses so far

Trifecta

Cidu Bill on Jun 29th 2009

Nicole: As long as you consider the ‘extra’ as part of the comic this was a LOL, EWWW and a CIDU for me , The LOL and the EWWW were from the main comic . The CIDU is the extra - I have no idea how it relates to the main comic or even what it means as a standalone

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Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Ewww, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Zach Weiner, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 14 responses so far

Sunday Afternoon Arlol

Cidu Bill on Jun 28th 2009

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Filed in Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, xkcd | 18 responses so far

LOL-June 28

Cidu Bill on Jun 28th 2009

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Filed in Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, Bizarro, Cornered, Curtis, Dan Piraro, Facebook, Far Left Side, Francesco Marciuliano, Mark Parisi, Mike Baldwin, Off the Mark, Sally Forth, Scott Hilburn, Transformers, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, movies, xkcd | 16 responses so far

With a Friend to Call My Own, I’ll Never Be Alone

Cidu Bill on Jun 27th 2009

Just wondering, as I read all these loving words about Michael Jackson from all his “lifelong friends”… Where exactly were all these people when Jackson was on trial for child molestation? Elizabeth Taylor was vocal in her support for him, but we didn’t hear much from all the other “friends” who are eager to get their eulogies on record.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Jackson | 12 responses so far

Headline: ”Rev. Jesse Jackson Says Michael Jackson’s Family Wants 2nd Autopsy”

Cidu Bill on Jun 27th 2009

Over the past 30 years, has a single African-American been in the news in any context at all without either Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton trying to insert himself into the story?

Filed in Bill Bickel, Jesse Jackson, Michael Jackson | 10 responses so far

CIDEwww

Cidu Bill on Jun 27th 2009

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jp: This one’s an EWWW for me, but I still don’t understand how this will “make it safe for Santa”.

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Ewww, Reynolds Unwrapped, Santa, comic strips, comics, humor | 14 responses so far