Comics I Don’t Understand

You Gotta Have…

Cidu Bill on Feb 22nd 2008

Not to get too geeky here, but Tony Stark originally put on the Iron Man armor because his heart was severely damaged and only the armor could keep him alive.

This isn’t to say that hasn’t been retconned by now, though…

Filed in Bill Bickel, Dave Whamond, Iron Man, Reality Check, Wizard of Oz, comic strips, comics, humor | 5 responses so far

In case anybody cares… On November 9, this site hit a quarter million pageviews (since the June 1 reboot). At the time I predicted that at the current rate of growth, we’d hit half a million by March. With the switchover in addresses (and stat counters), I didn’t notice until just now that we actually passed the 500,000 mark the first week in February.

Now I’ll shut up about it until we hit a million…

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU | 3 responses so far

Luann Unplugged

Cidu Bill on Feb 22nd 2008

How many of you called this?

Filed in Bill Bickel, Luann, comic strips, comics, humor | 13 responses so far

Swine

Cidu Bill on Feb 22nd 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Dave Whamond, Reality Check, comic strips, comics, courtrooms, humor, pigs, trials, wolves | 6 responses so far

A Bad Day for Wife Killers and Suspected Wife Killers

Cidu Bill on Feb 21st 2008

Stephen Grant receives a much longer sentence than he expected, and Drew Peterson is now a suspect (unofficially, so far) in a second murder

Filed in Drew Peterson, Stacy Peterson, Steven Grant, Tara Grant, missing women, murders, sentencing | No responses yet

The Mystery of Punch an’ Pie

Cidu Bill on Feb 21st 2008

Okay, the strip is a year old today, so I think it’s reasonable to ask… Why the hell is it called Punch an’ Pie?

Or has this been obvious from Day One, some off-color reference I was just too naive to pick up on?

Filed in Bill Bickel, Punch an' Pie, comic strips, comics, humor | 8 responses so far

Pick of the Day

Cidu Bill on Feb 21st 2008

Nicole: This is totally an EWWW, but check out the title of the strip and see if it doesn’t make you LOL, “Working It Out” by Charlos Gary

More Ewww Files

More lol

Filed in Bill Bickel, Ewww, Working It Out, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | No responses yet

Flimngth

Cidu Bill on Feb 21st 2008

Jack Applin: I assume that the “thup thup thup” is the baby suckling. What’s the “flimngth”? Does he have a mouthful of breast milk? Which guy said “flimngth”, anyway?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, breast-feeding, comic strips, comics, flimngth, humor | 15 responses so far

Listen

Cidu Bill on Feb 21st 2008

I didn’t understand this one 6 1/2 years when I first saw it, but I forgot to save it for the CIDU page. I recently came across it again, and I still don’t get it.

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, For Better or For Worse, Lynn Johnston, comic strips, comics, humor, music | 9 responses so far

Mystery Man

Cidu Bill on Feb 20th 2008

Daniel Vawser: I get the joke in today’s Soup to Nutz. Stromoski often puts classic cartoon characters in the background pictures, which “magically” change from frame to frame. (Can actually happen nowadays with an electronic frame… but I digress)The guy in the 2nd panel is Moon Mullins. 3rd panel is Alley Oop. But who’s the character in the 1st panel picture?

Filed in Alley Oop, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Moon Mullins, Soup to Nutz, comic strips, comics, humor | 4 responses so far

”If There’s Global Warming Why Is It So Cold?” Gag of the Day

Cidu Bill on Feb 20th 2008

Courtesy of Pinkerton and Nicole More of the similar

Filed in Bill Bickel, Pinkerton, comic strips, comics, global warming, humor | No responses yet

Simply Alanis

Cidu Bill on Feb 20th 2008

Is the joke here that Janis doesn’t know what the word “irony” means and thinks it means “made of iron” (even though the words sound nothing alike when spoken)?

Filed in Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 30 responses so far

Retainer

Cidu Bill on Feb 20th 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Non Sequitur, Wiley Miller, comic strips, comics, humor, lawyers | 5 responses so far

I Don’t Think That Word Means What She Thinks It Means

Cidu Bill on Feb 19th 2008

Why I’ve lost a lot of respect for Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell

Filed in Bill Bickel, Connecticut, Crimeweek, Jodi Rell, crime, sex offenders | No responses yet

Pisces

Cidu Bill on Feb 19th 2008

Because they’re in a fishy traffic jam?

Because tehy’re in a symbiotic relationship with the shark that’s killing their fellow little fish?

Filed in Bill Bickel, Brevity, CIDU, Guy & Rodd, John Deering, Strange Brew, comic strips, comics, fish, humor | No responses yet

Peeling Away the Punchline One Layer At a Time

Cidu Bill on Feb 19th 2008

I’m fine with this until the leap between the fifth and sixth panels…

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Garfield, Jim Davis, comic strips, comics, humor | 23 responses so far

To Be Continued

Cidu Bill on Feb 18th 2008

Is there anybody not on the edge of their seats after today’s Luann?

Actually, if this were all of it, and the “continued” is just a bit of surrealistic/ironic humor, this would be one of the funnier strips I’d read in a while.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Luann, comic strips, comics, humor | 14 responses so far

Do We Really Need To Know Steven Kazmierczak’s Name?

Cidu Bill on Feb 18th 2008

article

Filed in Bill Bickel, Crimeweek, Northern Illinois University, Steven Kazmierczak, crime, murders | No responses yet

Middle-Aged Funk

Cidu Bill on Feb 18th 2008

Is this one of those “characters get angry for no discernable reason” strips? Because as irritating as Middle-Aged Funky is, I’m not seeing anything amiss in his comment here.

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Funky Winkerbean, comic strips, comics, humor | 17 responses so far