Comics I Don’t Understand

Archive for July, 2008

An Historic Event

Cidu Bill on Jul 31st 2008

So I’m reading in the paper today that yesterday morning Jay Serdula became the first person with Asperger’s Syndrome to swim across Lake Ontario.

Setting aside the question of why this was considered newsworthy at all… Who the hell keep track of this sort of thing and why?

Filed in Asperger's Syndrome, Bill Bickel, Lake Ontario, swimming | 20 responses so far

Frog

Cidu Bill on Jul 31st 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Six Chix, comic strips, comics, drugs, frogs, humor | 15 responses so far

I Can’t Get No

Cidu Bill on Jul 31st 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, John Deering, Strange Brew, comic strips, comics, gasoline, humor | 15 responses so far

Most schools still have blackboards as well — but whether or not they do, the white slates are never called blackboards. They go by various names including… wait for it… whiteboards.Yes, I know, I’m commenting on the logic of a Family Circus comic.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Family Circus, blackboards, comic strips, comics, humor, whiteboards | 24 responses so far

Very Happy

Cidu Bill on Jul 30th 2008

Patrick Lenon sent me today’s One Big Happy strip which, like last week’s Adam strips, veered off into very unexpected territory.

Filed in Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, One Big Happy, comics, humor | 5 responses so far

Who

Cidu Bill on Jul 30th 2008

Yesterday’s Days of Thunder, by popular demand. The consensus seems to be that figuring out who the man is will lead to an explanation, while Lola adds: “He’s ‘lovelied’ up a piece of sod by putting a bow on it and it’s some kind of a pet since it has a leash. You know, like sod could run in the road and get hit. It’s so sad when that happens.

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Days of Thunder, Robert Lovely, comic strips, comics, humor | 20 responses so far

Words of Thunder

Cidu Bill on Jul 30th 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Days of Thunder, Robert Lovely, comic strips, comics, humor | 11 responses so far

Personal Growth

Cidu Bill on Jul 30th 2008

Filed in Bill Amend, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Fox Trot, comic strips, comics, humor | 7 responses so far

Ecdysiasm Isn’t Art?

Cidu Bill on Jul 29th 2008

Article and your comments

Filed in Bill Bickel, Crimeweek, ecdysiasts, indecent exposure, nude dancing, strip clubs | Comments Off

Lasik

Cidu Bill on Jul 29th 2008

Lasik is eye surgery. Got it. I don’t see the joke, though.

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Dave Coverly, Lasik, Speed Bump, billboards, comic strips, comics, humor | 7 responses so far

Upheaval

Cidu Bill on Jul 28th 2008

Cedar was the first to send me this pair of strips from today’s papers:

Not true synchronicity, since the comics refer to an historical event commemorated today (in his blog, Jimmy Johnson writes, “I’ll let you in on a little secret: all cartoonists have calendars featuring every holiday and commemoration imaginable, plus a few more. On days of desperation — ie, days they have to draw — the cartoonists will flip through to see ‘what’s up.’”), but it’s more than passing strange that two cartoonists independently chose to reference The Great Upheaval.

Filed in Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, Canada, Frazz, Great Upheaval, Jef Mallet, Jimmy Johnson, Nova Scotia, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 11 responses so far

Nicole: ”Let’s see someone accuse me of seeing something that isn’t there THIS time!”

Cidu Bill on Jul 28th 2008

Click thumbnail to see Nicole’s latest Arlo Page submission

Filed in Berkeley Breathed | 5 responses so far

LOL-July 28

Cidu Bill on Jul 28th 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, Bizarro, Cul de Sac, Dan Piraro, Far Left Side, Frank n Ernest, George Carlin, Steve Moore, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, golf, humor, lol | 8 responses so far

Arlol Sweater

Cidu Bill on Jul 28th 2008

An Arlo Page / lol Argyle Sweater two-fer from Lola

Filed in Argyle Sweater, Arlo Award, Arlo Page, Arlol, Bill Bickel, Scott Hilburn, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 11 responses so far

Catfish Hunter

Cidu Bill on Jul 28th 2008

The only question in my mind is, when this gets explained, will I have to add an Arlo tag or an Ewww tag?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Cleats, catfish, comic strips, comics, fish, humor | 31 responses so far

Because, you know, we’ve had so few Arlo and Janis strips here lately…

Cidu Bill on Jul 28th 2008

Filed in Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Jimmy Johnson, birds, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far

History

Cidu Bill on Jul 27th 2008

Solar Rhino: “Is Dagwood suicidal? If someone I knew did and said this, I’d be a lot more concerned than amused.”

Filed in Bill Bickel, Blondie, CIDU, Dagwood, comic strips, comics, humor | 9 responses so far

and Adam Goes Arlo

Filed in Adam at Home, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Brian Basset, Gitmo, comic strips, comics, humor | No responses yet

Spray

Cidu Bill on Jul 26th 2008

Okay, so what exactly did Arlo expect was going to happen if he sprayed himself in the face?

Filed in Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Jimmy Johnson, barbecue, comic strips, comics, humor | 32 responses so far

Roaches

Cidu Bill on Jul 26th 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, comic strips, comics, humor | 17 responses so far

Making a Scene

Cidu Bill on Jul 25th 2008

A lot of people sent this to me so far today. I’m halfway expecting Jimmy Johnson to e-mail me any minute telling me he’s not quite sure what it means either.

Filed in Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Jimmy Johnson, comic strips, comics, humor | 31 responses so far