Comics I Don’t Understand

But Denzel Crocker Would Approve

Cidu Bill on Dec 17th 2008

So… Is Heathcliff using anti-gay epithets now?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 35 responses so far

Marshmallows

Cidu Bill on Dec 17th 2008

Alt-text: Except in reality crossing a stream of marshmallows would create a giant Bill Murray.

XKCD’s alt-text and Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal’s hidden panel very rarely explain the comic’s meaning if that meaning isn’t clear from the comic itself — but if I post them as CIDUs, visitors can’t be certain of that. Since this has become problematic, I’ve deleted all the XKCDs and SMBCs from this site’s queue, and gong forward I’ll only use them accompanied by the extra stuff whether I think it’s relevant or not.

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Zach Weiner, comic strips, comics, humor, marshmallows, xkcd | 13 responses so far

Pacifier

Cidu Bill on Dec 16th 2008

Granted it’s been a while since I’ve been a baby, but… A thumb-shaped pacifier does seem rather logical to me; though perhaps a bit pointless since the baby already has a thumb. But scary??

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Committed, Michael Fry, babies, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far

LOL-December 15

Cidu Bill on Dec 15th 2008

Filed in Basketcase Comix, Bill Bickel, Frazz, Jef Mallet, Mike Peters, Mother Goose, Non Sequitur, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Superman, Wiley Miller, Zach Weiner, bagpipes, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, horses, humor, lol, xkcd | 31 responses so far

Newsweek: There You Go Again

Cidu Bill on Dec 15th 2008

Just a few pages past the less/fewer confusion in the current Newsweek, they give us this: “[This] forces physicians into a Hobson’s choice between providing patients with accurate medical information, and possible license suspension and misdemeanor charges.”

Which unfortunately is not at all what “a Hobson’s choice” means, though it’s true that a number of people (including Newsweek Contributing Editor Dahlia Lithwick) think it does.

And yes, this is important — because a verbal reference such as “Hobson’s choice”has no value unless it means the same thing to everybody.

And just as a matter of principle, if one of the primary writers for a major national magazine makes this sort of mistake,a managing editor should spot and correct it.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Hobson's choice, Newsweek | 31 responses so far

Freddy and Fanny

Cidu Bill on Dec 15th 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Fanny Mae, Freddy Mac, Wizard of Id, comic strips, comics, humor | 6 responses so far

Mrs Lovett Would Approve, Anyway

Cidu Bill on Dec 14th 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor, xkcd | 19 responses so far

Orifice Casual

Cidu Bill on Dec 13th 2008

We’re in Arlo Territory here, so… Continue Reading »

Filed in Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Zach Weiner, comic strips, comics, humor, sex | 15 responses so far

”No” Would Also Work.

Cidu Bill on Dec 13th 2008

Just saying.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Jerry Scott, Zits, comic strips, comics, humor, iPod | 23 responses so far

What The …

Cidu Bill on Dec 13th 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Zach Weiner, comic strips, comics, humor | 13 responses so far

Friday Afternoon Ewww

Cidu Bill on Dec 12th 2008

Nicole: This Reality Check looks like it could have been done by Scott Hilburn

Filed in Bill Bickel, Dave Whamond, Ewww, Reality Check, barbecue, comic strips, comics, dung beetles, humor | 5 responses so far

Mommy Wars

Cidu Bill on Dec 12th 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Six Chix, comic strips, comics, humor | 12 responses so far

Political Ewww

Cidu Bill on Dec 11th 2008

Sent in by Nicole

Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, Ewww, Rod Blagojevich, comics, humor, political cartoons | 5 responses so far

Waterski

Cidu Bill on Dec 11th 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, In the Bleachers, Steve Moore, comic strips, comics, humor | 15 responses so far

Sophoclean Synchronicity

Cidu Bill on Dec 10th 2008

Spotted Wednesday by Austin Burns

Filed in Bill Bickel, Hilary B. Price, Oedipus, One Big Happy, Rhymes With Orange, comic strips, comics, dinosaurs, humor, synchronicity | 5 responses so far

Alanis Says “Huh???”

Cidu Bill on Dec 10th 2008

Filed in Alanis Morissette, Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Jimmy Johnson, comic strips, comics, humor | 11 responses so far

He’s Gonna Lose Points For That One

Cidu Bill on Dec 10th 2008

Laurence Bunin, the general manager of the College Board’s Scholastic Aptitude Test, the exam that measures the math and language skills of millions of college-bound high school students, told Newsweek magazine that there are “less kids taking [the] SAT.”

Um…

Which brings up an interesting question: Should a reporter (or the reporter’s editor) ever edit a direct quote? The point of a direct quote is, of course, to reproduce strictly verbatim what the subject said — but should a grammatical (or minor factual) gaffe ever be “fixed” for publication?

Filed in Bill Bickel, Newsweek, Scholastic Aptitude Test, media | 45 responses so far

Alliterary Device

Cidu Bill on Dec 10th 2008

Is the joke here that the characters don’t know what alliteration is, or that the cartoonist doesn’t?

Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 19 responses so far

H-W

Cidu Bill on Dec 10th 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Pluggers, comic strips, comics, humor | 11 responses so far

Igloo

Cidu Bill on Dec 9th 2008

Nicole: Part of the joke is that the short timer doesn’t want to risk getting hurt before retirement — but why is it set in the far north and what’s up with the igloo?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Leigh Rubin, Rubes, comic strips, comics, humor | 8 responses so far