Comics I Don’t Understand

P is for Arlo

Cidu Bill on Dec 21st 2011

Filed in Arlo Award, Baby Blues, Bill Bickel, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 26 responses so far

Normally I don’t even consider 9 Chickweed Lane for the Arlo Award anymore, because apparently the syndicate editors have accepted the fact that the strip is now soft-core porn — but this one was worth of an exception (and both Brian and Hans Peter agreed):

Filed in 9 Chickweed Lane, Arlo Award, Bill Bickel, Brooke McEldowney, comic strips, comics, humor | 30 responses so far

The Smell of Ewww

Cidu Bill on Oct 29th 2011

I was sent this by four people, as (collectively) LOL, Ewww, and the Arlo Award:

Filed in Arlo Award, Bill Bickel, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Ewww, Zits, comic strips, comics, humor, lol | 10 responses so far

Off the mmark Goes Arlo

Cidu Bill on Oct 21st 2011

The Ploughman sent me this one, noting that he couldn’t think of a single explanation that didn’t involve a penis.

Filed in Arlo Award, Bill Bickel, Mark Parisi, Off the Mark, comic strips, comics, humor, m&m's | 18 responses so far

Arlo Sweater

Cidu Bill on Oct 10th 2011

ElizabethB was the first of several people to send me this one that somehow got past the syndicate censors:

Filed in Argyle Sweater, Arlo Award, Bill Bickel, Scott Hilburn, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far

9 Arlo Lane

Cidu Bill on Sep 16th 2011

A number of people sent me various of this week’s 9 Chickweed Lane comics, recommending them for the Arlo Award (for sneaking something past the syndicate censors). For the record, we’ve been informed that Francis has lost his bathing suit and is completely al fresco.

I think going forward we should disqualify 9 Chickweed Lane from this award since as of a few years ago it officially crossed over to soft core porn and for some reason the syndicate censors are okay with this.

Filed in 9 Chickweed Lane, Arlo Award, Bill Bickel, Brooke McEldowney, comic strips, comics, humor | 17 responses so far

Fiber

Cidu Bill on Aug 14th 2011

Morris Keesan’s Arlo Award nomination:

Filed in Arlo Award, Bill Bickel, Dilbert, Scott Adams, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far

Seeds

Cidu Bill on Aug 5th 2011

Could Jimmy have possibly not realized what he was writing here?

Saberchick sent me this one with both the Arlo Award and Awww tags, a combination we certainly don’t see very often.

Filed in Arlo Award, Arlo and Janis, Awww, Bill Bickel, Jimmy Johnson, comic strips, comics, humor | 11 responses so far

Woof?

Cidu Bill on Jul 31st 2011

Dave sent this to me as a LOL, but I already had it queued up as a CIDU. I mean I get what’s going on, this is the doggy equivalent of watching a woman taking off her clothing and doing naughty things… but what’s the actual joke here other than replacing people with dogs? And for that matter, how did Hilburn slip this one by the syndicate?

Filed in Argyle Sweater, Arlo Award, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Dogs, Scott Hilburn, comic strips, comics, humor, lol | 26 responses so far