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Beats Me

Cidu Bill on Mar 9th 2010

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Lio, Mark Tatulli, comic strips, comics, humor | 12 responses so far

Sunday Funnies: LOL-February 28

Cidu Bill on Feb 28th 2010

Filed in Basketcase Comix, Batman, Bill Bickel, Bizarro, Dan Piraro, GPS, Leigh Rubin, Lio, Mark Tatulli, New Yorker, Rina Piccolo, Rubes, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Tina's Groove, Zach Weiner, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 22 responses so far

Sunday Funnies: LOL-February 21

Cidu Bill on Feb 21st 2010

Filed in Arlo and Janis, Basketcase Comix, Bill Bickel, Bizarro, Dan Piraro, Dogs, Jimmy Johnson, Lio, Mark Parisi, Mark Tatulli, New Yorker, Off the Mark, clowns, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 17 responses so far

Sunday Funnies: LOL-February 14

Cidu Bill on Feb 14th 2010

Filed in Abstruse Goose, Basketcase Comix, Batman, Bill Bickel, Calamities of Nature, Lio, Mark Tatulli, New Yorker, Tony Piro, Toothpaste For Dinner, astronauts, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, xkcd | 19 responses so far

Awww… Christmas Edition

Cidu Bill on Dec 25th 2009

Filed in Bill Bickel, Christmas, Crankshaft, Garfield, Jim Davis, Lio, Mark Tatulli, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor | 10 responses so far

2010 Calendars

Cidu Bill on Oct 21st 2009

Filed in 2010, Amazon, Amazon.com, Argyle Sweater, Baby Blues, Batman, Bill Bickel, Brevity, Charles Shultz, Charlie Brown, Close to Home, Darby Conley, Dilbert, Edward Gorey, Family Guy, Futurama, Get Fuzzy, Guy & Rodd, Jeopardy, Jerry Scott, John McPherson, Life in Hell, Lio, Los Angeles Times, Mark Tatulli, Matt Groening, Mickey Mouse, Monty Python, New York Times, New Yorker, Non Sequitur, Peanuts, Pearls Before Swine, Scott Adams, Scott Hilburn, Simpsons, Snoopy, Stephan Pastis, Superman, Wallace and Gromit, Walt Disney, Wiley Miller, World Weekly News, Zits, calendars, cartoons, comic books, comic strips, comics, crossword puzzles, humor, satire | Comments Off

Synchroninjocity

Cidu Bill on Jul 15th 2009

Several people sent me the Lio strip as a CIDU, asking whether perhaps the second and third panel had been reversed. Nicole sent it with this comment:

It took a couple of readings to get this one. At first I thought that panels two and three were out of order. Then upon subsequent readings I realized that this was a take on the Ninja slicing at a candle SO fast that it stays together for a time before falling apart. The question I have is, did anyone else see this strip out of order and if it is that easy to misinterpret does it actually work as a comic?

My answer to her question(s) are “Yes, several,” and “It worked for me, but YMMV.”

And one day late …

Filed in Bill Bickel, Francesco Marciuliano, Lio, Mark Tatulli, Medium Large, comic strips, comics, humor, ninjas, synchronicity | 11 responses so far

Perfume

Cidu Bill on Jul 10th 2009

Dare I wonder how this was made? And why Heart thinks Dean would want to buy it?

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Heart of the City, Mark Tatulli, comic strips, comics, humor | 6 responses so far

1) I thought syndicated newspaper comics had a three-week lead time with no exceptions (which is why “tribute” strips always appear en masse 21 days or so after a celebrity’s death)

2) Nice to see Farrah getting some attention

3) Interesting how it took so few pen strokes for Mr. Tatulli to evoke that famous poster.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Farrah Fawcett, Lio, Mark Tatulli, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far

Ewwwchronicity

Cidu Bill on Jun 13th 2009

Today’s Ewww File and its synchronicity partner were both sent in by John in Tronna:

Filed in Bill Bickel, Ewww, Lio, Mark Tatulli, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 12 responses so far

Hey Geriatrics! Comics!

Cidu Bill on Mar 11th 2009

I guess it’s time to start up a special section for comic strips that aren’t likely to be understood by anybody who isn’t, well, old enough to remember those Hey Kids! Comics! signs

Filed in Bill Bickel, Hey Geezers! Comics!, Lio, Mark Tatulli, comic strips, comics, humor | 14 responses so far

LOL-February 9

Cidu Bill on Feb 9th 2009

Filed in Bill Bickel, Cul de Sac, F-Minus, Lio, Mark Parisi, Mark Tatulli, Off the Mark, Pardon My Planet, Tony Carrillo, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, xkcd | 16 responses so far

The What is WHAT Now???

Cidu Bill on Jan 22nd 2009

I aced high school geometry, and I can’t make sense of this.

Filed in Heart of the City, Mark Tatulli, comic strips, comics, geometry, humor, math | 43 responses so far

LOL-December 8

Cidu Bill on Dec 8th 2008

Shortly before this LOL entry went online, both Grant Yochim and Nicole suggested this one for the Arlo Page)

Filed in Argyle Sweater, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, Christmas, Flying McCoys, Francesco Marciuliano, Garfield, George W. Bush, Jim Davis, John Deering, Lio, Luann, Mark Tatulli, Medium Large, Modern World, Rubik's Cube, Santa Claus, Sarah Palin, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Scott Hilburn, Sex in the City, Star Trek, Strange Brew, Tom Tomorrow, Zach Weiner, aliens, bras, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, elves, golf, humor, lol, politics, xkcd | 22 responses so far

LOL-November 24

Cidu Bill on Nov 24th 2008

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Filed in Argyle Sweater, B.C., Bill Bickel, F-Minus, Hilary B. Price, Lio, Mark Tatulli, Rhymes With Orange, Scott Hilburn, Tony Carrillo, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, vampires, xkcd | 11 responses so far

Friday Afternoon Ewww

Cidu Bill on Nov 21st 2008

Jeff Hall sent this as a companion to last week’s Ewww File

Filed in Bill Bickel, Ewww, Lio, Mark Tatulli, comic strips, comics, humor | 5 responses so far

Heart of the School

Cidu Bill on Sep 17th 2008

Three people sent me this one before lunchtime, so I figured I might as well put it online:

Mr. Barnes switched from being the music teacher to being the football coach as a way of increasing his job security, since schools are going to drop their music programs way before they drop their football programs.

Of course the joke would have worked better if Heart and Dean weren’t second-graders, since I’ve yet to come across an elementary school with its own football team (though I wouldn’t be surprised to be told that Texas elementary schools have them). Cartoonists should have a Gag Exchange Program, where if Mark Tatulli has an idea that’s better suited to a high school strip, Archie can use it, and if the Archie writers come up with a storyline too relentlessly grim for Riverdale High, they can pass it along to Westview High.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Heart of the City, Mark Tatulli, comic strips, comics, football, humor, schools | 12 responses so far

My Own Comics List

Cidu Bill on Aug 14th 2008

since i was asked…

Comics I Like So Much, I Would Actually Buy a Newspaper If I Had To

Arlo and Janis (along with Arlo and Janis Redux on Jimmy Johnson’s blog)
Frazz
Heart of the City
Kevin and Kell
Joyce and Walky (requires a $2/month payment; you receive a special URL once you pay)
*Least I Could Do
Out There
Punch an’ Pie (I’d still love to know what the strip’s name means)
Questionable Content
Shortpacked
Something Positive
Zits

Comics I Read Every Day and If I’m Out of Town For a Few Days I’ll Make Sure I Hit the Archives to Make Sure I Haven’t Missed Any Continue Reading »

Filed in 9 Chickweed Lane, Argyle Sweater, Arlo Page, Arlo and Janis, Baldo, Between Friends, Bill Amend, Bill Bickel, Bizarro, Brevity, Brooke McEldowney, Clear Blue Water, Cleats, Crankshaft, Curtis, Dave Whamond, David Willis, Days of Thunder, Dilbert, Doonesbury, Edge City, F-Minus, For Better or For Worse, Fox Trot, Frazz, Funky Winkerbean, G.B. Trudeau, GPF, Garfield, General Protection Fault, Grimm, Guy & Rodd, Hagar the Horrible, Heart of the City, Hilary B. Price, In the Bleachers, Jef Mallet, Jerry Scott, Jim Davis, Jim Meddick, Jimmy Johnson, Jump Start, Kevin and Kell, Least I Could Do, Leigh Rubin, Lio, Luann, Lynn Johnston, Mark Tatulli, Meaning of Lila, Medium Large, Mike Peters, Monty, Mother Goose, Non Sequitur, PVP Online, Pardon My Planet, Punch an' Pie, Questionable Content, Retail, Rhymes With Orange, Rose is Rose, Rubes, Safe Havens, Sally Forth, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Scott Adams, Scott Hilburn, Shortpacked, Six Chix, Soap on a Rope, Something Positive, Speed Bump, Stange Brew, Stone Soup, Strange Brew, Stuck Funky, Tom Batiuk, Zits, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lists | 15 responses so far