Comics I Don’t Understand

And once again, comic readers cringe at Mama Keene’s parenting style…

Cidu Bill on Apr 24th 2013

Filed in Alison Barrows, Bill Bickel, Preteena, comic strips, comics, humor, parenting | 10 responses so far

The Return of One of Our First Arlo Awards

Cidu Bill on Jan 11th 2013

(PreTeena ended a few years ago and is now in “reruns”)

Filed in Alison Barrows, Arlo Award, Bill Bickel, Halloween, Preteena, comic strips, comics, humor | No responses yet

Fake

Cidu Bill on Dec 19th 2012

What is it he’s saying he now kinda likes?

Filed in Alison Barrows, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Christmas trees, Preteena, comic strips, comics, humor | 48 responses so far

Was?

Cidu Bill on Sep 24th 2012

(”Can you?” “Yes, of course.”)

Filed in Alison Barrows, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Preteena, comic strips, comics, humor | 19 responses so far

Follow-up: Sunday Funnies - LOL March 25

Cidu Bill on Apr 13th 2012

Well, I just took a look at who’s reading my book: it’s A. Morey.

Filed in Alison Barrows, Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Dave Coverly, Garfield, Jim Davis, John Deering, New Yorker, Preteena, Scott Hilburn, Speed Bump, Strange Brew, cats, comic strips, comics, humor, lol | 45 responses so far

Body Images I Don’t Understand

Cidu Bill on Jan 4th 2012

Walt’s supposed to be an XXL? And Momma Keene is supposed to be thickset and squat??Or is something else going on in the Zits strip?Does Momma Duncan (damn, her name is right on the tip of my tongue) think that Walt will appear to be thinner if he wears XXL pants. Though they don’t seem to be XXL pants.

Okay, I don’t even know if this is a CIDU. And I’m not even going to try to figure out the right acronym for that.

Filed in Alison Barrows, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Preteena, Zits, comic strips, comics, humor | 18 responses so far

Christmas LOLs

Cidu Bill on Dec 25th 2011

Filed in Alison Barrows, Bill Bickel, Brad J. Guigar, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Courting Disaster, John Cage, New Yorker, Preteena, Retail, Reynolds Unwrapped, comic strips, comics, humor, lol | 25 responses so far

CCIDU

Cidu Bill on Dec 23rd 2011

Yeah, one of my favorites as well — until we get to “deer saver’s turf,” and that’s when she loses me.

Filed in Alison Barrows, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Christmas, Christmas carols, Preteena, comic strips, comics, humor | 21 responses so far

Mrs Claus

Cidu Bill on Dec 16th 2011

Got it. Precocious 10-year-old hasn’t figured out why “Santa” looks like her father. But what’s with the Mrs Claus comment?

Filed in Alison Barrows, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Christmas, Preteena, Santa Claus, comic strips, comics, humor | 9 responses so far

Eggplant

Cidu Bill on Jan 25th 2011

Filed in Alison Barrows, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Preteena, comic strips, comics, humor | 43 responses so far

Sunday Before Christmas Funnies: LOL-December 19

Cidu Bill on Dec 19th 2010

Filed in Alison Barrows, Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, Christmas, Cul de Sac, Fidel Castro, JFK, Preteena, Scott Hilburn, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 16 responses so far

Signs, Signs, Everywhere There’s Signs

Cidu Bill on Dec 14th 2010

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Christmas, Christmas trees, Preteena, comic strips, comics, humor | 22 responses so far

Why Did There Have To Be…

Cidu Bill on Aug 20th 2010

Filed in Alison Barrows, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Preteena, comic strips, comics, humor | 12 responses so far

Conventional Wisdom

Cidu Bill on Jul 8th 2010

Filed in Alison Barrows, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Preteena, comic strips, comics, humor | 6 responses so far

Toes

Cidu Bill on Jul 6th 2010

Do I even want to know where his toes are??

Filed in Alison Barrows, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Preteena, comic strips, comics, humor | 9 responses so far

Sunday Funnies: LOL-June 13

Cidu Bill on Jun 13th 2010

Filed in Alison Barrows, Argyle Sweater, Bill Bickel, Bizarro, Dan Piraro, Garfield, Jim Davis, Joe Martin, Mister Boffo, Preteena, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Scott Hilburn, William Shakespeare, Zach Weiner, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol | 35 responses so far

Best Endings

Cidu Bill on May 24th 2010

I am still in shock over how mind-bogglingly awful last night’s Lost finale was — especially since for a show that’s essentially a multi-year puzzle, the final episode makes or breaks the entire run. Still, this is where to discuss that.
Just to get the ashen taste out of my mouth, I’m reposting the 2008 discussion about best endings…

(Warning: Even though this is the wrong thread for discussions of the Lost finale, there are in fact spoilers below) Continue Reading »

Filed in Bill Bickel, Bob Newhart, Calvin and Hobbes, Far Side, Frumpy the Clown, Fugitive, Judd Winick, Lost, Magnum P.I., Preteena, Sledge Hammer, St. Elsewhere, comic strips, comics, humor, television | 73 responses so far

Save Water… Synchronicity

Cidu Bill on May 20th 2010

Filed in Alison Barrows, Bill Bickel, Mark Parisi, Off the Mark, Preteena, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 11 responses so far

Saturday Morning Ewww

Cidu Bill on May 1st 2010

This one might retire the category:

Filed in Alison Barrows, Bill Bickel, Crankshaft, Ewww, Mike Twohy, Preteena, Reynolds Unwrapped, Tom Batiuk, Wizard of Id, comic strips, comics, humor | 9 responses so far

I’m a Substitute for Another Guy

Cidu Bill on Mar 28th 2008

So is the joke here that a) substitute teachers are dumb, and b) substitute teachers make up bumper stickers to drum up business for themselves?

Filed in Alison Barrows, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Preteena, comic strips, comics, humor, teachers | 12 responses so far

Assignment

Cidu Bill on Mar 26th 2008

What exactly is going on here? Mrs. Keene is berating the teacher because Jeri got the assignment wrong? This wouldn’t even make sense if Mrs. Keene has ever shown signs that she even liked Jeri. Theirs is without question the most unsettling parent-child relationship in mainstream comics.

Filed in Alison Barrows, Preteena | 14 responses so far