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Any Stone Soup Fans Out There?

Cidu Bill on Jun 2nd 2010

Is this a retcon? I was always under the impression that Val’s husband died from some unspecified illness. This is certainly the first indictaion I’ve seen that he was in the military.
That being said, I think I like this version better.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Stone Soup, comic strips, comics, humor | 15 responses so far

Sunday Funnies: LOL April 11

Cidu Bill on Apr 11th 2010

Jennifer Williams sent this one in as a LOL:

but honestly it annoyed me when I first read it: usually, Alix displays a lack of sexual knowledge more appropriate for a child even younger than her ten years; what’s she doing making egg jokes now? Continue Reading »

Filed in 2 Cups, Abstruse Goose, Bill Bickel, Jan Eliot, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Stone Soup, Tetris, Zach Weiner, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, gagh, humor, lol | 30 responses so far

”Imply.”

Cidu Bill on Mar 20th 2010

Filed in Bill Bickel, Jan Eliot, Stone Soup, comic strips, comics, grammar, humor | 43 responses so far

First of the Season

Cidu Bill on Nov 8th 2009

Wait, wait, I get it… It’s because global warming means everything gets warm!

Filed in Bill Bickel, Jan Eliot, Stone Soup, comic strips, comics, global warming, humor | 23 responses so far

Rithmatic

Cidu Bill on Aug 25th 2009

If this is what they’re teaching in middle school

then I can understand how Herb can be so abyssmally stupid

Of course, this doesn’t explain why Heart was learning differential calculus of whatever it was in second grade a few months back…

Pinny points out, by the way, that “the flash card reads ‘9×5′ in all three panels. Why is she asking for ‘5×8′ and even ‘5×9′?”

Filed in Bill Bickel, Heart of the City, Herb and Jamaal, Jan Eliot, Stone Soup, comic strips, comics, humor, math | 38 responses so far

Spiral

Cidu Bill on Aug 7th 2009

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Jan Eliot, Stone Soup, comic strips, comics, humor | 13 responses so far

If you have to edit the point out of a strip…

Cidu Bill on Jul 8th 2009

… just toss it out and draw a new one.

I mean clearly, this was supposed to be “How do middle-aged people have sex?” “Reproduce” doesn’t make any sense, isn’t funny, and really doesn’t warrant Val’s coffee-spilling reaction.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Jan Eliot, Stone Soup, comic strips, comics, humor | 21 responses so far

School Days, School Days, Dear Old Snow and Flu Days…

Cidu Bill on May 27th 2009

Just wondering… Has anybody ever heard of “flu days”? Other than during this year’s Swine Flu Panic, that is. Seriously, can somebody explain why we’re treating this like Son of the Black Plague? Sure, it can be a dangerous illness — but so can “seasonal flu” (a term apparently nobody needed until this year; think “analog clock”), which so far has killed, no exaggeration, more than one thousand times as many Americans this year as Swine Flu has.New York City Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden said yesterday, “Our hearts go out to their families” of two New Yorkers who apparently died from Swine Flu last week, adding “as for everybody who died of other causes last week, hey, life’s a bitch.”

Filed in Bill Bickel, Jan Eliot, Stone Soup, comic strips, comics, humor, swine flu | 23 responses so far

Does This Even BEGIN To Make Sense?

Cidu Bill on Mar 8th 2009

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Stone Soup, comic strips, comics, humor | 37 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

Nightly News

Cidu Bill on May 6th 2008

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Jan Eliot, Stone Soup, comic strips, comics, humor | 16 responses so far

Good Night Nurse!

Cidu Bill on Feb 11th 2008

Hasn’t this familiar storyline passed its expiration date? A woman’s right to nurse in public has been written into law in some states, and in other states telling a woman to cease and desist has the potential to lead to a lawsuit. This is something every restaurant owner is aware of.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Jan Eliot, Stone Soup, breast-feeding, comic strips, comics, restaurants | 24 responses so far

On a Roll

Cidu Bill on Jan 25th 2008

I’m lost. A snooty salesclerk at the Gap? And I’d think the other customers would be applauding Val rather than rolling their eyes like PreTeena’s teacher.

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Stone Soup, comic strips, comics, humor | 9 responses so far