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Lookalike Synchronicity

Cidu Bill on May 7th 2013

and this

Filed in Bill Bickel, John Deering, Strange Brew, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 7 responses so far

All We Are Syncing…

Cidu Bill on May 1st 2013

Filed in Adam Huber, Bill Bickel, Bug, Questionable Content, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 26 responses so far

It’s just his neurosis that oughta be curbed

Cidu Bill on Apr 27th 2013

Those who hate-read Funky Winkerbean over at Son of Stuck Funky are of the general consensus that Tom Batiuk meant “neurotic,” not Nordic:

And today’s “probable misuse of neurotic” synchronicity is completed over at Tina’s Groove, and I have to tag this “CIDU” as well:

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Funky Winkerbean, Rina Piccolo, Tina's Groove, Tom Batiuk, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 27 responses so far

Gengchronicity

Cidu Bill on Apr 22nd 2013

Jonathan Segal spotted these yesterday:

Filed in 9 Chickweed Lane, Bill Bickel, Brooke McEldowney, John Deering, Strange Brew, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 7 responses so far

Dogs and Pizza: Two Slices of Synchronicity from April 3

Cidu Bill on Apr 8th 2013

Andréa:

Filed in Bill Bickel, Dog Eat Doug, Dogs, Today's Dog, comic strips, comics, humor, pizza, synchronicity | 8 responses so far

Cellchronicity

Cidu Bill on Apr 8th 2013

Bunch ‘o people sent me these on Friday:

Filed in Bill Bickel, Dave Coverly, John Deering, Speed Bump, Strange Brew, cell phones, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | One response so far

Frankronicity

Cidu Bill on Apr 8th 2013

The bottom one is also today’s CIDU

Filed in Bill Bickel, Bound and Gagged, CIDU, Dana Summer, Frankenstein, Rubes, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 17 responses so far

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Cidu Bill on Apr 5th 2013

Both from today:

Filed in B.C., Bill Bickel, Zits, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 4 responses so far

Dumchronicity (March 23)

Cidu Bill on Apr 4th 2013

Jon Delfin:

Filed in Bill Bickel, Bizarro, Doozies, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 2 responses so far

Synchipocity

Cidu Bill on Apr 3rd 2013

Let’s just keep it simple and say everybody sent me these two today:

Filed in Bill Bickel, Dilbert, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Scott Adams, Zach Weiner, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 17 responses so far

Super Synchronicity

Cidu Bill on Feb 27th 2013

Chuck Mauthe found three of a kind on Sunday:

Filed in Bill Bickel, Herb and Jamaal, Michael Jantze, Real Life Adventure, Stephen Bentley, The Norm, Wise & Aldrich, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 10 responses so far

Near-Synchronicity

Cidu Bill on Feb 22nd 2013

Submitted by Andréa:

Last Friday:

Last Saturday:

Filed in Bill Bickel, Grand Avenue, Red and Rover, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | One response so far

Synchronarkity

Cidu Bill on Feb 22nd 2013

Submitted by both William Dunham and Jeff Renner:

Filed in Argyle Sweater, Bible, Bill Bickel, Noah, Non Sequitur, Scott Hilburn, Wiley Miller, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 7 responses so far

Almost-Synchronicity

Cidu Bill on Feb 22nd 2013

Sunday:

Friday:

Filed in Bill Bickel, Buni, Lio, Mark Tatulli, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 8 responses so far

Swearchronicity

Cidu Bill on Jan 30th 2013

Comics (and subject line) submitted by Andréa:

Filed in Bill Bickel, Daddy's Home, Dogs of C-Kennel, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 15 responses so far

Barcronicity

Cidu Bill on Jan 27th 2013

Andréa:

“and with a little stretch…”

Filed in Adrian Raeside, Bill Bickel, Brian Anderson, David Wilborn, Dog Eat Doug, Dog Logic, Dogs, Other Coast, cats, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 12 responses so far

A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thingronicity

Cidu Bill on Jan 25th 2013

Yeah, kinda weak, I know…

Filed in Bill Bickel, Frazz, Jef Mallet, Questionable Content, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 18 responses so far

Synchronewwwcity

Cidu Bill on Jan 10th 2013

Lola: Returning body parts? Fer cryin’ out loud, how often does that really come up?

Sometimes twice in the same day, apparently -Bill

Filed in Ewww, John Deering, Mark Parisi, Off the Mark, Strange Brew, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 8 responses so far

Tinmanicity

Cidu Bill on Jan 9th 2013

Lola:

Filed in Bill Bickel, Hilary B. Price, Mark Parisi, Off the Mark, Rhymes With Orange, Wizard of Oz, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 14 responses so far

Bigsync

Cidu Bill on Jan 8th 2013

Becky Ferguson:

Filed in Argyle Sweater, Bigfoot, Bill Bickel, Gil, Non Sequitur, Norm Feuti, Scott Hilburn, Wiley Miller, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 9 responses so far

CIDU’s and Don’ts: The FAQ

Cidu Bill on Jan 1st 2013

We mostly discuss individual daily comics here. Comments such as “I hate this comic strip and its artist should never be allowed to work in this business again” are not welcome. The CIDU page is a place for people who love comics, and the artists deserve respect.

Whether a particular person understands a particular comic can sometimes be incredibly subjective. People send me between 10 and 20 comics a week, and most of them I can easily explain. Then I might come across a comic I don’t get (and I’ll put on the page), which will be glaringly obvious to everybody else. Sometimes (rarely) when this happens, I’ll get a comment along the lines of “Hey, are you stupid or something?” My response is generally along the lines of “No, I just didn’t understand this particular comic. Leave and don’t come back.”

I really hate to ban anybody, but I have no use for anybody who will come into my (virtual) home to insult me. I’m not keen on my houseguests insulting one another either.Thread drift is fine — in fact it seems to be fairly routine — but personal attacks are not.

If you post a message that contains more than one link, it won’t appear until after I’ve okayed it — which generally happens very quickly, since I pretty much live online. The purpose of this, of course, is to keep spam from taking over the site.

For those of you who are new here, we’ve moved a bit beyond just explaining comics: We also have special sections for the Arlo Page (comics you don’t want to explain to the kids) and the related Arlo Award (comics that appeared in mainstream newspapers which somehow slipped by the syndicate’s censors — this being one of the more blatant examples).

By the way, the Arlo Page is named after Arlo Guthrie. That’s my story and I’m sticking with it.Other special categories we have here include the Ewww Files (fairly self-explanatory), Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud (a Sunday morning hall of fame for comics we really, really got a kick out of) , and the ChadWatch. ChadWatch are comics that attempt to mine humor from the 2000 presidential elections, usually by making references to hanging chads. I began this section back in December of 2000 in order to try to pinpoint the very last chad-related gag (because seriously, the joke was well past played out by the time Bush took office). I never suspected that more than 12 years later, we’d still be collecting them.

Sometimes we’ll notice two comic strips using a nearly-identical gag on the same day for no apparent reason. When that happens I’ll post them both, noting the synchronicity. Just because. These rarely call out for explanation.

The site is updated with a new CIDU every weekday at 12:02am Eastern Time — except for the two weeks or so following both “spring forward” and “fall back,” when WordPress is still trying to figure out the time change. Then the comic could go live either an hour earlier or an hour later, pretty much randomly. Don’t ask.

Saturday morning is reserved for the Ewww Files, and Sunday is the aforementioned LOL collection. Other posts might be scattered throughout the day, but the 12:02am update is a constant.

I run the website for Crime, Justice & America magazine, and I link to any articles I think might appeal to the people visiting CIDU. These always include “CJA” in the subject line (except when I forget).

We don’t encourage artists to explain their own comics, because they’ve already had their chance to make us understand. Also, it’s more fun this way.

Finally, if you have anything to send me — a comic you don’t understand, an Arlo or ChadWatch candidate, a suggestion, whatever — please e-mail me at comicsidontunderstand at gmail.com. Even if you know my personal address, please use the CIDU address for submissions: less likely to get lost in the shuffle.

When you’re submitting a comic, please (if possible) give me a link to it, and attach it — because sometimes attachments don’t survive the trip, and sometimes links don’t work. Just for the record, if you send me a link that contains rbma.com, it will not work.

I don’t ignore anything, but I’m not as good at keeping current with my e-mail as I might be. This site is my “fourth job,” after all.

If you send me something and you don’t want your full name used, sign the e-mail with your first name, or the nickname you commonly use here. Or if you want to be absolutely sure, just add “Call me Bob.” Please don’t expect me to remember from a previous time, because I’m lucky if I remember my own kids’ names.

Thanks to Blinky the Wonder Wombat for providing a better definition for the Arlo Page than I’d been offering

Filed in Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, CIDU, ChadWatch, Ewww, FAQ, comics that made us laugh out loud, lol, synchronicity | 14 responses so far

Ugly Christmas Sweater Synchronicity

Cidu Bill on Dec 22nd 2012

It’s kind of tough to find real synchronicity in Christmas comics — but since I’d never seen Ugly Christmas Sweater Parties referenced in a comic before, and then saw two in one day…

And I’m not entirely grasping the second one: ugly Christmas-related characters sweating? Though Frosty (?) isn’t particularly ugly, is he? I mean for an anthropomorphized snowman.

And I’m wondering… how common are Ugly Sweater Parties anyway in the real world?

Filed in Bill Bickel, Brevity, CIDU, Christmas, Guy & Rodd & Dan, Hilary B. Price, Rhymes With Orange, comic strips, comics, humor, synchronicity | 33 responses so far