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Tuesday, September 02, 2025

Worry Wart

October 14, 1966

Based on the expression on his face, Wilberforce isn't exactly sure why he painted your chair either. You know when you get an impulse and you just do something? That's what happened to Wilberforce.

"Orange crate" seems oddly specific.

I feel that if I had more money, I'd have fewer worries. Maybe that's just me.

And I feel it's your partner's main job to not make life harder for you, so thank you for the compliment.

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Is this a continuation from yesterday? He went bowling and is now returning home at...two in the morning!? And the large stick of dynamite is for, what? Scaring him so he falls down the stairs? Deafening him? I'm sure the neighbors will love the two A.M. explosion.

"Omelette du fromage."

I never see Gladys be romantic. I see Brutus attempting to be more romantic than her. And I think I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen them say "those three words".

Friday, June 27, 2025

Friday Quickies

August 12, 1966

I think Brutus is going to go bowling anyway.

The best thing about the good old days? When he had rules and law in relation to the government.

Friday, May 23, 2025

Using 'Monsieur' Very Loosely

June 22, 1966

Do you need to go somewhere, Alice? There are places you can go that will protect you from him. Can you go stay with someone? This guy does not seem to be as cool and fun as his namesake tiles.

You don't need an appetizer. It is just you. Just get some extra food or a side with your meal if you are that hungry.

The waiter's face in the third panel. "Oh, geez. Sounds like I'm getting a $5 tip with this one."

Monday, April 21, 2025

Five Years If You're Lucky

A woman holds a long box tied with a string. Her husband or whatever smarmily leans in and asks "New shoes?" A thick CLUNK makes up the second panel. The husband is now on the floor with a black eye and holding his head. "What did I say?" he asks.

May 20, 1966

But seriously, what is it?

That would actually be a funny comment if this were a couple who actually liked and loved each other and knew how to have fun.

This is a bold move, Wilberforce. I believe in being honest with your children about your finances. "Look, kid, you have to wait for major holidays and your birthday. We can only afford a new gaming console every 5 or so years or else the entire system just falls apart."

Sunday, April 20, 2025

Is This a "How I Met Your Aunt" Situation?

A man and woman are getting married. The priest says "By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife." The newlyweds kiss. When they part, the bride says "Heel" much to the shock and chagrin of the groom and priest.

May 19, 1966

Say it with me: "Women, amirite?" This reminds me of a joke I read in one of those men's magazines. "Before their wedding, a bride gave the groom an amazing blowjob. Talking to his best man, the groom goes 'I just got the best blowjob of my life!' Talking to her bridesmaid, the bride goes 'I just gave the last blowjob of my life!'" Marriage, amirite?

Gladys is sitting in a green chair. Brutus walks up to her. "Do you know what today is, Gladys?" he asks. "No. Is it something special? Don't keep me in suspense! Tell me!" she is excited and full of joy. "It's National Husband Appreciation Day!" Brutus responds. "Oh," Gladys says, disappointed.

I feel a lot of people didn't know it was Husband Appreciation Day yesterday. I didn't see anything about it except for this comic and a MeTV post about who's your favorite classic TV husband. Gladys isn't on board.

Brutus, dressed in a checkered sweatervest and wearing some kind of polka dot hat, answers the door to a vacuum salesman. "How-do, Madam. I represent the Handy Dandy Vacuum Sweeper. Allow me to demonstrate," the man pushes his way in. "I'll empty is bag of coffee grounds. Now then, if this little handy dandy doesn't clean up every speck, I'll make you a gift of it!" Brutus grabs the man's collar and ushers him out the door. "Then you better start gift-wrapping. We have no power because I forgot to pay the electric bill!" Standing triumphantly with the vacuum, Brutus says "Sometimes I win one!"

January 4, 1987

I like the guy calling Brutus "Madam". I had a guy do one of these for me one time. I'm not buying your stupid vacuum though. The one I have works fine and didn't cost $2,200. Thanks for getting up that stain though. I feel there's a clause that you don't get the vacuum if there's no power, but maybe not. I'd be more concerned about Brutus forgetting to pay the electric bill.

What is Brutus wearing?

Wilberforce is sitting on the ottoman while Uncle Ted sits in a chair. "I love hearing you tell the fun stories about experiences in your past, Uncle Ted." "Well, I enjoy telling them to you. Believe it or not, they're all true! It's fun for me to relive these experiences as I tell them to you. But there's another reason I tell them to you." "What's the reason, Uncle Ted?" "I need to tell them to you before I forget them. Then you can retell them to me as a reminder."

This is a dark Born Loser as Uncle Ted admits he really only tells stories so when his brain has been eaten away by old age, his grandchild can remind him of all his good times. Time marches on and Death comes for all.

Is this what we're losing with the new GoComics? The throwaway panels are missing. I know they don't need to be seen, hence the name 'throwaway', but I'd expect the company who owns/distributes the comic to be able to show the entire comic. This isn't the shrinking newspaper comics page.

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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

No-Promotion Quickies

May 16, 1966

What's with the eyes in this strip? They've both got them bedroom eyes. Freaky-ass bedroom eyes.

Like yesterday, don't ask if you'd prefer not to know the answer.

Brutus just needs to accept that he's reached the limit of his abilities at this company. I mean, he should be lucky this company still even exists. Tea cozies? That's not an industry.

Friday, April 04, 2025

Dog's Day

A frog and a disheveled woman holding a broom are standing together talking. "Marry me and let me take you away from all of this!" the frog says. "Are you crazy, Bruce?" the woman says. "You have obviously forgotten that you are a prince and I am but a lonely peasant!"

May 6, 1966

Wouldn't she then be a princess if she marries the frog? Maybe he's a frog prince and not a prince who was turned into a frog. Perhaps true love's kiss won't turn this frog back into a human.

I can't imagine any royal family being fine with an interspecies relationship so it probably wouldn't work out anyway.

Kewpie is asleep but is woken up by some CRASHing, BOOMing, BANGing, and BAMming. Now running, Kewpie thinks "I almost slept through the high point of my week! The garbage truck!" Kewpie stares out the window as more crashing and banging happens.

My dogs absolutely love/hate the trash men. They get a clear view of them as they go through the alley and I can't ever tell if they are upset that they can see the trash men or upset that the trash men are stealing our trash.

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Welcome to the Bungle

April 22, 1966

I wish that key word and sign weren't so jumbled by the scanner, so we could clearly understand what's going on. This is clearly some relationship counslor who is asking proto-Brutus and proto-Gladys to find compatibility(?). It's not going to work since proto-Gladys is being mean just to be mean.

There have been file cabinets promoted before Brutus.

We're mixing metaphors, here. Is it survival of the fittest or law of the jungle? Can it be both? I don't care.

Sunday, February 16, 2025

Slab Crab

Brutus and Gladys sit cuddling in his green chair. It's very awkward looking. "Happy Valentine's Day, Brutus!" "Happy Valentine's Day, my love!" "This feels just like our first Valentine's Day together." "Yes, it does," Brutus begins. "Except I don't remember you feeling so heavy..."

February 14, 2025

Sorry I was gone all week. I caused you to miss this lovely comic featuring Brutus and Gladys' last Valentine's as a married couple.

A frog bounces up to Hurricane Hattie as she sits on a log eating a sack lunch. "Psst, little girl, I need your help," the frog says. "I'm really a prince but I was turned into a frog by an evil spell! Kiss me and I'll become a prince again," the frog says. "Kiss a frog? EEccchh! What's in it for me?" Hattie asks. "No sweat, I'm a prince. How does $1,000 grab ya?" "Hm..." Hattie thinks and then grabs the frog and stuff him into her paper bag. "Hey! What'cha doing?" the frog yells. "Simple," Hattie begins. "A talking frog is worth a lot more than $1,000!"

October 5, 1986

Who is this frog? Prince Andrew? How about you find a woman over the age of consent, and not, you know, a 9-year-old?

And this isn't going to be a One Froggy Evening situation. If that frog prince doesn't sing, Hattie will just play frog baseball with him or just throw him against a wall.

Brutus comes into the kitchen with a paper bag. Gladys is standing at the stove. "I'm back, Gladys. I stopped at Todd Sweeney's butcher shop. Would you believe he raised his prices again? These ribeyes I bought cost an arm and a leg. It's outrageous!" "Everyone knows he has the highest prices in town," Gladys says. "Why do you continue to shop there?" "When it comes to a good steak, money is no object!"

I mean, if Todd Sweeney has the best meat then paying his exorbitant prices is fine. I'm willing to pay a little more for fresh cut slabs of the best beef this side of the Ohio River from Todd Sweeney, the demon butcher of Fleet Street.

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Chekov's Trashcan

A man and woman--I'm assuming they are married--are arm wrestling. The wife wins and the husband suggests two out of three. He loses again and asks for three out of five. "What you lack in strength, you make up for in persistence," his wife says.

February 24, 1966

There is a running gag in Murder, She Wrote, where Sheriff Metzger's (Ron Masak) wife, Adele, is a fairly burly and strong woman. In one episode, Sheriff Metzger says he has to get back into shape because Adele has been beating him constantly in their arm wrestling matches. He then says that he "usually wins a couple".

Maybe it's not persistence, but more of a kink. She even calls him "tiger". In the first and third panel, that is a man getting his rocks off.

Brutus and Veeblefester are standing in an office. Veeblefester is holding a stack of paper. "What did I think of your design proposals?" Veeblefester asks. In the next panel, Brutus has a green trashcan on his head. Veeblefester has left. "Okay. I get the message. Can I take this off now? Chief? Are you still there?"

Why are you asking permission? Just take it off. Your employer can't humiliate you like this.

Sunday, January 19, 2025

Just Order What You Want

Brutus is in the background on the telephone while Gladys walks by with a stack of books. Gladys then joins him and he begins kicking the telephone stand , jumping around and almost having a tantrum like a child. He collapses in a chair. "Well, don't keep me in suspense," Gladys says. "Did you get the raise or not?"

September 7, 1986

Brutus is acting like several people I see online talking about TikTok over the last twelve hours.

Calling over the phone to ask for a raise seems weird. I mean, having to ask for a raise has always been weird to me. You shouldn't have to ask for one, you just get one. If I asked for a raise at any of my jobs, they would've just laughed at me and talked to me about "modest, scheduled raises" every year or whatever.

Brutus and Gladys are at a fancy restaurant. The waiter stands next to the table. "The chef has a special this evening not on the menu. Beef wellington. Only fifty dollars. If you have made your selection, may I take your orders?" "After you, my dear," Brutus invites. "I'll have whatever my husband is having," Gladys answers. "Very well. And what will you have, sir?" "I'll have the spaghet..." but Gladys interrupts. "He'll have the beef wellington. And I'll have what he's having!"

Why can't Brutus have the spaghetti? Why can't she just order the beef wellington? If the beef wellington is $50 and on special, how much is this spaghetti?

Beef wellington is just a fancy corn dog.

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Saturday, January 18, 2025

What Man Doesn't Enjoy a Good Lie Down?

Two men are standing next to each other with martini glasses in their hands. One man says "Know what, Floyd? I wish my wife had a mouth this big!" and the man opens his mouth fairly wide, it's taking up the entire bottom half of his face. "Heh heh. Why Brutus?" Brutus responds "Because my wife has a mouth this big," Brutus opens his mouth more. It's now taking up 2/3 of his face and the two men laugh. The stop abruptly, caught off guard by Brutus' wife suddenly appearing behind them.

February 21, 1966

I actually laughed out loud at this. I don't really know why. I do find it funny seeing Brutus open his mouth wider to make fun of his wife. I mean, who does this?

And I immediately go to something dirty and sexual about why he wants his wife's mouth a certain size so what does that say about me?

Brutus is lounging on the couch (in his sweater, pants, and socks) as Wilberforce walks up. "What're ya doing, Pop?" "Oh, nothing." "Are you gonna be just doing that all day?" "You say that like it's a bad thing..."

For the love of Jeezum Crow, it's Saturday! Let a goddamn working person lounge around on Saturday! Do you want to go do something, Wilberforce? Then just say so! Quit lazy-shaming a person!

17 Years Entertaining Maybe One or Two Dozen People!

2008 - 2025

Sunday, January 12, 2025

This Is All Arnie's Fault

Felix is definitely not doing dry January. I mean, you've seen this month. Enjoy this special Pat Sullivan Felix strip, one of the few original illustrations of Felix he did.

As Brutus and Gladys go through the airport and get on a plane, Gladys is constantly angry, looking at Brutus and going NAG NAG NAG NAG NAG NAG NAG NAG. Brutus just ignores her and lives his life. Suddenly, the nagging stops but Gladys is clearly still nagging. Brutus begins smiling and thinks "Flying faster than the speed of sound does have its advantages..."

August 24, 1986

Women, amirite?

What is Gladys complaining about? Look how easy it was to board this airplane! Shut up and enjoy the flight. Unless, she's not nagging and Brutus is just assuming she is. Maybe she's angrily asking why Wilberforce isn't coming with them. He doesn't get dinner or a vacation.

Arnie walks up to Brutus, who is shoveling snow. "Hey there, Brutus. How was your business trip to Pittsburgh?" "It was fine. Once I finally got there." "Uh-oh, don't tell me you missed your flight! Didn't you take my advice about getting to the airport extra early for your flight?" "I did follow your advice. I arrived four hours before my departure time so I was extra early for my eventual eight-hour flight delay."

Someone on GoComics asked why the plane was delayed so long. I would assume it's because of the snow that's up to their knees.

It will never not amaze me that Brutus takes a plane from Cleveland to Pittsburgh which is, at most, a two and a half hour drive. I guess if Veeblefester is willing to pay for it, then who am I to question it?

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Wednesday, January 01, 2025

Worth a Shot, I Guess

Quincy Monroe comes home from work, smiling and arms wide open. "And how did Daddy's bridey spend her day?" he asks. "She has a surprisey for Daddy!" she replies, running up to him with her arms open. "She's baking real homemade bread for him!" Coming from the kitchen, a giant monster-like dough is pushing out from the kitchen door.

February 3, 1966

Ooh. Don't like this. "Daddy's bridey"? "Surprisey for Daddy"? As much as I want that seemingly alive dough monster to smother them, I also feel they should be put on trial for crimes.

Wilberforce is looking disgustingly at a bunch of food on the counter. "What's this stuff?" he asks Gladys. "Roast pork butt, black-eyed peas, collared greens, spinich, and lentils. They say if you eat these foods on New Year's Day, then you'll have a good luck all year," Gladys replies. "Yuck! I'd rather have bad luck all year," Wilberforce says.

The pork butt should be good, right? I don't like spinach. I've never had the other stuff. Isn't this just soul food? That's probably the blandest soul food to ever be cooked. Gladys seems like someone who vastly under-seasons. Or over-seasons, which can also make food taste bad.

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Tuesday Trash

An unkempt, unshaven man lays on a couch with a beer next to him. His wife, just as unkempt as him, holds a mop and is yelling at him. "And as your wife, just what DO I represent to you Melvin Julius Undershot? A passing fancy? A status symbol?"

January 12, 1966

I don't even know what to say here. You're both terrible.

Gladys and Brutus are standing in the kitchen. Brutus is holding a cup of coffee while Gladys is holding a Post-It note. "Didn't you see this reminder note to take out the trash that I put on the back door?" Gladys asks. "No, you should've put it somewhere I would've seen it," Brutus says. We get a close-up of Brutus' face with a Post-It note reading 'TRASH' on his forehead.

Why couldn't you do that? Does Brutus have to do everything around here?

Friday, December 06, 2024

More Diner Seafood

A newlywed couple are running and smiling through friends and family tossing rice at them. They get into a car, with cans bouncing behind them. "Gladys, my dear..." the groom says. "Yes, Noonan?" the bride responds. "You're going to love mummy," Noonan says and from the look on her face, Gladys is definitely not going to love mummy.

January 8, 1966

Why wasn't "mummy" at the wedding? Is mummy to be taken literally here? Does he have the ceremonially preserved remains of a person or animal in his house? How did she not already know that? Maybe he was supposed to get rid of it before they got married. "Yes, Gladys, it will not be here when we become man and wife."

What kind of name is Noonan?

Brutus is at that diner again because he hates himself. The woman behind the counter says "Our special today is fresh perch." "Fresh perch? At this time of the year?" Brutus asks. "Well, fresh from our freezer at least!" the woman smiles.

I was going to comment on black-haired diner counter waitress letting her hair go to gray, but we've seen this gray-haired waitress before. Back in June when this comic was (kind of) made before.

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Should She Just Put That Hot Tray On the Table?

December 28, 1965

Ignoring the "wives amirite?" gag in this strip, I like that she's so enveloped in whatever she is mad about that she didn't even see proto-Brutus leave.

And like current Brutus, his house could burn down because of the lit cigarette he left on the table and he'll just be calmly sipping his water at work.

Yes, Chef! Someone's been watching The Bear.

I don't understand the purpose of the chef's hat. Why does she need it? To warn others?

Sunday, August 04, 2024

Ah, Sweet Love

Organized in 1897, the Topeka Women's Club built and moved into their beautiful brick building in 1925. Due to declining membership, the Women's Club sold the building to the Kansas Insurance Department in the 1980s. When the department moved out in 2020, the building remained abandoned until purchased to be renovated into an event space The Beacon.

I didn't include pictures of the many Tiffany stained glass windows in the original post but pictured here is the window honoring education that was installed in the theater.

June 15, 1986

If you're going to jaywalk, do it better. Don't just run out in front of the cars. Wait until there's some space. Or, if I'd rather, just walk the extra 50-75 feet to the nearest crosswalk.

In the first panel, Brutus is clearly at a crosswalk/intersection. You can't just wait for the light to change? Then you deserve to get hit by a car.

Well, this marriage isn't going to last. What? They've been together more than ten years? I do not want to pay Wilberforce's therapy bills.

Brutus interrupts her twice, but one of those times is in the throwaway panels so getting mad at Brutus over one instance makes Gladys seem like a huge jerkass. Knowing what your spouse is going to say is cute. Not according to Gladys, I guess.

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Tuesday, July 09, 2024

Tuesday Quickies

November 30, 1965

Who's Princie? Another kid? A dog? It's not like you are moving at a high rate of speed, just open the door and lean out.

Gladys couldn't just leave the mail in the box outside their house? Maybe it needs a stamp.

Brutus is in the doghouse and he didn't even do anything. Even whatever is in his mug is scared.