Infectious Humor

May 27, 1967

I don't understand why people constantly talk to or goad dogs when they walk by. My dog is a huge bitch and would probably eat your face if she could--or freeze instantly because she doesn't know what to do if she had an opportunity to eat your face. But still, just leave dogs alone. Walk on by.

One of my favorite things to do on a morning where I don't have to work is crack open my newspaper and immediately go to the comics page to start my day on a laugh. Instead, I see that Gladys has an infection. What am I supposed to do with that information?

Chris Welkin, Planeteer #5

Just like Artemis II.

When we last left Chris Welkin and his friends, they were back on Earth to build a space platform. An engineer named Rad Rune became part of the team to build the platform but had his own plans to take over the platform and then the world! And now, Chris Welkin, Planeteer for April 1952.

You can check out November 1951 through March 1952 using the Chris Welkin tag.

At least he's not speaking Chinese Pidgin English
or swapping Rs and Ls.

Can You Even See the Mustache In the Newspaper?

May 26, 1967

I don't know what's going on here. Some kind of sewing machine accident? The internet, if you can trust it, says this is a sheet metal folding machine. I don't see it. Maybe some kind of a pulley system?

If you know what this is, let me know on social media.

Instead of sporting his typical toothbrush mustache, Brutus has opted to comb his mustache to the side. Or at least, I think that's what happened. Brutus has always had a mustache so I don't know why he considers it "something new". He just combed it.

Thursday Quickies

May 25, 1967

It took me a minute to realize what's happening here. But I don't care about that. That lady has an enormous body. She's at least 5'11" and I'd let her throw me over a cliff.

I don't believe for a second that Vic Appleton's father is a millionaire because if he was, then why is Vic in a public school?

Tick Tock and You Don't Stop

May 24, 1967

Why is the food in the line of the baseball field? Why is Veeblefester (R.W. Veeblefester, Pres.) sitting so close to the table with the punch on it? I like how Veeblefester is a money grubber, as seen in the many dollar signs he's thinking about, but 1960s corporate etiquette demands he still hosts an annual picnic. Thankfully, President Reagan will help get rid of that little annoyance.

Is...Is Gladys the clock?

Is that clock in the middle of the room?

Did we really need a visual interpretation of "tick tock"?

There wasn't a better gold color than "burning pee yellow"?

Tuna Tuesday

May 23, 1967

Yes, every man--every human--must face up to responsibility at some point in their life. Unless you are politician. Unless you are a CEO. Unless you are a celebrity. Unless you are unbelievably wealthy. Unless you are six degrees separated from the right people. Unless...

What's Brutus doing? Is he doing a "everything the light touches is our kingdom" thing?

I like tuna. I should eat more tuna. Not eight cans worth of tuna, but at least tuna keeps.

We're a beret family now.

Cover Your Mouth

May 22, 1967

Ah, so it is a Marilyn Munster situation. Kind of a dick move to squirt your niece with water, but I guess she seems on board. I always found fake flowers that squirt water kind of weird. Even if they say "Hey, you should smell my flower!" I am not smelling your flower. I try to go through life closely smelling as few people as possible.

I was really hoping Teeny was a lost daughter who got Chuck Cunningham'd.

Hey, everyone! It's allergy season! Unless you are like me or my wife then every day, all year is allergy season!

What's with the hat? Is this a new thing? I don't know if I like it.

Just a Regular Sunday

March 6, 1988

So Wastrel not only has an account at this bank, even if it only has a couple bucks in it, but he also has a checkbook? Wastrel also is confident enough to storm the bank, walk right past the guard and just go into the president's office.

Did Wastrel go to Yale or did he fish that shirt out of a trash can? And if he did go to Yale, why does Art hate Yale?

Grumpy. If Veeblefester were one of the seven dwarves, he'd be Grumpy. You can't just create new dwarves when the seven dwarves already exist. There's no reason that dwarves are like Smurfs and there's dozens or hundreds of them each with a different personality. There's seven, end of story.

Not only is Brutus working on Sunday, he's working on Easter Sunday. I hope he's getting double overtime. I don't care if he is salaried, give him overtime.

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It's Already 6 - 0?!!

May 20, 1967

The size of the hat explains maybe three of the cards lying there, but not the others or the one currently in the air and completely off-target.

I'm sure there are better uses for those cards. Play some solitaire...

I could've sworn Wilberforce played the outfield. I guess Wilberforce can play both, but Wilberforce being pitcher seems...wrong, somehow.

We still have eight more innings of this humiliation.

Coordinating Shirt and House

May 19, 1967

On the plus side, it looks like Wilberforce is gonna get knocked off the car and get a concussion from the "drive-in" sign. Unfortunately, the paramedics and having to explain why you didn't know a child was on top of your car might ruin the movie-going experience.

The sign reads "Politicians kiss babies, baby, so why can't I kiss you?".

Crocuses are low-lying flowers so I don't know if you'd be able to see them "sticking up through the snowdrift". I agree with Gladys' reaction in the last panel. I walked over here for this?!