Over the Hedge: Mom, Dad...there is no movie money.

Over the Hedge is almost certainly the most meta strip around today, as illustrated here by the reference to the movie tie-in. That doesn't necessarily make it good, of course; it often seems to be trying too hard for its own good. But that at least means it's trying, which is more than can be said about most of the stuff in the comics section.

Frazz: PAS-TIS. That's a weird vanity plate.

I kind of love the way this strip starts off so hackish and ends up so insular.

Also, I'm really hoping for a comics section turf war.

9 Chickweed Lane: It would involve our skinny-dipping shoulder deep in a lake and kissing ardently.

Apparently Amos is very excited about skinny-dipping with his mother-in-law.

I am not surprised by this.

Next time in 9 Chickweed Lane: An incestuous orgy.

Family Circus: I know my left and right shoes, but how can I tell my left sock from my right?

This cartoon is hilarious because socks are interchangeable.

Momma: See? I begged you to learn long division.

I sometimes think that I should have gone into a professionally useful program like engineering and finished my schooling in a timely manner. But then I wouldn't be mostly unemployed and have all this free time to write this swell blog. So you're welcome, I guess.

In the Bleachers: I love sniffing the mitt. It smells just like us!

This cartoon is hilarious because the bull in the background appears to be masturbating. Which just makes the caption all the more disturbing.

Family Circus: I don't think these Brussels sprouts have sprouted enough.

This cartoon is hilarious because Billy doesn't like Brussels sprouts. I hear this might be true of a lot of children, but only Keane Inc. has the balls to just come right out and say it.

Family Circus: I wonder if birds fly in any other letters than a "V"?

This cartoon is hilarious because birds don't, in fact, fly in any letters other than V.

Blondie: Just because it worked for three weeks straight doesn't mean we were born yesterday!

This comic is hilarious because women are too gullible and dim-witted to run a business or work at any job that requires human interaction or leave the house. Or even so much as breathe, really.

Pluggers: If you're married, with kids, and seldom have more than $3 in your wallet, you're a plugger.

If on the other hand you're gay and want to get married, but the state you're living in doesn't allow that because certain people who enjoy cartoons such as this think it will destroy the American family, you're probably not a plugger.