Luann: Aaron Hill!?

I don't say this very often, but today's Luann is very, very funny.*

*Of course, the humor relies on the reader having a basic knowledge of Luann's mythology. Yes, Luann has a mythology. It's basically The Wire of comic strips.

Mark Trail: There are several restaurants in the area that buy meat from the Parkers...

Gee whiz! Mark is so shocked that some politicians are (gasp!) corrupt that his face is literally falling apart!

Family Circus: But I don't want to cross the street.

And so all those early morning brainwashing sessions have had the intended effect. Jeffy will never leave the Keane Kult Kompound (or the KKK, for short) of his own accord. For passing this little test, he will get a pat on the head and a small animal to torture.

Dustin: Just once couldn't you be stricken by a lack of consumer confidence?

Ha ha! Women! Shopping!

Mark Trail: Mark manages to put the Parker camp in the distance and he heads to meet his friend, Ranger Buzz Miller.

Holy mackerel! Mark's friend, Ranger Buzz, sure has aged over the course of this very long day! But that is just what dealing with hippies does to a man!

Luann: You two are my main men.

Gunther appears unsure as to whether he's prepared for this sort of sexual act. Quill, on the other hand, seems quite pleased at the suggestion.

Family Circus: OK, I'm done cleaning my room!

Artistic continuity? What artistic continuity?*

*In fairness, I'm sure I'm literally the only person on Earth who would ever notice this.

Dennis the Menace: My Dad's got a problem, and he thinks it's ME!

In reality, Henry is just finding it harder and harder to fulfill his sexual needs now that his wife has become a radical, bra-burning, man-hating feminist. Poor Dennis is but a scapegoat. The truth is, he's hardly a menace at all.

Agnes: She said if I didn't help her win the lawsuit, we would never have fine things like almost-new Toyotas or Jack LaLanne Juicers.

Jack LaLanne Power Juicers are never not funny.

I also appreciate the clever middle panel dialog and the existence of poor characters who are not grotesque stereotypes.

Cul de Sac: I don't see what's wrong with being grabby.

This comic is a perfect example of why Cul de Sac is so great.

The first panel highlights the specificity of the characterization. Grabbiness is, of course, a problem lots of children have. But it's something that Alice, specifically, would have a problem with.

The second panel highlights the expressiveness of the drawing. Look at those eyes. Look at that hair. Look at the tiny little mouth. Look at the little lines around the rabbit. It's completely clear what's happening, and it's completely clear what's about to happen.

And the third panel highlights the smartness of the dialog. It would have been easy, and still funny, to just see Alice screaming. Instead, we get an even funnier description of that scream. "An inhuman cry of anger, betrayal, horror and thwarted grabbiness" is just great, great writing.