Marmaduke: Can we do a combo meal with gravy instead of a drink?

Having read the caption before looking at the cartoon, I was, in all seriousness, completely certain that it went with the latest installment of Pluggers.

Mark Trail: We WARNED you to stay out of this end of the lake, old man!

And so anyone under the age of what looks to be about 40 is classified as a young hooligan in the Elrodverse.

This is not surprising.

Pluggers: To a plugger, turning 50 is no big deal ... But a size 50 belt size is a different matter altogether.

Male pluggers generally take pride in their morbid obesity. But this cartoon suggests that even they have their limits. One solution to this problem would be to exercise and eat a healthier diet, but only liberals and women would even consider that radical course of action. There must a be a pill for this kind of thing, right?*

*Thank God for Medicare, amiright?**

**But fuck everyone else.

Betty: Deciding which to pay and when gives me the feeling that I have control over my life.

I am a fan of the quiet-loud joke construction. It's basically the comics section equivalent of the quiet-loud-quiet song format Nirvana made so famous.

Family Circus: Buildin' this snowman won't take long, Daddy, 'cause you have plenty of help!

This cartoon is hilarious because Bill hates spending time with his family.

The Phantom: BLAMM!

Oh my! Could The Phantom be dead?*

*No.

Garfield: Well, the polar ice caps are melting.

Look, I'm not exactly falling down laughing, but Garfield deserves props for even a very mild joke that acknowledges that global warming actually is real* and we should therefore probably do something about it. There's very little upside for Paws Inc. to be writing a comic like this, while there is a very real chance that some stupid people will write into their local papers complaining about the vast left-wing conspiracy this supposedly family-friendly comic is so clearly complicit in. Garfield's enough of an institution that it can no doubt survive occasional assaults like that, but that doesn't mean its writers would necessarily want to endure them at all.

*And not just cause it's hot outside or something.

Family Circus: Daddy! Remember when you said you'd help build a snowman next time it snowed?

What happens when you foist a menace like Jeffy on your other children?

Sweet, sweet revenge.

9 Chickweed Lane: I can tell from your salute.

This comic is hilarious because Edie has given Bill an erection.

Family Circus: Look out, Jeffy!

Having survived the latest attempt on the part of his siblings to murder him in such a way that it could plausibly resemble an accident, Jeffy remains none the wiser.