Rubes by Leigh Rubin for February 08, 2025

Gonna be hard to send a drunk Tex back.

lol

Tex has never been accused of phoning it in.

Needs to do the Liam Neeson speech from Taken.

You can almost see the fingers imprinting on the boy’s shoulder

Breaking up is really hard to do.

Didn’t Weird Al have a song Breaking Up Is Hard On You, about the Ma Bell breakup in the 80s?

he aint sh!t compared to Big Tech

Watch out kid — Tex could bite your head clean off.

He understands…just a little. No comprende. It’s a riddle.

Leigh Rubin, who draws Rubes, is a friend of mine. About a month ago, Leigh’s wife Teresa suffered a serious medical issue at home. She’s in a coma and on a ventilator in a care facility that has Leigh six hours from home to be with her. You might think that being a comic-strip artist means you live in mansions, but no. And this is costing a lot of money.

If you are familiar with Rubes, and have gotten laughs from Leigh over the years, please consider donating to a GoFundMe. This was set up by Leigh and Teresa’s friends, so it’s on the level.

I’m sure GoComics won’t let me post a link here, but I’ll try. Otherwise, if you search for “Leigh Rubin” on GoFundMe, you’ll see “Leigh & Teresa Rubin Need Our Help.”

www.gofundme.Com/f/leigh-teresa-rubin-need-our-help?qid=0a3b4ccdb78f1e09404e8d80c6653abf

Ah there’s the thing, once you could have tweeted it but some fool ruined that and an X sends the wrong message.