Recent Comments

1. 3 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   “The nightingales are sobbing in the orchards of our mothers, and hearts that we broke long ago have long been breaking others . . . " / But still, to quote Cat Stevens, “the first cut is the deepest.”

2. 17 days ago on Lio

   A stat from the Turkey Farmers of Canada website: “Canadians consumed 134.2 million kg (Mkg) of turkey in the year 2023.” Another myth goes down in flames.

3. 4 months ago on Luann

   If everyone in this panel is going to be upset and drawn into a loud argument, then it’s correct to say “everyone is NOT OK.” In other words, this ain’t over.

4. 4 months ago on Adam@Home

   I cannot tell a lie. She meant to say “lying.”

5. 5 months ago on Sherman's Lagoon

   When did Kahuna stop speaking in his usual way? It was a charming, and economical, use of words.

6. 5 months ago on Wondermark

   He (actually looks more like a she) has eight eyes. Appears to be a common garden spider, an orb weaver.

7. 5 months ago on Wondermark

   Technically, the frog is right. Brown recluse spiders, which have six eyes (as do other species), would walk right in. But they’re too reclusive to visit a jazz club, so there’s that.

8. 7 months ago on Luann

   “Checked out” means the same thing as “died.” In some contexts ("You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave . . . ")

9. 7 months ago on Luann

   Actually, lots of community colleges in California offer bachelor’s of science degrees. Luann might be attending one.

10. 8 months ago on Breaking Cat News

    Elvis, a correction: spiders’ silk glands are in their abdomens, and the silk emerges from spinnerets at the back of the abdomen. You might be thinking of cribellate spiders, which do have a “comb” on the fourth leg that unfurls the silk from a special organ on the abdomen called the cribellum. Otherwise, great spidery reporting!