Hey, what’s in the newspaper this weekend? Nichelle Nichols died. Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to be Trump’s 2024 running mate. Biden still has COVID and his withered ass may die any day, lmao

Ahhh, fuck it. Let’s just turn to the comics page.

Macanudo

I don’t know anything about Macanudo. The Wikipedia page tells me that some guy named Liniers from Argentina draws it. Reportedly, “it has been considered very popular”.^{[citation needed]}

Popular with whom, that’s debatable. The comments section still seems lousy with technology-illiterate middle-aged fucks who probably didn’t really get the joke but still want to put their two cents in to seem “up to speed” on the kind of jokes “the kids” like.

This strip has total Far Side clone energy. Always imitated, never as good. Rhymes with Orange, Speed Bump, Pardon My Planet already exist. We don’t need another one.

Ricardo @disqus.com: “This is what happens when we spend too much time on Twitter!”
MJ N: “It’s true! Birds aren’t real…They’re actually drones that need to periodically recharge on power lines…”
Willozwisp: “Today’s strip gave me the charge I needed…”

LOOK OUT, WE GOT A BUNCH OF COMEDIANS OVER HERE.

Rex Morgan, M.D.

Hey, remember when Tildy was feeling dizzy so she drove her own ass to the hospital? Well, things are getting dire! Not only does Tildy need to tell Dr. Park what happened, but Dr. Morgan has to tell Andrzej what happened! And who are all these people anyway??

I can hear the old man wheeze in Andrzej’s voice when he yells “MY TILDY!“, like he got suddenly, and briefly, jumped out of his dementia stupor. Or, MAYBE, he’s saying it like David Schwimmer says “MYY SAAANDWICH!!”

And then he’s all hung up on Tildy’s car, and then his car then her car again. It’s like, dude, should the hospital have called someone else? You seem incredibly unhelpful.

William Thompson: “Let us have a moment of silence for Dr. Park, who foolishly asked Tildy to describe the accident. It is a terrible thing to watch an innocent person die from felony boredom.”
194919671982: “Did I miss something? Don’t these two live in the same house?”
Noel Schornhorst: “Will he have a real heart attack/car accident and then everyone just ignores it since the car already looks junked and he just said he might be late/not coming? FINGERS CROSSED!!!”

I love it! The Rex Morgan comments crew is on point. They’re like the anti-Mallard Fillmore crew, who are about four times loonier and, therefore, nine times funnier.

Marvin

Go fuck yourself that the Marvin comic strip is 40 years old. How on Earth can one person make a comfortable living do this his whole life? It should be against the law.

Tom Armstrong was saving this one up for a while. You can tell he was meticulously crafting a perfect list of sugary candy and foods with weird textures to really send the Marvin readers into a nauseous tizzy! Marvin doesn’t even want to enjoy his birthday! He would rather eat garbage and ruin his parents’ day! Are you laughing?! I’m laughing!

Happy Birthday, Marvin. Please find it in your heart to die of SIDS sooner rather than later.

J. J. O’Malley: “He can talk and communicate concepts to his parents, and he enjoys it when his diaper is filled.”
Mike Scott: “Man, Marvin ages slow LOL”
the_sculptor: “Forty years of telling the same shitty joke.”

We are all celebrating heartily.