Halloween SPOOKTACULAR

Tomorrow's Halloween, and unlike every other holiday (except Earth Day, for some odd reason) the comics page is really getting into it. Therefore, please enjoy these Halloween-themed strips which are a day early and many in number. Oh god, this is going to be terrible:

Six Chix, 10/30/09

Six Chix has been into it all week, pretty much. Today they make clear their intent to kill us all, by any means possible. It's quite Halloween, with the ghosts and graveyard and vampire and whatnot. And an animate skeleton, which is a creature I simply just don't like.

Bizarro, 10/30/09

Bizarro is going for a more literary bent, but why would he need to go under the knife to get an iPod? Is it because he has no ears? If he has no ears, does that mean the Headless Horseman communicates through sign language? These mysteries plague me.

Crankshaft, 10/30/09

Crankshaft is also getting into the spirit, which isn't that far-fetched due to the fact that he's a demonic entity.

Deflocked, 10/30/09

This joke, likewise, has been long in coming. Really, there's only one possible way for a pinata storyline in a comic strip to end, and this is it.

Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee, 10/30/09

Dexter would have made a better dragon costume. I do like the cat costume, though.

Mother Goose and Grimm, 10/30/09

No one would give out ice cream on Halloween.

Mutts, 10/30/09

Like many of these strips, Mutts has been doing this for a week or so already. It's been a typical Mutts storyline.

Retail, 10/30/09

I made my thoughts on this strip clear yesterday. I still really like how accurate this Marvin is.

Rhymes with Orange, 10/30/09

I like this view of Halloween. Except the last panel... that's sort of weird. But everything else is sort of neat.

Safe Havens, 10/30/09

Safe Havens managed to blend one of their ongoing storylines with the Halloween theme, so more power to them. Is it a normal thing for a bunch of people in costumes to just show up at a restaurant, though?

Sally Forth, 10/30/09

Ted Forth has the right idea. He looks sort of like Marty McFly, though.

Todd the Dinosaur, 10/30/09

Why would you wear braids with a viking costume, anyway? I've never seen a viking with braids.

Zits, 10/30/09

This is pretty disturbing right here, folks. More so, how is Jeremy not a zombie? If his parents were zombies when he was conceived, then... I don't think zombies can bear children. And if they were turned after, then why didn't they eat him? The logistics of this are all out of whack.

Birdbrains, 10/30/09

I have nothing to say about this one. Look at its Halloween-ness.

Cul de Sac, 10/30/09

I want to see what's in that haunted house. Also, Abe Lincoln's hat is fantastic.

Close to Home, 10/30/09

They even got the dog! MONSTERS!

Cleats, 10/30/09

Friggin' Cleats.

Dog Eat Doug, 10/30/09

Holy god, what's in that pumpkin? Is it a demon? IS IT CRANKSHAFT?

Scary Gary, 10/30/09

Xenomorphs have no eyes. Grasping at straws, I know.

The Doozies, 10/30/09

...what the heck is wrong with that guy?

The Duplex, 10/30/09

The size of those dogs' snouts plus the size of the toilet bowl mean that there's absolutely no way in hell any of them, other than that bulldog, could get an apple.

Flying McCoys, 10/30/09

People don't give apples anymore, due to razorblades. Nor do they give out unwrapped popcorn balls. And I know no children who would prefer either to any sort of Snickers bar.

Garfield, 10/30/09

Vampires want blood, not necks, but I give this particular installment of Garfield points for trying.

Heart of the City, 10/30/09

Why would Heart dress as Dean in a wedding dress? That's weird. The elf ears and fangs are a nice touch, though. They pull the whole ensemble together.

Lio, 10/30/09

Lio is one of those strips where any random installment could be used for Halloween, but the egg-throwing hooligans push it over the edge.

La Cucaracha, 10/30/09

Friggin' animate skeletons! Also, I guess this is a Day of the Dead strip more than a Halloween strip, but Day of the Dead is sort of like a Mexican Halloween. (Not the sexual position.)

Mythtickle, 10/30/09

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Real Life Adventures, 10/30/09

Looks like Daddy Vorhees is going to be carving up more than a pumpkin, little girl.

The Argyle Sweater, 10/30/09

Why is Frankenstein and the others even at a daycare? Does he own the daycare?

Tiny Sepuku, 10/30/09

Poor Blacula. At least he has the advantage of having Jefferson Twilight hunt him.

Bound and Gagged, 10/30/09

It's supposed to be funny because vampires have no reflection. I know, it's just side-splitting.

Home and Away, 10/30/09

Why would they both show up as bears? Couldn't they make one a raccoon or something? Seriously.

Red and Rover, 10/30/09

The fifth horseman is Chaos, according to Terry Pratchett, at least. I'm more willing to lis

Yenny, 10/30/09

Having sponsors for a party is actually a pretty good idea.

Bleeker the Rechargeable Dog, 10/30/09

And so Karl is smashed. Poor Karl.

W. T. Duck, 10/30/09

Yes, I'm quite done. Thank god.

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A brain the size of a planet

Light load today, folks. It's been slim pickings for a little while now, but that just means that when the comics come back we'll have an embarrassment of riches. With that, here's the stuff.

Broom Hilda, 10/29/09

I agree that all traces of Broom Hilda should be erased from the planet, but I do have to wonder how she's breathing and talking in space. Shouldn't she be suffering from asphyxiation or something?

Crankshaft, 10/29/09

I'm going to have to agree with Crankshaft on this one: using anything but candles to light a Jack O'Lantern is just plain wrong. Just look at the man's face in the second panel: what little heart he has left is being broken by his stupid daughter's use of that... abomination to light the pumpkin. I hope he shoves it down her throat.

Retail, 10/29/09

I'm just posting this for the third panel, which features Marvin the Paranoid Android from "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". This is something which brings me joy.

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Then I Am Not A Man

Another happy Wednesday to you. Rejoice, for there are only 57 days until Christmas is here.


Chuckle Bros. 10/28/09

I understand that the eggs would be very large, but why is everything else so big? I guess the cart would have to be big enough to carry all the oversized stuff, such as the eggs, but the milk makes no sense. Just because it came from a large animal doesn't mean it has to be in a large container.

And there's no way he will be able to get anything in or out of that cart with some kind of ladder or stool or something.



C'est la Vie 10/28/09

That's what it takes to be a man? I guess I'm not a man then because I've never done that, at least not that I'm aware of. I always though it had something to do with beating/killing another man or sex or having a penis and testicles.



The Amazing Spiderman 10/28/09

From what Google tells me, that little girl is either reading a book about a San Francisco bar or a Polish lager.

I hope it's the Polish lager, it sounds good.

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I Could Use Some Help

You ever have one of those days where you screw everything up? That's been my day.

This one is late because I forgot to hit post when I finished it.

Marvin 10/27/09

1. Marvin is an infant and clearly not capable of using a computer with such ease.

2. All dairy products come from the same source if you go back far enough.



Funky Winkerbean 10/27/09

That cop is being really passive-aggressive. Which is weird, usually cops are just aggressive.
And you'd think he'd be really aggressive since he's forced to appear in Funky Winkerbean. He might as well start shooting because he'll be crippled or catch a rare disease or just plain die soon anyway.



Todd the Dinosaur 10/27/09

Is it really necessary to put HEFTY on the bag? Would anyone be confused if it wasn't there? I'm actually more confused because it is there. Does Todd get a kickback from Hefty? That'd be a weird product placement deal.



9 to 5 10/27/09

theendisnear.com doesn't have any of those things. It's a pretty crappy use of such a great domain name.



Bozo 10/27/09

Bobbing for apples isn't all that fun. I can't imagine it would be anymore fun with the entire future of humanity hanging in the balance. Which would be weird because if you didn't get one humans don't have to leave Paradise and if you did get one we end up with the crappy world we have today. So why would you even try?

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DCR Minus Comics

Monday is here and I now have my own internet connection so there shouldn't be anymore missed posts.

Today is a bit smaller than the norm.


9 to 5 10/26/09

It's amazing that so many cartoonists don't understand that jokes about Twitter aren't funny. It must be because none of them understand how Twitter actually works.



Garfield Minus Garfield 10/26/09

I wouldn't normally comment on something like Garfield Minus Garfield, but this one stood out for me. It stood out because it doesn't seem to change very much with minus Garfield. Jon is still a sad, lonely loser regardless of whether or not Garfield is there to add a snappy line or not. Have all the good ones been done already?

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Brought to you by the letter "B"

And so the week ends, and to usher in your Friday night, here is some light commentary... to set the mood.

Blondie, 10/23/09

The sad fact is that Dagwood is probably older than all of those people, and will most likely use his sandwich to absorb what little life-force they have left.

Baldo, 10/23/09

The second panel is probably the most unsettling thing I've seen this week, and I watch "Heroes".

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, 10/23/09

I think this every time the little monster shows up, but oh my god, but that is the ugliest baby I've ever seen.

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