Cross-Cultural Jokes

As proof that comics aren't just for kids anymore, look to "The Middletons", which features an age-old vaudevillian joke that I'm sure has many Gen X and D types goin' "huh?" Mareseatoatsanddoeseatoatsandlittlelambseativy......you know the rest, right?

The "Super Mutts" series of strips has the nifty effect of creating grand comedy and upholding basic, decent virtues at the same time. One of the nicest things about "Mutts", to me at least, is the warm-fuzzy you get afterwards and the worst violence is in the form of squirrels dropping acorns on the heads of others.

Okay, I know this is going to sound anal, but doesn't Jeremy have the sunburn from hell? What's his dad doing with his hand on his shoulder in today's "Zits"? Just wonderin'.

Comedy is a delicate thing. Take "Family Circus" today. Two little girls looking at a computer screen with one proclaiming "you just click on it and they put it in your shopping cart"; in and of itself, not really funny. Now, add a somewhat worried looking parent in the background. Screams volumes, doesn't it?