# \#comic-strips **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/comic-strips/17.md [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) --- ## [Order of the Stick book 7 discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 2737\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438 "2026-09-28T15:25:49Z")
This thread is for discussion of Rich Burlew’s comic strip The Order of the Stick. Book 7, the final book, is due to start today. The previous book took about 6 years. This book promises to be even longer. Read it from… --- ## [­xkcd thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 6407\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574 "2026-09-25T17:37:26Z")
The xkcd forums have not been updated in so long that its certificate has expired. So you can’t even get to the page that says they’ve been taken offline. I don’t know if there’s anywhere else to discuss the comic, so I … --- ## [One for the apostrophe pedants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-for-the-apostrophe-pedants/1032363)
**Author:** [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-for-the-apostrophe-pedants/1032363 "2026-08-22T15:17:35Z")
Today’s Wallace the Brave comic strip was a fun piece but I suspect that Rose, the little girl in the bottom center of the panel, will be especially appreciated by those who dream of a world where the noble apostrophe ge… --- ## [I don't quite get today's "Questionable Content" strip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 2759\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967 "2026-07-02T00:42:22Z")
Re today’s strip. He’s trying to comfort her after his rejection of her advances the previous night. Makeup hug - he holds her gingerly - he tries to disengage - her arms move from his waist up to his chest - then surpri… --- ## [Oglaf appreciation thread - very NSFW - hilarious pornographic webcomic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oglaf-appreciation-thread-very-nsfw-hilarious-pornographic-webcomic/516192)
**Author:** [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 2610\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oglaf-appreciation-thread-very-nsfw-hilarious-pornographic-webcomic/516192 "2026-05-03T16:38:18Z")
A couple of months ago, I discovered Oglaf dot com, and I thought I’d share it with you. It’s a webcomic set in a (somewhat parodic) medieval fantasy universe with elements of other genres occasionally thrown in. It’s de… --- ## [Remind me: Webcomic/Meme about getting to experience a bit of pop culture for the first time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-webcomic-meme-about-getting-to-experience-a-bit-of-pop-culture-for-the-first-time/1029613)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-webcomic-meme-about-getting-to-experience-a-bit-of-pop-culture-for-the-first-time/1029613 "2026-04-28T18:07:23Z")
Hello, Old Friends It’s been a long time but I’m stuck with a query and all other corners of the internet have failed me. Surely the wise and benevolent and good looking contributors at the ol’ SDMB can help. Trying to… --- ## [In Beetle Bailey what was up with the weird officer's helmets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-beetle-bailey-what-was-up-with-the-weird-officers-helmets/1029368)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-beetle-bailey-what-was-up-with-the-weird-officers-helmets/1029368 "2026-04-23T11:32:46Z")
First they didn’t look like helmets but rather just globes on people’s heads, but I chalk that up to artistic style. But they were red on top white on bottom with a giant officers rank symbol in the dead center of it, t… --- ## [Sunday Mar 8 Doonesbury Strip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-mar-8-doonesbury-strip/1028368)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2026, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-mar-8-doonesbury-strip/1028368 "2026-03-11T23:26:53Z")
For those who weren’t aware, Trudeau is still making new Sunday strips. GoComics I’m confused; is Trudeau mocking Minneapolis protesters or supporting them? --- ## [Scott Adams says he is dying {Died January 13th, 2026 at age 68}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 306\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677 "2026-01-21T16:54:10Z")
Scott Adams revealed today that he, like Biden, has aggressive Prostate cancer and says he will be gone by the Summer. A few years ago he revealed himself to be a pretty awful person (I suspect his first divorce broke … --- ## [Please help me find this short comic strip from ca.1975](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-this-short-comic-strip-from-ca-1975/1025765)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-this-short-comic-strip-from-ca-1975/1025765 "2025-12-19T19:19:37Z")
It’s a two-panel Hagar the Horrible in which Hagar says “There are little flecks of gold in my beard. Don’t they make me look distinguished?” His wife replies deadpan “Those are codfish flakes.” I know it was printed … --- ## [Today is the 40th anniversary of the launch of Calvin and Hobbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-40th-anniversary-of-the-launch-of-calvin-and-hobbes/1024955)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-40th-anniversary-of-the-launch-of-calvin-and-hobbes/1024955 "2025-11-22T20:00:44Z")
This NPR article interviews C&H’s editor. IMHO, C&H was the greatest comic strip ever. There are a handful of others I think approached it – Krazy Kat, Pogo, Peanuts, Doonesbury, Bloom County – but none matched or excee… --- ## [Question about "Get Fuzzy" comic strip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-get-fuzzy-comic-strip/1016991)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-get-fuzzy-comic-strip/1016991 "2025-11-14T17:33:30Z")
Are the “Get Fuzzy” comic strips repeated randomly, or are they repeated in a particular order? Is there a listing of how many originals there actually are? --- ## [Larson comic - what's the funny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larson-comic-whats-the-funny/990434)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larson-comic-whats-the-funny/990434 "2025-11-01T21:08:19Z")
I thought I’d seen all of the Larson comics… but I recently ran across this one. I’d never seen it before and I don’t get it. Help? I did do a search on this site and didn’t come up with it. --- ## [Sound Effects in Comics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effects-in-comics/1020178)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effects-in-comics/1020178 "2025-06-30T15:51:11Z")
The most recent Don Martin thread I can find is from 2018 so I’m starting a new unlimited thread. “Unlimited” in that any sound effect which tickles your fancy is fair game. This one (Sequential Art, strip #1273) is wor… --- ## [Comic strip question - Tinkersons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strip-question-tinkersons/1020247)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strip-question-tinkersons/1020247 "2025-06-30T10:58:09Z")
In today’s comic Take it From the Tinkersons, what is on the boss’ head? Is that a hat or a hairstyle? Looks like a hard hat or a brimless stetson - but why would he be wearing that inside for a business meeting? --- ## [Name of old circa 1970 comic strip featuring two beach bums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-old-circa-1970-comic-strip-featuring-two-beach-bums/1017425)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-old-circa-1970-comic-strip-featuring-two-beach-bums/1017425 "2025-04-24T03:16:13Z")
An old comic strip I used to read many years ago came to my mind today but I can’t recall the name of it. It ran late 60s to early 70s and featured two beach bums - one tall and thin the other short and a bit stout. Th… --- ## [Are there any ties between the rehabilitation of Marvel's Norman Osborn and DC's Lex Luthor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-ties-between-the-rehabilitation-of-marvels-norman-osborn-and-dcs-lex-luthor/1017001)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-ties-between-the-rehabilitation-of-marvels-norman-osborn-and-dcs-lex-luthor/1017001 "2025-04-15T13:01:50Z")
At pretty much the same time in their respective comic book universes both characters have had the evil “sucked” out of them in one way or the other. Is this just a coincidence, and which will revert back to their evil w… --- ## [What's going on with gocomics.com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285 "2025-04-03T17:44:09Z")
The site seems to have been down for the last three days. I need my comics fix and gocomic’s competitors don’t carry the strips I prefer to read. :frowning: --- ## [Help finding a web comic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-web-comic/1012233)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-web-comic/1012233 "2024-12-27T18:41:12Z")
I would like help finding a web comic. It is simply drawn (as I remember). Each several panel strip usually has a twist or unexpected ending. And it’s usually gruesome or horrific. Sorry, that’s about all I remember… b… --- ## [Looking for medieval webcomic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-webcomic/1012004)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-medieval-webcomic/1012004 "2024-12-24T15:09:10Z")
Wow it’s been a minute since I’ve been on the sdmb. Several years ago I learned of a web comic here, but now I can’t find it. I’d classify it as medieval/fantasy genre. I feel like it had a form of the work ogre in the t… --- ## [Mammy Yokum's attire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mammy-yokums-attire/1011075)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mammy-yokums-attire/1011075 "2024-12-02T21:30:15Z")
I’ve had Li’l Abner strips popping up in my Facebook feed this week. Most of the characters in the strip wear stereotypical hillbilly clothes. But for some reason, Mammy Yokum seems to follow her own strange fashion mus… --- ## [Why advertise for a defunct webcomic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-advertise-for-a-defunct-webcomic/1010072)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-advertise-for-a-defunct-webcomic/1010072 "2024-11-12T04:59:37Z")
I read the webcomic Dumbing of Age on a regular basis. I did so today and I was surprised at a new ad they have on their page. It an ad for the webcomic Go Get a Roomie. The reason this surprised me is Go Get a Roomie i… --- ## [What's that tool, Charlie Brown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tool-charlie-brown/1007535)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tool-charlie-brown/1007535 "2024-09-22T14:16:51Z")
I’m stumped. This Peanuts strip from 1952 has Charlie Brown offering to tune Schroeder’s toy piano. He retrieves some tools: a saw, a heavy-looking hammer, a hatchet, a chisel. But what’s that tall thing he’s holding up?… --- ## [Now help me find this comic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-help-me-find-this-comic/1006184)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-help-me-find-this-comic/1006184 "2024-08-25T14:18:00Z")
You were of no help in the past, let’s see what we can do here. Beers on me to the winner. I remember seeing this in a book of old one panel cartoons in the library when I was a kid. So this one might go back to the 50’… --- ## [What am I missing in this SMBC webcomic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-missing-in-this-smbc-webcomic/1004844)
**Author:** [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-missing-in-this-smbc-webcomic/1004844 "2024-07-27T17:45:36Z")
The topic of this SMBC webcomic is inappropriate slang in work texts. There are two texts that are complained of as inappropriate. The one at the end of the comic is spelled out plainly. The one at the beginning is just … --- ## [Help me find this cartoon/comic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-cartoon-comic/1003855)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-cartoon-comic/1003855 "2024-07-08T14:07:46Z")
A guy I used to work with had a full page, single panel cartoon taped up on the inside of his locker door. It was a birdseye view of a mens restroom. A man was in a booth, sitting on the toilet reading a newspaper and s… --- ## [What's this old comic strip reference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-old-comic-strip-reference/1003457)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-old-comic-strip-reference/1003457 "2024-06-28T22:27:23Z")
It’s Thimble Theater (Popeye), 1936. In response to a mysterious noise, Poopdeck sez, “Well, if ye don’t hear it maybe it’s jus’ in me head. Maybe I be gettin’ pixilated…” Popeye sez, “Pixilated??? Oh, I see, ya means pi… --- ## [Someone should create a wiki or something that allows users to collectively rank all 2,945 XKCD comic strips from all-time greatest to all-time least-great](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-should-create-a-wiki-or-something-that-allows-users-to-collectively-rank-all-2-945-xkcd-comic-strips-from-all-time-greatest-to-all-time-least-great/1002869)
**Author:** [@TJEckleburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJEckleburg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-should-create-a-wiki-or-something-that-allows-users-to-collectively-rank-all-2-945-xkcd-comic-strips-from-all-time-greatest-to-all-time-least-great/1002869 "2024-06-14T13:01:04Z")
The title pretty much says it all. XKCD, the webcomic, has 2,945 strips as of today. I want a wiki that allows users to collectively vote and rank all the XKCD strips the same way IMDB has a TOP 300 Movies by User Votes. … --- ## [Who painted the original that this a parodied from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-painted-the-original-that-this-a-parodied-from/1002451)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-painted-the-original-that-this-a-parodied-from/1002451 "2024-06-04T02:56:47Z")
ETA, never mind. I see it’s in the description, which did not show up on the web! D’oh! --- ## [Big fat hairy deal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fat-hairy-deal/1002399)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fat-hairy-deal/1002399 "2024-06-02T18:21:34Z")
Was the Garfield comic strip the first place this exact phrase was used? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/comic-strips/17.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=comic-strips)