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1. about 7 hours ago on Ginger Meggs

   It reminded me of an episode of the 1980s animated cartoon “Spiderman and his Amazing Friends”. The Amazing Friends were Ice Man and a new character called Firestar. In the episode, the Green Goblin told Spiderman, “Now you’re at the mercy of the real Green Goblin – except, as you know, I have no mercy!”

2. about 8 hours ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   A reader suggested earlier in this rerun that Calvin’s parents should take Hobbes away as punishment. It may have been the same reader who made that suggestion before. On the previous time when a reader suggested Calvin’s parents take Hobbes away as a punishment, another reader replied, “You’re kidding! Calvin already has the worst parents in comic strip history. You want them to be even worse?” Another reader answered, “The worst parents in comic strip history! It’s Calvin who’s the nightmare child. I agree though that taking Hobbes away is a no-no!” My own comment was, “I don’t think Mom would be so cruel as to take Hobbes away. When Hobbes was lost in the wood, she went looking for him and got Dad to go looking with her.”

   It might be interesting to see what would happen if Mom and Dad did try to take Hobbes away from Calvin. It might be one of those arcs that have Mom and Dad wondering if Hobbes really could be alive. While Mom and Dad were searching for Hobbes in the wood – and Calvin was asleep in bed – Mom called out “HOBBES!” and then looked embarrassed.

3. about 8 hours ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Calvin’s comment, “I’m indomitable. They cannot change me!” reminds me of an exchange between Calvin and Dad in an earlier strip:-

   Calvin: But I won’t let money change me!

   Dad: Rats! That was our last hope.

4. about 8 hours ago on Nancy

   But those slippers might make her slip up. Then she might have a sore butt like the one she used to give Nancy by spanking her. See the Nancy Classics strips.

5. about 8 hours ago on Wizard of Id Classics

   Does a disc jockey in Id actually play discs? A medieval lute player speaking about a disc jockey is another of this strip’s wonderful anachronisms.

6. about 8 hours ago on Red and Rover

   Yes, he celebrated his sixtieth anniversary last year. There was a wonderful party in which all of his friends attended. Sadly, the strip changed from new ones to reprints soon after that as Alex Graham’s daughter retired.

7. about 8 hours ago on Breaking Cat News

   For they provide us with a good food.

8. about 8 hours ago on Breaking Cat News

   “All things bright and blue-tiful”.

9. about 9 hours ago on Phoebe and Her Unicorn

   I watched repeats of it recently. They could only make small alterations to the past.

10. about 9 hours ago on Nancy Classics

    When I was a boy in the 1970s, I read a UK comic called The Beezer featuring a strip called “Baby Crockett” as a pun on Davy Crockett. The Beezer started in 1956 and Baby Crockett started appearing in it later that year.