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1. 

   Edcole1961 said, about 1 month ago

   That was in bad taste.

2. 

   Margueritem said, about 1 month ago

   Oy….

3. 

   robbie said, about 1 month ago

   sick

4. 

   big G 3469 said, about 1 month ago

   F-

5. 

   JDG said, about 1 month ago

   Two thumbs down!!!

6. 

   ben_david said, about 1 month ago

   It’s good to see that so many remember.

7. 

   coreyflowers said, about 1 month ago

   Meh, anorexia is a disease caused by vanity so I think this joke is in fine taste. Good stuff!

8. 

   GergoE said, about 1 month ago

   Very tasteless :(

9. 

   myhaircut said, about 1 month ago

   I usually like this strip, but that crossed the taste barrier. Not funny.

10. 

    suzanyh said, about 1 month ago

    @coreyflowers: wrong on so many counts,

    ——————————–

    @all: Agreed; really bad taste this time.

11. 

    LibrarianInTraining said, about 1 month ago

    ooooh. Low blow.

12. 

    electricalchemy said, about 1 month ago

    I can’t appreciate this joke. The circumstances of her death were tragic, no matter how precisely she died…the point it she is dead. There’s nothing to laugh about here.

13. 

    Yukoneric said, about 1 month ago

    Muy bado.

14. 

    DoctorJeff said, about 1 month ago

    I haven’t laughed this hard at something in a long time. GREAT comic. Ignore the humor-impaired fusspots.

15. 

    Brian said, about 1 month ago

    makes me laugh and cry

16. 

    Bob said, about 1 month ago

    Humor is best when an element of truth is entered. It may be in bad taste, but you get the joke.

17. 

    Richard said, about 1 month ago

    Ochemb xodacho!

18. 

    Ji2m said, about 1 month ago

    If I knew who Karen Carpenter is I might be offended or LMAO… I Googled her name. Apparently, she’s some celeb with an eating disorder.

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    prrdh said, about 1 month ago

    She was a singer with (IMHO) a beautiful voice, very popular during the seventies, who died of complications of anorexia nervosa in 1983. With my Slavic ‘laughter through tears’ sense of humor, I think the panel is quite funny.

    Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto

    
    
    • Publius Terentius Afer
    
    

20. 

    FishStix said, about 1 month ago

    I had a good laugh! And now I feel guilty. Rats.

21. 

    tomfitzmorris said, about 1 month ago

    It’s nice to see that lots of people had the same reaction. This really is tasteless.

    Tastefully yours,
    Tom Fitzmorris

22. 

    Jaime Bellmyer said, about 1 month ago

    I have to agree, this is a combination of outdated (she died over 25 years ago) and not in very good taste. I had to google her as well, and what I got was a string of disturbing images of a very sick woman.

    This might have been funny if she’d beaten anorexia, or at least died of something else. I usually love this comic though, and everybody makes mistakes.

23. 

    Ron Gee said, about 1 month ago

    This was great! All you critics need to stick with reading Ziggy or Love Is…

24. 

    jtpozenel said, about 1 month ago

    Boy am I old or what? I can’t believe that people had to “Google” Karen Carpenter. Oh well…I have to Google the new recording artists, so I guess it all evens out.

    (I do think that if they heard some of the old songs, they would recognize them.)

25. 

    DoctorJeff said, about 1 month ago

    How can anyone not have heard of Karen Carpenter? What are you guys, 12?

26. 

    HolySmoke said, about 1 month ago

    I read this cartoon, but I could not believe what I was reading. I feel sorry for anyone who had a positive comment on this cartoon. You need to look up the word “empathy” in the dictionary and learn what “over the line” means.
    This cartoonist needs to make an apology. This seems out of character for this cartoon. I hope this cartoonist reevaluates what happened here.

27. 

    Ash said, about 1 month ago

    If she was black how many of you would care?

28. 

    DoctorJeff said, about 1 month ago

    For everyone acting all offended by this comic, you should probably read Marmaduke instead. I think today’s gag revolves around the fact that the dog is very big.

    Honestly, I bet you Debbie Downers watch South Park and say, “Dat’s not funny.”

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    HolySmoke said, about 1 month ago

    Ash

    What in God’s green earth does RACE have to do with it?

    I find THAT a racist’s remark trying to interject race into something that has NOTHING to d with it. Anorexics come in any race.

30. 

    cholldekkgher stenst... said, about 1 month ago

    Hey! Dat’s not funny!
    Anyway, all seriousness aside…..
    We’ve Only Just Begun….to get rid of the ants.

31. 

    Pizen said, about 1 month ago

    The ants look like they want to be close to the people. For all of you who are offended, click away, curl up with Marmaduke and Garfield, and guffaw until tears flow.

32. 

    chooker said, about 1 month ago

    “The Argyle Sweater’s” creator, Scott Hilburn, has written an apology on his blog.

    http://theargylesweater.blogspot.com/

33. 

    HARVIN GWIN said, about 1 month ago

    On funny.

34. 

    Ushindi said, about 1 month ago

    I just read Scott’s own words of regret at this cartoon (he also apologized to the Carpenter family). Per some of the comments, does that mean Scott should go read Ziggy or Love Is… instead of The Argyle Sweater?

35. 

    comicsexpert said, about 1 month ago

    I recommend Ziggy to all.

36. 

    C-RAM said, about 1 month ago

    How or why would ANYONE think this is funny?

    Maybe the cartoonist enjoys pulling wings off of flies, too.

37. 

    terrencestamp said, about 1 month ago

    @C-RAM … ROFLMAO! I hate flies. They totally deserve that.

38. 

    Regisandkelly said, about 1 month ago

    There’s always somebody who has to make something a race issue. Geez!!!!!!

39. 

    eardroppings said, about 1 month ago

    Yeah, bad one, but at least he recognized it. He won’t do it again, I’m sure. Give him a break.

40. 

    OldHipster said, about 1 month ago

    I wonder if Karen Carpenter ants want to get close to you?

    Yes indeed!

41. 

    rainman5353 said, about 1 month ago

    I miss Karen the most at Christmastime.

42. 

    jrwtoo said, about 1 month ago

    Good wholesome joke.