I’m suddenly picturing a world where the government requires everyone to lose 5 pounds… but you can buy credit for someone else’s weight loss, so that the rich are paying poor people to starve.

The Famous Teddy Z himself is coming to a comic convention near you (if you happen to be in Rhode Island, which, let's face it, most of you don't.) Paying him for a signature is actually giving to a good cause!

So much weight gets put on the social person. (Having said that: recalled item is a Kirkland product, Costco's private label. Public announcement of the recall is close to unnecessary, as Costco has a record of what all their members buy and contacts them directly for recalls.)

Most recall notices aren't this cute.

I subscribe to the Second Sandwich Theory. The first one exploded into a fine mist, soaking the air with the scent of mustard and onions, while a second was placed on the ground as a diversion.

Just looked over the past 100 years of NYC mayoral elections. While there have been times that the R candidate came in 3rd before, their worst performance, 1985, was when they got 9.1% of the vote. This year? 7.1%.

There seems to be a sudden demand for images of Eugene V. Debs. (Please note, I am making no stance here on Debs and his views, just suppling public domain images.)

With less than 1% of the vote counted, Sliwa has a strong lead in Broad Channel. This could be turning around, folks! (no.)

Win or lose, Zohran is probably looking forward to finally being free to frown.

I am glad they said this in a statement. Had they merely implied it in a question (“Did you know Dick Cheney was my grandfather?”) it would’ve left many wanting answers.

Saw one of these for sale at a store and thought "who would want that for a Christmas ornament?" Then I remembered that Cheez-Its is the reason for the season.

I have retroactively declared myself president, which I’m allowed to do, now that I’m president.

If you've something to sell..you can't afford to overlook the Telephone. (1930)

One of the selling points of early Peanuts was that the four panels were all the same size, so it could be stacked vertically. The one time Schulz did an 8-panel strip, this caused an interesting layout. (Hat tip to DD Degg of @dailycartoonist.bsky.social !)

With that level of excitement, I think I know what she thinks is in that box...

We all have things that we feel that a candidate 1) must or 2) must not say. For me, they are 1) Kltpzyxm, 2) Candyman candyman candyman.

A quick note to Americans looking for ethical candying: The Crunch bars sold in the US are no longer made by Nestlé nor carry the Nestlé name. Same is true of Butterfingers, Nerds, etc. Ferrero bought US rights in 2018. (Whether to support the company that gave Nestlé $7 billion is up to you.)

America maintained hold of the World Series Championship because we attracted the skilled and willing from abroad. Dodgers players this year were born in Japan, the Dominican Republic, Venezuala, Cuba, and South Korea, as well as in the US (including Puerto Rico). Let's keep America attractive.

Baseball fans are getting their money's worth. (What's the most innings in an entire World Series? I know that the previous WS with an 18 inning game didn't go to game 7.)

Remember, set your clocks back a full year tonight. Then get out and vote Harris on Tuesday.

Criminals: remember to take photos of your crimes and keep them on your phone so you’ll have something to look back on in your golden years.

Inktober is over! Welcome to Nowwashyourhandsvember!

Don't have an exact count, but more than 300 turned up. Takis more quickly grabbed than full-sized bars. Many kids got their first comic ever. One girl, having trouble choosing candy, wished she had a D20, so she's in the club. Not many superheroes, mostly Spidey (one of whom refused a comic, sigh.)

HIVE MIND: Can anyone point me to a good, free-for-non-profit-use comic book dialogue font that has both lower case and international characters? (Blambot.com has some good fonts that match the first half, but not with lower and int'l.) Not for me; I need to steer someone away from Comics Sans.

I miss Mike Bannon. I hope he's still out there somewhere, and happy.

Creator tip: Someday, you will be at a con with a simple black lanyard. Keep that, make it part of your con kit. Conventions are the most likely place for you to get photographed; do you really want all your pictures to have a gaudy ad for a streaming service or murder show?

Man, I better get a lot of trick-o-treaters… otherwise, what will I do with a huge pile of comics and candy?

2027: Trump convinces the Supreme Court that the Constitution is just a suggestion, and a third presidential term is legal. 2028: Obama elected.

Whoever is designing the covers to the Peanuts board books clearly wants to be doing the cover to "I Caught A Fish This Big, Snoopy!"

Dangit, you fools... if you're talking about William Daniels talking politics, you do not use "Boy Meets World" as your touchpoint. He was John Adams in 1776.

Realized that the two shows I’ve been binging are Mr. Mayor and Mr. Mercedes, so either I have very broad tastes or fascination with a very small part of an alphabetically ordered list.

Apparently, 23 years ago I reached out to Stan Lee trying to get a script for one of my Panel collections of comic book scripts. I have zero memory of doing so. Sometimes it’s good to dig through old boxes. (Why the MGM envelope ?)

They’re only saying the BAD things about the rhesus monkeys. What I like about rhesus monkeys is: chocolate on the outside, peanut butter on the inside.

Dang it, now I want to see Guillermo Del Toro’s Springstein.

Now I want to do a story about a “haunted house goy”.

Once again, @mcsweeneys.net does not miss. ------------------------------------------------ "In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.' Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.' In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"

Some cultural touchpoints only become major long after they appear, such as "Steamed Clams". Young'ns may not understand that "Cow Tools" was not one of these. This article, for example, appeared the day after the cartoon itself saw print. Coverage increased in the days to come.

Happy Monday! Update: We sold 3 of the new digital bundles so far. THANK YOU! If we can sell the rest of them we can stay housed another month. This will give us a fighting chance to get us to a way more affordable place. The smaller apts are open in December! We are so close. Thank you so much!!

What’s your sign? This one’s mine.

I support this media with my money. (Subscriptions are fun! You get something in the mail!!)

And what percentage of ads had white folks in them? It's not just total ads minus those with people of color in them, because ads can have people of more than one race. This is a common sort of bad statistical analysis, comparing numbers that will add up to 100% to ones that will add up to more.

I don’t think the world sufficiently appreciates Holland Taylor.

Often when you drill down into some new campaign, some new concern group that is catching the public media, you can find it's just one person. That seems to be the case of 1937's Committee for the Establishment of Censorship of Sexy Music. He does pick a song that will increase the birth rate!

I think that I won this one.

Zohran Mamdani's promises of free busses might sound great, but I live in Albuquerque NM where city busses have been free for five years and I'm here to tell you the truth. This is what every bus in my city looks like now. Think carefully about your choice this November.

Change the whole vibe of a book by adding a word to a title Interview Without a Vampire

Keep track of often “they are trying to kill people” is a not-illogical explanation for a major decision of this administration.