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Sunday’s Best: The Crust of the Matter

Today’s Frazz comic by Jef Mallett leaves with something to think about.  Turns out the crust really does matter but it’s also something often taken for granted (and perhaps why it’s the one thing left to mess around with at … Continue reading

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Sunday’s Best: Spice of the Season

There’s a little bit of seasonal humor in the air in the Sunday funnies.  Today’s FoxTrot is all about the spice, pumpkin spice, that is.  It’s not something that I find particularly appealing, but it’s definitely become part of culture … Continue reading

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Sunday’s Best: The World When You’re In It

Lots of fun in the Sunday funnies, but a classic Calvin and Hobbes takes the title. FoxTrot has some fun seasonal humor, with Jason trying to use tree-and-property knowledge to his advantage. Canines end up basking in a better light … Continue reading

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Sunday’s Best: Sunday Fun-Day

Quite the fun day in the Sunday comics today: There’s a great Calvinball game going on in Calvin and Hobbes, Frazz and Caulfield have an interesting conversation about wake-up times, and A math quiz reveals a serious character flaw in … Continue reading

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Sunday’s Best: Other Ways to Fail

Today’s Sunday-sized WuMo is a great reminder about planning ahead, but it’s today’s FoxTrot that reminds us of something vital in the conversation about AI in academics.

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Sunday’s Best: Summer Extensions

Lots of school and seasonal humor today.  FoxTrot points towards the fantasy in fantasy football.  Peppermint Patty tries to beat the clock with a math problem.  And Calvin?  Well it turns out that he’s the neighborhood alarm clock. But it’s … Continue reading

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Sunday’s Best: Birds of a Feather?

The Sunday funnies are high quality this week.  In today’s classic Peanuts, for instance, Sally treats her attempt at writing as a spy-like cover-up.  Then, in this week’s FoxTrot, Peter has to learn to speak Jason’s language as a way … Continue reading

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Sunday’s Best: Open for Interpretation?

A day late but rarely a dollar short with this Sunday’s best comic strip.  Yesterday’s standout was a classic Peanuts strip by Charles Schulz that challenges our assumptions on what’s going on when a dog is barking. And here’s today’s … Continue reading

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The Taste and Feel of Summer

This is why corn-on-the-cob is better than creamed corn, all year long. It’s also a great one-liner from Calvin.

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Sunday’s Best: Sunscreen Options

Today was a solid day in the funny pages.  Calvin compared bedtime fantasy with reality (and found reality wanting, of course), while Snoopy took Chuck’s newspaper request all-too-seriously. But it’s the sunscreen joke in FoxTrot that takes the top spot … Continue reading

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