Arkholt @arkholt.com · 01/08/2026Did you know that the term “Jiggs Dinner” is derived from a comic strip, because it’s the favored meal of a certain comic strip character I wrote about last month? Neither did I, because I had never heard of it before I wrote that other post. Read about it on the blog: blog.arkholt.com/jiggs-dinner 020
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 27/06/2026New blog post! Did you know that Dinty Moore, famous purveyor of beef stew, was originally the name of a comic strip character? Maybe you did, but I bet you didn't know all the twists and turns it took to get from the newspaper to the stew: blog.arkholt.com/dinty-moore 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 25/04/2026Today on the blog: a short history of the grawlix, also known as censoring expletives with a bunch of punctuation marks, where it came from and how it got its name: blog.arkholt.com/grawlix 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 21/02/2026Did you know that Charles Addams, famous for creating the Addams Family, also had his cartoons syndicated in the newspaper for a short time? Probably not, but you can read about it on my blog: blog.arkholt.com/charles-addams 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 31/12/2025A reminder that if you go out drinking tonight, please don't drink and drive. And certainly don't drink and sail a ship because you may end up on a desert island with this guy: blog.arkholt.com/the-dropouts-1 020
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 30/12/2025Today on the post-Christmas, pre-New Year blog, Father has just the thing to keep your holiday spirits up: blog.arkholt.com/penny-2 010
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 28/12/2025Today on the Christmas blog, you won't believe what Mr. Flibberty got for Christmas: blog.arkholt.com/the-flibbert... 010
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 27/12/2025Today on the Christmas aftermath blog, the consequences of gifting a live animal: blog.arkholt.com/big-sister-2 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 26/12/2025Today on the post-Christmas era blog, Carl Kuhn, whoever he is, did not create Off The Record and I have evidence to prove it: blog.arkholt.com/off-the-reco... 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 25/12/2025Haven't you heard? It's Christmas, and there ought to be a law against working today: blog.arkholt.com/there-oughta... 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 24/12/2025Today on the Christmas Eve blog, NotBilly has hung his stocking with care in an unusual place: blog.arkholt.com/channel-chuc... 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 23/12/2025Today on the Christmas blog, we will not allow typos to stop us from finding where the presents are hidden: blog.arkholt.com/the-flibbert... 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 23/12/2025For the late crew, today on the Christmas blog, what could this man be smugly walking away from? blog.arkholt.com/this-funny-w... 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 22/12/2025Today on the Christmas blog, Skeezix makes a woodblock print that you have to hold up to a mirror to read: blog.arkholt.com/gasoline-all... 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 20/12/2025Today on the Christmas blog, a big sister and two little brothers prepare for Christmas, and discover just how involved the process is: 100
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 19/12/2025Today on the Christmas blog, Pat Toodle finally figures out the mystery behind Santa's beard: blog.arkholt.com/toodles-1 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 18/12/2025Today on the Christmas blog, I ramble on about Moon Mullins again, and try my hardest not to correct Aunt Mamie when she sings Christmas carols wrong: blog.arkholt.com/moon-mullins-4 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 17/12/2025Today on the Christmas blog, what happens when your parents write your Christmas list for you: blog.arkholt.com/side-glances-1 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 16/12/2025Christmas Obscurity of the Day: Smidgens, by Bob Cordray. You'll never guess what he's got in store for you this season: blog.arkholt.com/smidgens-1 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 15/12/2025Today on the Christmas blog, Santa's hat blows off in the wind but somehow Pepper's hat continues to firmly cover his eyes: blog.arkholt.com/smitty-3 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 13/12/2025Today on the Christmas blog, Smitty gets it rolling: blog.arkholt.com/smitty-5 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 12/12/2025Today on the Christmas blog, another Obscurity of the Day: Bessie by Nick Penn. It's also potentially painful if you don't watch where you're going. blog.arkholt.com/bessie-1 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 11/12/2025Today on the Christmas blog, you better believe that Caspar Milquetoast was ready for Christmas long before you were: blog.arkholt.com/the-timid-so... 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 09/12/2025Obscurity of the Day: Thornsby blog.arkholt.com/thornsby-1 (because Allan Holtz hasn't done it yet) (believe me, I checked) 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 08/12/2025For the late crew, today on the Christmas blog, a very "of its time" gag from the great Ralph Dunagin: blog.arkholt.com/tell-it-like... 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 06/12/2025Today on the chilly winter blog, Henry knows just what to do when the weather is cold: blog.arkholt.com/henry-1 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 05/12/2025Today on the winter blog, Cicero's cat takes a walk on the frozen side: blog.arkholt.com/ciceros-cat-1 010
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 04/12/2025Today on the winter blog, Herman tries to sell apples while evading the law (I may have mixed the comic strip character up with the cartoonist there). blog.arkholt.com/herman-5 020
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 03/12/2025Today on the blog, Lee Wright Stanley shows us how to get even colder this winter: blog.arkholt.com/the-old-home... 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 02/12/2025Today on the blog, Scamp the dog does little to nothing to help his fried Cheeps stay warm this winter: blog.arkholt.com/scamp-1 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 26/09/2025My copy of Hogan's Alley 24 arrived, but it was bent in the mailbox so it's underneath some heavy (and appropriate) books to flatten it out some 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 23/08/2025When you're so lost you've even lost your sense of the direction of words. Nancy, by Ernie Bushmiller, from July 16, 1953. 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 21/08/2025When your dog is well trained in one area but not in another. Louie, by Harry Hanan, from July 12, 1953. 011
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 18/08/2025It's not just music that can soothe the savage beast. The Little King, by Otto Soglow, from April 27, 1941. 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 15/08/2025For a unique vacation experience, visit Echo Canyon. Herman, by Clyde Lamb, from July 5, 1953. 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 14/08/2025When you somehow got roped into hosting a party you didn't want to attend. Just Nuts (also known as Dumb-Bells) by Charles "Gar" Dunn and Joe Cunningham, from July 24, 1925. 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 13/08/2025When your facial hair choices frighten children. Kitty Higgins, the topper to Moon Mullins by Frank Willard, from July 26, 1936. 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 12/08/2025Catching strays from passing children. Henry, by Carl Anderson, from July 22, 1954. 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 06/08/2025When babies conspire against you. Smitty, by Walter Berndt, from July 23, 1939. 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 05/08/2025I think what we have here is a failure to communicate. Little Debbie, by Cecil Jensen, from June 4, 1953. 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 02/08/2025When you want to do crimes but you have to do it legit. “Life’s Darkest Moment,” by H.T. Webster and Herb Roth, from May 6, 1953. 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 08/03/2025Did you know paleontologists refer to the tail spikes on a stegosaurus as a “thagomizer” because of a Gary Larson cartoon? Yeah, you probably did. But did you know that there are some who don't like it and wish it would go away? I wrote about it on my blog: blog.arkholt.com/gary-larson-... 010
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 07/01/2025Did you know that before doing The Simpsons Matt Groening drew a comic strip called Life In Hell? Of course you did. Everyone knows that. But I decided to write about it anyway: blog.arkholt.com/matt-groening 010
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 31/12/2024Today on the blog, The Yellow Kid rings in 1897 with a dance: blog.arkholt.com/yellow-kid-2 #comicstrips #comicstriphistory #newyearseve #hogansalley #theyellowkid 000
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 30/12/2024Today on the blog, Professor Otto goes out for some cheap holiday thrills: blog.arkholt.com/professor-ot... #comicstrips #comicstriphistory #christmas #georgeherriman #krazykat 020
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 28/12/2024Today on the blog, find out how to help kids more readily express thanks for their gifts (hint: it involves giving them better ones): blog.arkholt.com/ever-happen-... #comicstrips #comicstriphistory #christmas #budblake 020
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 27/12/2024Today on the blog, find out what Colonel Beef thinks about your after Christmas plans: blog.arkholt.com/texas-slim #comicstrips #comicstriphistory #christmas #texasslim 020
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 26/12/2024Today on the blog, I hope you don’t feel like this during the holidays: blog.arkholt.com/ever-happen-... #comicstrips #comicstriphistory #christmas #budblake 010
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 25/12/2024Today on the blog, Candy’s family gets what they want for Christmas (eventually): blog.arkholt.com/candy-3 #comicstrips #comicstriphistory #christmas 010
Arkholt @arkholt.com · 24/12/2024Today on the blog, Santa’s ready to go, with the help of Terr’ble Thompson: blog.arkholt.com/terrble-thom... #comicstrips #comicstriphistory #christmas #genedeitch #terrblethompson 000