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I draw funny pictures: arkholt.com | portfolio.arkholt.com | new.thebirdfeeder.com I also write about funny pictures: blog.arkholt.com | notes.arkholt.com I also hate genAI with a passion

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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 01/08/2026
Did 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
An image of an advertisement from an old newspaper which invites you to “Try a Jigg’s Dinner — Corn beef and cabbage, tasty and economical, no bone, no waste.”
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 27/06/2026
New 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
A panel from a comic strip. A man wearing a fancy long jacket and bowtie is standing up, smiling, and greeting another man wearing a fancy waiter's outfit. The first man says, "Dinty Moore - Well, well, Dinty me boy - when did you leave America - sit down, I'm glad to see youse!" The other man says, "Oh! I've been over here six months - Gee! I wish I had me old job back at the Dutchman's. How are all the boys?" A woman to the left of the two men sits at a table looking surprised and confused, and another woman to the right of them stands looking the other direction with her arms folded and chin raised, looking embarrassed to be in their presence.
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 25/04/2026
Today 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
An illustration of various ways to censor expletives using shapes and symbols, such as Jarns which are shaped like spirals, Quimps which are shaped like planets and moons, Nittles which are shaped like stars and asterisks, and Grawlixes, which are formless squiggles.
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 21/02/2026
Did 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
A cartoon drawing of several people walking out of a movie theater which the marquee shows is playing a movie called “The Killer Moth: Most Terrifying Story Ever Filmed!” Most of the people look scared and shaken, but two creepy looking people in the front look very happy and content. One of them resembles Uncle Fester from The Addams Family
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 31/12/2025
A 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
A cartoon drawing of a hairy man with disheveled clothing holding a jar of some kind of liquid, likely alcohol, and saying "Ho ho ho!"
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 30/12/2025
Today on the post-Christmas, pre-New Year blog, Father has just the thing to keep your holiday spirits up: blog.arkholt.com/penny-2
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 28/12/2025
Today on the Christmas blog, you won't believe what Mr. Flibberty got for Christmas: blog.arkholt.com/the-flibbert...
A cartoon drawing of a man opening up a Christmas gift and looking very happy about it. The gift he received, however, is not shown and remains a mystery.
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 27/12/2025
Today on the Christmas aftermath blog, the consequences of gifting a live animal: blog.arkholt.com/big-sister-2
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 26/12/2025
Today 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...
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 25/12/2025
Haven't you heard? It's Christmas, and there ought to be a law against working today: blog.arkholt.com/there-oughta...
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 24/12/2025
Today on the Christmas Eve blog, NotBilly has hung his stocking with care in an unusual place: blog.arkholt.com/channel-chuc...
A cartoon drawing of a child walking away from a television, from which he has hung a Christmas stocking.
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 23/12/2025
Today on the Christmas blog, we will not allow typos to stop us from finding where the presents are hidden: blog.arkholt.com/the-flibbert...
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 23/12/2025
For the late crew, today on the Christmas blog, what could this man be smugly walking away from? blog.arkholt.com/this-funny-w...
A cartoon drawing of a man carrying a ladder and holding a hammer, walking away with a smug look on his face.
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 22/12/2025
Today 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...
A cartoon drawing of a man rolling ink onto a woodblock print. A woman stands next to him and watches. The man says, "I have our Christmas card block finished, Nina. Now I ink it!" The woman says, "I'm all eyes, Skeezix."
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 20/12/2025
Today on the Christmas blog, a big sister and two little brothers prepare for Christmas, and discover just how involved the process is:
A cartoon drawing of a girl and two boys. The girl is sitting on a chair next to a table with several packages on it. One of the boys is carrying more packages and placing one of them on the ground, and the other boy is wiping his brow. The girl says, "I'm worn to a frazzle!" One of the boys says, "Phew! Me too... I'm heading straight for bed and stay there for a week!" The other boy says "Make that two weeks!"
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 19/12/2025
Today on the Christmas blog, Pat Toodle finally figures out the mystery behind Santa's beard: blog.arkholt.com/toodles-1
A cartoon drawing of a young boy imagining Santa Claus going down a chimney with a giant bag of toys. The boy says, "Wake up, Penny! I just thought of why Santa Claus has a beard!"
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 18/12/2025
Today 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
A cartoon drawing of a woman sitting in a rocking chair, knitting, and singing "Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the day"
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 17/12/2025
Today on the Christmas blog, what happens when your parents write your Christmas list for you: blog.arkholt.com/side-glances-1
A cartoon drawing of two boys looking at a department store toy display, with rocking horses, teddy bears, and an electric train
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 16/12/2025
Christmas 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
A cartoon drawing of a woman talking on the phone. She says, "I'm so excited about Christmas! I can't wait to see what Leon's giving me!"
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 15/12/2025
Today 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
A cartoon drawing of a man in a Santa Claus outfit ringing a bell next to a "GIVE" sign. The Santa Claus hat blows off of his head, and a boy walking by sees it and says, "Man! It's windy!"
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 13/12/2025
Today on the Christmas blog, Smitty gets it rolling: blog.arkholt.com/smitty-5
A cartoon drawing of a boy running through an office building, holding a piece of paper. He passes by a water cooler. While he runs, he says, "Let's get it rolling!"
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 12/12/2025
Today 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
Cartoon lettering of the words "Crash!" and "Bang!"
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 11/12/2025
Today on the Christmas blog, you better believe that Caspar Milquetoast was ready for Christmas long before you were: blog.arkholt.com/the-timid-so...
A cartoon drawing of a man standing outside in a winter coat. Another man walks away from him while saying, "Bunk! I'll believe it when I see it!"
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 09/12/2025
Obscurity of the Day: Thornsby blog.arkholt.com/thornsby-1 (because Allan Holtz hasn't done it yet) (believe me, I checked)
A cartoon drawing of a man and woman walking past a store window display with signs reading "HURRY HURRY HURRY, Time is running out" and "Only 3 Weeks 'Til Christmas, so SPEND SPEND SPEND"
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 08/12/2025
For 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...
A cartoon drawing of a woman sitting at a desk looking at a piece of paper, with a stack of cards on top of the desk, and a man standing next to her looking at the paper she's holding.
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 06/12/2025
Today on the chilly winter blog, Henry knows just what to do when the weather is cold: blog.arkholt.com/henry-1
A cartoon drawing of a boy in a short sleeve shirt and shorts looking at a thermometer on the wall, which has a very low reading, and breathing out, able to see his breath
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 05/12/2025
Today on the winter blog, Cicero's cat takes a walk on the frozen side: blog.arkholt.com/ciceros-cat-1
A comic panel with a cartoon cat carefully sticking its paw out onto the ice
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 04/12/2025
Today 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
A man in winter clothing stands out in the snow. In front of him is a table with a large box full of apples. A sign in front of the table reads, "APPLES, 7¢ EACH"
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 03/12/2025
Today on the blog, Lee Wright Stanley shows us how to get even colder this winter: blog.arkholt.com/the-old-home...
A cartoon drawing of a boy in winter clothes holding up a very rigid, frozen set of long underwear.
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 02/12/2025
Today on the blog, Scamp the dog does little to nothing to help his fried Cheeps stay warm this winter: blog.arkholt.com/scamp-1
A comic strip panel, featuring a bird flying in and saying, "G-g-gosh! I hate it when it's c-c-cold!" A puppy is sitting on the grass and responds, "How come, Cheeps?"
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 26/09/2025
My 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
A copy of the magazine Hogan's Alley, issue 24, underneath a reprint collection of Percy Crosby's Skippy comic strip, and a biography of cartoonist Milton Caniff.
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 23/08/2025
When you're so lost you've even lost your sense of the direction of words. ​Nancy, by Ernie Bushmiller, from July 16, 1953.
A comic strip of a young girl, Nancy, talking on the phone to her aunt Fritzi. Nancy says, “I’m lost, Aunt Fritzi.” Her aunt says, “Where are you?” Nancy says, “I’m in a store.” Her aunt says, “What’s the name of the place?” Nancy says, “Etar Tuc Erots Gurd.” The last panel is an image of Nancy standing in the store looking at the large glass window on the front of the store, which says “Cut Rate Drug Store,” though it’s backwards from her perspective.
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 21/08/2025
When your dog is well trained in one area but not in another. ​Louie, by Harry Hanan, from July 12, 1953.
An image of a comic strip of a man walking his dog. The man is holding an umbrella. He gives the umbrella to his dog to carry. The dog carries the umbrella in its mouth. The man notices it’s starting to rain. He tries to get the umbrella back from the dog, but the dog won’t give it back. It starts to rain harder. The dog continues to hold on tightly to the umbrella and the man is unable to pry it away from him. In the final panel, the man has successfully gotten the umbrella away from the dog, but it’s completely in tatters and the man is soaking wet.
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 18/08/2025
It's not just music that can soothe the savage beast. The Little King, by Otto Soglow, from April 27, 1941.
A small man in a kingly outfit sits on a throne. A man in a striped shirt and blue jacket says to him, "Your majesty, today you are scheduled to plant the first tree in the new park." The king plants the tree and begins to give a speech. A man in a blue uniform says to a man with a mustache and tophat next to him, "His Majesty's speeches are very boring." The two men see an angry bull running towards them and run away. The king doesn't notice and continues to give his speech. The angry bull arrives and it appears he will run directly into the king, but is instead put to sleep by the king who is still giving his speech.
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 15/08/2025
For a unique vacation experience, visit Echo Canyon. Herman, by Clyde Lamb, from July 5, 1953.
A man drives in a car past a sign with an arrow pointing to the left and which says "Echo Canyon." The man stands next to the edge of a cliff and yells "HELLO" down into it. The word "HELLO" is repeated back to him several times from below. He does this again with the same result. Later, the man walks out of his cabin with a bucket full of dirty water and throws it into the canyon where had been yelling earlier. The water splashes back up at him from below.
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 14/08/2025
When 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.
Two men wearing tuxedos are standing next to each other at some kind of party. One of the men says, "If you are bored and I'm bored let us both go home." The other man says "I'd like to leave but you see I'm the host."
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 13/08/2025
When your facial hair choices frighten children. Kitty Higgins, the topper to Moon Mullins by Frank Willard, from July 26, 1936.
A young girl jumps off of a diving board into the water. She comes across a large man with a bushy mustache. When she sees him, she yells, “YOW!” The man looks surprised. The girl swims onto the shore and runs away, pointing at the man and yelling, “There’s a walrus out there! I saw it jest as plain!”
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 12/08/2025
Catching strays from passing children. Henry, by Carl Anderson, from July 22, 1954.
A young buy walks along and meets a portly man wearing a hat. The boy gestures for the man to follow him. The boy takes the man to a service station garage, points to the man's belly, and then points to a sign outside of the garage which says, "For Your Safety - Let Us Inspect Your Spare Tire"
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 06/08/2025
When babies conspire against you. Smitty, by Walter Berndt, from July 23, 1939.​
A child at the beach yells “STOP!” and runs to stop a baby from crawling into the ocean. The child says “Can’t yer ever sit still!! That’s the fourth time I had to carry you back!!!” The baby tries to go in the ocean again and the child runs and carries him back. The child says, “Carry, carry, that’s all I’ve been doing all day long!! I’m all in… oof!! Be a good fella for once, and stay here.” The baby sees another baby and they both say “Goo” to each other. The child says “Ah! Now he’s got thumbody to play with… that’ll take his mind off running away. This is more like it. My troubles are over.” The babies say “Goo?” and “Goo goo” to each other. The child turns around in shock, and then has to carry both of the babies back from the ocean.
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 05/08/2025
I think what we have here is a failure to communicate. Little Debbie, by Cecil Jensen, from June 4, 1953.​
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 02/08/2025
When 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.
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 08/03/2025
Did 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-...
A comic depicting a group of cavemen attentively watching a presentation given by another caveman on the anatomy of the Stegosaurus. The caveman in the front points to an image of the Stegosaurus and says, "Now, this end is called the thagomizer... after the late Thag Simmons," indicating the spikes on the end of the tail.
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 07/01/2025
Did 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
A drawing of a small anthropomorphic rabbit with one ear, who looks angry, and is tied to a chair with a large amount of rope.
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 31/12/2024
Today on the blog, The Yellow Kid rings in 1897 with a dance: blog.arkholt.com/yellow-kid-2 #comicstrips #comicstriphistory #newyearseve #hogansalley #theyellowkid
A drawing of a boy asking a girl to dance. The boy has a bald head, is wearing a pointed hat with pompoms along the side of it, a frill around his neck, and an oversized yellow smock with two pompoms on the front. The girl is wearing a frilly pink dress and an oversized hat, and her hair is in two braided pigtails with blue bows at the ends. Behind them there are other children in fancy clothes and funny costumes also dancing.
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 30/12/2024
Today on the blog, Professor Otto goes out for some cheap holiday thrills: blog.arkholt.com/professor-ot... #comicstrips #comicstriphistory #christmas #georgeherriman #krazykat
A drawing of two men in a small automobile driving towards what appears to be a snowman leaning its back against a tree. The man who is driving says, “It’s just as much fun — costs less and —“
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 28/12/2024
Today 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
A drawing of a mother and her child greeting the child’s aunt at the door of their house. The mother is holding the child’s hand. The child looks unhappy, his eyes pointed towards the floor, and looks as though he is trying to get away.
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 27/12/2024
Today on the blog, find out what Colonel Beef thinks about your after Christmas plans: blog.arkholt.com/texas-slim #comicstrips #comicstriphistory #christmas #texasslim
A drawing of a man with dark hair and a mustache, wearing a cowboy hat, speaking to another man with white hair, a white mustache, and a white goatee who is peeking out from behind a curtain and shouting “NO!”
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 26/12/2024
Today on the blog, I hope you don’t feel like this during the holidays: blog.arkholt.com/ever-happen-... #comicstrips #comicstriphistory #christmas #budblake
A drawing of a man wearing a pork pie hat, with an angry, stressed out expression on his face.
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 25/12/2024
Today on the blog, Candy’s family gets what they want for Christmas (eventually): blog.arkholt.com/candy-3 #comicstrips #comicstriphistory #christmas
A husband, wife, and their two teenage children, a boy and a girl, stand in front of a Christmas tree and say, “Merry Christmas Everybody!”
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Arkholt @arkholt.com · 24/12/2024
Today 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
Santa Claus stands in silhouette on a snowy hill, next to a young boy, in the background. In the foreground, a large sleigh is being filled with presents by a number of Christmas elves. Two reindeer stand ready in front of it. Santa Claus says, “My staff of elves has the job beat! We’re ready to fly!”
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