More or Less Awkward Edition (Mar. 7)

Best:
I don't read to the comics to think about sex, that's what the rest of the internet is for. Any joke based around a character having sex, even a dog, has little margin for error.

Runners-up: Beetle Bailey, Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!, Curtis, Family Circus, Mother Goose and Grimm, Tank McNamara

Best:
Frazz goes back to back. The image of a train driving into Lake Michigan entertained me. It's a nice touch that this would happen if the train went any direction from Chicago that approximated East.

Runners-up: Agnes, Big Nate, Candorville, Dilbert, Pearls Before Swine, Pooch Cafe

Sexist Edition (Mar. 6)

Worst:

This bothered me on a number of levels, not least because I spent many hours reading Baby-Sitter's Club books growing up. I just find the idea kind of sexist that a guy can't read and enjoy books about a group of girls, especially when they are well written, at least on the scale of elementary school lit. Also, Billy would need to be a pretty precocious seven year old to reading Baby Sitter's Club books, and the general demonstrated intelligence of the family, it seems unlikely that any of them would be called precocious.

Runners-up: Close to Home, Curtis, Dennis the Menace, Garfield, Watch Your Head

Best:

One of the better jokes I've read in a while. The set-up is not awkward, and the punchline is clever. It's a pleasant change of pace from most joke strips.

Runners-up: Agnes, Baldo, Beetle Bailey, Big Nate, Blondie, Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!, Candorville, Dilbert, Get Fuzzy, Mutts, Non Sequiter, Pooch Cafe, Sherman's Lagoon

Metanote: So you might have noticed that I've fallen a little behind. Part of my philosophy of life is that there are many excuses but very few good excuses. I will say that I have been working a lot of overtime at work, but ultimately, I could have kept up if I had been more dedicated, so ultimately all I can do is apologize to any readers I might have and say that I'll try to do better. I should be able to catch up over the next day.

I Hear Voices Edition (Mar. 5)

Worst: Another really bizarre strip, with an awkward set-up. Who thinks this stuff is funny?

Runners-up: Baldo, Family Circus, Garfield, Hagar the Horrible, Rhymes with Orange, Speed Bump

Best:

I just enjoy Pooch Cafe.

Runners-up: Candorville, Frazz, Get Fuzzy, Pearls Before Swine

What the Hell Edition (Mar. 4)

Worst: What the hell?

Runners-up: Beetle Bailey, Blondie, Curtis, Hagar the Horrible, Red and Rover, Rhymes with Orange

Best:

Weirdest. Pathos. Ever.

Runners-up: Big Nate, Watch Your Head

Good Parenting Edition (Mar. 3)

Worst:This is another of those what the heck strips. The thought process must have been something like: Jimi Hendrix looks funny. Poodles look funny. What if I cross Jimi Hendrix with a poodle?

Runners-up: Baldo, Beetle Bailey, Blondie, Brevity, Curtis, Dennis the Menace, Family Circus, For Better or For Worse, Hagar the Horrible, Mother Goose and Grimm, On the Fastrack, Pickles, Speed Bump

Best:

Zits, for once, shows good parenting. Connie consistently over-indulges Jeremy, and then whines when he acts spoiled. Protecting kids from consequences only leads to risky behavior.

Runners-up: Agnes, Pooch Cafe, Sally Forth, Sherman's Lagoon

I don't get it (Mar. 2)

Worst: I suppose the joke is that the cow's udder is comparable to a belly button? If that is the joke, it's not funny. If that isn't the joke, I have no idea what is going on here.

Runners-up: Family Circus, Foxtrot, Frazz, Garfield, Hagar the Horrible, Rhymes with Orange, Zits

Best:

It's always kind of incongruous when the animals' natural behavior clashes with America's natural behavior.

Runners-up: Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!, Candorville, Get Fuzzy, Opus, Sherman's Lagoon

I knew the Far Side, and you, sir, are no Far Side (Mar. 1)

Worst: What the hell is that thing?

Runners-up: Blondie, Hagar the Horrible, Red and Rover, Speed Bump

Best:
Scott Stantis continues his bold stand, and his avoidance of bad jokes.

Runners-up: Baldo, Beetle Bailey, Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!, Lio, Pearls Before Swine, Pooch Cafe, Rhymes with Orange, Watch Your Head