More incoherent Iraq hijinx from Day By Day. I think the joke has something to do with using sophisticated military hardware to ogle women, thus giving Muir two reasons to get aroused by how own comic.
"The media..." is how today's duck monologue kicks off, guaranteeing that reading the strip will be a huge chore. Payoff is more whining about how everybody says everything his Tinsley's fault. The usual bad art alert: check out that weird opposable thumb the duck seems to have as part of his wing.
Gaggle makes an even lamer attempt at environmentalist-targeted humor. I really get the feeling that these guys are uninspired by this subject, as they seem to be going through the motions even more than usual. And speaking of bad art, I love how Sheffield just illustrates his backgrounds with random vomit splotches.
And then...the hands-down winner. Moore's "ghost of Patton" schtick is one of his more embarassing reoccuring bits. It manages to rip off both Doonesbury (c.f. Trudeau's depiction of George Bush as just a talking gladiator's helmet) and some sort of Bob Hope USO act. And today--I can hardly believe it myself--Moore/Patton is making the point, at this late date, that Americans should stop being pussies about war deaths, since the death toll is still in four figures. Furthermore, this is apparently what a soldier thinks! It doesn't get much lamer than this.
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