It's the Day's Day of Days! Because King of the Mounties.
Won't lie, there's something deeply amusing in watching Muir's constant flipflops on AI, one of the few subjects where he's decided the suits aren't on his side. Especially as it winds up being a good illustration of what a self-centered bastard he can be, as he'll probably be gloating about it crushing those wage slaves again in no time at all.
It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Perils of Nyoka.
Some people cook to calm an unsteady mind. Others play chess, or listen to calming music. Muir contemplates robot sex.
And also, draws his super creepy but very bad pinup art.
It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Spy Smasher.
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Man, this is getting downright sad. His big defense is "Well, it's been a mixed bag."
It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Sometimes, the grubbiness of this fictional universe really hits you.
It's the Day's Day of Days! Because King of the Texas Rangers.
As we get the usual batshit conspiracies, and being told that the redneck superman is our superior, I feel obligated to note that we haven't seen Muir go this heavy into his evil Muslims in a while. I guess this war is stirring something in him.
It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Jungle Girl.
Muir has apparently finally worked out that he can publish a cartoon later, and have it show up on the day he would have liked to have it been published originally. I guess crisis can give birth to creativity.
Which is about the only creative thing in this strip, which is the standard Muir awfulness, racism and pushing conspiracy theories.
So, seeing as we're still down, I'm going to explain how I sort the strip's eras these days.
From those few months of 2002 it ran until the very end of 2007 was the Mystery Business(tm) Era, where the strip functioned largely as workplace comedy with increasingly heavier doses of politics.
From 2008 until September in 2014 we see the Transition Era, a strange nebulous time where Muir tried to deal with dropping the workplace format, and also with the idea that Democrats can win. He did not do well at either.
Then, in 2014, Zed moves his family to his father's ranch, and the Compound Era starts. Things get very weird over the tail end of Obama's presidency and Trump's entire first term.
Now, the border between the Compound Era and what I see as the Gunpowder Eras can be tough to discern, since the Compound very much remains a thing in that second era. But around 2021, Zed's family start getting neighbors and interacting with the area around them. And by interact, I mean 'dominate'. And things continue to be odd.
So that's my scheme for the strip's eras. And if this silence continues, I'll go into them a bit deeper in the near future.
