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Bill Griffith's Zippy, Saturday 3 October 2026: "Comics Noir 2." #HumphreyBogart #LeeMarvin #Jujyfruits #PopRocks #Dingburg #MarlonBrando #TheWildOne

"You left me for dead in Coney Island, but I'm here now for my share of th' Zagnut bars!"
"Comics Noir 2," Saturday 3 October 2026 installment of Bill Griffith's Zippy. First panel Narrator: "Zippy forgot he was Humphrey Bogart & became Lee Marvin instead." Zippy (right, as Lee Marvin in Point Blank, wearing sunglasses and brandishing a gun): "You left me for dead in Coney Island, but I'm here now for my share of th' Zagnut bars!" Griffy (lower left, also wearing sunglasses): "And Jujyfruits." Second panel Zippy: "We had a deal to fork over th' Zagnuts, but you pulled a swap & left me with a box of Pop Rocks!" Man fighting Zippy with a blunt instrument: "Why, I oughta!" Griffy: "Uh-oh." Third & last panel (Backdrop is a screaming blonde woman wearing a nightgown.) Zippy (lower right, left side of face): "If I don't get th' Zagnuts I'm owed, I'll terrorize Dingburg like I did with Marlon Brando in 'Th' Wild One!'" Griffy (lower left, back of head): "The end!"
October 3, 2026 at 8:33 AM
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Anything's possible in Dingburg!
September 23, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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Bill Griffith's Zippy, Saturday 19 September 2026: "Serving Their Sentence." #thebeatles #Dingburg #AHardDaysNight #Fresno #AbbeyRoad #TerriHemmert

Ladies & gentlemen, The Syllables!
"Serving Their Sentence," Saturday 19 September 2026 installment of Bill Griffith's Zippy. First panel Narrator: "The Beatles craze bypassed Dingburg in the 1960s. But when four residents saw 'A Hard Day's Night,' they were inspired to form The Syllables." Image of four Pinheads based on album covers of UK's With the Beatles & USA's Meet the Beatles! Second panel Narrator: "They became The Blab Four and adopted new names. From then on, they were Subject, Object, Verb and Diphthong." Subject: "I'm th' compound one!" Object: "I'm from Fresno!" Verb: "I'm punctual!" Diphthong: "I'm kind of tense!" Image of same four Pinheads based on Beatles VI album cover. Third & last panel Narrator: "When their debut album, 'Wordplay,' bombed, they tried to revive their careers by crossing the street in single file." Object: "I'm pronoun!" Diphthong: "What's a predicate?!" Image of same four Pinheads based on Abbey Road album cover.
September 19, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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Bill Griffith's Zippy, Wednesday 16 September 2026: "Capital Ideas." #Dingburg #Trump #ElonMusk #WhiteHouseBallroom #DietCoke #Quisp

Mannequin's face in middle panel bears striking resemblance to that of Abe Pollin, idiot who moved Bullets (now Washington Wizards) out of Baltimore in 1973.
"Capital Ideas," Wednesday 16 September 2026 installment of Bill Griffith's Zippy. First panel Narrator: "Dingburg sculptors are hoping Trump will choose them to beautify Washington D.C." Dingburger #1: "Who is it?" Dingburger #2: "She'll go atop th' triumphal arch directly across from th' Elon Musk memorial!" Second panel Narrator: "Following the sculptor's plans, Dingburg clothing designers have come up with fashions for the grand opening of the White House ballroom in 2028." Third & last panel Narrator: "Meanwhile, Zippy has invented a machine he says will coat the entire city in 24-karat gold leaf-" Zippy: "Exactly th' same color as Trump's pancake makeup! I'm asking for a no-bid contract!" Side note: "Made entirely out of recycled Diet Coke cans!" Black-and-white head shot of Abe Pollin, former owner of Washington Wizards (NBA) and Capitals (NHL) who moved former (then known as Bullets) out of Baltimore in 1973. Image from Washington Bullets 1978-79 Media Guide, when franchise was reigning NBA Champions.
September 16, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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Religiosity comes to Dingburg
November 18, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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Zippy knows where it's at.
Zippy daily comic titled "Femme Fatale" and containing the following dialogue: "GLENDA, AS ONE OF TH' MOST ELIGIBLE WOMEN IN DINGBURG, YOU HAVE TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND!" "I KNOW, SIMONE... BUT I'VE BEEN READING FEMINIST THEORY LATELY & I'M JUST NOT SURE!" "THAT SMEDLEY BOY IS A GOOD CATCH! WHY DON'T I SET UP A DATE FOR YOU TWO NEXT FRIDAY?" "I'M THINKING MORE ALONG TH' LINES OF REPLACING TH' PRESIDING PATRIARCHAL ORDER!" [SOON] "GLENDA, THE WORKS OF BETTY FRIEDAN & SUSAN B. ANTHONY HAVE OPENED MY EYES TO TH' EVILS OF GENDER STEREOTYPING!" "OH, HOW I'VE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR THOSE WORDS!" "WOMEN SHOULD ENJOY TH' SAME POLITICAL & ECONOMIC RIGHTS AS MEN, INCLUDING RIGHTS TO BODILY AUTONOMY & POLITICAL EXPRESSION!" "MEET ME ON TH' SUPREME COURT STEPS NEXT FRIDAY!!"
February 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Feed: "Arnold Zwicky's Blog"
By: arnold zwicky on Friday, June 19, 2026
My ball, their flange
Just 3 days ago (6/15), it was the mantric pleasures of my ball: Key lime cheese ball, Key lime cheese ball, Key lime cheese ball. And then today (6/18), the Pinhead citizens of Dingburg have taken…
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June 19, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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Feed: "Orange Crate Art"
By: Michael Leddy on Thursday, January 23, 2025
Downtown Dingburg
[“The Tragic Kingdom.” Zippy , January 23, 2025. Click for a larger view.] There are many more details to enjoy in today’s Zippy  : a Leo...
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February 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Bill Griffith's Zippy, Monday 16 February 2026: What other comic strip mentions both Baltimore and Ernie Kovacs, let alone in the same panel? #DingburgMD #FrootLoops #STP #YosemiteSam #FrankieAvalon #Google
"Infantile Behavior," the Monday 16 February 2026 installment of Bill Griffith's Zippy comic strip. First panel. Narration: "Baby Zippy wasn't like the other toddlers in Dingburg..." Baby Zippy's father: "Why doesn't he play with th' nesting cups we buy him?" Baby Zippy's mother: "He refused a bowl of Froot Loops with STP today. I'm worried!" Baby Zippy: "Bring me th' head of Yosemite Sam." Second panel. Narration: "To try and shock him into coherence, his parents placed him with a family of 'normals' in nearby Baltimore." Suited-up 'normal' boy: "Look, Baby Zippy! See th' rattle? Is it not diverting?" Baby Zippy (lying on back widthwise in crib): "Tell me more about th' life of Ernie Kovacs!" Third & last panel. Narration: "Finally, they accepted Baby Zippy for who he was, though it was no easy task...." Baby Zippy: "I just understood th' meaning of Frankie Avalon!" Baby Zippy's mother: "Huh? I don't get it!" Baby Zippy's father: "We'll just have to google him!"
February 16, 2026 at 7:47 AM
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checked out some books from the library because i want to be more consistent about reading physical books and having the deadline helps. looking forward to these!
two comic books by bill griffith: "three rocks: the story of ernie bushmiller, the man who created nancy" and "welcome to dingburg". one book by jonathan littell, "the kindly ones" (translated by charlotte mandell). the griffith books are bright snd colorful and the littell one's cover is a sepia-toned 1940s photograph of people walking in a bombed-out german city.
June 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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It’s a big hit with the Dingburg crowd!
August 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM