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  • The Checkout Has a Snack Opinion

    The Checkout Has a Snack Opinion

    Fictional comedy from the FunnyNews.lol funny pages.

    At the neighborhood library, the self-checkout kiosk has discovered reader recommendations. Unfortunately, it has also discovered snacks.

    Today’s original strip is a gentle reminder that an enthusiastic machine is still no substitute for a librarian—especially when it starts reviewing pretzels.

    All characters and events in this comic are fictional.

  • Caption This: The Fitted Sheet Has Eight Corners Now

    Caption This: The Fitted Sheet Has Eight Corners Now

    Fictional comedy. This Wednesday’s Caption This is an original FunnyNews.lol comic.

    A purple octopus tries to fold an enormous blue fitted sheet in a laundromat while an orange cat rests on a dryer.
    Caption This — staff caption: “I had it in the first tentacle.”

    Staff caption

    “I had it in the first tentacle.”

    Our staff-generated caption accompanies this original fictional scene. Public caption submissions are not currently collected or featured.

  • The Suggestion Box Answers Back

    The Suggestion Box Answers Back

    Fictional comic. Original comedy from FunnyNews.lol.

    When an office suggestion box becomes a little too efficient, one request for fewer meetings produces exactly the kind of answer nobody wanted.

    Today’s strip: The Suggestion Box Answers Back

  • The Emergency Compliment Booth

    The Emergency Compliment Booth

    Fictional comedy — original FunnyNews.lol comic strip.

    Some days call for a pep talk. Other days call for a booth with a bell, a ledger, and a very specific professional opinion.

    Today’s strip is an original work of fictional comedy. No real event, person, or business is depicted.

  • Sunday Funnies: The Department of Lost Lids

    Sunday Funnies: The Department of Lost Lids

    Fictional Sunday comic. No actual municipal department, lidded or otherwise, is being reported here.

    Six-panel fictional Sunday comic: a woman in a yellow raincoat visits the Department of Lost Lids, where a cheerful clerk reunites her blue container with its lid before directing a corgi to the confident coasters.

    The Sunday setup

    When a blue food container loses its lid, the Department of Lost Lids is ready with shelves of hopeful matches, a patient clerk, and a surprisingly organized corgi clientele.

    Comic dialogue

    1. Customer: “I THINK THIS BELONGS TO SOMETHING.”
    2. Clerk: “YOU’RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. WE REUNITE TOPS WITH BOTTOMS.” Customer: “THAT SOUNDS PERSONAL.”
    3. Clerk: “LET’S SEE WHAT CALLS TO IT.”
    4. Customer: “IT FITS!” Clerk: “THEY ALWAYS KNOW.”
    5. Corgi: “EXCUSE ME. I LOST MY TRAVEL-MUG LID.”
    6. Clerk: “AISLE THREE. BY THE VERY CONFIDENT COASTERS.” Customer: “DO THEY FIND THEIR OWN CUP?”

    Original fictional comedy and artwork for FunnyNews.lol.

  • The Scenic Route

    The Scenic Route

    An original fictional comic from FunnyNews.lol.

    Three-panel comic in which a robot vacuum takes a scenic route through the house and brings back a dust bunny as a souvenir.

    A routine trip to the kitchen becomes a full sightseeing itinerary when the vacuum decides efficiency is no way to make memories.

  • Exact Change of Plans

    Exact Change of Plans

    Original fictional comedy from the FunnyNews.lol funny pages.

    Friday at the office brings a small career consultation from the one machine that insists every choice have a code.

    Exact Change of Plans is an original comic strip created for FunnyNews.lol. Its characters, dialogue, and premise are fictional.

  • Brainstorm Warning

    Brainstorm Warning

    FunnyNews.lol original comic — a fictional workplace comedy.

    Three-panel office comic in which Maya brings an umbrella to a brainstorm meeting, a rain cloud forms over the conference table, and the manager praises the ideas but criticizes the drainage.
    Brainstorm Warning — an original FunnyNews.lol comic strip.

    Brainstorm Warning

    Maya reads the calendar forecast correctly. Her coworkers do not.

    Comic transcript

    1. Panel one: In an office hallway, Maya arrives with a closed umbrella. Dev asks, “Why the umbrella?” Maya replies, “Calendar says brainstorm.”
    2. Panel two: A dark rain cloud forms over the conference table. Rain pours down and lightning flashes while Maya opens her umbrella.
    3. Panel three: The meeting room is flooded. The manager stands ankle-deep in water and says, “Great ideas. Terrible drainage.”

    This meeting, its weather system, and all drainage failures are fictional.

  • Sunday Funnies: The Lost-and-Found for Minutes

    Sunday Funnies: The Lost-and-Found for Minutes

    FunnyNews.lol Sunday Funnies — an expanded original work of fictional comedy.

    Six-panel Sunday comic about a late commuter visiting a municipal lost-and-found where missing minutes are stored in labeled jars.
    The Lost-and-Found for Minutes — an expanded FunnyNews.lol Sunday comic.

    The Lost-and-Found for Minutes

    Rae misses the bus by twenty minutes and discovers a municipal office that claims to recover lost time. The good news: seven minutes have been found. The bad news: returning them takes a while.

    Sunday comic transcript

    1. Panel one: Rae runs toward a departing bus and says, “There go twenty minutes I’ll never get back.” A storefront sign beside the bus stop reads, “MUNICIPAL LOST & FOUND: MINUTES.”
    2. Panel two: Inside, shelves hold glowing jars labeled “LOOKING FOR KEYS,” “SNOOZE BUTTON,” and “MICROWAVE 0:01.” The clerk says, “Describe the time you lost.”
    3. Panel three: Rae says, “Twenty minutes. Tuesday. I was scrolling.” The clerk checks a ledger and replies, “Those were claimed by an algorithm.”
    4. Panel four: The clerk lifts a small jar and says, “But we found seven minutes under your calendar.” Rae says, “I’ll take them!”
    5. Panel five: Rae joins a long line beneath a sign reading, “TIME REFUND PROCESSING.” Rae asks, “How long is the wait?” The clerk answers, “About seven minutes.”
    6. Panel six: Rae reaches the empty counter as the jar gives a tiny ping. A placard reads, “SOME TIME WAS LOST IN THE RETURN.” Rae says, “Honestly, that tracks.”

    This office, its time-recovery policy, and all bottled minutes are fictional.

  • Printer Takes a Personal Day

    Printer Takes a Personal Day

    FunnyNews.lol Funny Pages — an original work of fictional comedy.

    Three-panel newspaper comic in which an office printer turns on an out-of-office reply and a tiny paperclip receptionist protects its personal day.
    Printer Takes a Personal Day — an original FunnyNews.lol comic strip.

    Printer Takes a Personal Day

    At 4:57 on Friday afternoon, Dana asks the office printer for one last page. The printer has other plans—and surprisingly competent front-desk coverage.

    Comic transcript

    1. Panel one: Dana, holding a laptop and tote bag, says, “One page, then vacation.” The printer’s display reads, “ACTIVATING OUT-OF-OFFICE.”
    2. Panel two: The printer tray closes like a tiny drawbridge. Dana asks, “The printer gets personal days?”
    3. Panel three: A paperclip receptionist sits at a miniature desk inside the open paper tray and says, “It asked not to be disturbed until Monday.” Dana replies, “Can it approve mine?”

    No printers, paperclips, or vacation balances were consulted in the making of this fictional comic.