Month: December 2025

Having completed the Daily Countdown on social media in these final days of 2025, I present here, in one virtual space for your reading convenience, the scientifically accurate, objectively unassailable list of THE TOP TEN TOM THE DANCING BUGS OF 2025.

Please do follow along with Tom the Dancing Bug in 2026, in your local newspaper (if you live in one of the few geographic locations that still sees the comic strip in print), on one of its fine online clients, on social media, or, best yet, join the team in the Inner Hive.

1️⃣0️⃣ THE NUMBER TEN TOM THE DANCING BUG OF 2025

“Strike Force Five,” from the week of September 22, when Jimmy Kimmel was suspended

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9️⃣ THE NUMBER NINE TOM THE DANCING BUG OF 2025

“MAGA Goggles,” from the week of July 21

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8️⃣ THE NUMBER EIGHT TOM THE DANCING BUG OF 2025

Elon Musk and His Doge Pals, in “Auto Graft,” from the week of March 10

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7️⃣ THE NUMBER SEVEN TOM THE DANCING BUG OF 2025

SeverVance, from the week of March 31

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6️⃣ THE NUMBER SIX TOM THE DANCING BUG OF 2025

“A Trumpian Christmas,” from the week of 12/15/25

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5️⃣ THE NUMBER FIVE TOM THE DANCING BUG OF 2025

Q-Nuts, in “All Hail the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” from the week of 4/28/25

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4️⃣ THE NUMBER FOUR TOM THE DANCING BUG OF 2025

Hollingsworth Hound, in “The Devil Went Down to HoundCo,” from the week of August 11

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NOTE: The Top Three Tom the Dancing Bugs of 2025 were submitted to the definitive wisdom of the intrepid Inner Hive, and their exclusive vote, one of the many privileges of their membership, determined this final TOP THREE ORDER:

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3️⃣ THE NUMBER THREE TOM THE DANCING BUG OF 2025

“A Busy, Busy Day in Washington, D.C.” from the week of September 29

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2️⃣ THE NUMBER TWO TOM THE DANCING BUG OF 2025

“Know Your ICE Agent,” from the week of June 30

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And

1️⃣ THE NUMBER ONE TOM THE DANCING BUG OF 2025

“The N-Word Is Back!” from the week of March 24

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Thank you for your readership, support and enthusiasm in 2025. You can’t read these comics and fail to realize what a horrible year it was. Sticking together and fighting the oppression, through communication, commiseration, and humor, but also very real protest and democratic mechanisms, is our only hope. Let’s hope for more of that in 2026.

You may purchase the entire 2025 run of Tom the Dancing Bug, top ten and bottom forty, in the form of this handsomely bound pdf, THE 2025 TOM THE DANCING BUG ANNUAL.

Wishing you all a healthy, safe, and prosperous 2026, from all of us (i.e., me) here at Tom the Dancing Bug.

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