Paraphrasing Picaso:

"The comics are a lie that point us to the truth."

A couple of comic strips today (if you click the links after Sunday you may have to go back in the archives) were brilliant:

Luann by Greg Evans. Excellent portrayal of a daily teen reality and funny insight.

Non Sequiter by Wiley. Playing to my GenX media sensibilities, he uses his recurring character "Obviousman" to show how a political candidate becomes a frontrunner and then the irony that follows.