Good day!
This week’s comic features our old friend Hollingsworth Hound, in “The Devil Went Down to HoundCo.”
Read this week’s Tom the Dancing Bug on GoComics HERE.
Read this week’s Tom the Dancing Bug on BoingBoing HERE.
Read this week’s Tom the Dancing Bug on DailyKos HERE.
Read this week’s Tom the Dancing Bug on The Contrarian HERE.
Brought to you by the Inner Hive, including long-time member Roberto #1 and new member Maureen Quan.
SPEAKING OF GREAT BARGAINS: Note to those of you not Inner Hive members: If you were a member of the Inner Hive, you’d have gotten this comic days ago, before it was published anywhere online, right smack in an email delivered directly to you, along with lots of other exclusive content. If you haven’t joined already, won’t you consider joining the team that makes Tom the Dancing Bug possible?
Upgrade to the Inner Hive here on Substack by choosing one of the paid options at the “Upgrade to the Inner Hive” button below👇
OR you can review all your Inner Hive options and platforms HERE.
Thank you very much. I hope to see you on the other side of the wall!
—
FUN FACT: Did you know you can join the Inner Hive without any corporation managing your membership, and without recurring payments and automatic renewals? One payment, one two-year membership, no muss, no fuss. It’s a handmade, locally sourced, membership option managed by your own friendly neighborhood cartoonist. LINK HERE.
—
—
This week’s Classic Tom the Dancing Bug (published on GoComics yesterday) is Nate the Right Pundit, in “SKEPTIC SHOCK,” (from 2016).
—
And the GoComics Super-Fun-Pak Comix page has recently featured comics from this installment from 2023…
I was alerted to this item on the interwebs, from the website COMICS I DON’T UNDERSTAND:
I like to keep ‘em guessing…
—
—
That’ll do it, pals. See you next week. Check out my Instagram account for a little video about this week’s comic — will be up later today.
AND check out the Kickstarter pre-announcement about my two new books comic out, below.
AND join the Inner Hive, you monsters.
Yours Indeed,
Rb
Feel free to share The Tom the Dancing Bug Review with your friends at this button.
Even better, refer your friends to the Tom the Dancing Bug Review to get “benefits”! (Info below.)
COMING: TWO NEW TOM THE DANCING BUG BOOKS!
YOU can sign up now for the Kickstarter launch page, and you'll be informed when the Kickstarter campaign goes live, with the opportunity to participate and purchase these books, and much more.
VOLUME 1 OF THE COMPLETE TOM THE DANCING BUG LIBRARY
Tom the Dancing Bug: Secret Origins, collecting the years 1990-1994
and
VOLUME 2 OF THE COMPLETE TOM THE DANCING BUG LIBRARY
Sex, Tom the Dancing Bug, & Rock 'n' Roll, collecting the years 1995-1998
—
Subscribe to Tom the Dancing Bug’s INNER HIVE to get next week’s comic — a day before it’s published!
You’ve been reading the free Tom the Dancing Bug Review newsletter. And you can join the Inner Hive (a paid subscription) and get much more! Inner Hive members receive weekly emails containing:
👉each week’s brand new comic, at least a day before it’s published anywhere online! Inner Hive members got this week’s comic right in an email that was delivered to them, days ago!
👉exclusive commentary, sketches, bonus comics, contests, giveaways, sneak peeks, process pics, juicy gossip, member benefits, other stuff, etc., etc.
🙏 Please do join the Inner Hive, the community that makes Tom the Dancing Bug possible:
Join at Patreon, and get info about the Inner Hive HERE. The most popular way to subscribe. Base rate is $3/month.
Join at Mailchimp/CampaignZee HERE.
Join at Substack HERE. (sign up for one of the paid subscription options)
If you want to avoid third party subscription services and recurring payments, you can even sign up HERE for a one-time pre-paid two-year membership, purchased directly from me.
LINK TO FULL INFORMATION ABOUT THE INNER HIVE HERE.
YOU CAN STILL ORDER
IT'S THE GREAT STORM, TOM THE DANCING BUG!
AND THE OTHER RELEASED VOLUMES OF THE COMPLETE TOM THE DANCING BUG LIBRARY
Clover Press's promotional copy for the book:
Clover Press’s Complete Tom the Dancing Bug program bursts forward with the eighth chronological volume, covering all of the most recent installments of the comic strip, a two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist, from 2020-2023.
It’s the Great Storm, Tom the Dancing Bug! includes Bolling’s award-winning work covering the last year of the Trump presidency and the post-term MAGA insanity. All the favorite Tom the Dancing Bug characters try to make sense of the dark times of the early 2020s, including: the Smythe family of Chagrin Falls; Lucky Ducky, the poor little duck who’s rich in luck; and Billy Dare, boy adventurer. Also in the volume is Bolling’s comic contribution to “Weird Al” Yankovic’s hit graphic novel, The Illustrated Al.
Tom the Dancing Bug is the wildly popular, groundbreaking comic strip that has won multiple awards, including the Herblock Prize, the Berryman Award, and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. Mark Hamill called it “wondrous, whimsical, and witty,” and Seth Meyers recently wrote, “The fact that Tom the bug can keep dancing in this day and age is a testament to Ruben Bolling’s skills as a cartoonist!”
Buy your SIGNED/SKETCHED/SWAGGED copy of It's the Great Storm, Tom the Dancing Bug, and you get:
Your copy of IT’S THE GREAT STORM, TOM THE DANCING BUG! signed/dated by me, and personalized if requested;
Your copy of IT’S THE GREAT STORM, TOM THE DANCING BUG! will have an illustration hand-drawn by me in it
A special authenticated (i.e. signed) It’s the Great Storm, Tom the Dancing Bug! bookmark;
A special It’s the Great Storm, Tom the Dancing Bug sticker (3.25″ x 4″)
An exclusive pdf booklet, The It’s the Great Storm, Tom the Dancing Bug, “Artist’s” Edition,
The option of purchasing another book from The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug Collection for only and extra $10, $20 or $30 (depending on volume), if you choose one of the GREAT STORM COMBOS
The 2024 Tom the Dancing Bug Annual pdf, containing every comic from the 2024, is available here.
Information from Substack about its Referral Program:
Thank you for reading The Tom the Dancing Bug Review.
If you enjoy The Tom the Dancing Bug Review, you can invite friends to subscribe and read it. If you refer friends, you will receive benefits that give you special access to The Tom the Dancing Bug Review.
How to participate
1. Share The Tom the Dancing Bug Review. When you use the referral link below, or the “Share” button on any post, you'll get credit for any new subscribers. Simply send the link in a text, email, or share it on social media with friends.
2. Earn benefits. When more friends use your referral link to subscribe (free or paid), you’ll receive special benefits.
Get a 1 month comp for 6 referrals
Get a 3 month comp for 14 referrals
Get a 6 month comp for 35 referrals
To learn more, check out Substack’s FAQ.
Thank you for helping get the word out about The Tom the Dancing Bug Review!
The Tom the Dancing Bug shop at Threadless is growing.
Confuse your friends. Perplex your neighbors. Confound yourself. Various colors, styles, sizes available.
In case you are interested:
Here is the official Tom the Dancing Bug webpage: tomthedancingbug.com
Please do join me on:
Bluesky (@rubenbolling.bsky.social)
Threads (@rubenbolling)
Instagram (@rubenbolling)
Facebook (facebook.com/rubenbolling)
Mastodon (@rubenbolling@mastodon.social)
Substack’s Notes (@tomthedancingbug)
Reddit (u/tomthedancingbug)
——————
——————
My email address is tomdbug at gmail dot com
Please do not send me any comments, messages, chat invitations, DMs etc. on Substack: I will not see them. Instead, simply use my email address above. Much easier and better, right?
The Tom the Dancing Bug Review. Copyright 2025 Ruben Bolling.