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Hi, all.
Cullen Crawford’s new animated comedy Strip Law is officially streaming now on Netflix.
This is how it feels to watch Netflix’s Strip Law.
Strip Law is the funniest new show on TV. This is where most people would say, “But don’t take my word for it.” I disagree — working on the show gives me more perspective than the average viewer and you absolutely should take my word for it. However, you can also take these critics’ words for it:
Via IGN:
Strip Law is a show that is aware of itself as a TV show, hitting the beats while throwing everything at the wall… with most of it sticking. Episodes feature plots like putting the characters in a virtual HR seminar hosted by an AI amalgamation of the Rat Pack while the rest of the town is rioting over an update of the horny claymation characters, the Hot Dates. Yet, even with all of that going on, it’s never overwhelming, because Crawford and company remember this needs to first be about Gumb, Flambé, and the other staff of the law firm. Even when the show is going for the throat with an episode about the emptiness of religious shows in Vegas mixed with the nihilism of faith-based filmmaking (including an absolutely wild live-action trailer), it’s surprisingly respectful in its exploration, and continues to focus on what this means for Gumb and his co-workers.
In essence, what Strip Law is doing isn’t reinventing the wheel so much as discovering a new, exciting voice (tire?) in animated comedy. Cullen Crawford gives Strip Law a different pace and tone while also delivering what audiences have craved since the beginning of animation: good characters, wild situations, and a way of using the form to the height of its abilities.
A hundred years Strip Law!
Wow! If that feels too effusive to believe, tamper your expectations via L.A. Times who called it “off-putting” but ultimately liked it (?). They don’t even seem to know, which I think means we hit our sweet spot:
The series felt a little off-putting at first, as if it were straining for effect, but gathered steam as it went on, either because the later episodes are weirder or better written, or because one just gets used to being in that world with those people. There is just enough character in the comedy to create stakes in the narrative; its misfit energy has fueled the screen’s bands of outsiders throughout the years. (“Even when you’re a disaster, you’re a disaster for the right people,” Irene tells Lincoln.) As to the famous fine line between stupid and clever, the stupidity and the cleverness are all but inextricable, and to the point.
Most importantly: After you’re done watching Strip Law (and rewatching, and leaving on repeat for your dog while you’re not at home) make sure to click on “RATE THIS TITLE” and click the double-thumbs-up icon to tell Netflix’s algorithm you “Love this!” and want to see Season Two.
No, really. You have to do this.
DO NOT GIVE STRIP LAW A ONE-THUMBS UP. This goes by the same rule as reviewing the electrician that came to your house. Anything less than five-stars (or two-thumbs up) and we will be executed by robots.
Just Announced:
Lilo & Stitch #626
Coming from Dynamite Entertainment on 6/26/26 — get it? You get it. And you SHOULD get it, by which I mean, our new Lilo & Stitch comic.
Cover by the great Sean Galloway.
I love this movie, my kid loves this movie — also my kid sort of is this movie, vibe-wise, but that’s not pertinent unless you’re wondering how tired I am at any given moment. Assume very.
When editor Nate Cosby (also of Darkwing Duck fame) asked me which Lilo & Stitch supporting character I was interested in exploring, it was actually a difficult decision, but ultimately not that difficult as a former young person who grew up obsessed with the Men In Black, both cinematic and secretly real.
Prepare to receive your security clearances for the extremely unofficial origin of AGENT COBRA BUBBLES (as imagined and told by Lilo herself).
Art by Elisa Pochetta
Via ICv2:
Lilo & Stitch: 626, the anthology series, will run three issues, publishing in May, June, and July. This surrounds 626 Day, Disney's celebration of Stitch on June 26.
The first issue contains two stories under a cover by Sean Galloway. The first, by writer Daniel Kibblesmith and artist Elisa Pochetta, shows us Lilo's version of the secret origin of Agent Cobra Bubbles. The second puts a solo Captain Gantu on an Old West-type planet in a story written and drawn by George Kambadais.
Future issues will spotlight characters that include Nani, Jumba, Pleakley, David, and Mertle. Writers and artist will include Moana McAdams, Chuck Brown, Jeff Parker, Edwin Galmon, Miriana Puglia, Emiliana Pinna, and Giulia Giacomino.
Dynamite will release a Stitch #1 issue for Free Comic Book Day on May 2, 2026
Call your local comics shop NOW to reserve a copy for your child or inner childlike alien killing machine.
Also Still On Sale!
And the 144-page, illustrated hardcover handbook from Chronicle Books — So You’ve Been Bitten By A Radioactive Spider: How To Survive The Marvel Universe.
—all available digitally or from a local comic shop near you.
Okay, talk later.
