Two unforgettable characters, the humor of small-town life, and the everyday adventures of The Wild West — new strips drawn by hand, every week.
Two lifelong friends, one small town, and no shortage of opinions. Get to know the pair readers can't stop quoting.
Stubborn, dry-witted, and convinced every problem can be solved with common sense and a good cup of coffee. Tex says what everyone's thinking — usually a beat before he should.
"Well, that's about as useful as a screen door on a submarine."
Tex's loyal — and long-suffering — horse, hauling him between the ranch, the feed store, and every argument in between. Clem's seen every one of Tex's bad ideas up close, and he's got the eye-roll to prove it.
"Hee-haw. Even I know better than that."
The one person in town who can out-talk, out-work, and out-argue Tex without breaking a sweat. Daisy Belle's usually the reason his worst ideas don't go any further than they already have.
"Tex, honey, that's not a plan. That's a cry for help."
Never quite an outlaw and never quite harmless either — Pistol Pete's schemes land somewhere between a bank heist and a whoopee cushion. Tex never knows which one he's getting until it's too late.
"Crime don't pay... but this whoopee cushion sure was worth it."
Two brothers who've never met a prank, dare, or bad idea they didn't like. More nuisance than menace, the Rowdy Boys are usually the reason Tex is somewhere he shouldn't be, doing something he'll regret.
"We gotcha Tex!!"
Fresh Tex & Clem strips, added weekly. Catch up on the latest conversation from the porch.
Tex & Clem began as a handful of doodles in Jim's sketchbook — Tex based on the small-town neighbors and coffee-shop regulars he grew up around, and Clem based on every ornery, unimpressed old horse that's ever had to put up with a man like that. What started as a private joke between friends turned into a strip readers now look for every week, because the jokes are familiar and the porch is always open.
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