Back to school
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Oh my gosh it’s the last week of August, and if kids haven’t already gone back to whatever passes for school in 2021, they’re thinking hard about it. Let’s join in …
Baby Blues, 8/30/21
“Kids don’t want to go to school, and their parents can’t wait to get rid of them” is a trope usually found in family comic strips. But once Wanda finds out Darryl is working from home this fall, they’ll be smack in the middle of Lockhorns country.
Crankshaft, 8/30/21
Ed Crankshaft’s clients avoid him at the cost of their own convenience and their children’s futures. Checks out.
Gil Thorp, 8/30/21
Gil Thorp kicks off the school year with sports-team carwashes on every Milford streetcorner. Mom Claxton seems to think these have something to do with getting your car cleaned, but Tevin knows the score. And as an avid consumer of such services myself, I can pass along a tip: “Psst, Tevin—Girls’ water polo.”
Rhymes with Orange, 8/30/21
Yikes, who would have expected Rhymes with Orange to take the baton from Dick Tracy in the “Ironic Deaths” relay? Those sprinkles are just twisting the knife.
Oh, come ON! What do you think this is, Heathcliff?
— Uncle Lumpy