That bird is pure evil and I love it
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Mary Worth, 12/11/25
Sorry to be a killjoy, but I’m deeply concerned that Ian appears to own the exact same robe that Wilbur does. Yes, they’re different colors, but we all know the coloring in the daily strips is done by the syndicate and isn’t canon. At first I thought that this was simply clip art of Ian’s head put onto an existing drawing of Wilbur’s body, but I’m reasonably sure we never had the opportunity to look at a berobèd Wilbur from this angle, given that the pet he had a weird emotional relationship with floated around at eye level most of the time. Anyway, this just raises a lot of questions, like is there a standard-issue Charterstone robe that all male inhabitants are assigned upon arrival? Troubling. Still, I don’t mean to take away from the main event, which is that Toby is shrieking “Don’t be ridiculous! Birds can’t read!” and somehow she’s the voice of reason in this conversation. That part’s good.
Wizard of Id, 12/11/25
Is this really the sort of thing that works for politicians? I think of their classic move as being more along the lines of “I tell people something good will happen. Then, when it doesn’t, I say it did, actually, and moreover I’m responsible for it.” I guess I don’t live in a pseudo-medieval kingdom ruled by a hereditary monarch working in tandem with a chaotic wizard, though, so maybe I’m operating out of context here.
17 replies to “That bird is pure evil and I love it”
Mary Worth:
“That bird’s days are numbered!”
” ‘A Midsummer Night’s Scream‘ ! Awk, awk!”
Wizard of Id-“What are some of your tricks?” You never ask a lady who her customers are.
FC-“Yes. Some things do look better when they are all dressed up. Clothing can hide unsightly scars,” Bill says.
Wow, how does Wizard of Id keep up with the news like that?
MW-Karen Moy’s “The Parrot”
MW: “The bird is laughing at me, and the toaster whispers mean things!”
But Toby, Sunny can smell Ian’s haggis-stained fingerprints all over it.
Mary Worth:
“Don’t be ridiculous! Birds can’t read!”
“I understand a fury in your words, but not your words. Awk, awk!”
“See, Ian? — they don’t understand spoken language, like that quote from ‘Othello,’ either — Sunny just admitted it!”
Wizard of Id:
“I tell people something bad will happen. Then, when it does, I say, ‘Told ya so.’ ”
“Wow. You should be a meteorologist.”
WoI: Yes, if there’s one thing society loves more than a pessimist, it’s a pessimist who takes your money and smugly says “I told ya so!”
MW: This is what happens when you let your parrot become obsessed with Ross, the Evil Friend.
Maybe Sunny really does know what he’s doing. He’s striking a real “Sir Richard Wellbottom” pose there to mock Ian.
On the one hand Sunny being smart enough to deliberately fuck with Ian seems a bit too fantastical for a soap opera strip, but on the other we did just finish a story with a balloon rescue via long-distance dog telepathy.
Phantom Tomorrow we get to see just how dumb Patrolwoman On Her Own is in dealing with lowlifes…
MW Not siding with Ian, but against Toby’s dumb defense – you don’t need to be able to read to tell a written item belongs to somebody.
GT I’m pretty sure it can be too late to get helped by the flu shot if you were already exposed, although it might make an interesting race in your immune system between the immunization info and the viral attack!
WoI: I think this is the first time I’ve directly addressed something Josh said, let alone disagreed with him, but I sadly get it. It’s the politicians who are out of power and desperate to get back in (and maintain their relevance while not in power) who say something bad will happen and then when it does says ‘Told ya so, if *I* had been in charge it wouldn’t have happened!’ Or, if they actually are in power, they say ‘told ya so, but don’t blame me, it’s all the last guy’s fault!’
Luann: Speaking of bad things happening, these four are on a collision course with wackiness!
RMMD: JUST TELL US THE G-#!@$#%& NUMBER ALREADY!!!!
S4th: On Saturday we get the twist that while Ted finally got the book written, it never sold because in the far future AI slop has taken over media so completely that no one reads anything, in any medium, electronic or otherwise, anymore, and have taken to communicating in mime.
Ian: “J’accuse!”
Toby: “Who is this Jack Use?”
Sunny: “How should I know? I’m illiterate! Ha ha ha!”
@Rosstifer: With all that we’ve been subjected to regarding Wilbur and his seemingly Homer Simpson-esque imperviousness to maturation, logic and basic hygiene, Brigmoy left ‘too fantastical’ behind some time ago, well before Olive came to visit.
MW: Cap’n Ahab aka Ian will go mad in his crazed effort to kill the bird that took his leg, umm, playbill. He will destroy Charterstone in the effort.
WIZ: I don’t get paid for it, but I basically do the same thing. And, if my initial “prediction” was met with scorn, welcome to Petty Brat City.
MW: It’s painfully obvious why The Powers That Be haven’t blessed these two with offspring. Good call, Powers That Be!
DtM: The Mitchells’ choice of sitters has dwindled down to people they can blackmail. Wonder what this one’s hiding?
SF: Ted currently sees himself as some undiscovered manchild treasure. Doesn’t age so well, does it, you cretin?
Wrecks Moregone:
Auuuuughie needs to kill off Autumn on Page One of the sequel.