Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for July 11, 2021

no one ask you, Alice — specially Petey — to mess with his shoebox diorama

Where did Petey get all those shoeboxes? In the dumpster behind the shoe store?

Petey’s not looking for fun with his dioramas, Alice. He’s more concerned with accuracy and authenticity.

Lovely colouring!

The coming Martian invasion?

Got a match? (Just kidding, we wouldn’t want to isolate Petey anymore than he already is.)

Alice’s face top right – the innocent look lol

I’m guessing Petey knows more history than any of his peers

“Those who do not know their shoebox history are doomed to repeat it.”

- Buster Brown

Have Tina become a superhero and fend off the Martian invasion.

Sigh – if only I had known you could actually have a career as a shoebox dioramist I might have taken a different path.

What an artist.

He can fit 314 shoeboxes under his twin-sized bed? He has many skills!

I remember The Teeny Weeny cartoons, sometime in the late 40s maybe, in a magazine maybe (Good Housekeeping kind of thing?), but clearly remember loving it.

My Hero, Petey, needs elegant business cards printed up, reading “Peter Otterloop, Jr., Dioramist”!

One day he will be world-famous, while Alice will be just another harridan housewife, abusing her husband, Dill Wedekind, routinely. You’ll see!

This reminded me of how one Christmas, I put my sister’s grandsons’ Hot Wheels cars all around her miniature Christmas village. They were just about the right size… looked like they belonged there.