Richard Thompson's Cul de Sac, is a comic strip about the life of a pre-school girl named Alice Otterloop. It is a light-hearted comic strip centered around a four-year old girl and her suburban life experiences on a cul-de-sac with her friends Beni and Dill, older brother Petey and her classmates at Blisshaven Academy pre-school. Alice describes her father's car as a "Honda-Tonka Cuisinart" and talks to the class guinea pig, Mr. Danders. She has the typical older brother who plays jokes on her, and she contemplates ways to keep the scary clown from jumping out of the jack-in-the-box with friends.
© Richard Thompson - All Rights Reserved.
Crumb by David Fletcher
Daddy's Home by Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein
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margueritem
said, 7 months ago
Dill’s comment is the best!
water_moon said, 7 months ago
Okay, I liked the newer strips (I’d never seen these older ones) but now I see why it was SO well recieved right from the get go. These are much better even if the art is messier.
And I have to say, I applaud Mr. Thompson for stopping the strip even if it was “good enough” if part of the deteroation in the humor was due to his health issues preventing him from being as engaged.
BigNate+CalvinandHobbes=:) said, 7 months ago
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TOO MUCH TALKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Richard S. Russell said, 7 months ago
There are several current strips I like a lot, and of course Doonesbury just keeps chugging along, but I’m SO glad that we can get re-runs of CdS, C&H, and FBorFW. If only we could get Far Side, too, it would be just about nirvana.
thebird55 said, 7 months ago
Her target in panel #2 is quite telling.
arlandolpho said, 7 months ago
Bloom County would be a nice re-visit..
Sisyphos said, 7 months ago
@thebird55
Poor Petey! Alice and he usually seem to get along quite well!
I don’t think I’d enjoy being in a room or school or neighborhood or cul de sac full of Alice-heads, all flying around and talking!
Pacopuddy said, 7 months ago
I’d be more worried that they would keep on biting!
Citizen GROG!
said, 7 months ago
One Alice head is more than enough.
einarbt7 said, 7 months ago
@Citizen GROG!
I’m with you – and Dill on that one.
pouncingtiger said, 7 months ago
In that case, Alice wouldn’t have to worry about “losing her head”.
wecatsgocomics said, 7 months ago
Made me think of the pawn-shop guy (Tony Shaloub) in the Men in Black movies.
arsmall said, 7 months ago
This was the funniest! OMG!!!!
Puddlesplatt McLearn said, 7 months ago
As Tony Perkins said in Psycho, " we all lose our minds once in a while"
Dry
said, 7 months ago
ROFLMAO at Dill’s comment! :-D