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.
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Crumb by David Fletcher
Daddy's Home by Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein
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margueritem
said, 4 months ago
Yes, clap away, young Dill. Give Petey some reward for his effort.
simpsonfan2 said, 4 months ago
Clap BECAUSE it’s over.
Randy_B
said, 4 months ago
It takes a while for each note to develop and ripen.
Bruno Zeigerts said, 4 months ago
To paraphrase the Muppets:‘Petey is an oboe player of some note.’
‘Which one?’
‘We don’t know … he can never hit it!’
Pacopuddy said, 4 months ago
The oboe is more challenging than you think.
win said, 4 months ago
What do you call perfect pitch in an oboe?
Into the dumpster without hitting the side.
Linux0s said, 4 months ago
“Meet the new note… same as the old note… "
Sisyphos said, 4 months ago
Yes, Dill; always applaud for the artist, even if it’s just a light, polite applause. Petey needs encouragement here!
cdward said, 4 months ago
With the possible exception of bagpipes, there may be no instrument more painful to learn – for both player and listener.
unnormal said, 4 months ago
This strip fully expresses my long-held view of the challenge of the oboe.
At the opposite end of the woodwind difficulty spectrum lies the oh-so-forgiving tenor saxophone.
bigbadpete said, 4 months ago
What a beautiful comic strip. Thank you Mr. Thompson.
John Bollinger
said, 4 months ago
@unnormal
Indeed. The oboe is very difficult to learn, but the end results are often beautiful. Same with the English horn.
(Clarinet player.)
neatslob said, 4 months ago
@John Bollinger
Yes, a well-played oboe can be beautiful, though it’s often not-so-well-played. Of course the oboe also doesn’t have the ear-piercing shriek that a beginning clarinet payer can accomplish.
win said, 4 months ago
@John Bollinger
@unnormal
Ah, fellow woodwinds…I played tenor sax clarinet and bass clarinet; I am sorry to say I did not keep up with it.
whmIII said, 4 months ago
Should have been a flute…