Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for October 17, 2010
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October 18, 2010
Transcript:
Alice: Petey, what is this box of cereal about? Petey: Well, let's see. It's about a frog wearing a baseball cap... and he's got a skateboard. He skateboards all over looking for this brand of cereal. When he finds some, he goes nuts and eats it all. This cheers him up, helps him excel at school and keeps him relatively sane. Alice: Ha ha! That was great! What's that box of cereal about? Petey: That's Mom and Dad's cereal. It's mostly about digestion. There's a bit about riding a horse at the beach. I'm not sure why. Alice: The frog is better! Children's literature is more compelling than the adult stuff. Petey: With a little more angst, the frog would make a great graphic novel!
margueritem over 13 years ago
Petey put it so well.
MisterFweem over 13 years ago
With this strip, Richard cements himself as equal to – or perhaps above – Schulz in understanding the world of children. Bravo.
GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago
I just eat heart healthy Cheerios when I do eat cereal.
Sisyphos over 13 years ago
Such perceptive literary critics, at such a young age! They will become famous as they grow up!
Hillbillyman over 13 years ago
No child this age in a reality setting would have a clue about conversing like a Harvard graduate. But in cartoonville I expect a Harvard graduate can be a Hillbilly. I love it.
lazygrazer over 13 years ago
I will eat nothing but healthy, sugar-coated cereal balls laced with chocolate-covered marshmallows. That stuff really keeps me pumping.
Munodi over 13 years ago
Brilliant today; brilliant last week; and barring some disaster; brilliant next week.
cdward over 13 years ago
I make it a point never to eat cereals that don’t have skateboarding frogs. The occasional baseball playing bee can serve as an acceptable substitute in a pinch.
bergamot over 13 years ago
There wasn’t angst enough in that ? I was thinkin’ tv series .
banderpal over 13 years ago
I didn’t realize how much I was missing by making my own granola. I’ve GOT to start buying cereal again.
Trisha_Evenstar over 13 years ago
Brilliant!
deadheadzan over 13 years ago
Bravo, Richard!!!
policelimit Premium Member over 13 years ago
That frog sure is a messy eater! Look at that table!
Ermine Notyours over 13 years ago
He’s eating with a spoon and not with his tongue. Is it a fly-flavored cereal?
Bittermelon of Truth over 13 years ago
I’ve figured out the reason for the frog’s behavior: cereal’s called Honey Smack. (Know what the street name for crack is? Now you do, hehe) Thompson’s brilliant as always!
rodneylives over 2 years ago
Richard Thompson was taken from us much, much too soon.