Daddy's Home by Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein for August 06, 2018

Bafflement

Sarcasm

Moving on to other comics

Tony claimed, about 4 hours ago

Clever Question from handsome cartoonist.

About time! – Where do we find it and that person?

That last panel should be Peter.

Clever answer from….. (choke)… giggle….

no, I can’t even say “beautiful reader” with a straight face.

OK, start over:

Flip response from… um…. rather mature fan.

Read strip

Don’t know what to say

Realized Tony didn’t know what to say either

Read QOTD

Baffled by word “handsome”

Wondered who has hacked Tony’s account

Innocuous comment that somehow manages to offend someone anyway.

Usual lame comment from late night reader.

I am sure there is a number of patterns out there that read just like this, different formulae for different needs. The above for a comedy type strip, something different altogether for, say Prince Valiant. I can see it now:,

Prince on horse

Damsel in distress

Damsel on horse

Prince on Damsel.

As you can obviously discern, I don’t read a lot of PV comic strips.

Clever…….Bwahahahaha!!! Handsome……Bwahahahaha!!!

♪ It’s the most wonderful time of the year ♪

Nice to see Tony’s back to his adorable self.

The usual response from morning rush hour reader.

Tony and Gary just showed us the formula to become a successful cartoonist! Now I only have to learn to draw!

Did that clever question come from anyone we know?

Which reminds me of my favorite commercial (one of a Very few)… the Staples back-to-school ad with “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” music.

…what?