Bad Machinery by John Allison for November 06, 2019

Lottie’s a natural at this…

Understand there are places where law offices send people out to map faults in the pavement, just in case.

And this is just the beginning. GO LOTTIE!!!!!

Local journalism lives!

Hey Lottie – if you find only 4 stories and get desperate for the last one, you might ask Claire’s Dad what the fire department has learned about the most recent barn burning.

Well, that was convenient. For Lottie, at least. I suppose not so much so the guy who’d tripped.

“Tongus Media”…I dunno, that name seems a little on the nose…

Also, I just noticed what was on Lottie’s screen in the first panel—“Hot News”“Hot News?”“Hot News!”—which definitely seems like the sort of thing Lottie would be typing.

She didn’t have the leave the building to get a story! I think that shows she’s got a knack for this news thing.

That’s the spirit, Lottie!

He doesn’t realize that Lottie is compulsively curious.

A local news story in the paper? That stopped happening when Harpo Marx died. It’s about time they got back to it!

“Local Antiques Dealer Finds £3000 LP In Storage Locker”

Oh, Lottie of my heart… those red, gimlet, Bette Davis eyes.

There’s a whole Lottie news in Tackleford!

That “black metal girl scout” is now a reporter for a local news paper. Also she is a detective and problem solver. Perfect. Also she knows about the high weirdness in Tackleford.