Kliban by B. Kliban for October 28, 2019

[spoiler] This is the plot of ‘The Hateful 8!’

And there is no chapter two.

Snoopy finally does a story that doesn’t start with “It was a dark & rainy night.”

Leaving Steve the only witness—and cats are generally not reliable when it comes to telling the truth!

a Rube Goldbergian murder machine

True, their courtroom testimony leaves a lot to be desired, but the jury usually will go awww anyway.

Thus fulfilling the pact made ever so many generations ago.

Meow, meow, meow! There’s my testimony…..

This would make a great Perry Mason. Everybody dies in the first 5 minutes and they spend the next 45 minutes discovering the background story.

Except…this is the ninth time Steve’s been through this…

PROUDFEET!

I should watch LEMONADE JOE again.

Steve only survived because he was pussy-footing around!

STEVE!

Just like the final scene of Hamlet.

It must have occurred during one of the brief periods when Steve was awake….