Swan Eaters by Georgia Dunn for July 20, 2020

For Vesper, this is a serious upgrade in the boyfriend department!

From the look of her mien in the last panel, I sense that’s an asset!

That’s layin’ it all on the line! When it works, there’s nothing better in life.

I don’t think it is.

You had her at disgraced.

He’s not a monster, he just looks a bit different. I don’t think Vesper’s going to have a problem with that.

Vesper: “Meh. Compared to Offal, this is just a step sideways. Besides, I now have someone to carry all my bags when I go shopping!”

I was expecting a longer period of Vesper being upset about the deception and stuff. Kind of glad it looks like that will be skipped.

I was wrong when I dreaded her reaction!!! So glad I was wrong. She looks happy in the last panel.

I’ve lost many a woman to a “monster”, probably “missed a bullet”. :)

“No problem! Did I mention that you’re literally the man of my dreams?”

Monster hasn’t been a barrier before. This one has the feral notched ear.

Am I the only one who hears Ron Perlman’s voice when he talks, or is that my old “Beauty and the Beast” fandom kicking in?

Mr. Wigglesworth is such a sweet guy!

Sorry, Mr. Wigglesworth, but while you may have a monsterous appearance (at least in a world ruled by humans), you most certainly aren’t a monster. Although you have technically lied to Vesper (and Morbus and Hester) for over a year, which can be attributed to Ivan instructions, you have been more honest than Offal. Offal’s a minor monster, at least as far as I’m concerned what with his lieing to Vesper, cheating on her, and trying to steal the town’s riches back in december (and talking Morbus into going along with him in doing so). Medusa Nazi’s a much bigger monster than you ever were. And as Ivan wanted to enslave you (he would have found ways to extend his terms if it weren’t for Olwen) and has decided to dabble in things he doesn’t understand, he’s a bit of a monster at the moment.

I find it interesting that Georgia drew him with the notched ear long before her most recent adopted cat, Goldie, appeared—with a notched ear.

Wigglesworth and I have a very different definition of the word “monster.”

I think Vesper is thinking, " be still my beating heart"! After all, he is the man of her dreams.

“Well, nobody is perfect.” Joe E. Brown to Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot.

That look on Vesper’s face says “Oh, sweet mystery of life, at last I’ve found you!”

“You keep using that word, ‘monster.’ It doesn’t mean what you think it means.” (h/t to the late, great Rob Reiner’s The Princess Bride)

I don’t see a problem here. But then, when the Beauty and the Beast TV show debuted years ago, my first comment was “he’s not a beast, he’s a giant kitty!” ♥️