The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for April 26, 2021

Quick! Grab The Bags Ellison

It’s gonna teacchu a lesson.

Much harder to get to than Coffeyvilleu Kansas!

All hail the great kettle.

Pretty obscure reference for a comic outside of Japan.

Don’t get steamed over it!

From a distance I thought it was Noah’s Ark!

i’d be more excited if they’d found the lost city of matcha ice cream…

The climb is steep.

Have you seen the really butch Pokémon, Macho Pikachu?

Whistle while you work?

Cupamungus!

By the look of the ground the In Crowd got there first, i.e. The Tea Set.

Owned and operated by Ma and Pa Kettle.

I thought it was the Kettle Moraine in Wisconsin

Indiana Jones and the Kettle of Boiling Water

Great discovery, Lord Earl of Grey!

Hey, that’s one of my favorite things! Along with warm woollen mittens…

Someone should send this cartoon to John Deering to use in Strange Brew.

You just bought yourself a “Lil’ Abner” print, Monsieur Hilburn.

In South America would that be Mucho Teacchu?

The city is deserted now. All of the citizens of Matcha Teacchu had to go to Matcha Peecchu.

Who was the leader of this expedition—Earl Grey?

I thought that I might have found the town, that in the future becomes Kettle Falls, Wa

A place steeped in legend.

And trouble is brewing there for you.

This series of witty rejoinders reminds me of the comments section of another strip, which will remain nameless.