Free Range by Bill Whitehead for May 03, 2021

The boy needs some “space” to process.

Did the kid ask them some ‘probing’ questions about why he didn’t look like them?

It’s always the red-headed kid.

Is this Red Chief?

Aha. Just what the alien astronaut theorists had always suspected.

I’ve seen this gag before. Either this is a rerun, or a plagiarization of another strip. I hope it’s the former…

In a Parallel Universe: “The truth is – you weren’t abducted.”

Also, you’re an ingredient. To Serve Man, cookbook, 1962.

" the talk" did not go well….

“You mean I’m going to stay this color?” -The Jerk, 1979

But then you abducted our hearts and we couldn’t give you back.

And then the kid spaced out.

I don’t know he has his mothers hair

“But why do I look so much like Uncle Zbidnik?”

As alien as this may sound…

But Mom and I have the exact same hair!