Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for March 26, 2022

maybe talking about it helps?

Smelly Shoes? That sounds like one of Dill’s dreams!

Or at least one of Dill’s shoes in her dream.

It does sound like an exciting dream!

ok, I know that Richard Thompson died in 2016 and that the cartoons that he drew are – or rather were – being recycled or “looped” … a lot of well-known cartoons have a second life that way. And I also know that some “established” cartoons being drawn today are actually not the work of the cartoonist who originated them. Fair enough. But - and it pains me to write this - the stories and the artwork being produced in the version of Cul de Sac are really inferior by comparison. If that can’t be improved asap, I’m done with the strip.

Cue the Adam’s Family theme song…

Smelly shoes? Eeck. Maybe you could edit the dream

“Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!”

I’m in complete agreement with John.

I think Alice needs an exorcism, she has background in her mouth!

That is the scariest “I had a dream” speech I have ever heard, but apparently Mom is nonplussed.

My understanding is that when Parkinson’s took away Richard’s ability to draw he relied on guest artists but the words and stories were still his….true?

There were plants and birds and rocks and things

There was sand and hills and rings

The first panel is either greatly stylized or very realistic. A powerful evocation of the sound and emotion.

Alice has her priorities in order, even if they are a little odd….