Rip Haywire by Dan Thompson for December 29, 2023

“Aunt”? The plot thickens.

cue the dark ambient music with discordant overtones which, although broadly tonal, is inflected with chromatic and polytonal passages representing the archetypal example of a florid, melodramatic style without being interpreted as an overly heavy-handed metaphor within the context of the thematic material a bit on the frenetic and frantic side with interesting rhythmic devices which seem to counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor utilizing a novel imaging technique known as positron emission tomography and the spontaneous nondenominational conceptions

Panel 3 says it all…

I’ll never look at a root beer float the same again…

If it’s everyone favorite Femme Fatale, since when is she a loan shark?

Nothing like barfing a root beer float out your nose!

He’s got an aunt that’s an elapid? That awesome because that means she’ll trust you and not bite.

I imagine it just so happens that this ‘real unsavory character’ is closely related to the new mayor.

Such great writing and art, Dan! :)

KA-ROOT BEER FLOAT!

She is the expert on Starbright politics and crime. And the interface where they meet.

Hate to say it, but that does sound like Cobra. I mean, she is beautiful and fun, but let’s be honest, she’s no saint.