Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for August 06, 2011
August 05, 2011
August 07, 2011
Transcript:
Mom: How was Cartoon Camp, Petey? Petey: Okay. The new teacher is a clown in disguise. He called me "Pete." He wants us to draw a comic every day about our everyday lives. He said it could be boring, dull AND uneventful. Alice: Boy, are you going to ace this! Petey: I'm planning a 15-page comic about that spot on my ceiling that I like to stare at! Mom: Oh. Good.
margueritem over 12 years ago
Pete, I agree with Alice, you’re going to ace this.
Catfeet Premium Member over 12 years ago
Can’t wait to see the cartoon camp diorama.
Destiny23 over 12 years ago
I think Mr. Other Spinnerack is going to have to take a year-long sabbatical after dealing with Petey for a week! Which may explain what happened to Mr. Original Spinnerack…
rayannina over 12 years ago
Should be riveting, Petey — can’t wait to see it!
chaosandcake over 12 years ago
Looks like Petey’s in nirvana. Plain, uneventful nirvana. If his nirvana were a color, it would be that indeterminate beige paint color.
Sisyphos over 12 years ago
Fifteen pages of boring, dull, and uneventful comic gold about the spot on Petey’s bedroom ceiling! If that isn’t a recipe for a prize-winning best seller, I don’t know what is. I don’t know what is.
GROG Premium Member over 12 years ago
It might make for great bed-time reading.
markbrowningmilner over 12 years ago
this is good but we sorta shortchanged alice’s adventures at theatre camp, didn’t we?
ReaderLady over 12 years ago
She’s such a supportive mom.
justmeta Premium Member over 12 years ago
Love this camp— giving a new name to Pete (y) love it
pibfan868 over 12 years ago
ah, Alice—you get your brother like no one else!
Muzition over 12 years ago
Kudos to Richard for correctly using “every day” and “everyday.” :)
cleokaya over 12 years ago
Adventures with Spotty!
Bob. over 12 years ago
I can’t sleep past about 4 AM no matter how late I stay up. Too long having to head for work aroun 4:30
MisterFweem over 12 years ago
The “moovles” behind the van are increasing with each panel. Either Mom is trying to escape the boredom or Richard is using that special nib again.
merbates over 12 years ago
@readerladyMadeline is the BEST! She loves her kids and knows just how to support Petey through the minefield that is his childhood. Alice is one of the mines.
habamom over 12 years ago
Is a “clown in disguise” just a person? Are we all clowns in disguise??
fritzoid Premium Member over 12 years ago
As much as I enjoy Petey as a character, I’d sooner rip my own eyes from my skull than read his idea of “comics”. If I were Andre (and, at his age, I basically WAS Andre) I’d drop Mr. Other Spinnerack’s class after two sessions. Fake a cold for two weeks, then say “I’ve missed too much; I can’t go back now.”
Loris seems to have the dedication to produce the work despite the tedium of the assignments, but unless her REAL LIFE heavily involves cute, big-eyed aliens and vampires and robots, I can’t imagine that this course of instruction is in any way going to advance her artistic identity.