Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for February 18, 2011
Transcript:
Joan: You made Max a -OW!- rubber band shooter? -OW- Are you nuts? Wally: I thought he was more mature. OW OW! Joan: I'll run wide as a decoy...you tackle him and GRAB it. ZING ZING ZING Max: HEE HEE! Wally: We're running combat maneuvers on our 3-YEAR-OLD? ZING Joan: It's us or him.
Colt, there’s also the difference between can’t talk and won’t talk. Besides, keeping Max primarily a visual character is funnier; Jan does a great job making Max expressive, even without dialogue. And finally, “Baby Talk” in comics gets old really quickly…