Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for October 10, 2014
Transcript:
Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling Presenting Charley the Australopithecine in "HOW THE APE BRAIN ASSESS RISK" You know, 9.3% of Americans have diabetes, and it's the 7th leading cause of death. Charley: Mm-hmm... Every year, there are over 30,000 American traffic fatalities. Charley: Gotta just send this one text... Heart disease is the leading cause of death, killing about 600,000 Americans every year. Charley: Right. Scientists predict that climate change will lead to a global catastrophe, killing millions. Charley: Okay. There's a group 6,000 miles away that wants to kill you, and they just killed two Americans. Charley: WE'VE GOT TO GET THEM!! OR WE'RE ALL GONNA DIIIEEE!
Brilliant observation by the cartoonist, although I don’t see why the australopithecine is necessary. It would be just as effective, perhaps even more so, to have the protagonist be a human, perhaps one of the stock characters from Chagrin Falls.