Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for October 22, 2024

hippo, hippo, in the sky⠄⠄⠄

Why a hippo, and not a fire breathing dragon or lizzard?

Not a ghost of a chance there, bud

Settle for an eyepatch and Pirate’s hat Hammie!

Horse Nebula space pirates.

Note: not Horsehead Nebula; you could never ride THAT thing.

You should all be astronauts.

…and has a vulture on his shoulder.

Now how do you expect Wanda to pull that off?

Hammie our future leader!

A hippo? As in, “I want a hippopotamus for Christmas?” Plus, unless you’re going to be a SPACE pirate, you don’t want a laser sword, you want a FLAMING sword. Ah, but this is Hammie, after all.

You’ll get a white sheet with two holes for eyes and like it!

And map out the houses who give out apples and other healthful t hings—-so y ou can avoid them

Let him use his imagination. He can imagine he’s riding on a flying hippopotamus. It looks like he’s already imagining using a real laser sword.

So he wants to be Hans Solo for Halloween.

And this is the stress Wanda was referring to yesterday.

right, Hammie… when hippos fly!

Naw, go for a triceratops, Hammie!

I once ripped the sleeves off an old dress shirt, tied a tie around my head like a bandana, strapped a teddy bear to my shoulder with a skull and crossbones theme and hung an old 3.5" floppy off a lariat and went as “The Pirate Ted Software” one year

And he wants a purple laser sword.

sound too hard

I don’t think Pirates ride Hippopotamus Hammie.

Sounds like a good Sci fi/Fantasy character.