Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for September 17, 2009

I have become such a fan of this strip in the last several months. I love Peter and Alice, and Dill too.

Petey, this may be your chance to get rid of him….

Wow, aiming high aren’t we Ernesto….

His face practically inflates in the third panel. Frankly, it’s terrifying.

A young Alex P. Keaton in the making.

Still no proof yet that our boy Ernesto isn’t a figment of Petey’s overwrought psyche. Doesn’t make him any less wonderful, though. Love the sweater-vest and tweed blazer.

The signature may be a figment of our imagination!!

The shape of Ernesto’s head makes him look kind of like a child version of John Hodgman.

You’re Not signing!!! That is LOL. I feel that my talent would be wasted at the elementry level!!

I can’t help but hear Ernesto’s voice as the voice of Martin Prince on the Simpsons. But I like the John Hodgman nod.

ahh another politician in the making

I started reading this strip during the “petting zoo trip” sequence - and quicly became my favorite! After this (short) time, I realized this was filling the void that was left by the end of Calvin & Hobbes!

Oh, Ernesto is no figment! He’ll prove that eventually.

This comic makes getting the “Genius” tag worth it for me, just to be able to go all the way back to 2007.

Hmmm… A “lacuna” is a blank space or gap. So Ernesto having a last name is indicative of existence, but the name he possesses contraindicates existence. Maddening, maddening…

But I hope this storyline is a mere lacuna in the Timmy Fretwork plotline. Frankly, the Ernesto strips aren’t my favorites.

Ernesto really has his eye on becoming Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Did you mean John Houseman? Never mind, I should have looked up the name first.

You’re right about John Hodgman and lacuna. Ernesto’s also a pun on the Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona. I don’t know why. I didn’t know about Orez; that’s good.

Thanks to all who comment here. I greatly enjoy reading these.