Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for April 05, 2015
Transcript:
Alice: Petey, read me this one with the squirrel! Petey: It's a dog. The dog says- Alice: Does he know about this cat? Who's this ugly baby? Why isn't this guy sharing his sandwich? Alice: Look! Alligators! They're hungry for dogs and cats and ugly babies! They're loose! Petey: No, those are- Alice: ARH ARH ARH! The alligators are eating everybody! Even the guy's sandwich! Petey: Quit it! Alice: Eeyoo. I've got ink on my hands! Petey: You got jelly all over my comics! Alice: If comic were drawn with laundry markers, this wouldn't happen. Petey: Now I've got to read them online.
Jackie.Trades over 9 years ago
And that’s why I’m reading them online
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
Who these days still reminds the comics in an actual, non-online newspaper?
ellisaana Premium Member over 9 years ago
Newspaper comics were so much fun.It was easier for the alligators to get loose when they are all on the same page.
ellisaana Premium Member over 9 years ago
And you learned about sharing. Our paper had two sections of Sunday comics.
Linux0s over 9 years ago
This is why you go to Camp Toonaway.
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
Yup, sonny, those were the good old days! Real comic strips in real newspapers, and at a legible size! And every Sunday had a whole big section of full-color comics!Now I read them exclusively online. In fact, I haven’t bought a print-edition newspaper in several years….
Dani Rice over 9 years ago
All our favorites are here, but we do get the paper on-line for the news – and the comics.
MJP Premium Member over 9 years ago
I get the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper everyday. There is a pretty good comics section but they don’t have Cul-De-Sac , Scary Gary, or Pooch Cafe. Doonesbury is so small in the paper, I’d have to use a magnifying glass to read it.
Laura Chapman over 9 years ago
Try GoComics, that’s a pretty good site! :)
meillered over 9 years ago
Be happy Petey. I never had that option when I was a kid.
pumaman over 9 years ago
I started coming here to read the comics when I cancelled my newspaper subscription because the newspaper was too biased.
JohnTaylor3 over 9 years ago
Perhaps referencing other comics such as: Mutts (maybe Garfield?), Thatababy, Blondie (Dagwood’s sandwich), Pearls Before Swine, and something drawn by Keith Knight (he draws his comics with a laundry marker). Any other thoughts?
NWdryad over 9 years ago
Personally I prefer comics online. The colors are so much more vivid. Plus I can mark my favorites!
cknoblo Premium Member over 9 years ago
I see the paper at my barber shop, and if I have a couple of people ahead of my, I’ll read the comics. They are smaller, paler, and fewer than I read on line. They are all in color now, where they were still black and white back when I subscribed. All of their comics I read here or Comicskingdom.com
ottod Premium Member over 9 years ago
I subscribe to the local paper to help pay for all the newspaper-based features I read online. Like the comics.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 9 years ago
Oh Petey, the horror! say I, as I read the strip on-line.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 9 years ago
I subscribe to GoComics for the same reason I subscribe to two newspapers; the local weekly, which is the only place to get the small-town news for where I live, and the NY Times, which carries no comics. The reason is that I want the comic strip artists to be able to make a living so they will keep drawing the strips, and I want real, accurate, investigative journalism to survive. Without it, accurate information about what’s going on nationally and around the world will become virtually inaccessible.
Gokie5 over 9 years ago
I read the Tampa Bay Times (gag – formerly St. Petersburg Times) comics, which are pretty good, but some of my favorites, like “Cul de Sac” and “Jump Start” are missing. I read http://www.seattlepi.com/comics-and-games/fun/ for “Between Friends,” “Crankshaft,” “Mutts” on weekdays, and “Bizarro,” so that I can see it better and read the comments. The Sunday New York Times provides excellently-written news, but read slowly, and it generally piles up over the months. During the tourist season here, I have to drive further and further afield to find a copy that hasn’t been hoovered up by the time I get to it. Don’t want to subscribe, because I’d be inundated by all kinds of offers. BTW, in my experience, newsprint doesn’t come off on stuff like it used to. How long has it been since some of you read a newspaper, or are your papers still operating with mid-1900’s machinery?
Jim Kerner over 9 years ago
What a pest Alice is.