Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for June 27, 2010

He is paying Alice NO attention.

I so love his brothers.

He’s the man with a plan!

Hey, how about slinging King George III from a trebuchet?

I’ve gotta say, I don’t believe we’ve ever seen Dill’s brothers but they’re a cool bunch. Sounds like there could be a whole comic about those brothers of his. Hopefully soon they will make an appearance in a future strip or book?

I agree with stachay, I always love his brothers project

With Alice’s waving abilities she will be well served when she grows up to be queen.

Ah, this explains a lot….my neighbors must be planning to build a float.

Yes, I’m sure they will figure it out Dill.

He’s paying Alice no attention? I think it’s the other way around…

my kind of float !

maybe we can all text the spammer at the same time and blow out his line.

@DonVanni, My group has lots of nice big trebuchets ;-)

Anyone remember the old TV show, “December Bride?” Harry Morgan was the neighbor, Pete. A staple of the comedy were the antics of Pete’s unseen wife Gladys. They finally made a spin-off, “Pete and Gladys.” It didn’t work because a real person could never be an funny as the imaginary character.

ottod, exactly. As much as I’d love to see Dill’s brothers, it’s probably best to leave them to our imaginations. I would love to see the float in it’s finished form, however. ;-)

This and Calvin and Hobbes are the two best comic strips ever

Ottod, that sounds a lot like “Maris,” the long-unseen wife of Niles Crane on the show “Fraiser.” I don’t remember if they ever did show her, but it is true that no real person could possibly live up to all the jokes that an imagined character can cover.

The Connecticut Raft race 2 rules. 1. It floats 2. Kegs of beer remain on rafts.Many rafts don’t make it past the starting line.There are many themes from political to advertisers who are stupid enough to put their logo on a sinking vessel crewed by drunks.Some big corporation always wins because they put thousands into developing a raft powered by solar, wind, foot paddles, oars and cosmic rays. Everyone else has a good time and the can men collect enough for a weeks worth of booze. I wonder who pays to clean up the rafts that fall apart?

BP does, Lew.

I was wondering if Dill’s last name happens to be Tuetel…

I think it would be OK to see Dill’s brothers, but never hear them. They should talk in ways unintelligible to 4yos - physics equations, math equations, and the typical comics symbols for blowing things up! That’s why Dill has to translate everything for Alice (and us).

No one ever saw Norm Peterson’s wife Vera on “Cheers” - just her legs once. Tim Allen’s neighbor Wilson - eyes and hat only, through the fence. The evil cat next door to Charlie Brown’s house? Never. The inside of Oscar the Grouch’s trash can? Nope. All classic characters or locales, all mostly unseen, and probably not etched in memory if ever depicted.

It all started with Charlie.

“Good morning, angels”

I think we saw all of Vera at a Thanksgiving get-together once, except she had a pie in the face.