Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for October 09, 2015
Transcript:
Alice: Why am I having so much trouble deciding what to be for Halloween? All I need is a costume that expresses who I am and shakes loose some candy. Alice: Adults are a sentimental lot, easily swayed by anything cute. What would appeal to their weakness for the adorable? Alice: OF COURSE! The answer's been right in front of me all this time, because I left it lying on the floor! Alice: I'll be a PANGOLIN!
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
Eureka.
Linux0s over 9 years ago
What’s cuter than a pangolin? ¯\(ツ)/¯
Bonapictrix over 9 years ago
Alice is Batman?!? o.0
I knew it! >u<
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
I’m sure Madeline can cobble together a pangolin-costume in a jiffy (though a few people might mistake Alice, in costume, for a mini-Godzilla)!
WaitingMan over 9 years ago
Professor Pangolin says Alice Otterloop lives in the best of all possible worlds.
mabrndt Premium Member over 9 years ago
Once again, Richard posted a blog entry for just this strip.
David W Cairns over 9 years ago
Ask Ross Geller for tips.
artheaded1 over 9 years ago
Nice take on Bruce Wayne’s “ah ha!” moment when he’s inspired to be a Bat-man.
cdward over 9 years ago
So obvious!It can’t end well…
UM over 9 years ago
A reference, I believe, to the early Batman comic where Bruce Wayne chooses his identity as a crime fighter.
Plods with ...™ over 9 years ago
…for now
Strod over 9 years ago
Yes!
PANGO! PANGO! PANGO!lin?Kaputnik over 9 years ago
A bear costume would be easier (Mom could probably just buy one pre-made) and Alice could slap toy fish at people who didn’t give her enough candy. But of course fish slapping bears are so last month.
Sheila Hardie over 9 years ago
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
paullp Premium Member over 9 years ago
Nice nod to Bob Kane! For fans who are interested, October 24th will mark the 100th anniversary of his birth.
PoodleGroomer over 9 years ago
A bad pangolin costume makes you look like an armadillo.
mabrndt Premium Member over 9 years ago
The blog entries were written around the same time as the original strips were published (5 years ago, sometimes multiple strips per entry) and generally have Cul de Sac in the title. There are (far?) fewer entries than strips.
erin.adamic Premium Member over 9 years ago
The candy should go to any adult who correctly guesses what she’s supposed to be!
Jim Kerner over 9 years ago
A what?