Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for August 21, 2010

That takes “Talk to the hand” to a new level.

Bob will soon be thumb tied….

Just what we need, a jealous left hand.

Morning, Marge.

Bob’s wife get those retirement home ads I sent?

Read the Bible, fool! “let not thy left hand know what thy right hand is doing?”

There was a House episode where this man’s left(?) hand operated independently of his right hand, right up to smacking his fiancee across the chops. They couldn’t figure it out until they determined the hand was trying to alert everyone of the sickness. Once done the hand calmed down, made up with the fiancee and behaved, hopefully happily everafter.

All kinds of trouble comes from taking partial quotes from the Bible out of context.

I like the youtube video of a dog who thinks his back paw is sneaking up on him as he moves it…and he growls and bites at it…

too..too..funny..

Alien hand syndrome?

http://tinyurl.com/2o98w5

That left hand looks sinister.

Left hand is certainly digging in to the chair! Has right hand had a turn yet? OK already, give Left a turn. Then he can shut up.

Meanwhile, back in Cleveland…Nighthawks and Stel Bel are trampling on Warner Bros copyrights, comfortable in the knowledge that WB lawyers will never see this post:

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

Left hand looks to be getting a little upset! Bob had better watch out, or there’s gonna be another fight like last night.

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy&uc_full_date=20200821

Bat Basset and Sparrow meet a familiar famous funny fellow on their way up.

Now we’re talking!

Even the guest star’s posture is pictured perfectly.

The right hand knows what the left hand is doing….and it wants a piece of the action.

A couple of ding-batted maroons. So long, screwy. See ya in St. Louis!

Holy buck teeth, BatBasset!

Did you see who that was ??!!

Get your toon autograph books out, Cleo fans…..

Not only do we have an exciting new BatBasset adventure… there’s a famous guest star, too….

Appearing out of the clear blue sky… okay, then, against the clear blue sky…

in the August 20th  2020 “CLEO and COMPANY” on Sherpa!

Thank you, Nighthawks….

I LOVE BatBasset and Sparrow!

And what a great job on our special guest, too!

Makes me want a carrot.

Dennis, and anyone concerned about Warner Brothers….

I know they’re a big, powerful studio, that could crush a little Sherpa cartoonist like …. like… a carrot in a juicer.

Not to mention their subsidiary, DC Comics, which might have its own Bat-blade in the machine.

But Holy Megaconglomerate, Cleo readers… there’s a protector on hand… like having a superhero in the wings.

It’s called the Doctrine of Fair Use…

and it will protect Nighthawks, and BatBasset, and Sparrow….

and even that wascally pawody of a wabbit…

from the jaws of a fierce cartoon-grinder.

Parody is fair use…

especially since in a trial, were there to be such a silly thing, no attempt could be proved on Nighthawks’ part to deter any purchasers from buying any actual Warner or DC products….

which is important if they even try to sue under Fair Use.

From what I’ve heard, Disney is more diligent at going after offenders… but even so, it’s hard for them to prevail, unless the use was obviously egregious.

Nighthawks can stand on his tiny bit of borrowed Sherpa ground, and shake his fist at those maroons at WB, with impunity.

this has got to have been the nuttest Cleo ever,That’s All Folks…….

I was afraid that Sparrow the Pup Wonder was going to need to,um, unburden himself.

That’s what comes of being ambidextrous.

BUNNY!

That left hand looks painful.

Good Morning Ballardeers and P51! Q-date 161.98238.22 and last decent morning for a while. Heat’s on the way.

Kewl purplie poster and animation with a guest star. One nit. I took a left at Albuquerque, and there were no buildings, much less multi-story ones.

Y’all be the best you can be. (((((HUGS)))))

I love Bugs Bunny! I was so hoping he would have grabbed that rope and shook it around a bit……just for a little excitement.

Love, love, love this episode!!!! (can you tell?) And the guest star is the perfect touch. And then the Obi-wan Kenobi line was over the top. Good job Nighthawks and StelBel. What fun!

Great ’toon with the perfect punchline!

Maybe if those two maroons had taken a right turn at Koo-Ka-Monga, they would have ended up on the main page. Instead, they will remain on Sherpa, forever.

Good afternoon Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan.