Frazz by Jef Mallett for July 17, 2018

This is the 21st century. Algae is now a health food and leeches are used for medical purposes.

Once again, Caulfield has it right. There are times in a child’s life where nothing could improve on some specific moment of joy. Unfortunately, later life often provides enough downs to balance the ups

winter?

didn’t have a rope but a cannon ball off the dock was good enough.

I’m trying to figure out the physics of panel 1. How did he get to that position without already getting wet?

Pretty much all the good swimming places I’ve ever been were owned by the wealthy. All the lakes around here are developed the entire way around. I’ve got a pond, but you could’t pay me to dip my toe in that semi-stagnant, snapper infested muck.