Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for March 12, 2021
Transcript:
Scrappy Lad: Y'know, Moxie, I'm an orphan, too. Moxie Gumption: Yeah, were you raised in a cannery? Scrappy Lad: No, my parents were murdered, making me eligible for the sidekick-training program. I grew up there. Moxie Gumption: You think that makes us alike? I worked 12-hour days until I was eight! How is your sidekick school like that?? Scrappy Lad: Well, they're both a little iffy on child labor laws... Moxie Gumption: True...
Doctor Toon almost 4 years ago
Sidekick does tend to be a dead end job, sometimes literally
PoodleGroomer almost 4 years ago
They are both a little iffy on child safety laws.
Blackangus almost 4 years ago
The comic relief is expendable, the Hero, not so much.
knight1192a almost 4 years ago
Hate to break it to you, Scrappy Lad, your parents weren’t murdered. They dumped you on the first doorstep they could find with a note saying “Tell him we were murdered and not to bother looking for our graves.”
Dragoncat almost 4 years ago
Well, well… Something they can agree on.