Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for June 28, 2020

my, aren’t you patriotic, Alice,

Hmm, once you have shot King George out of the cannon, how are you going to retrieve him. Why not just omit him from the float. a second idea – a big screen with him be shot out of the cannon being projected on it.

Pretty meager building supplies… mobility is gonna be a problem, as I see only one bare, untired wheel rim there.

I trust Dill’s brothers to come up with a blast of a solution to the George III Problem!

And Alice will look great waving for hours on end from the float! She will really be the coup de grace (or was that some other phrase I was looking to use here?)!

They’ll use their trebuchet.

Dill gets to dress up like King George for the launching!

I think Dill is my favorite character in this strip. It’s too bad we’ll never get to meet his brothers.

Alice can dress like Betsy Ross.

Ok. How old are Dill’s brothers? I thought they were like middle schoolers, but the fact that they were given the tools, permission, and skills to make a Fourth of July float doesn’t make sense for that age group, if ya ask me.

I’ve never ridden on a float. But, I do wave at crowds on occasion.

If the Uh-Oh Baby played the part of King George III, would he say “Uh-Oh!” before, after, or during the launching?

(P. S. I know the answer is “Yes” ☺)

Alice is not easily distracted.

BUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Poor Polyfil!!!!!) Hiya Happyx3!!!!!!!!!! :)

You can tell this is old. Are we allowed to admire Benjamin Franklin still?

Alice, honey? Never, ever get involved with one of Dill’s brothers’ projects. It can never end well.

When the brothers remember Alice the cannon shot problem will be solved…

By the look of Dill’s front yard, I take it their neighborhood is lacking an HOA.