Wow! I don’t know how to say this without sounding dirty – but that was probably the most controlled and epic build to a resolution – the truest definition of a climax one could EVER find in a comic!!Will had us all! Excited, watching, holding our breath, begging for release, and cheering! Yes! …and sighing with relief – right along-side Amelia, with a pleased grin on our faces as we wait to see the principal. YES!! True artistry is alive and well! I am so buying these books – I want this one for sure!
My stepdaughter once told me – while suffering a parental punishment for something she had done and sitting through the parental lecture, she replied to something I said with, “of course I knew it was ‘wrong’! I knew you would catch me, and I knew you would punish me, and that is why I am sitting here smiling with you listening to lecture #4.” Seeing Amelia in the last frame reminds me of that.
I love the precision of the depiction of the pumpkin-guts spread. Even Big Gunther’s beanie propeller is carefully half-coated. But I keep coming back to look at Amelia’s giant smile – it makes me so happy every time! :-)
That last panel reminds me of something. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2013/03/norman-rockwell-model-mary-whalen/saturday-evening-post-cover-1953_05_23/
Space_Owl on GoComics about 4 years ago
Worth it.
CharlesTarrant about 4 years ago
Zzzzzzzz…..Squtch! Plap plap plap.
saobadao about 4 years ago
And the judges say “10”
LastRoseofSummer Premium Member about 4 years ago
Amelia is the best!
Dirty Dragon about 4 years ago
“I thought you were going to say that *you had it….”
Ida No about 4 years ago
“As God as my witness, I thought pumpkins could fly.”
Laurie Sefton Premium Member about 4 years ago
After setting the scene and today’s denouement, might as well cue up Beautiful Day and fade to black.
Boots at the Boar Premium Member about 4 years ago
She threw it! And it was EPIC!
Ivy Valory Premium Member about 4 years ago
Amelia, you rock in a mighty way! I am SOOOO glad you did it!
Teto85 Premium Member about 4 years ago
Sometimes you just gotta let go.
Wilde Bill about 4 years ago
Just beautiful. And, to her, totally worth it.
Stiubh about 4 years ago
Wow! I don’t know how to say this without sounding dirty – but that was probably the most controlled and epic build to a resolution – the truest definition of a climax one could EVER find in a comic!!Will had us all! Excited, watching, holding our breath, begging for release, and cheering! Yes! …and sighing with relief – right along-side Amelia, with a pleased grin on our faces as we wait to see the principal. YES!! True artistry is alive and well! I am so buying these books – I want this one for sure!
GirlGeek Premium Member about 4 years ago
It was worth the suspension
imagenesis about 4 years ago
Awwww… I wanted to see the actual ‘SPLAAAT!!!’ ¯\("-)/¯
hildigunnurr Premium Member about 4 years ago
Seagull also got splatted!
Yakety Sax about 4 years ago
Ground zero…….
Pocosdad about 4 years ago
Henceforth to be referred to as “The Pumpkin Incident.”
crookedwolf Premium Member about 4 years ago
Amelia’s an artist: Cucurbitism at its finest!
Andrew Sleeth about 4 years ago
I’d feel a little better about this one if Will hadn’t drawn all those kids so close to ground-zero.
Pet about 4 years ago
WORTH IT! 8-D
I love how satisfied she looks as she sits and waits :)
Ralph Newbill about 4 years ago
Hoorah!!! The look on her face in the last panel is priceless! And, by the way: there were no pumpkins harmed in the making of this comic!
posse1 Premium Member about 4 years ago
Will Henry is the master of showing the not-so-innocent, innocence of youth with such a heart warming illustrations!
posse1 Premium Member about 4 years ago
& good miss Amelia!
admiree2 about 4 years ago
If you want a job done right…do it yourself. The smile screams JOB SATISFACTION!
Aladar30 Premium Member about 4 years ago
GLORIOUS!!!!
trainnut1956 about 4 years ago
In that last panel she is thinking “totally worth it.” :)
jschumaker about 4 years ago
That’s what I call Pumpkin Surprise.
golfgranny47 about 4 years ago
Love that smile!
jrdgpd about 4 years ago
If I dooes it I gets a whippen, …….. I dooes it!
ComicsBinger Premium Member about 4 years ago
So gratified. I was afraid it would never fall.
Andrew Wheeler about 4 years ago
That is pretty much a perfect comic strip right there.
chidecki Premium Member about 4 years ago
A modern day classic!
maxiesmom2 Premium Member about 4 years ago
And now she is thinking that this totally trumps the “Pudding incident” that had her in this same seat once before.
darthopper Premium Member about 4 years ago
A day of trouble and a lifetime of stories!
vorlon42 about 4 years ago
Oh well, missed my bet from Tuesday, but dang, that’s a lot of pumpkin guts out of a modest sized pumpkin
morningglory73 Premium Member about 4 years ago
She did it! She did it! And she’s glad.
Mary Sullivan Premium Member about 4 years ago
Look at that smile. “Worth it!”
ninstar about 4 years ago
She did say to move back.
scyphi26 about 4 years ago
Sure was a lot of pumpkin in that pumpkin, wasn’t there?
shawnc1959 about 4 years ago
Too bad this wasn’t a crossover with this week’s gigantic pumpkin story arc in “Adam@Home”.
Okie doke about 4 years ago
Look at that smile! No regrets!
ajr58(1) about 4 years ago
It’s not like everyone did not have plenty of warning, to get out of the way.
ProjectLeda Premium Member about 4 years ago
This story arc has been an absolute delight!
raybarb44 about 4 years ago
Glad no one got hurt. She did the crime and is actually looking forward to doing the time unlike many others in our society…..
B.comics.61 about 4 years ago
I love it. I just love it!
Mary Ellen about 4 years ago
Aaaah, the face of “I regret nothing.”
DCBakerEsq about 4 years ago
Take pride in a job well done.
hwmj about 4 years ago
A job well done !
pi_menta Premium Member about 4 years ago
She’s the best!
Ricky Bennett about 4 years ago
“If I dood it, I get a whippin’. I dood it!”…
GKBOWOOD Premium Member about 4 years ago
That’s our girl!!
Surly Squirrel Premium Member about 4 years ago
LOL. This is the best strip about kids since Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson.
Kawasaki Cat about 4 years ago
It was worth it!
Thinkingblade about 4 years ago
The expressions on the … targets are epic! Even the seagull!
Thinkingblade about 4 years ago
My stepdaughter once told me – while suffering a parental punishment for something she had done and sitting through the parental lecture, she replied to something I said with, “of course I knew it was ‘wrong’! I knew you would catch me, and I knew you would punish me, and that is why I am sitting here smiling with you listening to lecture #4.” Seeing Amelia in the last frame reminds me of that.
FunnyMinnion about 4 years ago
Finally the Satisfaction
Baer321 about 4 years ago
Amelia: “It was worth it!”
Baer321 about 4 years ago
This strip is consistently awesome!
neatslob Premium Member about 4 years ago
Perfect aim!
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 4 years ago
:)
BC in NC Premium Member about 4 years ago
Wonderful second panel!
Durak Premium Member about 4 years ago
That was one juicy fruit.
Sunzoomspark about 4 years ago
I love the precision of the depiction of the pumpkin-guts spread. Even Big Gunther’s beanie propeller is carefully half-coated. But I keep coming back to look at Amelia’s giant smile – it makes me so happy every time! :-)
Taracinablue about 4 years ago
That is disgusting but well-done artwork.
LrdSlvrhnd about 4 years ago
Amelia: “Worth it!”
Atanwat about 4 years ago
The kid wearing the propeller beanie should have been all yellow.
FunLady about 4 years ago
I want this collection please. How do I reserve one? P
D7281 almost 4 years ago
Her face in the third panel means she got her moneys worth.
wordsmeet over 3 years ago
Attention-seeking brat Amelia. Very good art on panel 2.
wordsmeet almost 3 years ago
Psychotic Amelia enjoys being sent to the principal’s office.
Kevin Parker Premium Member almost 3 years ago
That last panel reminds me of something. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2013/03/norman-rockwell-model-mary-whalen/saturday-evening-post-cover-1953_05_23/
catgeneral almost 3 years ago
" I deny EVERYTHING " .
No free Heath care? almost 2 years ago
Where’s the seeds?