Close to Home by John McPherson for June 08, 2021

Why is there an iron sight on top of the scope?

Makes me think of the bowling balls for amputees that have a retractable handle…

OK, John, this is the sign of a sick mind … and I’m LMAO!!!

Bleeb! Get off of there!!

Norbert should see his average go down to zero.

Ker-thumpety-Klunk

I don’t think that’s gonna help him get a strike… unless that’s not a bowling ball he’s holding then I’m kinda lost.

It might help his breath but not his bowling.

Ooh the sniper bowl

That should be good for about 1 trip down the lane.

Hang on bleeps

Looks more like a big magic 8 ball than a bowling ball

He is saving up for a Bowler Bot Brace 300, a robotic arm augmentation that “aids” muscle memory from the spine to the fingertips.

What’s that black ball? (JK) Used to be 3 bowling alleys within 50 minutes in 2019. Now the closest is over 1 1/2 hours away, the 3 closed for good. A bowling ball will soon be an icon that is not recognizable. This cartoon will not age well…

“That boy, I say that boy’s about as sharp as a bowlin’ ball!”

— F. Leghorn

No sweat. Wait a minute…

he should go to the no thumb two handed grip

Mo-ron!!!

You sure that isn’t a giant magic 8-ball? “Outlook not so good”

That’s probably not gonna make it to the pins, unless it also has retro rockets.

I imagine that this might be Norbert’s first test run.

This guy needs bumper bowl!

A fairly minimal amount going on in the comic today, but Bleeb still managed to find his way in. Hooray!