Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 12, 2021

It’s a hard job, but somebody’s gotta do it (though I wish shoppers would help properly return them if the lobbies are looking empty; cart herders —such as myself— have other duties: clean spills in aisles, clean/stock bathrooms, help take shoppers’ groceries to their cars, return perishables back to shelves from cashiers, empty trash cans throughout store).

I wish my hat could turn into legs.

I always thought that Santa should open his own retail outlets — cut out the middleman.

Why do awesome dreams end short but the nightmares always seem to run their course?

Why would Santa need shopping carts; he delivers!!?

Dill’s dream job.

Alice is thinking….where do i come in?

So – Dill grows up to be Dr. Octopus?

Magic! Every panel!

Wonderful!

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Dill, you’re so cute. What a good helper.

I love dreams like that. They are too few and far between.

Dill aspires to greatness!

Today’s strip must be a tribute to Winsor McCay’s classic Little Nemo.

They are paid for, cash up front.

The COVID pandemic has given me even crazier dreams than before. No, I don’t need my meds adjusted, thank you.

“Dill! Thank heavens you’re here! You’ve saved Christmas!!!”

LOVE Alice’s face…

Pictures at an exhibition, starring Dill.

This is wonderful. Oh how I would love to see Cul de Sac made into a Christmas Special, something akin to the Peanuts one. Without Richards involvement and sensibility, though, I don’t see how it could be done properly.

I love Santa in Panel 8, clasping his hands with happiness at the Goodness of Dill.

Even so, it was still a fantastic dream, Dill! Wow, just think: “Santa’s Official Cart-Herd!”