Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for November 18, 2021

Does Bill have a brother named Beak?

He’s been cursed to only tell lies, even in writing.

Well, actually, Marigold, Bill starting speaking with Phoebe and things escalated from there.

Curse you Bill!

Hey! I resemble that remark!

CURSE YOU BILL THE SORT OF A DUCK/DRAGON THING!!!

I had hoped that Bill would have had a better species name then “Duck Dragon Thing” So I could dive in to obscure mythology and discover some thin g new. I mean we have Griffon and Kappa and Kelpie I thought maybe this would have a fun name with more majesty or whimsy to it. Like Qaxdascidi or Bunyip Or Moth Man or some thing.

Dragon duck thing, would he “quack” or roar"?!

I often shout the same thing when I get the mail…

Dramatic Marigold is awesome.

Looks like Bill is Marigold’s bigger regret.

Never mind, he wasn’t lord splendid humility. Or was he?

Ha, ha. very funny.

BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILL!!!

The duck/dragon thing’s name is “Bill”…

There’s a one-eyed pyramid floating nearby who’s totally sure he didn’t do anything YET to be cursed for this early in the morning.

I think that Bill might be like the Daffy Duck of this strip.

Hmm. Might we be headed into a Tarantino-style plot here methinks?

Idk probably. I gotta pay my “Bill” now. LOL

Hmmm… When a unicorn says “Curse you,” you might actually end up cursed. Marigold may very well be acting monstrously towards Bill, like Hamlet wanting to kill Claudius in the act of sinning to insure Claudius would end up in Hell; Dr. Johnson thought that such a plan was truly wicked on Hamlet’s part.

First Bill strangely resembles a platypus, and now Marigold is saying “curse you” to them?

Boy, that doesn’t feel like anything familiar at all…

Here there be duck dragons.

“Curse the evil that caused this unhappiness!” Snoopy

If Marigold ruined his home, why didn’t he just send her the…

I haven’t seen any duck dragons since the days of the Atari 2600 game Adventure.