Pickles by Brian Crane for December 30, 2021

Hey Opal, you’ve got a party Cat… the Bag part I’ll leave everyone to their own imagination… and Earl is indeed your noisemaker.

Happy New Year!

Not easy to stay up until midnight when you get older, is it?

there have been quite a few re-runs this year. I read a little about Brian Crane, he creates every Pickles by hand (though his daughter helps color them) & he’s getting older (72) I wonder if he’s heading towards retirement? It’s been a rough year for everyone!

I’m up at midnight every night!

When younger, early am rambles were fun. Small town. Moonlight walks. Occasional adventures. 7 decades later, I am writing this and early am walks have become simply fun-ctional.

O come on Opal. All you really need is that noisemaker.

If I want to be up at midnight all I have to do is get in bed around 9:00 PM, then up at midnight and for a good 3 or 4 hours afterward.

If I can stay up that late!

Nelson get Opal and Earl Party Hats ! Party at the Pickle’s house ! …. When Earl wakes up !

And a rather large noisemaker at that, Opal!

Muffin’s face is priceless. I suspect he doesn’t approve of New Year’s Eve at all.

Me too. My wife and our pug have snoring contests everyday, 365 days a year. The pug cheats. Sometimes he’s not even asleep.

It’s really just another day, another dirty collar. ;-) Happy New Year Go Comics readers!

I haven’t seen MIDNIGHT FOR YEARS NOW!

If you have dogs staying up to past midnight- until the fireworks stop may be the only option.I have to turn the lights on and turn the classical music station on the stereo up to 11. And no things like thunder shirts did not help.

Wellll……… at least he’s BACK..!!!!!!!!!!!!

Midnight is when I wake up to take my first pee.

Nothing bothers Him!

Every Dagwood/Blondie reader knows that a snore sound is SKNNNNXXX! Do better Brian.

I will be ready much as I can as midnight ends my birthday. One day then the next different year. My birthday have lunch out then back home and watch one network and record. We not be like Earl too much fall asleep too early. For me I always dislike last day for a birthday and others who have that day I feel their pain. For my age I will be on full retirement in February.

I was accused of that for quite a while. Finally, I went for a test. I failed because I couldn’t go to sleep all night.

“….but a PRIME noisemaker without equal!!”

CUT TO . . . tomorrow and Roscoe’s rainbow-colored doo!

At least we are good for something!

Busy night for taxi and rideshare drivers.

Stick Muffin’s tail in Earl’s mouth- that will wake him up.