Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for January 17, 2022

Show some maturity, Mr. Otterloop.

Mr. Otterloop just needs a child of the right age.

He probably babbles while he drives ’cause he looks kinda high!

I wish my dad was still around to bark at me.

She’ll forever be his little girl.

If a 4 year old girl refers to it as “little” then it must be a sub-sub compact?

I have (minor) trouble believing she is four. 6, I could believe.

Love that little toy cow!

A rare honest, mature and empathetic conversation between Alice and Kevin. Should last about a minute or two more.

30 years from now, when he’s senile, Alice will be singing silly songs to him.

Right hand, lower corner, just above the 1/17; isn’t that a Dill figurine?

Surely this is the only strip Richard ever made that has Alice being civil to Bucket Head, let alone practically confiding in him. She must still be in a daze from daddy’s babbling.

I still moo at the cows, whinny at the horses, baa, maa, quack, woof and yell KEYKAT when I pass animals.

“Daddy! I’m four!” Oh, my. So grown up.

Peter, you must not treat her as if she were a little pre-school daughter. She’s four, already!