The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for October 04, 2022

She’s a cauldron of joy

The lady is so kind that I’d strangle her.

A preemptive strike up the side of her head would be an idea.

Mother Gargoyle would make a great ambassador to the Russian Federation!!! She would have Vlad Tepes jumping out of a tenth-floor window himself … STAT!!!

/SHMIRK/

Don’t you have somewhere else to be?

Brutus, you obviously met Ma Gargle before you married Gladys. Why’d you take her daughter as your wife anyway knowing what you’d get involved with????

You should build her own private guest house, bars on the windows, a padlock other outside of the single entrance and toss her in.

Good evening mother B——

early bedtime for her… but I’m pretty sure she would just strike early without actually being in the room for the next one.

Someday, TBL will end its run. I hope the last strip is either Brutus punching Mother Gargoyle in the face, or her screaming “I’m melting!” after he pours a bucket of water on her.

Once again Brutus’ attempt to be civil is demolished by the termagant known as Mother Gargle…

Brutus, a paragon of restraint.

The old battle axe this early in the morning? Time to go back to bed.

Happy Good Buddy Day!!!!

“…argoyle…”

Looks like this witch is about to have a bad accident.

Only Brutus Thonrapple could get saddled with the Vladimir Putin of mother-in-laws.

Best not to engage. Sort of like a coiled rattlesnake. Back away, slowly.

Brutus would like to strike you with a club, but he really loves Gladys and Wilberforce…

If she is so unhappy in his presence, why does she keep subjecting herself to his presence. Make everyone happy and LEAVE!!!!!

A MIL Karen…..

Some people have complained here about Lee Newspapers changing their comics pages. Today, I saw a letter to the editor complaining about the loss of comics "but then you went and replaced them with even worse strips (‘Argyle Sweater,’ ‘Close to Home,’ ‘Crabgrass,’ ‘Rose Is Rose,’ ‘Frank & Ernest,’ "Marmaduke, “Lio,’ ‘Baldo’ and ‘The Born Loser’).”

Going to be a long day….

It isn’t the hair…her head is pointed that way! What can you expect?

Mama Gargle’s just trying to be an annoying battle ax, as always.

Strip idea: Mother Gargle falls down a wishing well and Brutus says, “I didn’t think those things actually worked.”