Perry Bible Fellowship by Nicholas Gurewitch for January 27, 2023

Smokey and the Bird

Cf. 2 Kings 2:23-25, where God sends 2 bears to rip 42 children to shreds because they had teased the prophet Elisha for being bald.

OK, my smooth-brain isn’t getting this one. Can someone use small words and explain it to me?

I have never gotten this one.

This is probably a reference to 2 Kings 2:23-25.

The Don’t-Care Bear.

This may be a punning reference to the old ’70s cop show “Baretta”. The cop, played by Robert Blake, had a cockatoo. “Bear—etta”— get it?

Yeah, but…does anyone really get this one?

I think this one might “work” a little better over at the strip’s website. On the website, it has a title, “Bear Police”. (https://pbfcomics.com/comics/bear-police/) With that title, the first two panels come across as something out of a children’s book: Some kids are being naughty, but here comes the Bear Police! (And of course Mr. Bear the Policeman is accompanied by his friend, Mr. Bird!)

But then in panel three Mr. Bear the Policeman straight-up knocks the kid’s brains out, because, hey, he’s a BEAR. And then we’re back to the children’s book: Another day’s work for the Bear Police, and now Mr. Bear the Policeman has some coffee and a donut (still accompanied by his friend, Mr. Bird).

‘twitter’ and ‘russia’?

Is that a bear claw he’s holding in his bear claw?