Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for November 14, 2022

Poor Dill! I would totally go to his birthday party and stay… at least until all the cake and/or ice cream was gone. Dill is one of my favorite comic characters. He’s so sweet and sincere, while having just the right zing of weirdness…

No adult supervision?

Poor Dill, you tried

That’s okay, more cake for you two!

Miss Bliss, beginning Monday, hosting classes for grade schoolers!

My heart reaches out for sweet Dill. He trys so hard to do things right, but they turn out so wrong. Happy Birthday Dill!

At last we’re alone.

Dill is in desperate need of a party planner!

Seems like his Dad could have helped out here.

The older art style and that last panel strongly resembles the infamous Uh-Oh Baby

Happy Birthday Dill!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Dill looks dishevelledly dapper.

For your next birthday – let Alice be in charge of everything.

At least Dill has one so-so friend in Alice.

Happy Birthday Dill! Better luck next year. Maybe next year have Alice host your party. She really knows how to captivate an audience. Everyone is too afraid to leave. Hopefully everyone brought gifts, though, and you can console yourself by tearing into them.

Zing is right!

Then they’ll just have to have a party by themselves, won’t they?

When I wuz yer age we didn’t get goodie bags at birthday parties. What is this, the Academy Awards?