Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 21, 2023

Totally normal

ESG and identity politics are fueling much of that

Yes, it’s normal for bears to feel a tendency toward evisceration, but it’s a good thing no human beings do, right?

It’s the natural thing to do.

Maybe we should keep the bears in Wall Street and Hollywood instead of zoos.

Is he commenting on the writers’ strike?

Something to bear in mind.

So Wiley Bears came up with “Eat the rich”?

Getting preeetttttttee close to manifesto-ing here…

add politicians to the evisceration list

Willie Shakespeare had it right. “First we kill all the lawyers.”

Unrestrainable ursine urges, unfortunately for us …

I think he should go and play ball …

Eviscerating CEO’s and movie studio executives… that would be the ultimate reality show!

Goldilox & the Wiley Bears?

Always love the bears.

Reminded of the 1927 song the Hoosier Hot Shots recorded, “The Coat and the Pants Do All the Work (and the Vest Gets All the Gravy).”

THANK GOD! I thought they were going to go off on a “it’s time and perfectly natural to question your birth gender” riff.

Now come on. Then how did we become the envy of the world?

I think we’ve already seen the result of having imaginative politicians.

Yes, but they aren’t rich BECAUSE they have no talent, insight, or imagination.

It’s because they ALSO have no morals, ethics, or scruples.

YAY!!! TALKING WILEY BEARS!!! YAY!!!

It’s an important thing to a someone has to do it. But like so many important responsibilities, too few step up.

They addressed it in the French Revolution with “off with their heads”. I don’t recall any particular good coming from it. Just a rougher group of thugs takes over.

right on again Wiley

Must be Hollywood bears. East Coast bears have a much wider range, especially in the DC area.

nurturing nature… I love it.

Well, I suppose no movie gets made without an accountant. Even “The Accountant”.

Wiley bears!

for a minute there I thought we were getting a "what we do in the woods " talk.

I always know it will be a good day when it starts with Wiley Bears

HMMMM. . .the number of likes says it all!!!

Annnd . . . this is why we NEED Wiley bears.

Is there a company that loans/leases CEO eviscerating bears?

Politicians should top that list.

And politicians. Mustn’t forget the politicians.

There’s too much violence in movies and not enough in boardrooms.

This is how Get Shorty started.

Before Goldilocks?

I agree, the writers get the short end of the stick.

Wiley Bears: A++

Misplaced sentiment: B+

Remember to vote… and remember, you also vote with your dollars.

Cue playing the film “Cocaine Bear”

Of course, those folks seem amazingly good at seeing that the details are taken care of. :(

Thanks to @MoreCatsThanSense who compared this strip to today’s TEN CATS:

https://www.gocomics.com/ten-cats/2023/05/21?ct=v&cti=1935308

Yeah, cancel the good shows and put on more phony reality shows.

TVs and movies are meh, books are the best.

Wiley’s bears always make the day better. . . .

Perfect!

Wiley bears know this stuff.

This needs at least several Sagans of “likes.”

Ain’t that the truth. Helps if you were born into the right family, as well. No talent needed, just cash to succeed.

The biggest con ever made was those that do the least convincing those who do the most, that those that do the least deserve more money, because of a title they gave themselves. Be it King, Queen, Czar, Duke, CEO, etc. etc. etc. doesn’t matter. In all cases these are the ones that do the least, but take the most. I laugh when I hear the justification for CEO’s taking so much out of a company, too often lately at the detriment of a companies liquid finances, because they shoulder so much responsibility. I’ve yet to see any of them jailed for being responisible for poor safety standards resulting in harm to employees. I’ve yet to see any of them held responsible when cashing out stocks at inflated stock prices leaving the company bankrupt. When they pretend to take responsibility, they almost, if not always, find others below them to blame and fire from their jobs, while resigning with over inflated golden parachutes, often in the tune of millions to reward them for their failure. Millions that would be much better spent on employee wages and healthcare. Nothing makes someone more productive at work, than having a good paying job with benefits one doesn’t want to lose.

Give a CEO too much money and they have nothing to lose from poor performance. Especially, if they are going to be rewarded regardless of their performance.

And it improves the species.

Have never watched “reality” tv shows—life is too short to waste it on that dribble & idiots out to make a buck. I understand that due to the gullible folks that watch that trash, that the “reality” folks make a ton of $$$$$ and made Andy Cohen a multi millionaire.

And my son, that is the bear truth…

“someone’s been sleeping in my bed!” “…& someone’s been sleeping in my bed!”“Good night!!!”

Too many Studio Executives.

Not enough Wiley Bears.

Fourth panel: Completely true!

In 1967, while in the Navy stationed at the Naval Air Facility, El Centro, CA, I got so upset with my higher-ranking coworkers that I wanted to machine gun them all. Eventually I was sent to a psychiatrist at the Naval Hospital in San Diego. He asked, “OK, and what do you want us to do?” I replied: “Let me out of this chickens**t outfit.” He said: “We can’t do that…and your feelings are perfectly normal.” So I stuck it out. Shortly before my enlistment was up at the end of 1969, I was called in for a reenlistment pitch aboard the USS Bennington, a WWII aircraft carrier about to be mothballed. The lieutenant commander told me to enter his office, and he said: “I know you hate the Navy and won’t reenlist but I have to tell you about the benefits if you do, so sit down and shut up.” I did, he talked, he asked if I wanted to re-up, and I said no. Then left. Not long after, heading down the gangplank for the last time, I saluted the flag then gave the middle-finger salute to the ship. And that was that.

Please eviscerate away!

Wiley Bear facts of life. This is why they hang around the big city so much.

Wiley Bears!!!♡♡♡ The art is so good it makes me weak-kneed.

Hope he gets his bearings straight otherwise he might find his future unbearable!

And CRITICS, oooh, the dreams of devouring their hot, steaming entrails as they take one last look in horror and then die before saying, “poorly executed, uninspired, unoriginal…”

I wonder if Wiley just pitched an idea to Hollywood. Move over Dana Simpson.

Bears are always typecast as carnivores.

Left off politicians