Close to Home by John McPherson for May 21, 2023

Would like to watch him milk that squid.

Splort…ha ha ha

Is he a Humbolt squid? Good luck with that!

Is he Epson-compatible?

Might be cheaper.

Does squid ink come in different colors?

Missing a couple appendages.

That transparent pool allows one to Seymour Squid.

Got an Epson with the bottled ink. Works out well.

Bleeb is thinking, “Oops, I am on the wrong side of this glass door.”

… I got squirted again… prepare the deep fryer!

Black squid ink can be used in sauces over spaghetti! M M M M M !

Use a catheter.

Just call Lip, he can teach you to tame your cephalopod

Huh. I wonder if squid farming is a thing somewhere? If so, how do you milk a squid? I’m thinking it’s not at all like I’m thinking it is.

Looks like a squid/octopus hybrid.

How do they find squid that shoot colored ink?

What does the squid eat, stray dogs and cats?

Another victim of a fast-talking squid salesman.

Bleeb stays safely in the splort free zone. :)

As a bonus, all the calamari you can eat.

True story. I once bought a new printer – which was on sale – exactly like the one I already had because the cost of it, with it’s starter ink cartridges, was cheaper than buying just the ink.

And it gives its ink up so freely.

Looks more like a Smedley than a Seymour, and possibly a friend of Sigmund.

Good on John for drawing a squid and not an octopus.

John, you made the right decision(of course) doing the art yourself, I love it, it’s so weird but very interesting. Ink jet printers are one of the greatest scams since microsoft stole the OS. Very clever and funny way to express the state of the ink-jet printers…

I finally broke down and bought a laser printer. I don’t do a lot of printing, and the ink in the ink jet printers kept drying out LONG before I finished using them.

That aint no squid! Looks more like an octopus.

I’m on Seymour’s side. You deserve way more squirt after providing such a barren tank.

What a great idea. Next you can cut down that tree out back and make your own paper!!! And I’ll bet good-hearted Bleeb will even help.