Tank McNamara by Bill Hinds for August 06, 2023

Well that was lame.

Tank and Barb do deserve a summer break…

So the mosquitoes caused a balk?

I guess I don’t get it.

In the tradition of Dick Tracy, perhaps?

Chester Gould (and assistants) did a strip-within-a-strip series with their ‘topper’ comic, “The Gravies” – which was called “Sawdust”, about a pile of dust, where each bit of dust was it’s own character, even if they all looked like dots to the reading audience.

Here’s an example strip, apparently these were mostly from the late 50s and 60s. As comic space started to contract for creators, the toppers mostly were done away with by the end of the sixties.

https://the-comics-journal.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/15-Gravies-11-4-62.jpg

And a full article with more example, if one is curious… https://www.tcj.com/a-tricky-cad-the-gravies-sawdust-and-chester-gould/

Is this a backdoor pilot?

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I love the name of the substitute writer.