I went to the Topsfield Fair in Massachusetts the other day. I ate a turkey leg, looked at the 2198 pound pumpkin, and watched the racing pigs. Life is good!
It’s been said by some that a cartoon is the creator’s way of showing the reader themselves. And that laughing is a ‘nervous’ response to not otherwise knowing how to react to what we are experiencing. When I read this strip, I never know whether to laugh at myself or cry for humanity.
Our indigenous peoples used to and in some cases still do “go walkabout”. From what I gather it is to more firmly establish themselves in the mystery and legends of their forbears ( approaching, so I am informed 60, 000 years of the same culture, and still on-going). It’s not simply to “get away from it all” but to become closer to their culture. Rather beautiful, actually – something I regret not having the ability to do, being an elderly white Anglo-Irish inhabitant of this great land. Of course, I am more than happy to be taken to task by my indigenous cousins, if they so wish to …
rmremail 9 months ago
It’s the first time that Eddie took a good, hard look at himself.
boneroller42 9 months ago
Ok, well, this is Eddie we’re talking about, right?
sirbadger 9 months ago
Do Australians do it for self-discovery or to get away from the wife and kids?
Enter.Name.Here 9 months ago
“I was lost in there for 3 days before they sent in rescue teams and a helicopter.”
Alexander the Good Enough 9 months ago
I rather doubt that Paulie enjoyed it. Most cats that I’ve known detest what they see in a mirror
sandpiper 9 months ago
If this continues, gonna be an interesting week.
soundcomm 9 months ago
Lots of question marks coming out of Eddie’s pipe!
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member 9 months ago
Australians would of course be familiar with H.G. Nelson’s exhortation to go into the hall of mirrors and take a long hard look at yourself.
Michael Jones 9 months ago
walk about the house of mirrors
enigmamz 9 months ago
Eddie didn’t call it that, so don’t try to correct him!
coltish1 9 months ago
Eddie’s used his pipe to reproduce the shape of that distinct new galaxy the Webb telescope found. Cool!
bmckee 9 months ago
Oddly, whenever I hear the term Walkabout I think of the 1971 Nicholas Roeg movie “Walkabout”. If you’ve ever seen it you’ll understand why.
MS72 9 months ago
“A dingo ate my baby!”
Wizard of Ahz-no relation 9 months ago
now is he going to find ‘himself’ in the reflections?
Zebrastripes 9 months ago
House of Mirrors is sure to waken his senses….
DM2860 9 months ago
He did not say he was on a journey of self-discovery. He said he was on a walkabout.
mfrasca 9 months ago
Carnival of Souls.
uniquename 9 months ago
Does Australia have state fairs?
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member 9 months ago
When we go “walkabout” in the US, they call it homeless. Gotta be a little careful there.
Daltongang Premium Member 9 months ago
So tell us Eddie, did you discover how many sticks of deep fried butter you could eat?
mindjob 9 months ago
In the American southwest, he’ll need some peyote
joannesshadow 9 months ago
I went to the Topsfield Fair in Massachusetts the other day. I ate a turkey leg, looked at the 2198 pound pumpkin, and watched the racing pigs. Life is good!
Mike Baldwin creator 9 months ago
Hilarious, isn’t that what art and self discovery is ? Holding a mirror up to the world and …. wait a minute … never mind.
SrTechWriter 9 months ago
It’s been said by some that a cartoon is the creator’s way of showing the reader themselves. And that laughing is a ‘nervous’ response to not otherwise knowing how to react to what we are experiencing. When I read this strip, I never know whether to laugh at myself or cry for humanity.
A+++++ for Wiley.
eddi-TBH 9 months ago
Cap’t Eddie isn’t usually the reflective sort.
keenanthelibrarian 9 months ago
Our indigenous peoples used to and in some cases still do “go walkabout”. From what I gather it is to more firmly establish themselves in the mystery and legends of their forbears ( approaching, so I am informed 60, 000 years of the same culture, and still on-going). It’s not simply to “get away from it all” but to become closer to their culture. Rather beautiful, actually – something I regret not having the ability to do, being an elderly white Anglo-Irish inhabitant of this great land. Of course, I am more than happy to be taken to task by my indigenous cousins, if they so wish to …