Close to Home by John McPherson for September 26, 2023

but he wears a beret…that must help a little!

Man! Haven’t seen that game in a loooong time.

Wooly Willy has to stay flat otherwise all the metal “filings” fall back to the bottom.

I know, I know…cartoon physics!

Wooly Willy looks like Cavity Sam (Operation) only in a better mood!

… and without a Shemp Howard haircut.

Is the 42nd precinct Barney Miller?

Pretty talented with that drawing, I’d say. I never was good with that game.

Moral of the story is, don’t hire an out of work cartoonist for this?

but i’ve seen that guy!

I remember having one of those things and an Etch A Sketch. I could never get a drawing on the Etch A Sketch that looked like anything. I’ve seen some works of art done on them though.

Hi, Bleeb. For observational purposes, you are certainly in a much better spot than you have been for days. Hopefully, she will step just a little closer . . .

He’s doing way better than me with an etch a sketch. I got a couple as a kid and they were as useless as my recorder for music class.

Is that a raspberry beret?

Ha! That’s great, Mr. McPherson!

The scary thing is – I’ve seen that guy in the picture!

He does seem a little sketchy.

I’ve been telling all along, this guy’s a bit sketchy.

Martin from yesterday’s strip has a new job!!!!!!! You can drop off your dry cleaning, too, nice lady! Hiya Bleeb! :)

If the guy has a black nose, he should be pretty easy to ID.

My wife watches a reality show on the paranormal. In every episode the psychic has a local sketch artist draw a scene or entity that she perceived. Some of these sketch artists are real artists while other look more like Etch-A-Sketch.

Make him a street artist instead

Cops can be such harsh critics. It’s not a soft portrait, so I would assume the sketch artist has a solid alibi.

I remember having a Wooly Willy; it didn’t help my artistic skills at all; the family painting-gene skipped right over me.

Okay, but dump out all the iron filings, and fill it with white powder. I feel like that would probably come up a lot more at the police station.

That cop needs a new face!

Ida know, he seams pretty sketchy to me

Not the worst idea, though.