F Minus by Tony Carrillo for December 09, 2023

Doesn’t even look like a Steve

Interesting how different strips seem to hit on the same random topic on the same day. Today it was Frank and Ernest’s turn to channel this one.

Call it the “purple doodle.”

Get John Oliver involved!!

“It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin’ purple people eater.”

Go with “Doug”, Doug is always a good choice.

This one is kind of obscure. “Steve” is a type of weather phenomena. Initially, some of the people studying it thought it was a proton arc. These people kept calling the phenomena a proton arc until everyone agreed that’s not what it is. So they needed a name, and someone jokingly suggested “Steve.”

Meet STEVE. An acronym for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement, STEVE is a celestial phenomenon first identified in 2016 that presents as a long thin ribbon of light (usually white, purple or green) in the sky.

Bigbeakius Smithii.

How about “Big Steve”?

The bar is low.

Bigfoot Nessie, no one is going to believe the photo anyway!

One-eyed, one-beaked, flying purple people eater. Sure looks hungry to me.

It’s interesting, and perhaps not coincidental, that the birding community is discussing eliminating people’s names from all vernacular bird names (as opposed the scientific name in Latin), in favor of more descriptive names. So calling it “Steve” would be not allowed under this proposal. So, I would suggest this critter be called the Yellow-beaked Purple [something], with the “something” being filled is as which ever family of birds it is determined to belong to.

The rare Purple Stevus Orange Billicus. Honey, did you feed the Steve today?

I wonder who’d win a fight between Steve and Kevin from Up?

Grape Grackle

I hope the size of that boid is just a matter of perspective…cuz if it isn’t…!!!!!!

Well, it’s got a bill bigger than a toucan, so let’s call it a Threecan…

Is it the male or female Steve?……

One-eyed, one beaked, flying purple insect eater.