Rip Haywire by Dan Thompson for December 26, 2023

That’s because Rip wants to play with them.

I thought Hazy always asked Santa only for weapons.

Are they singing in the second panel?

KA-BATTERIES!

Kids don’t play with toys anymore? That’s just sad.

Dan does the best comic-strip winter landscapes since Stan Lynde.

“Spending hours putting batteries into toys”, is this an euphemism?

Cartoon I saw yesterday: Kid receives several packs of batteries labeled “Toys Not Included.”

Rip; have you looked at some of those video games? They might remind you of some of your adventures. The ones you haven’t told Hazy about yet.

How many batteries does she go through, with her toys?