Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for June 07, 2024

They must be going to town on those cheese puffs.

Rookie mistake.

I think the artists originally had a Hammie gas attack planned to follow up on “Once upon a butt” story, but chickened out.

Oh. Cheese Puff dust. Thought the cloud was something else from the back seat at first.

Cheese puff dust is still healthier than wildfire smoke. Hope they don’t run into any of that.

Cheese puff dust??? I thought that was Hammie’s farts.

I think there’s something wrong with the kids! By now, they should be fighting and screaming “Are we there yet? Are we there yet?”!

And from the rear, a voice was heard

A brave young man with a trembling word rang loud and clear

“Are we there yet?”

Apologies to Mr. Verne and Mr. Custer.

Better hurry, Wanda. The dust is blinding Darryl.

cheap car – windows don’t even open

Thought at first Hammie had toooooooted.

Roll the windows down for a minute!

His hair is orange from sticking his head in the bag to lick the dust on the bottom.

First two panels I assumed Hammy had started tootin’.

Daryl forgot to mention the cotton candy.

Our summer vacations were about driving for hours, with mom and dad smoking, with the windows cracked open. I used to get so car sick.

There’s an ad on TV, running constantly, about kids spilling gooey refreshments all over the back seat

Next, cheese dust finger prints EVERYWHERE.

I once saw some kids on the bus using chopsticks to eat potato chips. Brilliant!

But will the kids want healthy snacks. That doesn’t sound like something Hammie would want.

Cheese Puff DUST. Too funny. Good one, I must say.

Judging from the amount of dust, the crunching sound is probably drowning out all else—radio, conversation, sirens….