Red and Rover by Brian Basset for June 03, 2024

“Yes,Ma’am” not “Yes, Mom”?

So by “reading all the different planets”, Red means Krypton and Earth.

I thought Krypton blew up.

Love Rover’s stare in last panel. Rugby was a pro @ that

Rover is definitely Red’s conscience, lol!

……white lie!!!!

In the Bizarro world, maybe!

An aside: Krypto was Superman’s dog, a canine-like species from Krypton. Jor-El used him to test his rocket prototype for sending Kal-El to Earth. It got knocked off course and drifted in space until he ended up on Earth and was reunited with Kal-El, now Clark Kent/Superman.

The chair Red is in is an artifact from Superman’s era too. Especially the legs.

Rover’s got your number ……………… Red ………….. “BUT” for a few milky bones …… he’ll forget the whole thing …… ;)

I too lament the loss of courtesy and respect when we deal with others…I grew up in the same era as some of the other folks with significant life experience and teachers were “Sir” or “Ma’am”, as were most adults, especially police officers, members of the clergy, the cashier at Safeway et al, anyone who was who was helping you…

Different world today, alas…

And my TV science education came from Lost in Space, Land of the Giants and, of course, Star Trek