The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for July 19, 2024

Somebody rubbed him the wrong way

lost…not gonna lie…sorry

Give it to me straight, Doc. What your stipple-lation?

And the backwards G on my elbow?

Are you sure it’s not stubble?

Let me get a marker and connect the dots!

Good humor is just hard to come by these days. Sigh.

I’ll save you the trouble of looking it up. Stipple -(in drawing, painting, and engraving) mark (a surface) with numerous small dots or specks.

Stippling helps give your body contour.

Stipple is an art term. Clever.

Way back in 1982, I was on a flight to Hawaii. I was really worried about crashing in the ocean. I just knew a shark was going to get me. I wasn’t worried about dying in the crash, just the shark. Go figure. Anyway, I was seated next to a young woman – an artist. Once we were underway, she got out her large sketch pad and some sort of special pen. Then she started dotting all over the paper. I was so fascinated by it that I forgot about crashing. By the time we landed, there was a full face portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

Dot’s not funny, Doc!

But it could be something else…(dot dot dot)?

Back by popular demand?

I had to look it up too. I used to love to do “connect the dots” in activities books when I was a kid!

Better than melanoma or other types of skin cancer.

What’s your Pointillism?

Oh, my girl, Dot, does those.

Lucky there wasn’t any cross-hatching.

i would be concerned about the curly one on your arm though

In court, if you’re willing to agree to something, you stipulate it. Not the same thing here.

Raise your hand if you had to look up “stipple” (don’t act like it was just me!).