Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for December 13, 2024

They probably live in a Mchovle.

Where are the Golden Arches?

Eat the rich

if it is real McMansion, Where’s the Golden Arches

The prices are bad too, a three bedroom, two bath near Chicago for $400,000.

Some developer by me bought ONE set of blueprints and dotted my county with at least 30 or so mostly identical oversize vinyl siding clad 3 1/2 story cracker boxes. They nearly all have a driveway the slopes down to the three-car garage, so they each have a basement swimming pool when it rains. Built in 2005, they were all sold for 300K+, now worth twice that and change, despite the fact they are pretty much all falling apart, failing roofs etc. LOL!

Hollywood the early years!

Just wait and see what happens in the 21st century!

McMansion? Is that like a mansion that sells McDonald’s or just a mansion owned by someone who runs a McDonald’s?

Another CEO palace.

Full employment for Maids and butlers, Do those Anime Maids with the short skirts get payed more? Does the King have to import them from Japan? Yep it’s going to cost a lot to keep that MC—Mansion clean!!!

I live in an area with lots of real estate development. “McMansion” was one term used, but the one I liked better was “starter castle”. But I guess that wouldn’t quite work in this strip.

No moat?

Worse yet, that is just the guest cottage…

Ain’t that the truth.

……might try a Barndominium!!!!!!

Over compensating a bit?

Back in 1984, in Denver, McMansions were large, luxury homes built close together on tiny lots.

The thing I don’t understand (one of many) is putting larger and larger houses on smaller and smaller plots.

Those look like NFL players clubhouses: one for Gary #52 and the other one is for McGary #76.

Shane and McShane can go to Dill and McDill’s pond.

Every ablebody was drafted into castle construction and nobody is working the livestock or fields. Weeds and treebark for Christmas dinner again.

They all have huge McMortgages.

I think it’s quite daring to publish an ostensibly funny comic strip WITHOUT a punchline.

Who?

The Wizard wouldn’t have any problem with cleaning ….. just the flick of the wand ….. All clean …. :)

Actually, it’s a McCastle!

Their mansion cleaning staff budget has to be pretty considerable…

The great and spacious building.

Nobody can afford them anymore. The construction companies build them, sell them to investment capitol corporations to get money to build more. The corporation uses them as collateral to invest in sure to sink startups that they strip mine for profit. And the cycle continues. With people unable to find affordable housing and small business sinking faster than they can by an “Open For Business” sign.

What’s cooking McDudes?

The peasant robes are longer. Sign of winter?