Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for February 14, 2025

Very classy, Alice, very classy.

Blew her mind, it did!

Alice has lit the fuse.

And on Valentines Day!

Those hours watching TMC pay off

Now you’ve done it, Alice!

Exactly what little sisters are for! Now Petey, tell your sister Thank you.

It’s a very cute stuffed gila monster!

The stuff has hit the fan

Petey’s in for it now.

Take note, Beni…Alice could be your future wingman!

At a loss for words, well done, Alice!

Something finally caught Viola off guard.

Actually sounds like something Ernesto might say.

That’s got her juices flowing. I wonder if Petey can just live under his bed for the next – say – ten years.

The fact she calls her, “Amazing Alice” makes her even MORE awesome a character and that expression….awestruck…

I wonder what movie that was.

The look of utter bewilderment on Viola’s face is priceless!

The fact that we will never see where Richard was going to take this always gets to me.

Alice the wing-man! Or wing-person?

More homework and a gut punch. I don’t think Petey will be feeling “well” for quite some time. And wait until Ernesto hears about this! I wonder if there is any room for Petey under the bed amongst all the dioramas.

Alice playing Cupid is disarmingly cute in panel two. Viola is stunned into silence; probably a first. In the end, she will probably take it in stride, and besides, she may never see Petey again, if he can help it.

And so Viola now knows of Petey’s crush on her, thus the game is afoot, as to the love triangle involving Peter, Ernesto and Viola.

¡Voila Viola!