Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for September 23, 2008

I know the feeling. I know it well. It leaves me reeling, Depressed as hell.

Wonderful poem, runar.

Ah, the right paper. Oh, the right pen. And sunshine through clouds Streaming within. Tomorrow the changes Which happened today Will be from our writings And how we did pray. So welcome to paper, And welcome to pen And to seizing the time: Now, to begin. HalleluYAH. And one great Amen.

Welcome, everyone…..

It seems we’re in the midst of a small literary gathering.

Hmm… well, OK….

We’re not here to look depressed,

nor share our writing with the rest…

We only came to talk a bit,

about a comic strip… to wit:

the Sept 23rd  2018 “CLEO and COMPANY”….. which you’ll find

at http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy …

(It doesn’t scan… I hope you don’t mind….

And if you do…

too bad for you!)

Phffft!

Well, so far I’ve only seen a couple of discrepancies.

Unlike Gavin….. I didn’t think I needed to write anything of merit (obviously)….

How could I compete, anyway, with “A blue blue tooth tooth brush brush”?

In the annals of poetry, that line will…..

um…. well, OK, maybe not appear.

Sorry Claude.

Once Gavin gathers himself he’ll skip right over poetic and go straight for Epic.

It would be a change from the usual crap he writes.

That toothbrush should probably be marketed by the double mint twins.

Okay, NH. I’m always a sucker for a puzzle challenge. My incredible powers of observation only found 4 errors. I guess I should drink some coffee before I check again. Maybe you could provide us with a list later on today.

Good one, Cleo…..poor baby!

Is there anything as ripe with potential as a blank sheet of paper?

Gavin: Write a love letter to Sophia. No, not the dog – that’s Sally. Sophia – your wife, remember? The mother of your children? Love of your life? Yes, her. Tell her all the reasons you love her, or at least the ones you can remember.

Claude delivering another of his headache-spawning puns. Did I mention that he is my role model?

“Errors” is one of those words that can be ill-defined and subjective. F’rinstance, some would say that a talking dog is an error.

Well, I believe that I got alla five,

And, Brother, I tellya, that’s no jive;

To get any less,

Would be just a jest,

And you’d wanna ta skin me alive!

(solutions upon request)

errors in today’s comic (except for one)

1st panel, 1st word balloon

—-two ‘the’ s in succession and the word ‘compatible’ is misspelled

Clara’s earring

last panel, Cleo’s bag says ‘hips’ instead of ‘chips