Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for October 29, 2008

Funny how often the 2008 strips and the 2018 strips are on the same topic (within days, anyway). Here, a Ballard man, watched by his wife, pursuing his interests in a little backyard building.

And what is Neal trying to do with that cylinder and that ring, anyway? Gloria is suspicious.

Well, Larry, now you live up to your name. So what’s the big deal? Eat some garbage, take a nap, and in the morning you will be yourself again for the day.

Uh oh…. hope it’s safe to come in here….

what with a werebasset on the loose….

I think we’ll be all right at Neal and Millie’s, while we comment on

the Oct 29th  2018 “CLEO and COMPANY”

Which, of course, you can read on Sherpa

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

The strip seems to imply that turning into a basset hound might be a good thing, anyway….

But I dunno…. chips and belly rubs, and someone to fetch you another bowl of kibble on demand….

It all sounds good….. but I don’t want to go around drooling on people.

It would be nice, too, to be as smart as Cleo…. and to be a famous movie star…

but she’s not your ordinary basset.

If there is an “ordinary” basset.

So if you don’t mind… I’ll avoid any drooling hounds, till I find out for sure they’re OK….

and I’ll take these “wildberry” pies over to Millie. (It’s a new thing I’m trying…. boysenberry, blueberry and raspberry together.)

She said something about not minding whatever Neal is doing in his work shed….

I hope we don’t have something else to watch out for.

Aren’t werebassets enough??

@nighthawks – Re: ‘fetch me some chips’?

Your memory span is a about as long as … something that’s not very long.

P.S. You are going to unwhooosh yourself – very soon, very soon.

(or maybe I’ve been watching too many Sunday night Mummy movie specials on TCM this month)

Oh, the horror. Not only has he turned into a basset hound, but now, somebody will want to put a collar on him and they’ll call him Fido. Oh, the horror of it all.

Isn’t that interesting.

The end is on a high note.

Lucky Larry, he will now see how the other half live!!!

I loved the “ARROOO” part.

(I’m hoping the Ole Scalawag notices that I didn’t use that Trademark protected saying about My Favorite Part was….)

Loved the happy ending, too. Especially Clara’s purplie shirt.