Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for February 05, 2012

Another delightful winner.

I can wink with both eyes….at the same time….and yes, spray cheese can be hurtful in several ways.

No, no prize but maybe you can run for vice-president (of your class).

Alice’s maturation through self-discovery has taken a huge step forward Squincing is an important social skill for grown-ups….—It is, isn’t it? (Squince squince)

After that remark by Mom, Alice must surely be wincing – maybe squincing.

Beautifully done.

Lighten up Mom! Spray cheese is less hurtful than a can of pepper spray :P

Spray cheese is to real cheese as Twinkies are to real food.

I’m pretty sure this is a new one!

I love it! Alice nails Petey in one and goes off to mom, only to get questioned- and I do think it’s new too!

Winking can be a most useful thing to know when she gets a little older.

Yes. it’s new. This is from Richard’s blog:This is the last Sunday I drew before my hiatus. It’s one of those strips that tickles me no end, which is kinda rare.What I most enjoy is a strip that spins in a circle then takes off in an unexpected direction and this one does that if nothing else. I hit a wall in writing it until the phrase “spray cheese” popped into my head then all the pieces fell into place (note to playwrights, novelists & New Yorker short story writers; when in a bind think “spray cheese”). Otherwise the only thing I struggled with was the expression on Alice’s face. That took a stack of paper and half a bottle of ProWhite to achieve; you’ll note the relative stiffness in Alice’s face in the first panel after I’d tweaked it into lifelessness. By the third panel I had it down.

Priceless! Those cans of spray cheese can be dangerous too!

Regarding 5th panel: no, just more publicity for your TV show for making up a word.

“Unfriend” is one of my favorites.

Richard, I thought of whistling right away, too! Among my four grandkids, there’s a lot of lip-pursing and whooshing, but I don’t think anyone’s got it yet. Some of them can wink really well, though, and arch one eyebrow at the drop of a hat. I never could – think it’s a heredity thing (from someone else, not me).

My son can raise ONE eyebrow—must be something he god from his dad’s genes, because I can’t do it.

Maybe he’s related to Mr. Spock.

Winking is hard…

squince – verb – being squirted a quince (difficulty=very hard)

Bwahahahaha!