Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for February 28, 2012

Dill finds that all things in life are useful.

If he turns it around he’s got a divining rod.

What, no splinters?

What kind of shtick is that?

I can relate. My kindergartner took a blank piece of card stock last friday: “I present…White!”

A forkid shtick

Dill is most human of all Blisshaven’s eccentric pupils, for he is the true omnivore—any thing, any where, any time. Hail, Dill (future husband of Alice)!

Miss Bliss has it right. Dill stop fiddling with your stick or you’ll poke your eye out!(double entendre)

Dill gives the class something to chew on.

I have a stick like that. Duck taped a bent fork to it. That’s one very handy tool.Among other things it’s just right for snagging those little chains on those dual speed ceiling fans.

Is Ted Rall the guest artist? Looks like his style.

It’s not a talking stick, is it?

Dill does seem to enjoy playing with sticks.

“Icky the stick” makes a nostalgic return.

Plus—these guest guys have interesting strips, a wider comics horizon for meMinus—missing RT

Don’t run with that stick in your hand, Dill!

Dill and Alice will not get married. Dill will grow up to be a corporate lawyer and politician…his wife will be someone out of Family Circle.Alice will one day abandon her career as an astrophysicist (they deal in naught-but-fantasy now) to become an international currency arbitrager and poet — if Thompson gets her Lithium level right…

I see marshmallows..in flames

Did something happen to the artwork? Is someone else drawing the panels? It seems very different.

It’s TOBY!

Oh, i see: http://www2.michaeljfox.org/site/TR/TeamFox/TeamFox?team_id=1149&pg=team&fr_id=1053. interesting. . .

I was guessing Pastis did this but not sure

I must object, Dill would never say “hearty”!

Well, I am tired of other cartoonist’s versions of my favorite comic, ENOUGH! Just show old ones when Richard is outof pocket.

Check ‘Pearls Before Swine’ today. Little tribute to Richard Thompson there. Sort of.

I read this strip on paper and have been wondering what in the sam hill has been going on with the art. Today it occurred to me to check on line. Thanks to all the commenters for clarifying. Best wishes Mr, Thompson! And congrats on that Reuben!

it could be from a gum tree?

Hee hee Ha ha. I don’t think I’ve ever snacked on a stick

MAI STIK. LET ME SHO U IT.

For a good explanation of what’s going on with the strip’s using varying artists, please see http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/cul-de-sac-guest-artists-move-in-monday-on-hiatus-thompson-asks-6-top-cartoonists-to-take-a-shot-at-his-strip/2012/02/16/gIQAqHOyIR_blog.html

Or put guest artists for cul de sac on the Google subject line and grab the first one on the list.

Wait… is that Toby’s helmet? :-s

Have you changed artists for your drawings? If so, would you make an announcement on this page. Just for the record, the new-type drawing is not as engaging for this reader as was the old style.