Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for March 22, 2012

Pretzel boy.

Alice’s shirt changed again in the last panel.

Some of us have long thought that, when they have grown up, Alice will marry Dill. It seems to be written in their stars. On the other hand, Richard may have other destinies in mind for them….

Is Alice sticking out her tongue in the third panel?

kids have always tied themselves in knots over the opposite sex – it just happens sooner nowadays.

Drawing continues to be terrible. Is Richard ill? Looks like it is trying to become Peanuts.

Hasn’t Dill proposed yet? They are so perfect for each other!

Fellow Baby, more “pickles” for the pickle barrell! :-D

Kirbey hang in there! We’re getting closer!

WHO EVER IS DOING THE ART WORK FOR THIS STRIP FOR THE LAST THREE WEEK…SUCKS!

OOPS! I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE READ SOME OF THE COMMENTS BEFORE WRITING MY POST. SORRY AND GET WELL SOON.

I kind of suspected Dill had a crush when he started looking through their mail box.

That pickle barrel is getting full, Fellow Baby. We may need another one.

Olfart, Mo Willems writes and illustrates some of the most popular kids’ books out there at the moment. My boys are 3 and 5 and LOVE his “Knuffle Bunny” books and his “Pigeon” books. He has much of the same sense of whimsy as Richard Thompson … some of my favourite lines from his book are “Scooty scooty scoot” (the sound of a baby duckling sneaking up on the pigeon as he discovers a hot dog) and “Aggle flaggle clabble!” (baby talk for “Father, you have inadvertently left my favourite toy in the laundromat!”) They are simply drawn and written, and completely charming.

dill is the best

… or dumb@$$es

Unfortunately Dill this is a side effect of love. All twisted up on the inside and out. LOLNicely done Mo. I like how Alice’s shirt changed from positive to negative with her comment.

@olfart, your query started me on a Net search which produced results ranging from the intriguing to the disturbing and included the possibilities that Mo is a collective or that Mo was an animator who has moved on to a higher plane. Mo, who are you?

@olfart: Mo Willems isn’t generally a comic strip guy – he is a top-notch children’s book illustrator. Google his name or search him on Amazon on books like “Pigs Make Me Sneeze” and “The Duckling Gets a Cookie”.

In the third panel… Al Jaffee!

Yes – there have been guest artists filling in lately.Notice in panel 3 that Dill looks like “Snuffy Smith?”

Now that’s one crazy boy!

You never touched meI never touched you

This one is verging on morphing into a Lynda Barry strip…but I like that.

Ha! He looks like Al Jaffe from MAD in the 3rd panel.

The hills in the background make it look like they’re walking backwards.

Love the strip, but please count me as a vote for the old drawing style.

The clueless are just commenting in numbers today. If they ever bothered to read the bloody comments, we’d probably be able to go a full week without seeing any like the one above.

I hope Richard is better soon. I miss his Cul de Sac!

Stares in her mailslot all the time …

LOL, marg. and it would also alleviate my urge to bang my head against the wall after reading the comments on this strip.

Where is Richard, id like to see some of his work come back!