Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for August 20, 2012

But you sure had fun, Alice.

Meanwhile dad’s having a heart attack in the surf.

poor Peter Otterloop, Sr.

Poor Peter. The dad don’t get no respect! And Petey is proselytizing for his weirdness. Hang on, Alice!

Just read the pre-announcement of Richard Thompson’s pending retirement:http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/richard-thompson-ends-cul-de-sac-comic/2012/08/17/06a7fda6-e819-11e1-a3d2-2a05679928ef_blog.html

I will miss the gentle humor and fun of this strip and wish Richard Thompson well in his battle against Parkinson’s.

Thank you R.T. For all the great strips!

We’ll miss you Richard! Good luck and God Bless.

more fun using a music staff pen nib

I think we all knew it would come to this….thanks for a wonderful peek in to Alice’s and the Otterloop family’s world. It was fun! God bless you!

Yes, it sure was fun!

Poor dad! Water up your nose is NO FUN!

Will miss this strip, best of luck and hope for your future Richard.

At least Dad didn’t get a starfish plastered on his face.

Are you ok sir?

Oh, no. How sad. I will miss all the denizens of Cul de Sac. No more Alice, no more Miss Bliss, no more Timothy Fretwork. I wish the best for Richard. He made us laugh.

hee hee hee, love this strip!

Just laughing my head off!

I remeber getting swallowed by waves like that.

Best wishes, Mr. Thompson. Someone dear to me had DBS surgery done and though it took longer to get adjusted just so than he expected, it has made his life so very much easier. Hope yours goes well—and thank you for Cul de Sac.

we got old 8mm movies from the 50’s with dad doing that with us.

Such gratitude these little ones show before they sprout some decent frontals. Love ’em anyway!

Thank You for this lovely strip. Please consider rerunning it from the beginning as some of us were late to the party.

I just ordered some of the books. I have one and my calendars but I didn’t want to wait until Christmas in case they ran out.

Richard, looks like you have a LOT of FANS out there. They are selling out of your books.

I’ve written gocomics and requested the strip be rerun from the beginning. Maybe if enough do the same…

Best wishes, Mr Thompson, we look forward to your return.

looks like a good dad to me.

Richard still represents the Otterloops so charmingly, dad does the ultimate to give Alice the surf experience and she stresses over a wet hat.

I read this in the newspaper every day. ALICE and friends, you will be missed!! GOOD LUCK RICHARD! x

I have to say that I picked this up as another favorite of mine was going into semi-retirement (Foxtrot) so I haven’t been here all that long, and ther’s not years of archibves to fall back on. But tho the run is short compared to some, it was very enjoyable. And maybe that’s the best part about it, we don’t enjoy a flower that lasted only a day any less for it’s short time here. So while it’s sad to see you go, thank you for what you have done.

preatty funny

My little girl is 34 sniff