Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for October 23, 2022

The melatonin gummy I took to help me sleep is kicking in, and it made this specific comic very difficult to comprehend.

Hey, hey, lookit Petey; he’s got the makings of a cultural humorist.

Probably the funniest of the entire strip!

Forget the zombie apocalypse—pre-school is the real deal!

A twist to Bastiat’s “Parable of the broken window.”

I’d like to see the limited-edition SUV.

You can tell the age of this comic – DVD’s and CDs. Now it would include a streaming channel, podcast and Net Flix show.

If she keeps changing costumes, that will help the economy.

Princess Fairyqueen was cool before she became just another corporate sellout.

“A Heartbreaking Work of Incredible Fickleness”

No kidding. This week, I went to the fabric store 3 times to get the right color…

A weekly magazine?!

Wait… margarine???

That was incredibly voluminous for a comic…but I couldn’t look away.

Sounds like a Kardashian in training.

The singer Jenny Lind, “the Swedish Nightingale”, in the 1800’s, was brought to America by none other than P.T.Barnum. He put her name and likeness on sewing kits, candies, tobacco, packets of handkerchieves, dress patterns, etc. She couldn’t stand the hype surrounding her appearances and eventually fled back to Sweden. But you can still occasionally find “Jenny Lind” baby furniture in stores.

We need more 4-year-olds to jump-start the economy.

The Cul de Sac news, as read by Petey Otterloop. I’d subscribe to that!

Looks like he is flirting with the fourth wall here.

The only product appropriate for Alice’s likeness would be adult prescribed Valium.

Today’s strip has that-fly-on-the-wall mood. I wonder if something similar once happened in the Thompson home.

Petey is a gem.

Too itchy?! Petey fantasizes being a local TV anchor reporting the strange developments at the Otterlooop Household! Just ask Alice! Don’t, whatever, ask Mom!

Meanwhile, Princess Fairyqueen, Inc., feels the mighty wrath of Alice!

I like the “children’s hair salons.”

Limited edition margarine – WOW

Who is Dave Eggers?