Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for February 15, 2025

Alice has cured him, her power is once again too powerful.

And now you’re well enough to do your homework, Petey.

Petey in panel 2 is definitely the most outraged since the corn touched the Lima beans in his succotash

This is all very well, but the absence of Dill from this strip for four days now is causing me some distress. Please return him.

And such is life

LOL Why thanks to Alice you seem to be cured, and you can get up and go to school now—and face Viola! And yeah, and methinks you should have been done with that phlegm by now.

The cure for the common cold is Alice? Who knew?

Poor Petey. Something happened beyond his control, and he doesn’t know how to deal with it. Part of life, Petey.

Yeah. There’s so very much one can do with phlegm. The silent g adds to its intrigue.

Let’s wait for the repercussions first to see what happens…

Never let a phlegm party go to waste.

I’ve been anxiously waiting for the day when somebody would utter the phrase “I wasn’t through with that phlegm yet.”

I can now pass in peace.

This is snot funny.

Aaaacckk! Mom, Peteys hollering at me again"!

Heh Heh, Petey’s bed hair.

Now he has to do his homework, AND see Viola tomorrow! Unless he dies of outrage…either way, Alice has ruined his life.

Petey NEEDS Alice. He just doesn’t realize it yet.

Hiccups cured, too.

Alice The Cure.

Nothing like a little sister to blow up your romance (avoidance)!

Hopefully tomorrow is Saturday so Petey will have all weekend to ruminate over this conundrum, plus this uncharacteristically animated outburst will probably wipe him out anyway.

That phlegm was his ticket to the big leagues of blues singing.

aw he’s just full of spit