FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for October 17, 2022

Punctuation sure is very important.

she helps drawing this comic, Peter

She’s a mother

she was an english major.

Mom is with the Punctuation Police.

cause your voice lilted upward (as 60% or more of your generation are irritatingly doing now)

tone. periods are a closing note (button) as they resolve tension. Your comma didn’t.

They only have cheap guitars at Guitar Land, so I wouldn’t waste a lot of time there

It doesn’t sound like he went anywhere that should have gotten him in trouble.

Wow, she can hear punctuation!

When I was in college (and old enough to drink legally) there was bar in town named “The Library”. Across the street was another bar, “The Office”.

I was glad I didn’t have to answer to anyone about going to either.

It was the pause, Peter. You got to watch those.

In real life, she’d be like any good mom who can easily read tone, inflection and body language. As a cartoon mom, she’s fully capable of reading his speech balloons.