Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for April 14, 2021

GIRL POWER !!

Have we seen Fern before?

I love Fern’s backpack.

Oh she is evil. That’s the kind of thing Cruz does in court. Switch the focus from the real case he cannot defend to something for which he has a bunch of irrelevant supporting facts.

A capital idea. It’s the Maine thing :)

Sneaky and the Brain… or something….

You know you have a good friend when…

Dark clouds are forming.

Wasn’t she in a cartoon somewhere?

Oh my God! There’s two of them!

Fern looks familiar, but i can’t put my finger on where she came from.

Maybe she’s a ferener!

Never let a pet cause go unfunded.

MAINE, The way Life should be !

Danae is either heading toward legal defense or political career.

Maybe just a children’s party magician.

Careful Danae, she could be a plant!

OH NO! Danae has an enabler, we’re all dooooooooomed!

So, Danae is taking on a minion. This could be interesting.

Finally, someone who gets Danae!

Is it me, or is Fern drawn with a different technique? A “different hand,” shall we say? She is too crisp compared to the other characters.

For Heaven’s sake, leave off the analyses and just enjoy the comic. Get off the hunt for racist under currents and hidden messages, and just let them be just kids.

“Gee, Danae, what do you want to do today??”

“Portland should be the capital” are fighting words to the Mainers from outside its sphere of influence, who deeply resent that we already get too much attention in this part of the state.

Reframing crisis is the best way to turn it into multiple global crises.

I look at my two hyper genius grandchildren and, yeah, take over the world does cross my mind.

I am trying to think of State capitals that are also the major cities in that particular state. Without using a search engine, only Boston, Massachusetts, Hartford, Connecticut and Providence, Rhode Island come to mind.

I like Fern! Hope she stays!

had to do a project on the beginning of the world in HS – stood up said in the beginning there was nothing and that is what i did – nothing – the rest of the class liked it the teacher not so much

“What are we going to do tonight, Brain? Same thing we do every night Pinky, try to take over the world!” – Pinky and the Brain

Looks like Fern is a new ally for Danae. Should be fun.

That’s why we invaded Iraq, right?

That darn typo.

I’m sure Danae could do it herself – but it’s better with friends.

Somehow I don’t think the teacher will share that perspective.

That’s my gifted girl!

The Yin Yang was firstly used by Zou Yan, a cosmologist, and renowned philosopher and academic in ancient China.

Zou Yan theorized that life went through 5 different phases; fire, water, metal, wood, and earth and these phases always changed depending on if they are in a Yin or Yang state.

https://mythologian.net/yin-yang-symbol-meaning-origins-history/

In Chinese philosophy, the concept of yin-yang (simplified Chinese: 阴阳; traditional Chinese: 陰陽; pinyin: yīnyáng), which is often called “yin and yang”, is used to describe how seemingly opposite or contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world; and, how they give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another.

https://www.symbols.com/symbol/yin%20and%20yang

Taking over the world? Try doing it in your family first kiddo.

I’m impressed that Fern immediately saw through Danae’s thinking. Sharp analytical mind working with Danae? Ruh roh, scary stuff!

“Portland, Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee.”—Jimmie Rodgers

Portland, whose population is six per cent Black, is the whitest big city in America. The historian Walidah Imarisha traces the origin of these demographics to the founding of Oregon, which settlers envisaged as a “white utopia.” When Oregon joined the union, in 1859, it became the only state with an outright ban on Black people. Later, redlining policies and urban-renewal projects displaced many African-Americans, a process reprised by more recent waves of gentrification.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/02/trump-antifa-movement-portland?irclickid=WRp2MRRdsxyLUx-wUx0Mo3ZzUkESdHUtryt3z00&irgwc=1&source=affiliate_impactpmx_12f6tote_desktop_Bing%20Rebates%20by%20Microsoft&utm_source=impact-affiliate&utm_medium=2003851&utm_campaign=impact&utm_content=Logo&utm_brand=tny

Stories with Danae in them are gold.

She still gets an F for her report.

I, for one, welcome our new school-age overlords.

Pinkie and the Brain!

It’s all about how you spin it.

Danae is following in the footsteps of Donald Trump. Never admit you’re wrong— especially when you have a Sharpie.

It’s just a comic, folks…and Fern is adorable.