Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 25, 2021

What colour chalk

That would work in Baltimore MD…

Better now than then. You can get the right pose for it.

I especially like the “Just No” sign in the background.

Direct deposit or 4 easy payvements.

Chalk outlines are a myth invented by pulp fiction writers in the 1920s, because you couldn’t show actual dead bodies, especially ones full of bullet holes….

Wait for what? To be offed?

Start packing, Bob…

That guy has been in business in Philly for decades.

Yes, head to the Great American Heartland. Meth labs, trailer parks, and incest!

In the county they have the courtesy to bury the body or feed the hogs so outlines aren’t necessary.

I’ve always wanted to stumble across a chalk body outline after the police have finished with it, and add arms and legs to turn it into a picture of da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man.

Obviously, the artist flunked out of his dream job of doing facial composite sketching of suspects.

He must live in a ‘gun free zone’ city….

Temporal Art! Like ice sculptures it isn’t meant to last. I can see people paying to have their outlines chalked – they’ve been transformed into art! And I can see the kids thinking of positions (either as individuals or groups) to make a statement… Probably an obscene statement rather than social commentary.

Well, I suppose the choice is the Urban Paradise of woke folk pictured, or the harsh wilderness of the hillbilly Trumptards…

But chalk outlines are just for Black people, right? Bob should be safe

Tech question, do they use special ‘’body chalk’’ or just plain, mess up the sidewalk, chalk?

I’d like to be the exclusive vendor for ‘’crime scene’’ tape. We sure use a lot of that. I see the cops running from tree to lamp post to doorknob. It’s like they’re decorating the place.

This guy is in every large city controlled by democrats.

Bob probably should move. There is no way he is in shape to run from trouble.

Okay, so on a related subject, who is supposed to clean up all that street art stuff. I mean is there a city service or something?

Bang go his plans for the future!

To where?

A growth business in Chicago,I live there I know !

Makes me think of the lyrics to a Five Finger Death Punch song…

“We’re all just chalk lines on the concrete, drawn only to be washed away”…

The bullet holes in the window are a nice touch.

They’ll love this one in Chicago.At least,they get all the publicity.

Cartoonists don’t follow forensics, these days. The body outline hasn’t been done in years.

Bob had to pass—didn’t wear his gray chalk striped suit today!

In Hollywood, it could be a “Grauman’s Chinese Theater” sort of tribute.

The artwork gets really interesting when there are mass shootings; each body outlined with a different color chalk.

I lived in Chicago for about 4 years as a young man; loved it, really glad I did it.

You couldn’t pay me enough to live in a city again!

There was an old working man’s bar in the Flats of Cleveland that had bullet holes in the windows… a reminder of the days before gentrification. Can’t remember if it was Fagan’s or Mickey Finn’s, or the Flat Iron… but it was cheap and it was noisy. Owners left the windows for “ambience”.

Which again brings up the question, “Does life imitate art, or is art imitating life?”

Love the sign.

Really like the street sign – this is obviously a “no, no go” area.

are those bullet holes in the window behind him?

No rush, it won’t be moving anytime soon.