Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for March 09, 2019

… eating the last one.

Boysenberry for me. Or blackberry or any of their kin. Not cake, though. I wouldn’t cross the sidwalk to defend cake.

Panel 4: RJ’s not putting himself first?

My wife makes rhubarb and strawberry/rhubarb jam.

A really good strawberry/rhubarb pie is so fine, we should invent a way to make it an heirloom so that it never has to end.

Where do I enlist?

I remember a Marvel comic that, as a joking aside, claimed that humans were the only species to have invented pizza. Attempts by aliens to recreate it with their own native ingredients weren’t as good, so they kept coming back to Earth.

I’m over here by the refrigerated display guarding the key lime pies.

Mostly I Have A See-Food diet …. So I’m in on this one :-)

They also all assume aliens are invading Earth, and not simply visiting.

I’ve never had a good one. They’re all “yucky”!

“… eating it”

A local business has had the following on it’s marquee for the past few weeks:-Aliens came.-Aliens saw.-Aliens said ‘Nah!’

Let’s go to “Publix” and see if they have their Key Lime Cheesecakes ready!

Publix: Southeastern U.S. Grocery chain.

Them alien invaders are MEANIES.

To serve man.

they can’t have my raspberry pi

My pi r squared.

There is no need for anything like invasion. They can find plenty of uninhabited planets galore so that idea is interesting but pure fiction. Now the “THEY LIVE” way is infiltration then take over and use up the resources and effectively enslaving the locals to work for them. Turning a few to prosper with them as they go. Trashing the planet and making it a Green House Hot Zone just comfortable for them, disastrous and dangerous for us.

The other scenario is “Quiet Forest” where any who do exist are so paranoid that they could unwittingly call some other species who is bent on extermination of other intelligent life will find them.

You would have to come through me first!

I remember Los Angeles in the 50s …Farmer’s Market…Dupars Strawberry Rhubarb Pie…sigh

Strawberry rhubarb pie was one of my Dad’s favorites. He even grew rhubarb and we would pick wild strawberries from the fields so my mother could make it.

Verne, your pessimism has gone irrational. Do you know any better real planets to invade? For all we know, the aliens’ home got wasted and Earth is all they can find.

Sigh, I haven’t had that in probably 25 years. My great aunt used to always make it.

Ironically watching Invasion of the Body Snatchers while reading this strip.

Raw Rheum Rhabarbarum. My favorite. Even better in a pie. numnumnum