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When I was growing up in the late 1900s, my parents didn’t believe in spending the extra money to get the name-brand fashion trends my sisters and I needed if we hoped to have any social traction at school.  This taught us important lessons such as: Kids in Levis® and Dingo® boots are not always kind to kids in Montgomery Ward jeans and “Dango” boots from Larry’s shoe barn.  In the cartoon above, it’s no mystery which style of balloon hat I would have been wearing around the park. 

We’ve come to take gavels in courtrooms for granted but as I was drawing this cartoon, I began to wonder about the history behind it.  One could argue that a courtroom is perhaps the one social situation in which it is essential that even the most unruly of persons needs to summon the self-discipline to behave in a civilized manner.  If you say or do the wrong thing, you could literally get your ass thrown in jail just for not following the rules of the room.  And yet, for gavels to have become standard tools of the trade there must have been enough times that a courtroom got crazy enough that judges needed to bang a hammer on a table to get people’s attention and settle them down.  I think this is a testament to the fact that for all our high and mighty opinions of ourselves, when things aren’t going our way we’re little better than a pack of coyotes. 

On the positive side, I’m happy that courts have kept the traditional method of calling order to the room instead of using more modern technology like an air horn or a Supersoaker. 

I’ll admit this Batman joke may not be the cleverest cartoon I have ever published.  But something about a couple of Civil War-era crime fighters trotting out of their secret hideaway cave on a horse amused me so here we are.  Also, the word “bathorse” is funny because your brain wants to pronounce the “th” like a “th,” but that would make it an “orse” you use in the bath. 

I’m the kind of guy who does not carry a purse, so I like a lot of pockets.  The downside of a multi-pocketed ensemble, however, is that I find myself constantly searching for various accoutrements like my keys, wallet, cell phone, handkerchief, lip balm, back scratcher, piñata bat, linoleum knife, surgical adhesive, etc.  The creepy man in the cartoon above has found a solution for his own dilemma, but I carry far more things than does he so I must keep searching. 

On a side note, I tried carrying a purse for a couple of years but I kept leaving it places.  I got tired of having to replace my I.D. and cell phone and was spending a fortune on surgical adhesive so I gave it up. 

I’ve always been an avid dog lover and have taught several to drive.  The worst driver among them was a rescued pit bull who was too emotionally sensitive to deal with drivers who were a bit aggressive.  If she got cut off in traffic, she would whimper and climb into the back seat, forcing me to grab the wheel to avoid an accident.  Virtually all of the dogs I’ve driven with have the problem of circling several times before parking and some stop regularly to sniff the tailpipes of other cars, which can be frustrating if you’re in a hurry.  I’ve since given up letting my dogs drive. 

I tried for a while to teach my cats to drive but they are utterly uninterested in it unless you can convince them that driving is the one thing you absolutely do not want them to do. 

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This cartoon was a collaboration with my good friend, Cliff Harris The King Of Wordplay.  Almost everyone attempts puns and wordplay but it is my experience that very few people can come up with ones that are truly surprising and therefore laugh-inducing.  Cliff is a master.  Here are a couple of my faves of Cliff’s from over the years…Chinese Restaurant and Pick Up Line.  Cliff wrote a very fun book of dirty wordplay which would make a lovely gift and which you can buy on Amazon if you have money left over after buying some of my stuff. 

Here’s a fun, last thing: Some of my favorite family members came down to Mexico for Day of the Dead this year.  We all decked out and haunted the streets of our town in grand fashion, along with thousands of other folks in what is a city-wide party that lasts for days.  MUCH fun was had.  From left to right: Me, Krelspeth, Cornelius Red, Krapuzar, Olive Oyl. ( Amazing Photo by Krapuzar’s husband, Don Gooch.) 

I use a hip-pack (which is also called a fanny pack, though it’s not worn on the fanny).  They’ve recently come back in style.  So I don’t need cargo pants. 
And I still have to sort through it to find what I’m looking for. 

[So now we have to know math to post. ( Well, we don’t want to hear from idiots, I suppose.)  And I’m sure robots would do it just as well.  So maybe it could ask how many symbols were in the Sunday comic.] 

King Features had some hacker problems recently and updated their security.  Now I have to jump through hoops to get to my own site.  I’m guessing this kind of thing will get worse and worse until the Internet becomes useless.  It’s what we humans do.  We ruin things. 

Dan, Dan, Dan, most humans don’t ruin things, it’s the politicians and the corporations who ruin it when a few humans f**k up.  It’s called a “nanny state,” or a democracy, which is highly overrated…
was going to rant about Duterte-Trump but deleted it..

Haha.  Yes, last month our newish rescue was one of them.  It snuck up on us and we had to just endure it until she was finished so we could have her spayed.  We had five male dogs hovering (and occasionally fighting) outside our gate for two weeks! 

If Batman and Robin had existed in the late 1860’s what might their supersuits look like?  A bit different than these, me thinks.  Gray woolen, layers, pocket watch, layered cape, and something more like a bowler hat.  I’d like to see a super-heroes through time series showing super-suits better adapted to the times they lived in.  Supeman with a powdered wig?  You betcha. 

Shit!  I didn’t notice the 11/9 cartoon got omitted from my post until your comment.  I’ve had trouble with my site doing things without my consent lately.  This is just the latest example.  Thanks for the heads-up.  I’ll post it now! 

Yes, doubles count.  In freezer case: eye, pie, pie, alien.  In hand basket is K2, on hat is crown.  Also, it’s not an exact science.  I figure enough of the half-pie is showing to count it whereas the partial alien above the other alien probably doesn’t have enough to count. : ^}

Good to hear from you, Foye!  Sorry to say I’m doing much of the stage thing anymore.  I live in central Mexico these days and want less to do with the U.S. all the time.  I’m sure you know where I’m coming from on that score. 

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