Agnes by Tony Cochran for March 31, 2024

wish if she reads math as much as she does with dictionaries

Popularity is overrated, anyway.

I think you’re pretty, Agnes. And someday the rest of you will grow up and catch up with those giant feet.

Agnes, you ARE prettier than….many things.

We’re fresh out of peas!

I’m with Trout. I want to be fierce, too. It’s the only way to go.

Poplar popularity presumes Poplar prettiness…

So, am I pretty when I poo poo ??

Never really thought about it, much, before.

Pooh-poohing popularity perchance puts people precariously positioned. :)

“I pooh-pooh pretty” can have more than one meaning.

After reading today’s strip, I have a headache.

Popular!

You’re gonna be popular!

I’ll teach you the proper poise

When you talk to boys

Little ways to flirt and flounce

Ooh!

I’ll show you what shoes to wear!

How to fix your hair!

Everything that really counts to be

Popular!

I’ll help you be popular!

You’ll hang with the right cohorts

You’ll be good at sports

Know the slang you’ve got to know

From Wicked

speaking from experience, batting away the paparazzi every time you go out the door gets really old…

☺

I wonder if it would help if they would be nice or kind or compassionate or ….