Bad Machinery by John Allison for January 17, 2023

If “going walnut” wasn’t a scientific term, it is now. Reviewed from cover by number of peers.

Awww, the Night Creeper is all growed up. So handsome (before going walnut)!

I’m afraid this mean Mike is gone forever. Poor Mike, I was hoping they would be able to save him.

It is now!

So he’s the size of a “well-fed tree”? Now we know what specific sort of tree, apparently.

In your face, Erin! See if you doubt Jack’s googling skillz again.

This strip is the top half of what was originally posted as a double-size page. We’ll get the bottom half tomorrow.

Something like the Slake Moth in China Mieville’s “Perdido Street Station.”

Isn’t “Going Walnut” a song by the Whom?